try you first for a month Transcript: Every caregiving situation is unique, but almost all of us experience significant, sometimes painful shifts in one or more of our relationships due to the strain of these circumstances. Some relationships intensify – for better or for worse… some relationships become strained or more distant… some become closer… and, in some cases, the dynamic changes completely. Chronic pain, medication, and/or cognitive decline [...]

try you first for a month Transcript: As you know, caregiving requires so much heavy lifting – emotionally (and often physically) – and even more so when it involves our parent or parents in any way, whether they are the ones we are caring for or whether they are involved (or uninvolved) in the caregiving situation. And the heavy lifting gets even heavier when we don’t have the type of [...]

try you first for a month Transcript: As caregivers, it can be difficult to accept the fact that the loved one you are caring for is in such a vulnerable situation and coping with so much change and/or loss and/or abandonment by friends that they might not get enough of what they need – enough stimulation, enough emotional support, enough medical attention. No group of caregivers (and certainly not [...]

try you first for a month Transcript: One type of mental energy leak that I want you to start looking for is what I call “loaded words or phrases.” This is language that you are using that is not serving you and making you feel bad – consciously or unconsciously. I want to you start paying attention to what you are thinking and what you are saying and if [...]

try you first for a month Transcript: As you likely already know, the intensity of caregiving can alter relationships. One of the relationships it can change – for the better – is the relationship you have with yourself. How you talk to yourself, on a daily basis, inside your own mind is directly related to the amount of mental, emotional and physical energy you have. And how you talk [...]