Helping you stay connected to your Self while you give care.
Helping you stay connected to your Self while you give care.
Helping you stay connected to your Self while you give care.
Does this sound familiar?
You are a big-hearted, ambitious, get-it-done person.
Your life was already full – with multiple demands on your time and energy – even before you started caring for your friend or family member.
Perhaps you’re the person that your family (or community) naturally leans on for support or advice… so naturally you stepped-up when this person needed care.
Or perhaps (like me), your life was laser-focused on your Big Plans – and caregiving was definitely not part of those plans.
Maybe your involvement and responsibilities grew slowly, gradually.
Or maybe caregiving crashed into your life.
But your heart wanted to help.
So you made the commitment.
And yet…
…you can’t devote your entire life to giving care (as society has relied on so many women to do throughout history).
…you know that “pressing pause” on your life is a myth (this IS your life – extra years won’t be magically added to the end of it as a thank you bonus).
…you are also concerned that your own desires and plans and goals are being crushed / diminished / swept aside by the demands of supporting someone else during their crisis or throughout their chronic condition (or their decline towards death).
You might be getting caught in spin-cycles of sadness / anger / worry / frustration about how your career or your home life or your own health is being impacted by these added responsibilities (and shifts in your family relationships).
Or maybe you’re exhausting yourself in a heroic attempt to save your loved one from their circumstances.
Yeah. This is difficult stuff.
Caregiving is one of the most complex challenges life has to offer – physically, emotionally, mentally, and financially.
Even so, I know you will make it through.
My question is…
…do you want to carry the weight of this situation all by yourself or would you like to learn how to make it a little bit lighter, a little more manageable?
Why stagger out of the caregiving tunnel feeling drained, demoralized, or derailed when you don’t have to?
I don’t want you to just go through this chapter of your life… I want you to grow through it.
Does this sound familiar?
You are a big-hearted, ambitious, get-it-done person.
Your life was already full – with multiple demands on your time and energy – even before you started caring for your friend or family member.
Perhaps you’re the person that your family (or community) naturally leans on for support or advice… so naturally you stepped-up when this person needed care.
Or perhaps (like me), your life was laser-focused on your Big Plans – and caregiving was definitely not part of those plans.
Maybe your involvement and responsibilities grew slowly, gradually.
Or maybe caregiving crashed into your life.
But your heart wanted to help.
So you made the commitment.
And yet…
…you can’t devote your entire life to giving care (as society has relied on so many women to do throughout history).
…you know that “pressing pause” on your life is a myth (this IS your life – extra years won’t be magically added to the end of it as a thank you bonus).
…you are also concerned that your own desires and plans and goals are being crushed / diminished / swept aside by the demands of supporting someone else during their crisis or throughout their chronic condition (or their decline towards death).
You might be getting caught in spin-cycles of sadness / anger / worry / frustration about how your career or your home life or your own health is being impacted by these added responsibilities (and shifts in your family relationships).
Or maybe you’re exhausting yourself in a heroic attempt to save your loved one from their circumstances.
Yeah. This is difficult stuff.
Caregiving is one of the most complex challenges life has to offer – physically, emotionally, mentally, and financially.
Even so, I know you will make it through.
My question is…
…do you want to carry the weight of this situation all by yourself or would you like to learn how to make it a little bit lighter, a little more manageable?
Why stagger out of the caregiving tunnel feeling drained, demoralized, or derailed when you don’t have to?
I don’t want you to just go through this chapter of your life… I want you to grow through it.
Kristine really removed the sense of hopelessness I was feeling. I see that I’m allowed to have a life instead of feeling like the only way to be “a good Puerto Rican daughter” is to lay my life aside for them.
You First can help…
Caregiving is rough on the body, mind, and soul.
Far too many caregivers are struggling with decisions, emotions, family dynamics, competing agendas, and other complexities.
And far too many caregivers feel guilty whenever they turn their attention to their own life and goals.
Giving care – even to someone that you deeply cherish – can feel like a thankless job… but one of its main rewards (if you are open to it) is self-growth.
You First offers strategy and support to caregivers of all kinds – whether you are caring for a parent, sibling, child, friend, or a member of your extended family.
Caregiving takes a lot out of you… but it doesn’t have to take all of you out of you.
Joining You First will help you learn how to reduce the daily frustrations and frictions that drain you of energy.
Joining You First will give you a safe space where you can process your thoughts and feelings (and say the scary stuff out loud) without feeling judged.
Joining You First will ensure that you receive personalized, long-term support throughout the ups and downs of your caregiving journey (rather than having to “make do” with a single course or class or a just few, expensive private sessions with a therapist or coach).
My biggest growth was the realization that I didn’t have to be “everything” to my mother and that I wasn’t responsible for her relationship with my siblings. I wasn’t even aware I had taken those things on, or how much I had invested in that identity.
More accessible than therapy.
More affordable than private coaching.
More strategic than traditional support groups.
What’s included in your membership:
As a caregiver, you already have extreme demands on your time and energetic bandwidth.
That’s why I designed You First to be a lean, uncomplicated experience:
Ask questions.
Receive guidance.
Listen-in as others do the same.
The simplicity of this group enables you to focus on absorbing my coaching and applying it to your life.
That is all you need to make significant and lasting shifts.
That is all you need to reach new depths of calm, confidence, and clarity – no matter what your current challenges are.
THE 4 ELEMENTS OF YOU FIRST
LIVE
GROUP
COACHING
SESSIONS
REFLECTION
GUIDEBOOK
+
TOOL KIT
PAST
SESSION
RECORDINGS
ARCHIVE
PRIVATE
ONLINE
COMMUNITY
(mobile + desktop)
The You First Community is available to you in case you’d like to connect with and share resources with other big-hearted, like-minded, proactive people who have chosen to integrate caregiving into their lives.
The community lives on a private, easy-to-use, distraction-free, online platform.
Participation in the community and in the group coaching sessions is optional. Introverts (like me) are welcome to join and simply listen and absorb.
What’s included in your membership:
As a caregiver, you already have extreme demands on your time and energetic bandwidth.
That’s why I designed You First to be a lean, uncomplicated experience:
Ask questions.
Receive guidance.
Listen-in as others do the same.
The simplicity of this group enables you to focus on absorbing my coaching and applying it to your life.
That is all you need to make significant and lasting shifts.
That is all you need to reach new depths of calm, confidence, and clarity – no matter what your current challenges are.
THE 4 ELEMENTS OF YOU FIRST
LIVE
GROUP
COACHING
SESSIONS
REFLECTION
GUIDEBOOK
+
TOOL KIT
PAST
SESSION
RECORDINGS
ARCHIVE
PRIVATE
ONLINE
COMMUNITY
(mobile + desktop)
The You First Community is available to you in case you’d like to connect with and share resources with other big-hearted, like-minded, proactive people who have chosen to integrate caregiving into their lives.
The community lives on a private, easy-to-use, distraction-free, online platform.
Participation in the community and in the group coaching sessions is optional. Introverts (like me) are welcome to join and simply listen and absorb.