Watch Your Step!
One of the biggest concerns I have as a care giver has been making sure that my husband doesn’t fall. He has had a few near misses. You see he has neuropathy in his feet
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Attitude Keeps us at the Right Altitude
Gilda Radner was a talented comedic performer who also had an honest way of confronting her terminal cancer. In her autobiography, It’s Always Something the Emmy winner shares how she faced death at the age
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Transformation Self-Care
If you have ever been a caregiver or currently are a caregiver you have heard the words “You need to take care of yourself”. But actually caring for yourself while caring for those in medical
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Guarding Against Caregiver Burnout – Part Two
In the first part of Guarding Against Caregiver Burnout we talked about recognizing the symptoms of caregiver burnout. In Part Two we will talk about the steps we can take to reduce caregiver stress. A
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Guarding Against Caregiver Burnout – Part One
How’s you balance? I’m not talking about walking on a balance beam. Rather, how do you balance the myriad of things to do in the array of areas that make up your life? I don’t
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Ten Things to Start the New Year Right
With a new year comes an urge to purge the old and I have started cleaning out closets and reorganizing. I find this cathartic and makes me feel like I am in control of at
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When Will It End?
Every feel like you are in a season of life that you really wish you could leave? Like you are in a blizzard that never seems to end. I have felt like that a few
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Be Your Best Advocate by Francesca Lang
Today I would like to introduce you to a guest blogger. Francesca Lang is a fitness and nutrition professional specializing in group exercise, personal training, wellness coaching, virtual training and macro based nutritional planning. Francesca’s
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Life after Caregiving
Your life as a caregiver has been consumed with caring for the physical, emotional and spiritual life of someone you loved. But now your caregiving days are over, hopefully, because they have been restored to
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Showing Me the Way
I find myself surrounded by women who show great faith and perseverance during catastrophic illness and/or end of life issues and I wonder how they do it. Could I have that kind of strength of
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Should a Juggler Juggle Alone?
I am a multitasker. In my younger days I thrived on seeing how much I could do all at the same time. I was a wife, mother, and business owner, caregiver for my mom, Girl
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Created to Be Together
As I sat listening to Sunday’s sermon on the importance of small groups; I realized that part of the message can be applied to surviving medical mayhem. Whether you are the caregiver or the care
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