It’s true–caregiving can be very challenging! Sometimes we wonder if we accepted that it is likely to be challenging, whether we be more patient with ourselves and with the people we are caring for? For example, if you were planning a vacation and you knew the weather was likely to be rainy, you would prepare […]
It’s the middle of the night and you’re still awake. It’s 3AM and you’re awake again. No amount of tossing and turning or flipping your pillow can get you comfortably off to slumber land. The baristas at your local coffee shop have stopped asking if you’d like an extra shot; the answer is always yes. […]
Whether you become a caregiver gradually or all of sudden due to a crisis, or whether you are a caregiver willingly or by default, many emotions surface when you take on the job of caregiving. Some of these feelings happen right away and some don’t surface until you have been caregiving for awhile. Whatever your […]
Burnout is a state of physical and emotional exhaustion. It can occur when you experience long-term stress in your job, or when you have worked in a physically or emotionally draining role for a long time. You can also experience burnout when your efforts at work have failed to produce the results that you expected, […]
Your Fear is Normal As the caregiver of someone who is terminally ill, you probably feel like the rug has been pulled out from under you. Your old way of living is gone and your “new normal” involves doing things you never thought you’d have to do and certainly were never trained for. You feel completely out […]
