Willpower is overrated. When people talk about changing their behavior, they often place a lot of...
Category: Wellness
We’re not going to just tell you to take care of yourself. We’ve got real advice from real caregivers.
What’s “dirty” self-care, and why doesn’t it work?
the self-care we're currently engaging in is mostly a consumerized one predicated on attaining...
5 Considerations for Traveling While Caregiving During COVID-19
These considerations for traveling while caregiving will prevent the spread of COVID-19 and reduce any accidental exposure.
What I wish I’d known
My 21-month caregiving ended a couple of months ago when my mother passed away. Since that time, I...
Round and Round the Caregiving Circle
The circle is one of the oldest shapes in human history. Drawing circles must be instinctive...
Humor, Hope and the Caregiving Experience
As a health care provider and a person who has taken care of not one but two partners with cancer...
Jewish Perspectives on End-of-Life Care
While Jewish tradition maintains that human life is of infinite value and that its preservation...
The Upside of Stress: Why Stress Is Good for You, and How to Get Good at
I picked up Kelly McGonigal's The Upside of Stress assuming I would skim it for a few interesting...
Struggle for Peace
It’s been quite some time since I’ve written my blog. Part of the reason is that things have been...
5 Ways to Restore Your Sense of Emotional Safety During the Coronavirus Crisis
As the spread of the coronavirus threatens our physical health, it is also becoming a real threat...
Reframing Guilt as Regret
Let’s talk about guilt. Ever since Adam and Eve ate the proverbial apple men and women have felt...
Life in the fast lane (not)
It’s like being on a motorway, full of all kinds of vehicles, heading to wherever , with some ,...
Honor Thy Father
“I am in a bind. I have a problem and I need your help,” came the voice over the telephone. My...
How Caregivers Can Build Community (Even During Isolation)
Caregivers are one of the most socially isolated groups in the United States. According to studies...
Helping is Making Me Feel Helpless
Have you ever felt helpless trying to help a loved one? We know the stories: the alcoholic...
My Therapist Says It’s Okay to Stew in Sadness
When I am physically sick, and when I am mentally sick, I push myself to my absolute limit....
Go Ahead and Complain. It Might Be Good for You.
“In short: Yes, it’s good to complain, yes, it’s bad to complain, and yes, there’s a right way to...
Recovering from the trauma of care
Dr. James Gordon can attest that anyone who works in healthcare comes to work with many...
Does life ever get easier?
Sometimes it's just one thing after another, for months and then years. How do you make it...
Dodging Those “You Should” Statements
I’ve cared for three generations of family members, my mother, my twin grandchildren, and my...
Thankful Grateful
On a gray, rainy Monday afternoon, as I sat with my mom in a consultation appointment with her new...
Giving Care to Oneself and Another
There is a song we often sing in my community ‘Be gentle with yourself, my friend, my friend/ Be...
Knowing art therapy but not knowing art therapy
My sketches were always faint lines in pencil. I loved sketching trees in a wide diversity of...
Laughter Breaks Trauma’s Grim Spell
Reader’s Digest used to tell us each month that “laughter is the best medicine.” Drawing on folk...