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When willpower isn’t enough

When willpower isn’t enough

by Cori Carl | Oct 4, 2020 | Finding Caregiver Support, Fitness, Nutrition and Healthy Eating, Wellness | 1 comment

Willpower is overrated. When people talk about changing their behavior, they often place a lot of hope on simply not doing the thing they want to stop doing. It’s not very effective and there are other ways to change your behavior that are much more pleasant....
Does life ever get easier?

Does life ever get easier?

by External Article | Dec 18, 2019 | Care Work Library, Caring for a Grandparent, Finding Meaning, Grief, Health & Fitness, Millennial Generation, Occasional Caregiving | 0 comments

Sometimes it’s just one thing after another, for months and then years. How do you make it through? In October, I lost my grandma. She had parkinson’s and dementia and had slowly been deteriorating for the last five to seven years. When she passed, I was...

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