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Do you really not have time to do things for yourself? Or is it because it isn’t important for you to do? Listen to, or read, Episode 84 “Finding Your Caregiving Self-care Style: Part Three” and hear why I think …

Show Notes Do you stop yourself from doing things that would make you happy or give you a break from caregiving because it makes you feel guilty to even think about it? Does it feel selfish to want or to …

I bet your idea of self-care is flawed. Listen to Episode 82 “Finding Your Caregiving Self Care Style: Part One” to find out if it is and learn two ways you can bring self-care into your day. Show Notes If …

Find caregiver support and downloads at Show Transcript Time seems to run super slow and then too fast when we are caregiving. All of a sudden we find ourselves looking back at the year and not know where the time …

Show Notes Find more resources and a PDF download at www.loveyourcaregivinglife.com Learning to Listen to the Person You Care For Caregiving is like that gait belt they put around a patient in a hospital to get them up to walk …

Please leave a rating or a review. the pdf "Top 5 Tools Every Spousal Caregiver Must Have" now. Show Notes: Episode 79 "How Not to Hate Caregiving" You might have woken up today and thought how crappy it is to …

Show Notes Family caregivers have a lot they have to deal and cope with, but you already know that don’t you? There are all the doctors’ appointments, treatments, therapies, surgeries, special diets, changing your home to accommodate their needs...

Show Notes Do you understand the power you have to change a person's day? Let’s talk about the ripples we create. My nieces came to visit me and my family this summer and one day we were hanging out by …

Last night I was watching , one of my favorite series to watch, and it ended up being a Christmas episode. Now usually I don’t watch episodes that are holiday-specific but this time I kept it on. It’s one of …

Show Notes :45 - Intro 1:05 - Cameron shares stories with us about her parents and family. How she came about moving back home and was able to catch changes she saw in her mom. 2:30 - The signs of …

“Help… I need somebody…” Do you remember the Beetle's song? I read the other day that Lennon wrote the song as an expression of the stress he was feeling due to the group’s quick success as a band. It was …

When do you know when it’s time for them to start doing things for themselves? That’s a tricky question, isn’t it? We all have different caregiving experiences and the people we care for all have different needs. No matter how …

Do you worry about things all the time? I mean to the point that you can’t stop worrying about them and then feel stuck in that worry? I was there for a while and it wasn’t a good place to …

Today I am sharing with you a caregiver conversation with Robert Pardi. Robert was the caregiver for his wife who had breast cancer. He is now a certified life coach, adjunct professor, international guest speaker, and the author of Chasing …

Have you noticed when you or someone you know buys a new car you start seeing that care everywhere? Or maybe that color care shows up everywhere and even though you know that car or color existed before you never …

Those that we care for are people and sometimes we lose sight of that. No, I get it… you know they’re a person. But do you always see them for the actual person they are? I’ve talked about turning off …

You can do this… I know you feel like you just want to run away… You want to hide from the world…. You want to wake up and have it all be a bad dream. But you realize you’re living …

The phone call. You know, the call from the Dr that you are waiting for. You have no idea when it will come and you definitely don’t want to miss it because that means the process would start all over …

Caregiver Conversation with Cameron Huddleston

You’re a caregiver… so you know that nothing stays the same for too long. Everything shifts and changes and once you feel like you have a handle on things it changes again. I know how unsettling that can feel. When …

My husband went in for surgery three months ago and I was concerned because I felt waaaaaaayyyyyy too calm. It wasn’t anything like the way things were for past surgeries. I thought maybe I should take this as a win. …

There’s so many different levels of stress right? But I find that the higher up we go on that stress spectrum my body reacts to it differently.Then there is caregivers stress that just is it’s own beast, right? I feel …

Deep down there is a little part of you that knows you need therapy. If you are a caregiver you can find a million reasons why you don't have the time/can't go. This episode is for everyone who wants to …

Do you understand how important caregiving is? I know you’re doing it but do you understand how critical your role is for the person you are caring for? Have you taken time to actually write out everything you do as …