Season 1

Right now we own the messaging. There aren’t any caregiving PSA’s being produced anytime soon so the only way people will begin to notice our worth is if we communicate that to them. Listen to how caregivers can control their …

I think it isn’t being misunderstood as a caregiver that causes us to feel lonely and unsupported. I feel that we feel this way because caregiving is undervalued. Listen to this episode and then please let me know what you …

Listen to today’s episode to hear more about : How having a plan in place for long-term care is important to do long before it needs to happen. How powerful it is to involve the person who will need care …

No one told you that you wouldn’t be able to do everything when you became a caregiver. There was a care plan put in place for your husband, Dr’s visits lined up, surgeries schedule, timelines for recovery, and what to …

I love watching movies…don’t you? I especially like to see people overcome their challenges and win in the end. You know the type of movie that for a part of it you start to question how anyone could get through …

I find that happiness can be a tough subject for caregivers. I used to base my happiness on how well my husband was feeling or thought if something would change in my life it would make me happy. Caregiving is …

Listen to my conversation with the caregiver and author Rachel Engstrom. We talk about her book and her journey through caregiving for her husband who had LSS. Rachel will talk about her experience as a caregiver and a widow. She …

I thought today I’d let you into my world a little. Listen today to learn how: How caregiving impacts me the most What it hurts me to see in the caregiving world My hopes for caregivers for this year. How …

Want to hear about the five things I learned about caregiving these past 12 months? Listen to today’s episode and then come to the website www.caregiverconnectionpodcast.com to let me know if you have things you've learned this past year and...

When you resist the changes in your life as a caregiver it makes things much more difficult and life just really starts to suck more for you. It took me years to figure that out! In today’s episode you’ll hear …

Caregiving isn’t usually magical. But, we do have the ability to decide not to do some things. Think about one or two caregiving tasks that you really hate to do. Maybe you don’t like cooking all the time. OR possibly …

Emma is from Victoria Australia and the author of "The Blind Side of Caregivers". She became a full-time caregiver for a close friend who had terminal liver cancer. He passed away in August 2019. When he passed she became the …

Managing your loved one’s medication can be a royal pain in the butt! No matter if you do it all the time or only after surgeries it’s a big responsibility when you’re already overloaded with responsibilities. I’ve done it all. …

It’s difficult, as a caregiver, to find someone you can talk to about the things you feel while caregiving. Someone who won’t judge you and if you don’t have that person you feel lonely and misunderstood. There are a lot …

Caregivers and resentment. It’s there but we never talk about it. You experience it but never say anything because you don’t want to be judged. You've given up so much… A job, Sanity Sleep That carefree life you used to …

“When you start to reconsider your assumptions about your life and start to look at caregiving differently you start to find the rewards of caregiving.” Today’s podcast episode is the second of a two part conversation with Dr Aaron Blight. …

“The wife may start to ask herself, Who am I now? Am I more of a caregiver than a wife? Today’s podcast episode is the first of a two part conversation with Dr Aaron Blight Dr Blight is the author …

Does it ever surprise you when you realize the amount of time and energy you put into taking care of your spouse? All of these things you do for them. All the time. All the energy it takes to be …

I know it might not feel like a time to celebrate for you. As a caregiver the beginning of the year can be annoying. Everyone talking about resolutions and how they are going to change their lives. While you’re just …

Hope. Sometimes it fuels you and other times it’s a four letter word. I know how it feels to really have hope and the crushing feeling when you realize it isn’t going to happen. Life may feel like it’s harder …

Have you been able to let go of the person you were right before you became a caregiver? Of course parts of you are the same but if you look back you know you aren't the same person. When we …

I love looking at pictures! I can sit and look through photo albums and photo feeds all day. When we take pictures it's usually to record a happy moment, a beautiful landscape or something weird someone is doing. We don't …

Holidays are hard when you aren't a caregiver! Adding on the additional stress of going through a time you feel pressure to be happy when someone you care for is seriously ill is a difficult task to take on. The …

When you feel sad is it also followed by shame? When being sad around someone have they told you that there is nothing to be sad about because you aren't the one who is sick? Were you the one that …