by Garth Sundem | Nov 13, 2019 | Mental Health, Self Help
November is National Family Caregivers Awareness Month. It’s also the start of the holiday season. Is this a coincidence? We think not. Instead, it seems perfectly logical that awareness for caregivers would coincide with what can be the most stressful time of...
by Rosemary Lokhorst | Nov 6, 2019 | Chronic/Serious Illness, Self Help
For the last three years, I was a caregiver to my best friend as she fought and eventually succumb to breast cancer. But as they say, “It takes a village,” and so it was not just me, but a group of our people that shared both the burden and the special moments....
by Joanna Jaeger | Oct 18, 2017 | Uncategorized
My husband and I just returned from the longest vacation we have ever had away from our children – a grown daughter with Type 1 diabetes and an adult son with Type 1 diabetes and autism. It was a spectacular two weeks in Greece and Turkey celebrating our 30th wedding...
by Garth Sundem | Jul 19, 2017 | Uncategorized
When your child has health concerns, you are stressed. And when you are stressed, you just want things to be easy. Sometimes being authentic isn’t easy – sometimes it seems as if authenticity will lead to conflict or even to a connection that you don’t have time to...
by Alison Grimes | Dec 7, 2016 | Uncategorized
November was National Family Caregivers Month, but December is an equally important time of year to celebrate caregivers. The holiday season is filled with enthusiasm and excitement shared with family, friends and colleagues, yet too often it is also the season of...
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