by Loren Gelberg-Goff | Blog, Caregivers, Change, Family, Growth, Patience, Relationships
This week I want to share with you a beautiful and thought-provoking article by Barry Jacobs that I read last week, since I expect you will probably appreciate it as much as I did. Barry, in addition to being a clinical psychologist and family therapist, is also a...
by Loren Gelberg-Goff | Anger, Blog, Boundaries, Caregivers, Fears, Health, Overwhelm, Resilience, Self-Awareness, Self-Care, Stress
As a caregiver rising to the challenges each day brings, do you get angry very often? Do life’s little inconveniences – an important item forgotten at the store when you have no time to go back, a new complaint from your loved one that must be addressed when there’s...
by Loren Gelberg-Goff | Attitude, Beliefs, Caregivers, Growth, Happiness, Relationships, Self-Awareness, Self-Care, Self-Sabotage
In the last three posts I’ve given an overview of three important pillars of successful self-care when part of your daily life revolves around caring for a loved one. Put these in place and you can begin to reclaim more of your life for yourself than you thought...
by Loren Gelberg-Goff | Blog, Boundaries, Caregivers, Family, Happiness, Health, Relationships, Renewal, Resilience, Self-Awareness, Self-Care, Self-Esteem, Success
In the last two posts I pointed out two very common patterns I have observed in family caregivers, especially those who represent the “first line of defense” in their loved one’s care: How they can fall into such a rut of feeling overwhelmed, burnt out and defeated...
by Loren Gelberg-Goff | Attitude, Beliefs, Caregivers, Growth, Overwhelm, Self-Awareness, Self-Care, Stress
In my last post I wrote about how easy it is for caregivers to fall into patterns of self-neglect and not even realize it. I hope you took something away from reading it that nudged you into awareness from time to time when you were pushing yourself to exhaustion. Did...
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