by Loren Gelberg-Goff | Beliefs, Blog, Boundaries, Family, Relationships, Self-Care, Self-Esteem
Here’s another great question I received recently from a reader. It’s one that I know many people struggle with, so I thought I’d answer it in today’s installment of my “Reader Q&A Series”… READER QUESTION #3 “I practiced speaking up this...
by Loren Gelberg-Goff | Anxiety, Asking For Help, Beliefs, Hopefulness, Overwhelm, Resilience, Self-Care, Stress, Support Groups
This has been a sad and difficult week when it comes to facing depression, anxiety, mental illness and mental health, after hearing of the suicide deaths of two very successful and admired celebrities. As caregivers we are no strangers to difficult emotions. We are...
by Loren Gelberg-Goff | Beliefs, Boundaries, Caregivers, Change, Family, Fears, Resilience, Self-Awareness, Self-Care, Stress
There is a lot going on in the world at any given moment that can cause us to feel fearful, and most of it seems beyond our control. All the more reason to stand strong against letting fear run the parts of your life over which you actually do have control! So before...
by Loren Gelberg-Goff | Beliefs, Blog, Caregivers, Change, Guilt, Hopefulness, Self-Awareness, Self-Care, Shame
It seems that almost all caregivers have to deal with feeling at least a little guilty at some points in their caregiving. Whether for something as simple as forgetting an item at the grocery store that their loved one was counting on, or something big like not being...
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 | 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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