Change

Another great Reader’s Question came in this week: You write all the time about the importance of self-care, especially when caring for aging parents. I am struggling with making myself a priority when I have both of my parents, my home, my husband, my job and even some of the needs of my young adult [...]

This week’s Reader’s Question is about how to best handle a situation many family caregivers dread: “I know it’s time for my mother to stop driving, but I don’t have the heart to discuss this with her. She only drives locally, and drives very slowly, so she thinks she’s perfectly OK. It makes me crazy, [...]

A client recently asked me this, and it’s my Question of the Week: What do I do when I seem to care more about my spouse’s health than he does? My husband has been struggling with health issues for a few years now. He’s diabetic, overweight, has heart issues, drinks to excess, has high blood [...]

Over the past couple weeks in my Take Back Your Life Group Program, the topic has been anger that sometimes comes up when you’re a caregiver, and how to handle it in new, healthier ways. One of the participants raised a great question about a particular anger issue she struggles with – and because it’s [...]