One of the unexpected and stressful realities of caring for those you love is that it often brings up many conflicting feelings. We have a vision in our minds of ourselves being patient, attentive and responsive to their every need so that they will feel our love at all times. That’s how we believe we [...]
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 former primary caregiver for his mom, who passed [...]
What happens when you feel judged for how much you do to take care of your family member, or criticized for particular choices you’ve made in providing that care? Do you react by feeling like you have to prove to your judges, and justify to your critics, what you do and why you need to [...]
Have you ever been faced with looks from a family member that twist your gut into a knot…or a snide comment that makes your skin crawl? Do those looks and comments – and perhaps a history of arguments or guilt trips – keep you from speaking up when you feel someone has crossed a line [...]
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