by Loren Gelberg-Goff | Attitude, Boundaries, Caregivers, Family, Overwhelm, Patience, Relationships, Self-Awareness, Self-Care
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...
by Loren Gelberg-Goff | Blog, Boundaries, Caregivers, Change, Family, Patience, Relationships, Self-Awareness, Self-Care, Support Groups
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...
by Loren Gelberg-Goff | Attitude, Caregivers, Family, Happiness, Health, Hopefulness, Overwhelm, Relationships, Renewal, Resilience, Self-Care, Stress, Support Groups
Thinking about the importance of recognizing the immense contribution of American laborers this past holiday really highlighted for me an issue that’s been coming up a great deal lately in caregiver conversation circles: the growing number of caregivers suffering in...
by Loren Gelberg-Goff | Boundaries, Caregivers, Family, Overwhelm, Patience, Relationships, Self-Care
Wow, another great Reader’s Question this week (…and they’re all great, so keep emailing them in!): As the primary caregiver in my family, it seems like I have lost all my rights to have any kind of a normal life. Every time I want to do something for myself, and...
by Loren Gelberg-Goff | Caregivers, Family, Fun, Overwhelm, Relationships, Self-Awareness, Self-Care
This Reader’s Question brings up a really great point about the way being a family caregiver can cause an unfortunate shift in your relationship with your loved one: What do you recommend caregivers do to keep some sort of warmth in their relationship with their...
by Loren Gelberg-Goff | Anxiety, Caregivers, Change, Family, Fears, Guilt, Relationships, Stress
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...
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