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Caregiver Coaching: Move it or Lose it
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Jennifer Antkowiak
When I was caring for my mother-in-law during her end-of-life journey with cancer, getting any kind of physical activity wasn’t even on my radar. Between the running from our house to theirs, working as a TV news anchor, breastfeeding a newborn daughter, and taking care of three toddler sons and a husband I didn’t have time or energy to…
Caring Questions: Strength from Above
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Jennifer Antkowiak
Caregiving situations can make us struggle to find a way to communicate with someone we love. I’ve learned that when you’re able to push through awkward silence and connect with your loved one, the rewards are many. (You can read more about that here). This week, I’m offering you some questions that will help you…
Take Care Tip Tuesday: Get to Bed
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Jennifer Antkowiak
The National Sleep Foundation reports that more than half of all adults in the United States experience sleep problems more than once a week. In fact, about 40-million people have diagnosed sleep disorders, and–get this–fewer than 3-percent of those people are being treated for it. Sleep is a big deal. We know that sleep is…
Survivors of Hopelessness
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Jennifer Antkowiak
I was so honored to share my experiences as a family caregiver, along with make life easier strategies for caregivers at an American Cancer Society Survivor’s Conference over the weekend. 350 or so cancer survivors and their caregivers were there. Their faces…their stories will be with me for a long time. As I sit here to write…
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