I was so happy to be honored recently with the 2010 Innovations Award for Prevention from Mental Health America for the work I do educating caregivers about how to care for themselves while they’re taking care of others.  May is Mental Health Awareness Month and being mentally fit is certainly critical to being a strong caregiver; however, the…

The people you spend time with have a big impact on how you move through life.  How well do you really know your loved ones? Making time to get to know each other (again) will help you to deepen your relationships.  And, by asking and answering these kinds of questions, there’s a good chance yoi’ll…

Not eating properly is one of the common fallouts from caregiving, and it’s also one of the big reasons family caregivers are becoming patients themselves. Way too many family caregivers have poor dietary habits. I’m sure you know that food is your body’s fuel.  You need it to make you go.  Not giving your body…

We’ve talked before about how we all have the power to create hope in our lives.  With a goal of moving through life with a higher level of hope, this week instead of wishing—or hoping—to feel more hopeful, let’s create a strategy for hope. To create a strategy, I want you to think of a Plan…

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