What happens when the caregiver NEEDS a caregiver?
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Do we have Plan B?
Kintsugi, a 400-year-old Japanese tradition
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in its simplest terms, is a practice of repairing broken pottery, metaphorically repairing us.
Applying strength.
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What if strength isn't about how much we can carry, but how we manage life's struggles.
"The bad news is nothing lasts forever.
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The good news is nothing lasts forever.” – J. Cole. Be open to change.
“Anything is possible if you’ve got enough nerve.”
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if you've got enough nerve!
The Caregiving System
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Family caregivers need greater support.
Caregivers need support
the emotional toll of being a caregiver.
Winter Stars
An aging son’s journey caring for his elderly mother.
What and where we can learn about being a care partner?
I learned while I was knitting.
It is April Fool’s Day, but this is not a trick.
From twiddling one’s thumbs to a Twiddle Muff keeps thumbs and fingers busy.
A wake-up call.
“Sometimes letting things go is an act of far greater power than defending or hanging on.” —Eckhart Tolle
Michael A. Singer’s formula for success was very simple:
“Do whatever is put in front of you with all your heart and soul without regard for personal results. Do the work as though it were given to you by the universe itself – because it was.’
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