Sep 8, 2019Ask a Caregiver: Who Hugs the Hugger?Who hugs the Hugger? Thank you very much. I’m just fine! I’m just fine. Can you feel the tension of my opening remarks: Who hugs the Huger? Thank you very much. I’m just fine. Just fine!” I call this the Dance of Caregiving, a dance between one’s soul screaming for attention, and the cultural and social taboos of American rugged individualism. …Caregiving6 min readCaregiving6 min read
May 20, 2019How do you know if you are experiencing Burnout?Recently I was asked, “How do you know if you are experiencing “burnout”?The simple answer is that you know you are. You know because you sense something is out of place. You know when you are exhausted and you take a deep breath, and say, “Ill get through this,” and…Mental Health3 min readMental Health3 min read
Aug 15, 2018Caregivers Experience Compassion Fatigue because They CareI am fascinated that compassion fatigue occurs because caregiver’s care. Not an abnormality that most in our culture may argue, but something very normal in the life of a caregiver. This was important to me for two reasons. The first was to understand more fully my own experience of burnout…Caregiving10 min readCaregiving10 min read
