Episode 65: Exciting Changes

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You’re a caregiver… so you know that nothing stays the same for too long. Everything shifts and changes and once you feel like you have a handle on things it changes again.

I know how unsettling that can feel. 

When I think of change the song “Seasons Change” by Exposé always pops into my head because … well … I was in seventh grade back then and sometimes music always seems better from when you were younger. 

Just like my younger self, I am figuring myself out here in front of all of you. 

How do I tell my story about my experience as a caregiver and also provide not only a way to let you know we all have so much in common and share some of the same thoughts and feelings AND share things I have learned that have allowed me to enjoy my life as a caregiver. 

Over the past year of putting this podcast together episode by episode, I learned so much more about myself simply because I’ve had to process things I might not have ever said to anyone else as I’m speaking them to you. I also realized that I can help by providing more support for you through interviews with other caregivers and people who specialize in things you would benefit from knowing. 

  • I want you to have all the information I didn’t have.
  • I want you to know that I’ve been where you are … I know the:

Fear

Doubt

Worry

Anxiety

Stress

Caregiving brings with it.

 

I know how it feels to have your life changed with one phone call. How lonely it is to be a caregiver. How much of ourselves we give to care for a person and how bad we feel when we’ve become burnout and resentful. I know how horrible it is to feel unseen, unsupported, and undervalued.

There’s nothing good about being in that place and I know it’s hard to even think there is an alternative. 

But I believe there is … and I hope that going forward I can help you find things that will work for you by simply bringing on the guests, continuing to tell you my caregiving stories, and supporting you in any way I can so that you can find a way to love your caregiving life.

To communicate that goal I am making a change. I know… it’s been hard for me to finally decide on this but it is a simple change that you won’t really notice. It won’t change the format of this podcast. It won’t change the content I put on. All that is changing is the name so that it can better reflect my focus and what I hope to help you get to. 

This podcast, starting next week, will be called …

Love Your Caregiving Life!

The colors of the art will change a little and over time I’ll get things like the FB group banner and the Newsletter art changed to reflect that. 

I’m so excited about the rest of the year and the things I have lined up for this podcast! I’d love to hear from you to learn what you felt resonated, what made you stop what you were doing while you were listening and what really didn’t hit the same way for you.

I would love to hear what your questions and concerns are. What do you want to hear more of? What types of interviews or topics are you interested in? 

All of the ways you’ve kept in touch and engaged will continue. 

The FB group will stay the same and if you are in the group you know if a request, call for help, or question is put out there I’ll do everything I can to find the answer, ways to support that person, and the group as a whole. So that is a great place to go to have conversations about topics covered here in the podcast or whenever you just want to interact with other caregivers. IF you’d like to join you can find that information on the podcast website. 

The website will start to change over time in a good way. There will be more on there for you. More blog posts, more guides you can download, transcripts for the podcast in case you’d like to read instead of listening or you heard something you’d like to revisit. That will all be one there.

Signing up for the newsletter is the perfect way to get information, news, and support for caregivers as well as information on that week’s podcast episode. That will continue to go out every Thursday. You can sign up for it through the website by downloading the PDF Guide  Top 5 Tools Every Caregiver Must Have. 

So anything that changes will be for the better and, I hope, provide more support for you.

The easiest way to find me is at the website. www.LoveYourCaregivingLife.com

Oh, and if you want to listen to that Exposé song here is their YouTube video.


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