Episodes

There’s so many different levels of stress right? But I find that the higher up we go on that stress spectrum my body reacts to it differently.Then there is caregivers stress that just is it’s own beast, right?  I feel that as a caregiver...

Deep down there is a little part of you that knows you need therapy. If you are a caregiver you can find a million reasons why you don't have the time/can't go. This episode is for everyone who wants to know... * What happens in that first therapy...

Do you understand how important caregiving is? I know you’re doing it but do you understand how critical your role is for the person you are caring for? Have you taken time to actually write out everything you do as a caregiver?  In today’s...

Right now we own the messaging. There aren’t any caregiving PSA’s being produced anytime soon so the only way people will begin to notice our worth is if we communicate that to them.  Listen to how caregivers can control their own messaging...

I think it isn’t being misunderstood as a caregiver that causes us to feel lonely and unsupported. I feel that we feel this way because caregiving is undervalued.  Listen to this episode and then please let me know what you think. Maybe there...

Listen to today’s episode to hear more about : How having a plan in place for long-term care is important to do long before it needs to happen.  How powerful it is to involve the person who will need care in the planning when they are still...

No one told you that you wouldn’t be able to do everything when you became a caregiver. There was a care plan put in place for your husband, Dr’s visits lined up, surgeries schedule, timelines for recovery, and what to expect from it all.  No...

I love watching movies…don’t you? I especially like to see people overcome their challenges and win in the end. You know the type of movie that for a part of it you start to question how anyone could get through that and then you are super happy...

I find that happiness can be a tough subject for caregivers. I used to base my happiness on how well my husband was feeling or thought if something would change in my life it would make me happy. Caregiving is a struggle and some days it's really...

Listen to my conversation with the caregiver and author Rachel Engstrom. We talk about her book and her journey through caregiving for her husband who had LSS. Rachel will talk about her experience as a caregiver and a widow. She shares some of the...

I thought today I’d let you into my world a little.  Listen today to learn how: How caregiving impacts me the most What it hurts me to see in the caregiving world My hopes for caregivers for this year. How impactful we can all be to create a...

Want to hear about the five things I learned about caregiving these past 12 months? Listen to today’s episode and then come to the website www.caregiverconnectionpodcast.com to let me know if you have things you've learned this past year and...

When you resist the changes in your life as a caregiver it makes things much more difficult and life just really starts to suck more for you. It took me years to figure that out! In today’s episode you’ll hear more on learning how to anticipate...

Caregiving isn’t usually magical.  But, we do have the ability to decide not to do some things. Think about one or two caregiving tasks that you really hate to do. Maybe you don’t like cooking all the time. OR possibly your spouse is bed...

Emma is from Victoria Australia and the author of "The Blind Side of Caregivers". She became a full-time caregiver for a close friend who had terminal liver cancer. He passed away in August 2019. When he passed she became the primary caregiver to his...

Managing your loved one’s medication can be a royal pain in the butt! No matter if you do it all the time or only after surgeries it’s a big responsibility when you’re already overloaded with responsibilities. I’ve done it all. I’ve taped...

It’s difficult, as a caregiver, to find someone you can talk to about the things you feel while caregiving. Someone who won’t judge you and if you don’t have that person you feel lonely and misunderstood. There are a lot of different issues that...

Caregivers and resentment. It’s there but we never talk about it.  You experience it but never say anything because you don’t want to be judged.  You've given up so much… A job, Sanity Sleep That carefree life you used to have. It’s...

“When you start to reconsider your assumptions about your life and start to look at caregiving differently you start to find the rewards of caregiving.” Today’s podcast episode is the second of a two part conversation with Dr Aaron Blight. Dr...

“The wife may start to ask herself, Who am I now? Am I more of a caregiver than a wife? Today’s podcast episode is the first of a two part conversation with Dr Aaron Blight Dr Blight is the author of the new book, When Caregiving Calls: Guidance...

Does it ever surprise you when you realize the amount of time and energy you put into taking care of your spouse? All of these things you do for them. All the time. All the energy it takes to be you right now so that you can be there for them. ...

I know it might not feel like a time to celebrate for you. As a caregiver the beginning of the year can be annoying. Everyone talking about resolutions and how they are going to change their lives. While you’re just trying to keep up with how to get...

Hope. Sometimes it fuels you and other times it’s a four letter word.  I know how it feels to really have hope and the crushing feeling when you realize it isn’t going to happen.  Life may feel like it’s harder for us but it isn’t...

Have you been able to let go of the person you were right before you became a caregiver? Of course parts of you are the same but if you look back you know you aren't the same person.  When we grieve the loss of another person were have rituals...