Caregiver Support
Four Ways to be Heroic in a Caregiving Support Role
Caregiving isn’t a solo battle. Learn how to be the best support person possible (Molly Pitcher) without destroying everything or losing your own boundaries.
Caregiver Support
It’s Not Fair – Why so Many Caregivers Sacrifice Everything
Caregivers sacrifice their own health and careers when they fall into the Fairness Trap. Here’s how to stop the culture of self-sacrifice.
Burnout and Compassion Fatigue
Pacing, Prioritization, and Release: Navigating High-Stakes Crisis Without Overwhelm
Gathering more data won’t solve overwhelm in a crisis. Learn the 4-part framework to gain true clarity: Prioritization, Discernment, Pacing, and Release.
Caregiver Support
Stop seeing opponents where you have allies
We’re very good at finding someone to blame, even if it’s no one’s fault. That leads to more harm and conflict. Here’s why, and what to do instead.
Caregiver Support
My approach to caregiver coaching in 30 minutes
In my interview with High Velocity Radio, we laid out the mindset and skills needed to succeed when caring for a family member. Worth 30 minutes of your day.
Burnout and Compassion Fatigue
Multitasking or thrashing? 5 things to help you focus.
Feeling overwhelmed? Multitasking will make it worse because doing many things at once leads to thrashing. Do these five things instead.
Caregiver Support
Certainty is a red herring
Demanding certainty leads to fear and anxiety. Certainty is a red herring. Embrace uncertainty, however, and you’ll find you fear the future less, not more.
Caregiver Support
Three exercises for personal resilience
Personal resilience is, I believe, one of the three top skills every person will need over the next decade. (My other top two are adaptability and the ability to discern truth.) Personal resilience, generally speaking, is the ability to persevere through adversity or to bounce back after a setback. Last Read more
Caregiver Support
How to quiet your high achiever guilt
Nearly every high achiever thinks they’re not getting enough done. That’s because every time they accomplish something worthwhile, that success comes at the expense of some other worthwhile thing. When you have 15 important things to do and enough time to do just 13 of them, the two that get Read more
Burnout and Compassion Fatigue
Join me at the Caregiver Café
Being a caregiver is a high-stakes job. If you don’t give it everything you’ve got, you might lose the one you’re caring for. If you do give it everything you’ve got, you might lose yourself. The statistics prove that. Allison Wyman and I talked about the solutions to that recently Read more