Positively Living®: Shame-Free Productivity Conversations
The Positively LivingⓇ podcast is designed to help you prioritize your passions, personalize your approach to life, and achieve your goals without the burnout. If you're an overwhelmed multi-tasker, multi-passionate, people pleaser, creative, and/or caregiver, you'll love this mix of solo and special guest episodes. With topics like productivity, self-awareness, personal development, habits + systems, decluttering + organizing, positivity, stress management, trauma + grief, entrepreneurship, and more, you’ll find actionable advice, wrapped in humor and hope, dedicated to helping you do less, live more, and breathe easier.
Positively Living®: Shame-Free Productivity Conversations
Why You Must Care for the Caregiver
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Our natural instinct is to prioritize those who need care, not those giving the care, especially when it comes to the elderly and infirm. That’s understandable, but I refuse to leave the caregiver behind and act as though caring for another means giving up your own life.
As a repeat caregiver for elderly parents and mom of two, I’ve experienced the challenge of caring for others while also trying to care for myself. There was rarely a time when there was a choice to make (between me and those I was caring for) that anyone expected me to choose myself first. It didn’t even occur to me! That is why it is my mission to be a caregiver advocate.
In this episode of the Positively LivingⓇ Podcast, I cover the hidden toll of caregiving (and the compounding effects of stress that come with it) and seven essential self-care strategies for caregivers.
If you're a caregiver, remember: your well-being matters. You cannot pour from an empty cup. Start by implementing one small self-care strategy today, and recognize that taking care of yourself isn't selfish—it's necessary.
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Ep 34: My Caregiving and Clutter Story
Ep 37: Estate Organizing with Eileen Moynahan
Ep 81: Boost Caregiver Resilience Through Creativity with Kate Chapman
Ep 155: Music as Self-Care for Caregivers with Dawn Renee
Ep 156: How to Reduce Mental Load as a Parent or Caregiver with Roxanne Ferber
Ep 180: What Stress Really Is and How to Manage It
Ep 261: Why Self-Care Will Not Fix Burnout
Ep 146: 10 Simple Self-Care Ideas [Round Up]
