Each month, I have a one-on-one call with a caregiver in the Happy Healthy Caregiver Community. I call each of these recorded conversations a ‘Caregiver Spotlight’. I started these because each caregiver journey is unique and I know every time I talk to another caregiver I learn something new and I leave that conversation knowing I’m not […]
Caregiver Spotlight – Cindy Read More »
Have you created a bucket list? In this post, I’m going to share mine with you. It’s my ’50 before 50′ bucket list. So often I see caregivers put aside all their own dreams and goals in order to care for others. I know their heart is in the right place when they make this either conscious
Caregiver, it’s time to create your own bucket list Read More »
Sometimes you just have to laugh at your caregiving situation. A little caregiver humor can go a long way! When my sisters and I were packing my mom and moving her from her assisted living in Georgia to my sister’s home in Pennsylvania, we created a group text called ‘It’s a great day to give care’ (this
You Know You are a Caregiver When… Read More »
What do you give a caregiver to show them you care and are thinking about them? What they want is more time and available hands to call when they are needed. But in our society, where the demand of our time far surpasses the supply, it’s a struggle to be that helper we want to
A Gift for the Overwhelmed Caregiver that Keeps Giving Read More »
My Spotify workout playlist is constantly a work in progress. I know for my music to continue to motivate me and keep me moving, I need to keep my workout playlist fresh and fun. Music is a must for me during a workout because: It offers a distraction – I forget how hard I’m working or
20 Happy & Healthy Songs for your Workout Playlist Read More »
‘We’re out of tricks.’ This is the phrase I used when talking to my two out-of-town sisters about the need to find a better living situation for mom…again. Mom has been in two different assisted living communities in the past year and half since my dad has passed. Neither place has been a fit and
A New Place for Mom Read More »
Happy birthday to Shadow! Our dog Shadow turned 5 this month…in human years. Adding Shadow to our family is the best decision I ever made that I didn’t want to make. For real.
My Shih Tzu Improves my Health and Happiness Read More »
In the last post, I shared that this was my third time following the Whole 30 program – in a raw nutshell it’s a nutrition program that you follow for 30 days to ‘reset’ your body and let it heal and recover from the effects certain foods may be causing. The only way to really
The five Whole 30 results and benefits that I gained Read More »
The biggest key in optimizing your healthy lifestyle is preparation. You have to have healthy stuff to eat at all times or you’ll be faced with temptation and put yourself at risk for making unhealthy food choices.
Meal planning, prepping meals ahead of time, and optimizing your environments will help set and keep you on a path to success.
The kitchen is the health of the home Read More »
Profound, right? I thought so. This simple statement slapped me upside the head when I heard this from Dawn, the owner and creator of a nonprofit organization called ALOHA (A Life Of Healthy Aging). Dawn’s organization visits my mom’s new assisted living community monthly to offer support to resident’s families.
Dawn followed this statement with a question: ‘who is your mom?’ and challenged me to find out. I definitely know who I want her to be – I want her to be me! But, even though she has been my mom for 44 years, I still have some detective work to do in order to answer this question.
My BIG takeaway from my first family caregiver support meeting Read More »