Implementing a habit of journaling offers many benefits, including: Stress relief from processing our thoughts, experiences, and emotions Creativity boost , especially if you incorporate doodling and color A gift for future generations – your journal is essentially a written, treasured legacy of your life
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9 caregiving experts share their video stories about the women who inspire them as a way to celebrate Women’s History Month.
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Help for Solo Family Caregivers This post is sponsored by LikePaper from Ripple Health Group. All opinions and statements are my own. A US News and World Report article recently included part of my family’s caregiving story about coordinating a parent’s care with siblings. This article reminded me how LUCKY I am to share caregiving
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Intellectual self-care refers to taking care of one’s desire to understand, learn, and be curious. Like the other categories of self-care, intellectual self-care improves overall wellness. This post continues a regular blog series where I will feature a collection of caregiving and/or self-care books. Check out this latest bundle of books. As a bonus, I
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According to the Cleveland Clinic, about 5% of the US population experiences seasonal depression (known as Seasonal Effectiveness Disorder or SAD), and 10-20% experience what they call the winter blues. Winter is my least favorite season and yet I know it’s an important part of our natural cycle and that it doesn’t last forever. Like
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How to define and ask for the caregiving help you need from family, friends, neighbors, and professionals.
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Instead of an annual resolution, try just adding a healthy self-care intention each month or subtracting a bad habit.
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It’s back! The FUN annual activity my family and I have been doing for the past four years. The name changes slightly every year but the concept is the same. It’s called ‘22 for 2022′ and it’s essentially where you capture 22 FUN intentions for the year. I first heard about this idea on one
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I worked as a Product Manager in Information Technology for many years and an important step in launching any product or release was to facilitate a retrospective with the team. There was no doubt a looming backlog of items to start to work on but without the look back on what was done, we would
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My Spotify 2021 Wrapped was released this past week which reminded me how much I enjoy year-end reflections and compilations. I’m always drawn to the People magazine year-end wrap-up edition and a good YouTube look back video. Now I turn that reflective lens to the Happy Healthy Caregiver blog and podcast. These are the 4
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