Celebrating Moms and Dads – 2023 Mother’s Day and Father’s Day Gift Guide Mark your calendars for this year’s parental holidays where we let our loved ones know how much we appreciate them. Mother’s Day is Sunday, May 14th, 2023 Father’s Day is Sunday, June 18th Some of our moms and dads are also family […]
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One of the top pain points for family caregivers is the need for training and education. Many family caregivers were tossed into a family caregiving role overnight or may have seen the need for more care coming but didn’t know what they didn’t know. Either way, family caregivers struggle to keep their heads above water.
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It’s back! The FUN annual activity my family and I have been doing for the past five years. The name changes slightly every year but the concept is the same. One note: because the years are growing in size, 23 seemed like a long list of things so I’m going with the first 2 numbers
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In this post, you’ll find six self-care and caregiving books you may want to add to your ‘to be read’ pile. Recently I put a hold on accepting new caregiving and self-care books because my ‘to be read’ pile is overflowing which makes me feel anxious. To be honest, I’m not reading as much thanks
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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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I’m proud to be an Ambassador for the No Barriers Caregiver Program and a volunteer retreat leader. I just returned from an amazing ‘train the trainer’ multi-day pack trip outside Cody, Wyoming. I knew going in that it would be a bonding experience for us as retreat leaders and be a mock caregiving retreat allowing
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This post is sponsored by Depend® Brand. All opinions and statements are my own. A few weeks ago, I participated in a live virtual event entitled “The Empowered Caregiver.” The free digital experience was hosted by SheKnows, an organization all about helping women care for themselves and their families. Our interactive hour was sponsored by
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This post is sponsored by Clearday at Home™. All opinions and statements are my own. We have been living this pandemic life for over a year now. We have all had to create and adjust to our ‘new normal’ and find new ways to combat isolation, boredom, and physical inactivity. I know when I find
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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. Today we get to turn that reflective lens to this blog. These are the 12 posts that accumulated the most page views during the calendar year beginning January 1, in order, most to
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