Join me next March! Learn while you have fun on the Influencers’ Cruise! Why do I recommend it? Look what happened to me this year! A podcast, a new book and a keynote! Hope to celebrate your goals with you next spring! SGS Intro Music Audiogram
Join me next March! Learn while you have fun on the Influencers’ Cruise! Why do I recommend it? Look what happened to me this year! A podcast, a new book and a keynote! Hope to celebrate your goals with you next spring! SGS Intro Music Audiogram
This week, on my Substack.com newsletter, Nonnegotiables, please read this important information about Personal Time vs. Isolation. Here’s the link to the newsletter: THIS! Share it with a friend!
What does your day-in-the-life look like? Is there time for you to take care of yourself? If not, how will you change that? Sharegiving might be part of the answer for Caregivers. You can’t do it alone. You need strategies to add other people to your story. I can show you how. Connect with me… Continue reading Nonnegotiables #5: Work Life Balance for Caregivers
New Substack Newsletter launched today! Take a look and please subscribe, comment, and share. We can make family caregiving better. I’m recommending Sharegiving, as I did in my talk for IDIAS earlier this week (link to follow in August), and my first nonnegotiable is to consider caregiving in a rational frame, separate from the feelings… Continue reading The Nonnegotiables for Family Caregivers
Speaking online at the Women’s Empowerment Conference on July 22, 2024, and they prepared this lovely cover! Please click the link if it’s not showing here.https://www.winspire.live/magazine/deborah
Many family caregivers believe that maintaining an overcrowded day and to-do-list will keep their productivity up. As in many professions, this strategic error can lead to exhaustion and low-to-no productivity. Our hearts often encourage us to try to exceed our own physical and rational limits. We can’t keep depleting ourselves without paying a cost in… Continue reading Avoid confusing activity with productivity
Dementia Summit Alert! My friends and colleagues, Lisa Skinner is interviewing me and over 20 other amazing experts on The Minding Dementia Summit. This FREE summit is packed with tools and strategies for those who have a loved one or knows someone with a loved and/or caregivers of those living with Alzheimers and Dementia. This… Continue reading Minding Dementia Summit January 23, 2024 Please Join me!
What’s a Listening Artist? One of the key principles I teach is that caregivers need to be heard! On October 19, I had a chance to practice what I preached. I became certified as a Listening Artist a few weeks ago. Last week, I participated in the “Caring Our Way” Event. You might think… Continue reading Confessions of a Listening Artist
What’s wrong with D.I.Y. Caregiving? Many caregivers start off in crisis mode, believing they can handle it all, or the emergency will pass, or thinking “no one can help me.” The trouble with this method of caregiving is that it’s unsustainable. Sooner or later, your own health and wellbeing will suffer. People who try to… Continue reading A Caregiver’s Dilemma: D.I.Y. 24/7/365
During our discussion, the topic that intrigued most participants concerned the 5 levels of hoarding. Here, I’ll share a link to the chart referenced on many websites that you may find helpful if you know someone who may be a hoarder.