by Willow Tree | Aug 29, 2018 | Self-care, Time4Me
The alarm goes off and you are rushing around preparing for a busy day ahead. Whether you have children to get ready for school, or a person in your care or papers to read for a morning meeting, by the time you’ve watched the news, and brushed your teeth, you are...
by Willow Tree | Dec 22, 2017 | Self-care, Time4Me
The light of caregiving seems a natural progression from our last post highlighting the gifts of caregiving. To survive our roles, it is important we take time for ourselves and keep up a positive perspective. This positive perspective, this light is our focus. What...
by Willow Tree | Dec 1, 2017 | Self-care, Time4Me
Planning to be ill? No, thank you. I need to skip that this year. Yes, we try to stay well. But, life (or should I say illness) happens. Here are a few tidbits on preparing to be ill as a caregiver. Summary of the 8 tips Maintain a list of folks for on-call support....
by Willow Tree | Nov 10, 2017 | Self-care, Time4Me
It is important we as caregivers ask for help. There are a few treats of asking along with a few tricks to sizing. Self-care involves asking for assistance. Our perspective on asking is key. Dealing with the size or duration can feel tricky. In the previous drip we...
by Willow Tree | Nov 3, 2017 | Self-care, Time4Me
Many caregivers struggle to ask for assistance. Once we do, we may struggle with doubts. Among those “am I asking too much?”. How do we determine whether an ask is too little, too big, or just right? (Sounds a little like Goldilocks on asking.) We need to...
by Willow Tree | Oct 27, 2017 | Essential Oils, Self-care, Time4Me
We know we as caregivers are only human. Part of our humanness is errors and failures. This fact allows fear to creep in. We fear we will fail at caregiving. It is what we do with and within that fear that matters. How do you deal with fear of failure? Present...
