Welcome, Caregiver!
Wishing you could love your life again, even while taking care of your aging parents and your children?
You are in the right place if you are taking care of someone with dementia and…
- You are functioning on autopilot: you manage to get things done, everyone and everything is taken care of, and you might seem ok to people who don’t know you well.
- You might have trouble finding time for yourself and your family at the end of the day.
- People admire you for providing the best care possible to your parents, but you feel dead inside and don’t know how long you will be able to keep going.
- You are tired of feeling guilty and resentful all the time, and bubble baths and spa salons don’t help you feel better.
- You are looking for help beyond what you may have received in therapy.
- You are excited at the idea of living your life now, not when your parents die and your kids move out. Even if you are not sure you believe it’s possible.
You are not quite ready if…
- You are not willing to make yourself a priority.
- You want to talk about how miserable you are and how hard it is to be a caregiver, but you are not ready to take action to improve your life,
- You are struggling to get out of bed and take care of your basic hygiene.
- You have serious thoughts about harming yourself or others.
- You have a diagnosis that’s not being managed by the appropriately licensed mental health professional
Why work with the Emotional Support Coach for Caregivers?
When I started talking openly about my caregiving experience, the question I got most often was how I did it.
Honestly, I didn’t know how I did it. I was trying to keep my mother and my child alive while surviving myself. It took me years to recover and when I was back to life, I started looking back at my experience to figure out why it ended up so badly and what I could have done differently.
You and I both know no matter how hard it is to be a caregiver, we care, and that’s why we don’t give up. We want to do our best and find ways to make it better for our loved ones.
But when we only find resources on how to take care of someone with dementia and not how to take care of ourselves beyond juice cleanses and cosmetic procedures, we cannot go for long.
I became certified as a Master Coach, and combining the understanding of dementia with the emotional support caregivers needed to thrive got my clients back to living their lives while they are on their caregiving journey.
In the caregiving world, we don’t talk about our thoughts and feelings much. Not when a gazillion appointments have to be arranged, your parents act as kids and your kids don’t get much of your attention. Most caregivers will choose to sacrifice themselves instead of investing in coaching or therapy.
But this is what I know to be true because I see it again and again:
Coaching that allows you to understand and accept what happens in your life and to release the feelings that are building up and about to explode is going to help you become a resilient caregiver who thrives.
What would it mean to stop settling for a “new normal” you didn’t ask for and truly love your life again?
Imagine what it will feel like when you are:
- Confident in your ability to make strong decisions on your own
- Clear on who you are and what you want in your life now.
- No longer stuck with a “new normal” that’s less than what you want
- Genuinely loving life again, while also being a caregiver
- Able to handle any emotion without needing to hide from it
Let me help you.
