Is This Energy-Drainer Keeping You Stuck?

โ€‹โ€‹Itโ€™s all around you, but you probably donโ€™t even notice.ย  It is a stealth energy-drainer, and it may be sabotaging your fitness goals. Itโ€™s called clutter and each of us has it in our lives.ย  This can be physical clutter or mental clutter. The insidious nature of...

How to Support Your Own Happiness

When you were little and the teacher asked what you wanted to be when you grew up, you surely didnโ€™t answer โ€œmiserable!โ€ At every stage in life, unhappiness is not a state to which we aspire.ย  But with life as it is these days, the vision of our own prosperity can...

Laughter Pills

by Rosa Carlisle We all wish to live and experience joy.ย  As a caretaker, it is difficult to feel happy when there is always someone depending upon you. It’s easy to get overwhelmed by the duties of care-taking. Doctors tell us if we experience these stressful...

4 Tips To Help You Enjoy The Holidays

By: Linda Burhans Often touted as the most wonderful time of the year, the holidays can bring on a host of mixed emotions for caregivers and their families. While the holidays are a time of gatherings with family and friends, they can also be a source of stress. As...

Queen of the House

By Linda Burhans – Paul had been coming to my caregiver support for a while. His wife had early onset dementia and was living in a wonderful memory community. One day after a support group, he asked if he could meet me one on one. “My wife is failing and...

The Power of Touch and What It Means for the Elderly

By Linda Burhans – Touch is perhaps the most powerful sense of all. From the moment we are born, before our eyes are open, a gentle touch calms us and lets us know someone cares. In the beginning stages of life, a nurturing touch helps create a bond that shapes...