7 Ways to Thank a Family Caregiver

By Theresa Wilbanks – More than 1 in 5 Americans are providing care for a family member. You likely interact with many family caregivers in your close circles, including friends, family, colleagues, and neighbors. When someone in your realm is involved with care...

What is Guilt and How Does it Affect Us?

By: Linda Burhans – Do you often think about the things you should have done, could have done, and would have done if it weren’t for the fill-in-the-blank reason? Do you routinely feel shame for things you have done or have failed to do? Is it your habit to...

Can You Relate?

By Breeda Miller – Feeling as rough as I lookIt’s been a week hasn’t it? I was just exhausted, overwhelmed and the weather change did a number on me. I had the worst migraine I can remember – really horrible and so bad that my prescription medicine didn’t help....

Dying with Dignity

by: A Bit of Brian’s Brilliance – Several months ago, I made a video to my future Care Partners. In case you didn’t see it, here is a a link to the video. https://bit.ly/30fWF5O In the video, I talk to my Future Care Partners, telling them my likes and my...

You’re Smart to Be Alert to This Hidden Grief

by: Carlen Maddux – Those of us caring for a loved one who’s ill with no known cure; for a loved one whose behavior can change by the minute; for a loved one with no end in sight … we may very well be carrying a grief that’s deep and hidden, a grief that we’re...

Debunking Our Need for Stuff

by: Kathy Blair – As a boomer, I was raised with National Geographic magazine. It was the voice of authority and as a city girl, it took me to faraway places, enlightened me and exposed me to new exciting possibilities. Now, with information accessible at the...