A Guest Post From a Tired Caregiver With a short break for sleep, my teenaged daughter Lily has screamed, shouted, ranted and thrown household objects for 18 hours straight. She follows me outside and from room to room inside. If I lock a door, she pounds on it and shouts.
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THE CAREGIVERS' LIVING ROOM A Blog by Donna Thomson: The Importance & Complexity of Compassionate Caregiving
It is my pleasure to host this guest post from author Christian Worstell on the subject of compassionate caregiving. Can compassion in caring be taught and learned? Or, is it a talent that is either in us, or not? Read on. Photo Credit: Pexels What do you think of when
Continue readingTHE CAREGIVERS' LIVING ROOM A Blog by Donna Thomson: I’VE FELT SO MUCH AND NOW I’M NUMB
Today I was speaking with another caregiver. We were talking about trauma.My friend’s Mom has been progressively losing skills due to a degenerative disease. It wasn’t just the disappearing abilities that hurt my friend, it was the numbness she felt herself. Here’s how she described what happened yesterday. “Mom’s been
Continue readingLaw is Cool: The Fallency and Impracticality of Work-Life Balance
By Leo Tam PRLG 722 Sec 101 Posted on: Jun 15, 2014 Work life balance is the effort to separate pressure from work from interfering with personal lives of individual employees. The ultimate goal of a work life balance is to avoid a burn-out due to excessive work. Work and
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