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Follow these 7 tips if you’re a caretaker suffering from respite care guilt. If you have children of your own, you may remember the first time you left them in the care of another. Or their first day of school. Or the day they left home for good. As difficult as it was, you knew […]
Welcome back! If you’re following along in my installment series here at the amazing Phyllis Quinlan blog than you’ve completed Step One and you’re ready for Step Two in the “How to Build the Self-Care Mindset” Journey! If you missed the first post on Step One, you can read it here. Remember, we’re working on building […]
Just after dawn on December 11, 2007, my mother went to God. There was a beautiful peacefulness that fell over that bright, winter morning that seemed perfect. Mom had battled several chronic, debilitating diseases that slowly robbed her of her energy and physical function. Her mind was always clear and her determination to live to […]
How can we change our lives through self-care? We start by breaking into the self-care mindset— the “secret ingredient” used by those who have radically changed their lives through self-care. When we think about self-care, we think a lot about action. We focus on what we can do to feel better. Examples include taking […]
Not too long ago, I traveled to Boston via Amtrak on an extended business trip. I am not accustomed to traveling by train. I much prefer to add to my frequent flyer miles and travel by airplane. However, I’ve never had much luck traveling to Boston by plane. For some inexplicable reason there is always […]
The video below was filmed during the Annual International Planetree Organization in Boston, Massachusets this past October. The Planetree Organization is committed to quality, compassion, and partnership which is the essence of person-centered care. I had an opportunity to explain how the Share The Care Organization caregiver model can assist acute and subacute healthcare organizations […]