This Summer, What’s Going Well?
Jul 18 2012 in Denise's Blog, Your Caregiving Journey by Denise
Last night, our call-in show episode aired on Your Caregiving Journey. We shared answers to this question: What’s going well this summer? You can listen to our show via the player, below.
If you couldn’t make our show, I’d love to know your answer. In a time that seems like all is going wrong, it can take a bit of thought to find one thing that’s going well. When you find it, please share in our comments section, below.
Resources
- During our show, Bette mentioned one of our free webinars, Finding Your Answer to Those Awful Questions. You can enjoy the webinar here.
- Our next show airs on Saturday at 10 a.m. ET (9 a.m. CT, 7 a.m. PT). Holly, who cares for her husband, joins me for Table Talk. You can listen to the live show and join the chat room here.
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ejourneys said on July 20, 2012
Some of what’s going well for me this summer is easy to articulate. Other things are harder.
Easy to articulate: I picked up noise-canceling headphones that let me listen to my MP3 player while I do yard work. Weed-whacking my yard takes 2-3 hours at a stretch, and being able to listen to music makes my job so much easier! It cuts through the boredom and lowers my stress. And I’ll take all the stress-busting I can get.
Harder to articulate: For all of the things my partner is going through, I believe our communication continues to improve. It’s the kind of process that becomes more difficult (catharsis, confabulation, logorrhea), but that I think is helpful and healing in the long run. So it’s exhausting for me, but worth the exhaustion, and therefore it falls into the “going well” category.