This morning on Your Caregiving Journey, Dr. Elizabeth Lombardo, our happiness expert, joined us to discuss happiness during life’s serious times. When life becomes serious because of a serious illness, we might feel we must always be serious—that laughter and happiness disrespect the seriousness of life. So… how do we embrace happiness during our life’s dark times?
Elizabeth encouraged...
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On Saturdays on our Caregiving.com, we pause to make room for moments of happiness. On this Saturday, I’m also pausing to think of Sharon; her husband’s funeral is today.
So, on this Saturday, let’s pause twice: To acknowledge a happy moment and to think of Sharon.
And, as always, let us know how you take happy moments today.
We’re starting our seventh month of our Caregiving Happiness Project. We welcome the New Year with a new action: Quiet.
This month, however you do it, it’s about quieting. You can spend time in quiet reflection. You can quiet your doubts. You can quiet your doubters.
For me, I’m going to:
Take quiet time to focus on my dreams and goals;
Take quiet time to recover from a hectic December.
I look forward...
Yesterday morning on Your Caregiving Journey, Dr. Elizabeth Lombardo, our happiness expert and author of A Happy You: Your Ultimate Prescription for Happiness, joined me to give tips on how to manage unhappy family members during the holidays. It’s the family members who criticize, upset or, in some way, ruin the holidays.
During our discussion, I spoke about the unhappy family members in my holiday season....
We’re starting our sixth month of our Caregiving Happiness Project.
So, here we go for December. Our goal is Rejoice. The goal can be faith-based for you—or not. You can rejoice in what you believe. You also can rejoice because of the positive changes you’ve made over the past five months.
This month, however you do it, it’s about rejoicing.
For me, I’m going to rejoice:
in my days...
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Hard to believe it’s Saturday again. So… on Saturdays, we take a break from worry and fretting to have happiness. On this Saturday, how will you by happy?
Share in our comments section below.
Today, on Your Caregiving Journey, Dr. Eliabeth Lombardo, author of “A Happy You–Your Ultimate Prescription for Happiness,” joined us to share tips on how to have happy moments during a holiday season that just seems to be about stress.
During our discussion, a visitor to our chat room said she is going to carry a paper and pen during her holiday get-togethers and jot down the odd, bizarre and...
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I hope everyone is feeling okay today. I also you’ll take a few moments today to soak in happy moments. And, when do, please tell. We’re happy that you take time for happiness.
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On Saturdays, we air Table Talk on Your Caregiving Journey and we make a commitment to enjoy moments of happiness.
I think you’ll find that today’s Table Talk will very much add happiness to your day. Holly joined me to talk about her caregiving experience. You’ll find her energy to be captivating and comforting. You can listen to our show via the player below. (And, you learn more about Holly by...
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It’s Saturday, the day we take to focus on feeling good. So, today, how will you be happy?
(I loved reading Jo’s post, below, which made me very happy. Thanks to all who share and contribute to the site through blog posts and comments. I’m so grateful to all of you.)
This week, I struggled with doing the right thing. So, on Table Talk today, I shared the five lessons I learned from this week. (You can listen to the show via the player at the bottom of the post.)
My five lessons are:
1. The definition of what’s right changes depending on circumstances. For instance, what’s right when your caree can be safe at home is very different from what’s right when your...
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Today, we do our best to take a break from the worrying to enjoy moments of happiness. There’s plenty of time to worry tomorrow. Today, take time to enjoy a hobby, connect with friends or take solace in solitude.
Then, let us know what you did. How were you happy today?
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It’s Saturday and we do our best to smile at our moments of happiness rather than waving them away. During a difficult time, it can be tempting to say, “These moments of moments aren’t for me.” And, then you wave them away. So, they go away.
Happiness exist in your day and exists just for you. On this Saturday, how will you take happiness?
This morning, Dr. Elizabeth Lombardo, our happiness expert, joined us to help us understand how we manage our moments of happiness when we may live with (or close to) unhappiness. In other words, how do you manage your caree’s unhappiness? Or, another family caregiver’s unhappiness? (You can listen to our show via the player at the bottom of the post).
Elizabeth shared great reminders with us:
1. Keep...
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On Saturdays, we commit to taking a moment (or more) for happiness.
I think it’s been a tough time this week all the way around. And, when it’s tough, it can be hard to think happiness is achievable, much less appropriate. Today, it is.
Look around. What do you have in the house that releases you from the tough? Is it your untouched piano which you used to love to play? A long overdue phone call to a...
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At some point in our lives, we’ll have jobs that we take that are less than what we can do. We take them out of economic need or because of convenience or simply because it’s what we can find. We complete menial tasks or report to insensitive and overbearing managers or sit near uncooperative co-workers.
Sounds kinda like caregiving, doesn’t it?
So, when caregiving feels like it’s less than...
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On Saturdays, we focus on knowing on our happiness—even if for a moment. So, today, tell us: How will you make room for happiness?
We begin the third month of our Happiness Project today!
In September, we’re saving. Participants in our project will share what they’re saving in our comments section, below.
Would you like to be a part of our Happiness Project? We’d love to have you! For details and to sign up, go here.
It’s Saturday! And, it’s the last Saturday in August. So, how will you make today special with a special moment of happiness? Please share in our comments section, below.
And, you can listen to Table Talk, which aired this morning, via the player at the bottom of the post. Today, I answered three questions for you: If my caree isn’t happy, have I failed? Do I fit? And, how much do I...
This morning, on Your Caregiving Journey, Elizabeth Lombardo, author of A Happy You: Your Ultimate Prescription for Happiness” joined us to answer the question: How much of our happiness can we control? (You can listen to our show via the player at the bottom of the post.)
Elizabeth shared research which shows that we about 40% of our happiness is within our control. Our genetics and our circumstances affect...
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I had another happy start to my Saturday; Geri, our ambassador for our online support group for spousal caregivers, joined me this morning on Table Talk. You can listen to our show via the player at the bottom of the post. (As an ambassador, Geri welcomes new members to our group and helps keep the conversation going. We’re always looking for volunteers to help on the site; if you’re interested, send me...
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Oh, it can be hard to feel happiness, especially when we worry about our carees and others, including fellow family caregivers, who struggle.
Happiness, though, is the reprieve we give ourselves from the worry and sadness, which can occupy so much of our day.
So, today, how will you make room for happiness?
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