#43 - Meriam Boldewijn and Ashley Jackson are good friends that have never met in real life. Connecting via a Facebook group for carers, they share their experiences of what it's like to experience burnout as caregivers for sick loved ones.

Meriam Boldewijn is a devoted wife, inspiring author, caregiver advocate, motivational speaker, and business entrepreneur.

While taking care of her husband she had burnout. She decided to invest in myself and created a system to be a caregiver who stays in her POWER and in HARMONY while taking care of her loved ones. Meriam has been a caregiver for more than 20 years now and she is the founder and proud owner of the 6-week online program: Caregiver 2.0 that offers support, coaching, and life skills to caregivers all over the world. In her book Caregiver 2.0, From Burnout to Powerhouse, she shares her caregiver's journey, the lessons she has learned, and the techniques and tools that helped her get out of a dark place called burnout.

Ashley Jackson-Thompson is a graduate of Xavier University, where she studied Finance and Human Resources (HR). She then went onto receiving her master’s degree in Human Resources Management, which she spent 10+ years of her professional career practicing. After Ashley's husband was diagnosed with and beat a rare cancer in stage 4, she came to know her purpose in life.

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