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Army Vet goes home to care for mom.
Terry closed his restaurant in Texas to care for his elderly mom on their family farm in Indiana. What happened next, no one could have predicted. In this "Helping Mom" podcast, Terry gives fellow caregivers real-world tips and straight-talk motivation to love & serve those who loved & served us--our parents!
You can find his fast-read book "Beginnings" on Amazon Kindle & Softback.
Terry is disabled Army Veteran, with 4 university degrees, and proud Dad to 5 daughters. He has taught university in Europe, Asia & Africa. He completed Harvard University Faith & Leadership program. His work includes Soldier, attorney, champion basketball coach, and Fortune 500. His restaurant was 2-X Best of Region.
Terry is medical guardian to his mom, Sherry, and full-time caregiver to her brother, Uncle Perry, who also lives on their family farm. For his own therapy Terry raises pure AKC White German Shepherd pups for military veterans & other great families, thru his non-profit PatriotPups.org WOOF!
Terry welcomes your emails of your experiences, stories, tips and ideas, in addition to prayer requests, at Info@helping.mom
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Managing Emotions as Caregiver. Thoughts from Author Susanne White
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I would argue caregiving is ALL ABOUT managing emotions. Which is why I was awful at it, when I first began.
Author Susanne White in book "Self-care for Caregivers," makes 3 interesting insights into managing emotions as caregiver.
Caregiving is an intense experience--with big feelings. Boy, is it!?!?!
We cannot make negative feelings (shock, denial, anger, depression, fear, etc) disappear, but by being aware of them they lose their power over us.
The only way to get over our feelings is to get thru them, what she calls "to sit still--and feel" (which as you will hear in podcast is hard for me to say!!!).
But if we do above, our emotions can serve as guidelines for us, rather than as goads & gods warring about us and inside our brains as caregivers.
Please share your own thoughts on managing emotions as caregivers. How are you doing in this?
