Kindness and reading are my two hobby horses this year. I keep returning to them because I tend to turn experience into lessons. Every day, I see evidence of our need for stress relief: drivers clenching the wheel as aggressive

Creative forces bubble up from the winter’s dormant earth re-energizing efforts to reclaim and reassert our presence in our endeavors and communities. Spring reveals how joining together strengthens our community bonds and unifies our sense of purpose and resolve. Creative

Conversations around caregiving have spread across disciplines and all aspects of life over recent years. Talk about care and the lack thereof have entered encounters up and down the spectrum of our society. In my group work this year I’ve

When holiday plans begin caregivers find themselves in a bind, caught between hopeful promise of a festive time with loved ones and the continuing needs of care. Will respite for every day caregivers result from the gathering of siblings? Will

Pressure on our healthcare infrastructure anticipated in the late twentieth century has now arrived at our doorstep. The shortage of primary care doctors for all age groups is rising and the public-private divide in the delivery of care is widening.

“Can’t win for losing.”  What began as a sports metaphor in the 1920s signifying the inability to win when the stakes were highest, is resonant today in the context of caregiving. (Stack Exchange) Even when you “do everything right,” respond

What we humans have over so many other species and what has enabled us to thrive, for good and for evil, is our capacity for imagination. It is the ultimate definer and one that so many have harnessed to their

It’s time for another medical consultation with your loved one. Are you feeling overwhelmed by the task of taking your father out to his medical appointment? Does your mother’s querulous commentary embarrass you in the waiting room? Are you afraid

The aging landscape has changed a lot since Erikson’s stage theory of psychosocial development, and yet some salient truths remain whole. The overall quality of our life from beginning to the present moment will affect how we manage our later

Use Relational Systems to Support Caregiving Climbing the ladder, the ladder of success, start on the bottom rung of the ladder, getting a foot on the ladder. There is no end to the popular expressions of success in reaching a