Category Archives: caregiver stress

How to Beat Caregiver Stress

Here’s how to recognize and handle stress… Our book Caregiver Revolution presents a wide variety of ways to manage your caregiving situation. For your convenience we have compiled a concise and printable sheet of the EASIEST and most EFFECTIVE ways to recognize and … Continue reading

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Angelic Invocation Affirmation Video

I find that watching this short video and acknowledging the actions really does help with stress relief. I don’t know how or why exactly. There is something meditative about it (notice the Tibetan singing bowls) and the affirmations are undoubtedly beneficial. … Continue reading

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The Pond

They say that stress is 10 percent action, 90 percent reaction. Here is a great exercise from the LRS Readers Course (and also the book Practical Work on Self by EJ Gold) that will help you deal very effectively with, … Continue reading

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Mindfulness in Motion

Mindfulness is a very valuable and accessible practice. So much is being written about it today! Don’t drive yourself crazy thinking that you can just sit and be mindful. It’s difficult, and, for most of us, what’s the use? Keep … Continue reading

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Anxiety Free – for the Moment!

Handling Anxiety Write it down. Acknowledging your worry takes away its obsessive power, so make a list of what’s bugging you. Say a prayer. Ask whatever deity or creative force or what/whoever you believe in for help, patience, and the … Continue reading

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Benefits of Meditation

Harvard neuroscientist: Meditation not only reduces stress, here’s how it changes your brain. A fascinating article in the Washington Post, looks well researched. Based on the swork of the Mindfulness Based Stress reduction Clinic in Boston. Here is a free … Continue reading

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