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April Newsletter: Finding Your Place in the WORLD 🌎

For the last three months we've been looking INTERNALLY - from dreaming BIG to mindfulness - we've been on a journey of self-discovery.

As caregivers, we often lose OURSELVES, as we are providing care to others. We place all of our focus on our loved ones needs, their medical appointments, medications and care plan. We often forget (or don't prioritize) our own health and well-being.

This month's been ALL about finding our place in the WORLD Sound BIG and lofty to you? It doesn't need to be!

Check out the April Newsletter focused on FINDING YOUR PLACE IN THE WORLD here.

April was also Stress Awareness Month. The April 2021 Newsletter included all our favorite resources for stress. Stress is a part of life ... but doesn’t have to knock us flat. We can't eliminate the stress of caregiving - yet, we CAN find ways to better cope/manage our stressors.

When We Bridge Our Differences, We All Can Grow

As caregivers, we have a lot of things in common. One of the most important is empathy. We use empathy to listen, understand, and connect with the emotions of others, especially with the loved ones that we care for. We see it as part of our responsibility as a caregiver.

My Place in the WorldKristi HornerApril 21, 2022Bridging Differences

The Two Sides of Stress

April is Stress Awareness Month, and we’ve said many times that the stress of caregiving has been found to take 10 years off a caregiver’s life. That’s why we focus so much on providing resources to help caregivers cope with stress. Learning how to manage the stress of caregiving can literally save your life!

My Place in the WorldKristi HornerApril 14, 2022Understanding Stress, Stress

Accept Reality, Not Illusions

This month, we begin a new theme of “My Place in the World,” and this week’s topic of letting go/surrender can be a difficult one for many people. I know it is for me. After many struggles, I now prefer to think in terms of “let it be.”

At first glance, this idea of letting go or surrendering might seem to contradict what we’re all about at Courage to Caregivers. We’re all about making progress, empowerment, and not giving up, right? Well, of course we are.

But the type of surrender we’re talking about can actually lead to greater empowerment. When we refuse to live under an illusion – when we recognize that there are some things we just can’t control, and there is no point in trying to fight a battle that we can’t win – we allow ourselves to move on to other things in life, where we CAN make progress, and where our strengths and abilities CAN make a difference.

My Place in the WorldKristi HornerApril 7, 2022Letting Go, Surrender, Radical Acceptance

Stress Awareness Month - April 2021 Newsletter

April’s Newsletter is focused on Stress Awareness Month - Courage to Caregivers is in the Caregiver Burnout Prevention business!

Read our April 2021 Newsletter here.

Caregiving and Bridge Building

Bridge building is all about having more conversations, gaining greater understanding, and improving our empathy for one another.

Don’t Let Stress Go Too Far

The good news is that although stress is a part of life, it doesn’t have to control us – we can control it.

Set a Better Course by Letting Go

As caregivers, we may feel like we’re paddling a canoe upstream. It’s hard and exhausting, and it feels like we have no control. But have you ever noticed that when you choose to let go of what’s out of your control?

My Place in the WorldKristi HornerApril 8, 2021Letting Go, Surrender, Acceptance