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January Newsletter: You can be a dreamer ... and a doer, too!

Under our theme of DREAM BIG this month, we started with our vision for ourselves. Our vision clarifies our values and includes goals around those values. We explored creating your personal timeline, identifying your core values and personal mission statement, as well as focusing on what brings you joy.

It turns out that VISION is the most important domain of resilience. This is because all the other domains focus on what you want to achieve, and you can't take action to achieve something without a VISION!

Are you a dreamer? (I am!) Dreaming is all about envisioning a way forward. Looking ahead at the person you aspire to be. It requires digging deep and sometimes being vulnerable. It can be scary and exciting at the same time.

With YOUR vision for YOUR life, you know where you are headed. It's literally your roadmap for this journey of life.

Check out our January Newsletter focused on DREAMING BIG here.

An Anchor in Turbulent Waters

A personal mission statement can be an anchor for you, too. During turbulent times, it helps to know exactly who you are and what you believe.

Dream BigKristi HornerJanuary 14, 2021Personal Mission Statement, Values, Goals, SMART goals, Core Values

Goals, Priorities, and Planning: The Essence of Time Management

Time management is important to self-care. The ability to plan and control how you spend your time can be critical in helping you accomplish your goals, and this can help reduce your feelings of frustration and stress.

ManagementKristi HornerSeptember 17, 2020Time Management, Goals, SMART goals, Planning

Talk to Yourself as You Would to Others

May is Mental Health Month, with this year’s theme being “Tools 2 Thrive.” Those tools include owning your feelings, finding the positive, eliminating toxic influences, creating healthy routines, supporting others, and connecting with others. We want to focus on “finding the positive” because it fits right in with our topic for this week – positive self-talk.

Be SMART – Set a Self-Care Goal

We’re kicking off a New Year of programming curriculum with a focus on the benefits of self-care and goal-setting. It seems like common sense that, in order to provide care, a caregiver must take care of him/herself first. But the truth is that we often tend to put our own needs last.

Self-CareKristi HornerMarch 5, 2020Goals, SMART goals

Be SMART: Make Your Goal to Be Good to YOU

As caregivers, we know how easy it is to get caught up in all of the daily tasks and responsibilities we have. Not only are we working to meet the needs of our loved ones, we’re also trying to meet a wide range of other demands – from family obligations, to career responsibilities, to our own personal care.

Cognitive WellnessKristi HornerMay 23, 2019Goals, SMART goals

I'm celebrating YOUR courage

Our team has been having a bit of a celebration over the last few weeks .. We launched Courage to Caregivers just over a year ago. (I can’t believe how fast it has gone!) Over the last year, what I have seen is people just like you learning how to improve their own self-care as they offer support to their loved one who is living with a mental health issue. You might think you are the only one, but you aren’t. …

Cognitive WellnessKristi HornerMay 21, 2018Goals, courage, caregiver burnout prevention