The PracticE
" I felt emotionally bankrupt. Caregiving for others left me numb....I needed to keep on going but I was avoiding my responsibilities... It became too much. I had nothing left to give"
" I learned the skills and techniques to recognize what is important to ME, and how to be a caregiver to MYSELF so I could continue to care for those I love. I now have more energy to give to others"
“Caregivers tend to be a special personality type: big-hearted, sensitive, responsible, well-intentioned — people who are motivated by and take a deep satisfaction in doing right by their loved one,” says geriatric psychiatrist Ken Robbins of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “But that’s often to the exclusion of taking care of themselves.”