Nutrition: How on Earth Can Stressed-Out Medical Parents Have a Healthy Diet?
(Note: This is the fourth in a series of health-related posts that frames each topic in terms of the particular struggles busy, stressed-out, exhausted caregivers experience and pulls from current research that might be most beneficial for them). Let’s start with a universal truth: Almost everyone knows what a healthy diet consists of. They just don’t know how to make that diet actually happen . These days we aren’t dealing with a knowledge gap, but an implementation challe
Sleep: How Can We Get Shut-Eye When It Feels So Out of Our Control?
(Note: This is third in a series of health-related posts that frame each topic in terms of the particular struggles busy, stressed-out, exhausted caregivers experience. Information is pulled from current research that might be most beneficial) First, the bad news when it comes to sleep research: It never takes people like caregivers into account. This is often because we have a set of challenges so intractable and unique that they exist in a category of their own. When we tak
Stress Relief (Part 2): Stress-Relieving Activities Beyond Meditation to Calm Your Brain
(Note: This is second in a series of health-related posts that frame each topic in terms of the particular struggles busy, stressed-out, exhausted caregivers experience. Information is pulled from current research that might be most beneficial) We all know how much stress can creep into our daily lives when we are caregivers. But what can we do about it when we are already mentally and physically exhausted and our time is so limited? There is certainly no shortage of advice a
Stress Relief (Part 1): Why It's So Hard for Caregivers to Meditate and What to Do About It
(Note: This is first in a series of health-related posts that frame each topic in terms of the particular struggles busy, stressed-out, exhausted caregivers experience. Information is pulled from current research that might be most beneficial) We all know that acting as a caregiver for a disabled or medically complex loved one comes with a large amount of stress. But did you know that caregiving can actually rewire your brain ? Neuroscientists have begun exploring this topic,
