Your mother is criticizing the way you’re dressed. Or your spouse is pressuring you to take him back home. Or your father is telling you for the twenty-millionth time that you don’t visit enough, even if you’ve come by almost every day this week.

 

 

Where do you put "Time for Me" on your to-do list? If you're like most caregivers, it's probably at the bottom ... if it's on the list at all.

 

If you simply wish for something, it rarely materializes. Once you write down that wish, it becomes a plan. And when it's a plan, it's more likely to happen. (Of course, that's only when you follow the plan.)

 

Wouldn't it be great to make something wonderful happen for yourself right now? Here are the action steps you can take:

 

 

 

How often do you breathe? “All the time,” you’re probably saying to yourself. But how often do you REALLY breathe? We’re talking about a long, deep breath that relaxes, refreshes and energizes you. Breathing is the most portable and least expensive relaxation technique there is. It costs nothing and you always have it with you.

 

 

Ever come down with a nasty case of the “What-Ifs”? As caregivers, we are particularly susceptible to this virulent cycle of despair, fear and stress that brings on the kind of dis-ease that can create serious health problems.