For the deep feelers who sense everyone’s emotional needs and want to prioritize their own. For the deep thinkers who feel the pressure to figure out all the caregiving problems right now and want common sense solutions.

This guide will capitalize on your strengths as an empathizer and strategizer while offering calming reminders and plans that give you support and time. For the professional who serves family caregivers.

This guide will give you tools and insights to provide the best support to family caregivers. ======How do we keep a life while caregiving?When we worry about and care for family members, we may feel like we have to put our life on hold.

The enormity of our caregiving experience may lead us to believe we will never find room in our days for our own needs, priorities and well-being. If you feel the struggle of trying to keep your life during a life of caregiving, you’ll find comfort in this guide.

This book blends heart-healing support with thoughtful, strategic, feet-on-the-ground guidance. In addition, this book is for you if you feel challenged by:The difficult emotions that can derail your dayThe nagging worries that wake you up at nightThe weariness of the demands that can drain your energyThe road blocks by the systems that unnecessarily complicate the situationThe overwhelm of managing your relationships that leads to you feeling unsupportedDenise M.

Brown pulls together the lessons she learned from supporting family caregivers since 1990 and from helping for her father for almost 20 years and for caring for her mother for seven. She created this book so family caregivers have a readily-available reference when they need guidance, suggestions, insights and wisdom.

The guide breaks down the caregiving experience into six stages, offering action steps you can take within each stage. Each stage also includes a Resource section with bite-sized articles to support you during a difficult day, a trying situation or a complex decision.

Wherever you find yourself in your experience, you can turn to this guide to feel understood, appreciated and valued. With this guide on your shelf, in your bag or with you during those long caregiving days, you’ll have the comfort of Denise’s good company and expert advice.

You’ll also find your way to keep your life. .