by enquiries@carershearts.org | 3 Nov, 2020 | Active caregiving, Caring and crisis, Caring and emotional wellbeing, Caring and emotions, Caring and mental fitness, Caring for a child, Caring for a parent, Caring for a partner, Useful caring related resources
In this last of a four-part series on building emotional resilience, I chat with a Positive Anger Management expert, Tanya Heasley, about how to identify it and some practical resources to help you to manage it.
by enquiries@carershearts.org | 21 Oct, 2020 | Active caregiving, Beyond caring, Caring and emotional wellbeing, Caring and emotions, Caring and mental fitness, Caring and working, Caring for a child, Caring for a parent, Caring for a partner, Post-caring
In this third part of a four-part series on building emotional resilience, I am talking about ‘carers’ grief’, how it is different to bereavement grief and outline some practical resources to help you to manage it.
by enquiries@carershearts.org | 15 Sep, 2020 | Active caregiving, Caring and emotional wellbeing, Caring and emotions, Caring and mental fitness, Caring and self-identity, Caring and working, Caring for a child, Caring for a parent, Caring for a partner, Post-caring
In this first part of a four-part series on building emotional resilience, I am talking about probably the most common emotion, ‘carers guilt’, how it can show up in our lives and provide exercises and activities to help reduce its power.
by enquiries@carershearts.org | 2 Sep, 2020 | Active caregiving, Caring and emotional wellbeing, Caring and emotions, Caring and mental fitness, Caring and self-identity, Caring and working, Caring for a child, Caring for a parent, Caring for a partner, Post-caring, Useful caring related resources
In this post I discuss a forthcoming four-part series covering the four most prominent emotions carers experience: guilt, resentment, grief and anger and explore how Emotional Resilience can help manage difficult emotions.
by enquiries@carershearts.org | 26 Aug, 2020 | Active caregiving, Caring and emotional wellbeing, Caring and emotions, Caring and mental fitness, Caring and working, Caring for a child, Caring for a parent, Caring for a partner, Post-caring, Useful caring related resources
In this second post of a two-part series, I introduce the ‘darker side’ of meaning; searching for meaning and creating meaning as a carer/caregiver and include some exercises and activities for you to complete.
by enquiries@carershearts.org | 19 Aug, 2020 | Active caregiving, Caring and emotional wellbeing, Caring and emotions, Caring and mental fitness, Caring for a child, Caring for a parent, Caring for a partner, Post-caring, Useful caring related resources
In this first post of a two-part series, I will start with an introduction ‘meaning’ and its relationship to ‘purpose’. I will then explore some ‘sources’ of meaning as carers with examples of what those might look and feel like.
