The holiday season can add to the pressures of caregiving bringing with it increased activities and expectations. Often we spend time reflecting on past years and it can bring up the significance of the losses we experience in our caregiving roles. How can you enjoy yourself and at the same time avoid taking on more […]
Mental Health Help: Caring for an Adult with Mental Illness
From depression, anxiety disorders and PTSD to schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and borderline personality disorder, mental illnesses are diverse but all affect thinking, emotions, perceptions, relationships and behaviour. They can also frequently co-exist with chronic physical conditions or disabilities and substance use problems. Because of their profound ability to change someone’s functioning and their typically-episodic nature, […]
Loving-Kindness Mindfulness Practice
Mindfulness Practice Time: 13-minutes Kate guides you through a meditation practice with the aim of cultivating loving kindness within, also known as metta. As you begin to breath and settle your body she encourages you to approach your thought with acceptance, curiosity and kindness.
Coping with Challenging Emotions as a Caregiver
PowerPoint Handout Caregivers have to navigate a host of competing needs every day and COVID-19 has introduced further complexity around life and healthcare decisions. As restrictions in BC are lifted, conflict can arise around which supports to reintroduce. How can a balance be reached? Conflict is a collision of seemingly incompatible needs, drives, wishes or […]
Self-Compassion Mindfulness Practice
Mindfulness Practice Time: 20-minutes Kate shares a self-compassion practice that caregivers, but first she talks about misconceptions of self-compassion. For example, self-compassion will make me too vulnerable or weak. However, self-compassion is a source of inner strength and support resilience when faced by challenges.
Balance: Alternate Breathing Mindfulness Practice
Mindfulness Practice Time: 18-minutes Kate shares the importance of using breath to help calm the nervous system and activate the parasympathetic system. The benefits of breathing deeply is that it signals to the body to rest and digest. You can choose to try alternate nostril breathing or deep belly breathing to help find homeostasis in […]
Coping with Challenging Emotions Mindfulness Practice
Mindfulness Practice Time: 15-minutes Kate invites you to practice self-compassion when exploring coping with more challenging emotions as a caregiver. This practice today builds on the webinar, Coping with Challenging Emotions as a Caregiver.
Conquer Your Fears at Every Stage of the Caregiving Journey
Handout Are you prepared for what is to come along your caregiving journey? When you provide care for a sick, disabled or elderly loved one you will face a number of challenges throughout the many stages of caregiving. This learning event will examine the journey caregiving takes us on – no matter when it may […]
Anger, Guilt and the Family Caregiver
Handout Do you ever feel anger toward your life situation and irritated about being the only one to care for your loved one? Do you feel angry about your loved one’s health condition? Do you feel guilty about your anger? Do you feel guilty about living a healthy life when your loved one is ill? […]
Who Decides What and Other Touchy Caregiving Topics
Handout Mediate BC and Family Caregivers of BC are pleased to bring you this webinar that touches on a variety of caregiving topics. Mediate BC is committed to providing people with practical, accessible, and affordable choices to prevent, manage and resolve disputes. Mediators on its roster mediate a variety of family-related matters, including financial support […]