The Empowered Caregiver

Caregiving brings love and purpose, however it can also bring fear, burnout, anger, and a heaviness.  In this episode of the Empowered Caregiver podcast, ValerieB talks openly about the hidden “what ifs” that caregivers sometimes feel. In this episode ValerieB will: * Share one of a caregiver’s greatest fear. * Give you signs that tell you that you are getting close to your breaking point. * Give...

Caregiving brings love and purpose, however it can also bring burnout, anger, overwhelm, and more.  In this episode of the Empowered Caregiver podcast, ValerieB talks openly about the emotion of guilt caregivers sometimes experience.   In this episode ValerieB will:  * Discuss why caregivers feel guilty.  * Discuss the necessity of a mindset shift.  * Discuss how to allow yourself permission to be...

The Caregiver Calm reset is for the caregiver who is feeling burned out and needs a few moments to breathe, release, tension, recharge, and ground yourself.   If caregiving feels heavy and overwhelming, this short guided reset offers caregivers emotional support, reassurance, and a calm space to exhale.  

Caregiving brings love and purpose; however it can also bring burnout, worry, and fear.  In this episode of the Empowered Caregiver podcast, ValerieB talks openly about the emotions that come with knowing it’s time to take the car keys from your loved one.  In this episode ValerieB will:  * Discuss what driving means to an aging loved one.  * Discuss some gentle approaches to the conversation. * E...

Caregiving brings love and purpose, however, it can also be more challenging when there is a loved one who refuses help.  In this episode of the Empowered Caregiver podcast, ValerieB talks about the emotions that occur when a caregiver desires to help a loved one who refuses the help.  In this episode she will discuss:  * Why a loved one resists and refuses help. * How a caregiver can best handle...

Caregiving brings love and purpose, however, it can also bring some anger.  In this episode of the Empowered Caregiver podcast, ValerieB talks openly about an emotion that caregivers often feel but does not readily talk about. In this episode she discusses: * Why anger shows up in caregiving. * Reveal some hidden sources of caregiver anger. * Why some caregivers feel guilty about being angry. * Pr...

This Caregiver Calm reset is for the caregiver who doesn’t feel he or she is doing enough and who is questioning himself or herself.  You need a few moments to breathe, reaffirm yourself, recharge, and quiet your thoughts.  If caregiving feels overwhelming, you constantly criticize yourself, and you feel you need to be perfect, this short guided reset offers caregivers emotional support, reassuran...

Caregiving brings love and purpose, however it can also teach us lessons that will help us on our caregiving journey.  In this episode of the Empowered Caregiver podcast, ValerieB talks openly about the hidden emotions experienced when a caregiver learns the hard way.  In this episode she discusses:  * The importance of getting an elder care attorney early. * Choosing the right facility.  * Having...

This Caregiver Calm reset is for the caregiver who rarely takes time for themselves and feels that you are alone.  You may need a few moments to breathe, release some tension, recharge, and give yourself permission to pause.  If caregiving feels overwhelming, this short guided reset offers caregivers emotional support, recovery, focus on what’s in front of you right now, and a calm space to exhale...

Caregiving brings love and purpose; however it also brings a heaviness.  In this episode, of the Empowered Caregiver podcast, ValerieB talks openly about the hidden emotion of grief caregivers sometimes do not openly express.  In this episode, ValerieB will discuss:  *How to understand grief. * Explain why caregiver grief is so complicated.  * Discuss the quiet loneliness of grief that caregivers...

Caregiving brings love, care, patience, and purpose; however it can sometimes be overwhelming.  In this episode of the Empowered Caregiver podcast, ValerieB talks openly about the emotions associated with caregiving and working.   In this episode, ValerieB will discuss:  * The risks that working caregivers experience.  * The 3 things that makes working and caregiving so hard.  * Implementing micro...

Caregiving brings love and purpose; however it can also be overwhelming and cause burnout.  In this episode of the Empowered Caregiver podcast, ValerieB talks openly about the hidden emotions caregivers sometimes experience as it relates to feeling unqualified.   In this episode ValerieB will:  * Squash the myth that caregiving requires classes, certification, or a title.   * Explain why you are q...

Caregiving brings love and purpose; however it can also bring burnout.  In this episode of the Empowered Caregiver podcast, ValerieB continues to talk openly about the hidden emotion of burnout and what it takes to break it.  In this episode ValerieB will:  * Help you shift from just knowing what burnout is to breaking it. *Shifting your mindset.  *Five steps to help you break burnout.   The Empow...

Caregiving brings love, patience, and purpose; however it brings quite a bit of burnout.  In this episode of the Empowered Caregiver podcast, ValerieB talks openly about the hidden emotion of burnout that caregivers experience on a regular basis.  In this episode ValerieB will: * Explain the sources of burnout. * Share seven (7) signs of burnout. * Help you name it honestly and not minimize it. *R...

This episode is a continuation of my caregiver story, however the focus today is caring for my dad who lived with Alzheimer’s and Vascular Dementia.  

I will share my journey of caring for my mother and tell you how it all began. 

Today’s episode is to launch the podcast and welcome all caregivers.  In this episode I share how this podcast will help and support caregivers who are caring for aging loved ones.  I will give you a taste of future episodes that will provide resets, discuss how to address burnout, teach you how to ask for help, detox guilt, and provide some practical tools that caregivers can use on a daily basis...