by Bruce McIntyre | Dec 4, 2021 | Resilience
Priorities If you create room for the most important things first, there will always be room for the rest. But, it almost never works in reverse. About 30 years ago, I read about this principle in Stephen Covey’s, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, one of...
by Bruce McIntyre | Dec 4, 2021 | Serendipity
Gratitude If you can calm your mind and focus your gaze from a higher perspective,You can see and feel and hear and smell and taste and sense…the little things. Like a moment’s snuggle with a toddler,Or reading love in the eyes of an elderly sage. You might...
by Bruce McIntyre | Nov 22, 2021 | Caregiving
Best Practices for Family Caregivers #4 Consistent and insatiable learning is a hallmark of patients and family caregivers who are optimizing their situation. After 17 years helping my wife live well with Dermatomyositis and 15 years volunteering and leading the...
by Bruce McIntyre | Nov 17, 2021 | Caregiving
Best Practices for Family Caregivers #3 The latent and the palpable stress of family caregiving will wear you down. Worry, uncertainty, confusion, frustration, grief and anxiety pervade care scenarios. To counter these persistently detrimental forces, carve out 20...
by Bruce McIntyre | Nov 5, 2021 | Caregiving
Best Practices for Family Caregivers #2″Just let me know if you need anything,” is offered 10 to 100 times more than it is accepted. Why? Two reasons.1. You. You don’t want to be a burden. You don’t know how to articulate what you need....
