Are you a Warrior Caregiver?

Are you trying to care for your parents while raising your children?

Then you are a part of the sandwich generation which is growing in numbers
every day as women pursue careers prior to having children and our parents
are living longer. You have become a caregiver to both the young and the old.

Most caregivers experience several contradicting emotions. It is a daily
battle that we have with ourselves. We love our parents and our children but
sometimes we feel angry at them for demanding so much of our time and energy.
We get frustrated with them when they require more care even though we know
that they need to be given this additional care. We feel that we no longer
have any time for ourselves while we try to juggle our time between our children,
our spouse or special other, and our parents.

We sometimes wonder "Why me? Why can't someone else do some of this?" We begin
to resent all the demands that are placed on us. We begin to blame the people
we are giving care to for all our negative feelings and our relationships with
these people begins to suffer. The side effect to all these negative emotions
is that our relationships with our spouses and our siblings deteriorate.

We become victim caregivers. We wonder how much more can we handle. We feel
sorry for ourselves and we feed on our self pity. We fall into the "poor me"
attitude and this very attitude drives people away from us as they do not want
to hear any more of our "pity party stories".

I have been a caregiver for over 35 years. I was blessed with a cerebral palsy
daughter as my third child and my special caregiver days started when I was only 2
4 years old. I became a single mother when she was four years old. I put myself
through University while raising my three children and still found time to take my
daughter to physiotherapy and handicapped riding classes.

I remarried when she was 13 and then one year later, my third daughter was born with
abnormal shaped brain ventricles. She was not supposed to walk, talk, hear, or see.
When she was 6 weeks old, my father passed away and I became a caregiver to my aging
mother. When my third daughter was 16, my husband had a heart attack that required
the insertion of a stint. He went from an independent individual to a person requiring
full time care who found it difficult to appreciate or accept the care.

Eight months later, he underwent double by pass surgery and my caregiver duties increased
again as I juggled my time between my husband, daughter still at home, cerebral palsy
daughter not at home, other children not at home, step children, grandchildren, and my
aging mother. Through all these years of care giving, I have remained positive, have
continued with my full time career, and laugh a lot.

I AM proud to say that I AM a Warrior Caregiver.

You can either be a victim caregiver or a warrior caregiver. If you have fallen into the
victim caregiver category, I can help you to become a warrior caregiver. Through this
transformation you will learn to stop feeling sorry for yourself and start realizing through
effortless interaction how to foster independence. YOU WILL GET BETTER. You will feel
less drained which will help you grow. You will have more energy to share with the ones
you are caring for. You will become a better caregiver which will in turn help the people
requiring your care. THEY WILL GET BETTER.

The end result will be that your relationship with your children, your spouse, and your
aging parents will improve. WE WILL ALL GET BETTER. What are you waiting for? Join today
and become a Warrior Caregiver. You will not regret your decision as you watch yourself
change from a victim to a warrior.

I invite you to come join us in the Warrior Caregiver Community
where we provide a safe platform for support & collaboration.
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