Join the Boundaries discussion group How to dare to live your own life (Episode 39) When you’re a caregiver, it can be really hard to remember that you’ve got a life of your own, too. But how do you learn what you really want and figure out a way to dare to live it?...
Join the Boundaries discussion group The difference between therapy and coaching (Episode 37) In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, listen to this episode to learn the difference between therapy and coaching. Kay Coughlin talks about when the difference matters,...
Join the community to talk about Boundaries (free) How to Feel Better as a Caregiver (Episode 30) In this episode, Kay Coughlin talks about how to feel better as a family caregiver right away. It might surprise you, because it doesn’t require a lot of time or energy,...
Caregivers and parents: are the emotions of your family members overwhelming you? If so, please know you can begin to reduce that overwhelm with three little words! In this short video (it’s less than 4 minutes!), I will show you a sequence of three tiny words...
Caregivers and parents feeling overwhelmed by stay-at-home orders: are you too overloaded to try to sort out what’s going on around you? Watch as I use some of my favorite building block toys to illustrate how we can begin to reduce that overwhelm. In this...
Caregivers and parents feeling overwhelmed by stay-at-home orders, you don’t have to be the victim of overwhelm. Watch as I use some of my favorite building block toys to illustrate how we can begin to deflate that overwhelm so many of us are feeling right now....
Photo: Eileen Pan on unsplash Feeling overwhelmed by increased caregiving responsibilities? This is for parents with kids sheltering in place, as well as for those who care for older adults! I see you. And wow, our life as caregivers has changed in recent weeks. And...
Photo: Asa Rodger on unsplash That stress you’re feeling? It’s coming from the powerful primitive functions of your brain. But you don’t have to get stuck there. Jason Lewis, founder of consulting firm Responsive Fundraising, courageously put himself...
Alexis Brown on unsplash There are two labels in use right now for our youngest adult generation: iGen and Gen Z.* Does it matter which one we use for them? I’ve done some very informal polling of these young people (OK, really I just asked my kids and their...
Woven throughout impostor syndrome is the most dangerous belief of all: that you must be validated by somebody other than you. It’s an insidious lie. The truth is you don’t actually need approval from anyone else, period. You can act toward yourself with...
