There is purpose and beauty in caring for another.
A Carer’s Journal is a collection of articles based on the lived experiences, observations and learnings of many carers. Their writings reveal and share the joy, beauty and adventure of caring for another. To care for and nurture is exquisite and transforms both carer and cared for.
Journal articles
Does Devotion to Duty Empower or Exhaust Carers?
There are many full-time carers who live with an elder, partner or other family member and care for them 24/7, often with no day or time off unless they feel deserving of such. If left ...
Caring for Others Does Not Have to be Exhausting.
If we consider that everything is energy (as per Albert Einstein) then how we live our lives will energetically impact all areas of our life, whether that be our sleep, our work, our relationships, every ...
Enriching Care
What is enrichment We are enriched when we receive and respond to everything in life as an opportunity to learn and deepen. Nothing is seen as too much, too mundane, too miniscule. Every task equally ...
Moving house…Setting a New Standard
How I completed my life in my home of 36 years fundamentally aligned with my values. Leaving my home wasn’t just about practicalities and meeting legal requirements, there was much more. The home I was ...
Cleaning in the Corners
No one ever talks about how cleaning is part of self-care, but I have observed that they are intimately connected. Cleaning has an energetic ripple effect on everyone and everything around us. This can and ...
Quality of Care is Never Compromised
When a client or family member presents in a particular way, perhaps is irritable, impatient, reacts or even hits out, how do we respond? As carers we need to be aware of a tendency within ...
Curing Exhaustion With Rhythm and Lifestyle.
When I first experienced exhaustion as a carer I did not like how it felt in my body and looked for ways to resolve it. As a live-in carer, I worked with a lady with ...
Self-care is True Healthcare – How do we do it?
The most important relationship in our life is the relationship with ourselves. Taking care of ourselves also means that we know our own limits. If we overstretch ourselves, we tumble. I focus on what is ...
The Healing Presence of a Doctor
It’s unwise to make generalisations about any professional group of workers, or anyone for that matter. Take doctors for example. A recent meeting with an out of hours GP with over forty years of experience ...