Posted in Health Care, Uncategorized, Womens' Issues on Feb 9th, 2012
I have children, which means that Disney / Pixar movies are a part of my familiy life, almost by definition. The other day, when we were watching Wall-E for the (100th?) time, I watched again how Wall-E compresses, carries and stacks the little cubes of trash on an uninhabited Earth. But that’s what Wall-E was [...]
Posted in Funny Bone, Specifically for Moms, Uncategorized, Womens' Issues on Oct 11th, 2011
Today I attended an all-day planning retreat with LifeAction owner and coach, Lynn Zettler. It was challenging and supportive – and a much needed time for me to recallibrate heading into the fourth quarter of this year and then into 2012. Several businesswomen participated. At the end of the day, we all discussed what we’d [...]
Posted in Health Care, Uncategorized, Womens' Issues on Jun 1st, 2011
Often caregivers face feelings of being overwhelmed by all of the duties, tasks and downright worry that accompanies the many roles they play in the lives of so many. This can be paralyzing, which compounds the problem. Here are a few tactics that I’ve found helpful to “get a grip” when you find yourself in this [...]
Posted in Health Care, Womens' Issues on Apr 7th, 2011
I am on the mailing list for our local ovarian cancer education and awareness organization, Ovar’Coming Together. Below is the schedule for CancerCare’s 9th annual cancer survivorship educational series, which Ovar’Coming Together published recently. In just a few days – April 12 – the topic is “chemo brain.” Anyone who has had chemo or cared [...]
Posted in Health Care, Womens' Issues on Jan 11th, 2011
A few days ago, I overheard a conversation between two women in my hair salon. I had just finished a conversation with my hairdresser/stylist/friend/confidante about why women feel so comfortable telling all of their secrets to the men and women who do their hair. Anyway, the conversation I overheard was about a woman who was not present. A woman [...]
Posted in Health Care, Specifically for Moms, Uncategorized, Womens' Issues on Jun 27th, 2010
I just finished reading The Craggy Hole in My Heart and the Cat Who Fixed It, by Geneen Roth. This is a must-read for anyone struggling with love and loss, who loves animals (cats especially), or wants to be inspired. Ms. Roth found a way for her cat not only to transform her into a person [...]
Posted in Health Care, Specifically for Moms, Womens' Issues on May 17th, 2010
One thing that I’ve learned about grief in the 8 months (has it really been 8 months?) since my Mom died is that sometimes my grief experience has been obvious, and sometimes it’s been invisible. It can come out in ways I might not have imagined a year ago. Irritability. Judgment. Even in seemingly happy [...]
Posted in Health Care, Womens' Issues on Apr 6th, 2010
On March 27, 2010, the Wall Street Journal covered the topic of siblings in caregiving roles. The reporter interviewed me for the article, and my sister as well. You can find the article here. Being interviewed on this topic required me to revisit in some detail the manner in which Melanie and I worked together to [...]
Posted in Health Care, Womens' Issues on Mar 3rd, 2010
In my family, we think and talk a lot about what caregiving means, and what being in the “sandwich generation” means. Since my dear spouse and I do not yet have children, we aren’t technically in the sandwich generation like my sister Amie is… but we have still ended up being primary and tertiary caregivers [...]
Posted in Health Care, Specifically for Moms, Womens' Issues on Dec 15th, 2009
I am returning to my blog after a self-imposed break spent both grieving my Mom’s death and the immediate issues that surround that life change as well as trying to get back to some kind of normal routine. For those in the Sandwich Generation (SG), finding time to process this inevitable transition will prove to [...]
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