Caregivers and New Beginnings

 

How Caregivers Can Prepare For Their New Beginnings!

There are times for fresh beginnings, like New Year’s, Birthdays, significant events.  But it can also be any time you, caregivers, feel like you need a new beginning. 

 

5 steps for caregivers and their new beginnings

I have some steps for you to follow! You will be right on your way to your fresh beginning with the best chances of success. 

The first step I recommend is to take stock of where you are.

So the simplest way to do that is to take a moment – you can pause this video now or take notes and do it later. Just remember that you have to actually do it to reap the benefit.

 

Step 1: a list to succeed with your caregiver new beginnings

So step 1 is to make a list of things that are working in your life that you’d like to keep. If you’re stuck, I invite you to start the list with breathing, eating, drinking and sleeping and continue from there.

 

Step 2: a successful new beginning for caregivers

And then make a second list of the things that you’d like to modify.

Maybe there’s something in how you manage time, or it’s something relational with your loved one you are caring for, or other people in your life, or any other issue that you’d like to make progress on.

Then I suggest you look at the list of things you would like an improvement on and pick the one that you feel would make the biggest difference in your life if you could improve that. That is step 2

 

Watch the video “Caregivers, 5 Essential Steps To A Successful New Beginning!” HERE

 

Step 3: concrete actions for caregivers and new beginnings

Step 3 is to identify what concrete actions you could take to improve that. So for example, when both of my parents were declining in parallel, they had moved to a retirement home near me at some point. My dad had to have a pretty big surgery and stay in the hospital for 4 weeks and my mom was pretty lost without him. I had decided to go see them both every day. 

 

Step 4: adjust your plan

After about 2 days, I felt like I might lose my mind. So I had to recalibrate.

That is Step 4, when you’ve chosen some actions, they may not work as well in reality as they looked like they would on paper.

For me, I ended up having a 3-day rotation, one day I’d go see my dad, one day I’d go see my mom and the third day I’d take care of my own stuff. That worked a lot better.
So in this step, do the adjustments that you feel work for you, any plan that is not workable is a dead plan.

 

Step 5: finally, your caregiver new beginning

Step 5 is to actually do the actions you’ve identified. That’s where a lot of caregivers feel challenged because there is so much stuff to think about and do. So you may not want to do it in your day to day grind.

Is that something familiar for you? Then I have the link for a free “Your Winning Mindset Kit” in the description box of the video.

But for many caregivers, it is hard to do something new if you don’t have someone holding your hand. If that’s you, that’s why I created “Your Support Within Your Reach”.

It’s an online community with written support. There are also monthly zoom group calls, where I can support you live. On to of that, I create a new meditation each month to help with topics I see that can use support.

You can go to https://yoursupportwithinyourreach.com to learn more, check out everything that’s included and it’s at a very reasonable price point.

But whatever you do, if you’re a caregiver facing a fresh start, a new beginning, don’t go at it alone. I’m there to support you at

https://yoursupportwithinyourreach.com

 

 

 

Sonia Weyers
Gestalt-thérapist – Supporting Caregivers
Dare The Freedom To Be Yourself

 

PS: For more tips for caregivers of loved ones with a loss of autonomy you can check out my blog , from 2024, my YouTube Videos or my book “The Sundown of Life”.