GIVE YOUR BEST AND CONSERVE YOUR ENERGY

 

Targeted Clientele: family caregivers who care for someone with a disability or illness

Average Time: two hours                                                                     

• How long can a person alone care for a family member?
• How to care for someone without taking on their frustrations and depression?
• Would you like to do more for the well-being of your loved one?
• How to manage your exasperation and frustrating emotions?
  What are the first signs of diminishing energy?
• Do you know the best ways to regain your balance?
• Do you know how to replenish your energy?

 

To care for someone you love, is to want for the other more than is possible

 

Learn how:

• Recognize the symptoms of physical and mental exhaustion
• Accept the limits of your role
• Show empathy without absorbing the other’s emotions
• Free yourself from accumulated emotions
• Differentiate between guilt and the exaggerated responsibilities of the saviour mentality
• Accept the impossibility of satisfying the demands of all family members
• Give yourself respite periods without feeling guilty
• Dare to express your limits and needs