Caregivers in the Balance

Caregiving

Jenga and the Caregiver's Journey

Connie Carpenter Phinney on May 7, 2024

Personal Perspective: Living with and caring for someone with a chronic degenerative disease can feel like a game of Jenga with falls being inevitable. How do we reset?

Personal Perspective: Living with and caring for someone with a chronic degenerative disease can feel like a game of Jenga with falls being inevitable. How do we reset?

Caregiving

Optimism and Hope: A Care Partner's View

Connie Carpenter Phinney on February 15, 2024

A Personal Perspective: Whether you are newly inserted into the role of care partner or are experiencing care partner fatigue, hope can be the most important verb to enjoy life.

A Personal Perspective: Whether you are newly inserted into the role of care partner or are experiencing care partner fatigue, hope can be the most important verb to enjoy life.

Caregiving

5 Tips to Help Caregivers Help Themselves

Connie Carpenter Phinney on January 7, 2024

I've been a care partner for more than 20 years. It's hard. Here are five tips from a recent care partner meetup to help you help yourself.

I've been a care partner for more than 20 years. It's hard. Here are five tips from a recent care partner meetup to help you help yourself.

Caregiving

Resilient Care Partnering

Connie Carpenter Phinney on November 5, 2023

We recruited a pro to help coach care partners to build resilience. These are the five exceptionally helpful lessons I learned from our conversation.

We recruited a pro to help coach care partners to build resilience. These are the five exceptionally helpful lessons I learned from our conversation.

Caregiving

3 Lessons in Caring

Connie Carpenter Phinney on August 11, 2023

Personal Perspective: Caring is hard work. These are my lessons from decades of being a caregiver for my husband and mother.

Personal Perspective: Caring is hard work. These are my lessons from decades of being a caregiver for my husband and mother.

Caregiving

Lessons in Caregiving

Connie Carpenter Phinney on May 12, 2023

A Personal Perspective: Equanimity helps me find acceptance in my role as care partner. It's a trainable skill people can lean into in hard times.

A Personal Perspective: Equanimity helps me find acceptance in my role as care partner. It's a trainable skill people can lean into in hard times.

Sport and Competition

After the Diagnosis: An Elite Athlete Chooses Resolve

Connie Carpenter Phinney on April 4, 2023

Personal Perspective: The diagnosis of a degenerative neurological disease is hard, but resolving to live well helped my family.

Personal Perspective: The diagnosis of a degenerative neurological disease is hard, but resolving to live well helped my family.

Self-Talk

The Power of Self-Talk

Connie Carpenter Phinney on March 3, 2023

A Personal Perspective: Elite athletes rely on many tools to be successful, including self-talk. Here's how it can help in everyday life as well.

A Personal Perspective: Elite athletes rely on many tools to be successful, including self-talk. Here's how it can help in everyday life as well.

Career

Carry On: Easing the Care Partner's Burden

Connie Carpenter Phinney on January 24, 2023

Personal Perspective: Finding the balance to sustain care requires taking time for yourself.

Personal Perspective: Finding the balance to sustain care requires taking time for yourself.