👋 What does it feel like to be you? 👂
Hi ,
When people talk about overcoming disease or disability to live an incredible life, so often the caregivers are left out of the story.
Many caregivers don't identify as caregivers -- we're so absorbed in the needs of whoever we're caring for, we forget what it's like to be us. We take our own work for granted sometimes.
What does it feel like to be you?
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Until next week,
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