I’m accumulating quite a collection of newsletter drafts that don’t feel quite right, even as much as all of these feel like drafts I’m sharing with friends in order to get their thoughts.
Thankfully, lots of other people have been sharing their work with the world. Here are a few of the things that caught my attention this week.
Katie Hawkins-Gaar reminds us that sometimes we need to treat ourselves like a toddler:
"Treating myself like a toddler doesn’t mean creating a disciplined schedule and pre-planned meals. It means treating myself with care and kindness. With endless amounts of patience. And with an eye towards things like learning and laughter. If I did those things I just might be able to find that lightness I’ve been seeking."
This piece in Oldster was the perfect thing to read in between rounds of dealing with a sick dog.
Better Life Lab has a podcast series on why work is stressing us out to the point of burnout. One of their episodes is on the stress of working as a professional caregiver and how SEIU is working to change that.
Pocket has a collection of articles making the case for accepting yourself as you are, flaws included.
Most people specifically screen potential caregivers to make sure they don't have a criminal record. Kelly Loudenberg shares the story of a family hiring someone they met through their work with people in prison to work as a live-in caregiver.
I hope you all find a little lightness this week. Yesterday I flew home from Winnipeg to Toronto and caught this beautiful sunset, which certainly brought lightness to my life.
This website has empowered me, most of all it has given me clarity of the purpose of my own journey. I have lacked the education of telling my own story, I live through each story I have read. All of which empowered me to accept the direction of my life without regret, grief, anger, and most of all without losing my soul in the process. Thank you