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When and How to Say “No” to Caregiving

By Deborah Colgan

Being able to say, “No, I can no longer continue to provide care in this way,” may not only save the caregiver from emotional and physical burnout, but can also open up opportunities of shared caregiving responsibilities with others while deepening the level of honesty and openness in the relationship.

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Emotional Side of Caregiving

Whether you become a caregiver gradually or all of sudden due to a crisis, or whether you are a caregiver willingly or by default, many emotions surface when you take on the job of caregiving.

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Donna Schempp
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How to Handle Guilt and Other Caregiving Emotions

Taking care of a loved one with an illness or disability can stir up some complicated emotions.

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WebMD Medical Reference
2011
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Grief and the Cancer Caregiver

Becoming a cancer caregiver will change your life in many ways, and your loss could be profound. Learning how to cope with the grieving process will help.

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Chris Iliades
2010
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Is Grief Mental Illness? With Psychiatric Changes, Maybe

Normal bereavement and major depression share many of the same symptoms. And because of those similarities, psychiatrists have historically carved out what is known as a "bereavement exclusion." Its purpose was to reduce the likelihood that normal grief would be diagnosed as clinical depression.

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Tim Townsend
2013
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DSM-V: Interview With Social Worker Joanne Cacciatore, PhD, FT

I believe that social workers need to focus on that which we are trained to do: extend civic love and compassion to the client, staring where he or she is. We are not wed to the medical model; social work is ecological, psychosocial, and systems oriented.

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Georgianna Dolan-Reilly
2013
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Grief Is a Direct Impact of Racism: Eight Ways to Support Yourself

Self and community care is critical to combating the effects of racism and intersectional violence.

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Roberta K. Timothy
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How to Survive an Avalanche of Sorrow

The author of Discovering Your Soul Signature shares his unexpected take on one of life’s hardest emotions—and how to get back to joy again.

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Panache Desai
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When Sorrow Attacks: Three Conscious Ways to Face Your Pain

Courageously facing your pain can be terrifying. However, when you allow your past and present sorrows to flow through you, pain releases its grip. You’re then free to walk away with greater awareness, love, and gratitude for the lessons that came from your experience.

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Panache Desai
2015
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How to Move On: What It Really Means to Let Go

When we have a deep emotional attachment to an event or circumstance in our life and we’re being asked to let it go, it can often feel like we’re being asked to move on and forget about the past, person, or event that we’re deeply connected to.

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Paula Stephens
2020
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What Does It Mean to Let Go?

Everyone we know wants us to let it go. But it seems impossible to the person holding on. So, what does it mean to let go?

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Andrea Mathews
2016
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