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Self-care in a stressful environment is like the belt holding your pants up. Loosening it could mean losing it. Redefining Caregiving Website: Redefining Caregiving (samdamm.com) Buy Me a Cup of Coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/samdamm, Thank You! FB-Redefining Caregiving: https://www.facebook.com/redefiningcaregiving --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/redefiningcaregiving/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/redefiningcaregiving/support

There are specific ways to get your point across when you are trying to help. Learn how to be patient when sharing your ideas to successfully convince others to listen and respect your input.  Include yourself in the care you give by learning how to be a better communicator. Related Articles: 12 Ways To Deal With Stubborn People And Convince Them To Listen - Lifehack,  10 Keys to How to Convince Someone of Anything (itspsychology.com)  Redefining Caregiving Website: Redefining Caregiving (samdamm.com) Buy Me a Cup of Coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/samdamm, Thank You! FB-Redefining Caregiving: https://www.facebook.com/redefiningcaregiving --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/redefiningcaregiving/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/redefiningcaregiving/support

Do you own an instant pot? They are an essential tool in my kitchen these days. Every caregiver needs one.  Instant Pot Market Size Business Growth, Global Market Analysis, Share, Research, and Forecast to 2022-2026 - MarketWatch Redefining Caregiving Website: Redefining Caregiving (samdamm.com) Buy Me a Cup of Coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/samdamm, Thank You! FB-Redefining Caregiving: https://www.facebook.com/redefiningcaregiving --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/redefiningcaregiving/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/redefiningcaregiving/support

You can take control over your mood by practicing an easy technique. This tool changed my life, when I was a younger person feeling at the mercy of my feelings all the time. Remember to include yourself in the care you give by taking control of your mindset. Thanks for listening and sharing! Related Links -Change your state of mind to impact your life | Tony Robbins,  Managing Emotions | 10 Ways To Manage Emotions (mantracare.org) Redefining Caregiving Website: Redefining Caregiving (samdamm.com) Buy Me a Cup of Coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/samdamm, Thank You! FB-Redefining Caregiving: https://www.facebook.com/redefiningcaregiving --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/redefiningcaregiving/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/redefiningcaregiving/support

How you enter into the role as caregiver, you have the opportunity to start out on the right foot. The care recipient needs time to adjust and you do too. Talking with each other can help, if you approach with sensitivity and thoughtfulness. Get a grip on what is falling apart and let me help you build a better way forward. Caregiving is a personal journey and to function better and enjoy life, you need to take time to invest in a personalized approach. Contact me for help today! Redefining Caregiving Website: Redefining Caregiving (samdamm.com) Buy Me a Cup of Coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/samdamm, Thank You! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/redefiningcaregiving/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/redefiningcaregiving/support

Be warned. This content encourages boundary setting and self-love. Include yourself in the care you give  Related articles: Why Am I Attracting So Many Narcissists? | Psychology Today,  A Caregiver's Guide to Caring for a Narcissist (caregiverdave.com) YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzULzcV1Uzz0C1eG-HSre0g FB-Redefining Caregiving: https://www.facebook.com/redefiningcaregiving Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/redefiningcaregivingbook/?hl=en --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/redefiningcaregiving/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/redefiningcaregiving/support

I share my personal experience regarding doctors and their diagnosis failures. Also, learn about a strange growth on my leg and how it miraculously disappeared. You are the person in full care of yourself, and it's up to you to discern who you take advice from. Just because someone is trained as a doctor, doesn't make them a good one. Trust your gut. Any physician who isn't willing to answer questions or jumps to quick diagnosis should be questioned by you, before taking their advice. Include yourself in the care you give~ Redefining Caregiving Website: www.samdamm.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/redefiningcaregiving/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/redefiningcaregiving/support

Beginning caregiving is difficult, especially if you don't understand how you fit into it. Today, I talk about how to plan your caregiving journey by asking questions and making serious decisions around what works for you. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/redefiningcaregiving/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/redefiningcaregiving/support

You're in charge of your thinking. Today I encourage you to be mindful of your thinking process to manifest more of what you want. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/redefiningcaregiving/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/redefiningcaregiving/support

Hey Everyone! I missed recording podcasts lately. I have been very busy taking care of my health by undergoing a detox program and elimination diet under my new doctor's care. I met an amazing functional medicine doctor, here in Gillette, Wyoming. She is the first doctor to give me hope and help for healing that will actually work. Remember to include yourself in the care you give by eating healthy foods that bring energy. Junk belongs in the garbage and not in your body.  Get a grip on what is falling apart and bring momentum to where you want improvement. I can design a personalized plan for you and your goals.  If you want to have live lighter and function better, as a caregiver, reach out to me, so we can get you started today. Redefining Caregiving Website: Redefining Caregiving (samdamm.com) Buy Me a Cup of Coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/samdamm, Thank You! FB-Redefining Caregiving: https://www.facebook.com/redefiningcaregiving Patreon - Support me in supporting caregivers: https://www.patreon.com/redefiningcaregiving YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzULzcV1Uzz0C1eG-HSre0g For a caregiver consultation, call 971-678-4395 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/redefiningcaregiving/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/redefiningcaregiving/support

Your thought can lead yiu toward a better understanding of yourself or distance you from reality. Most people who feel depressed suffer from a sense of disconnection to themselves. Here's what I've learned is the best way to begin a better life without experiencing sporadic waves of emotions. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/redefiningcaregiving/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/redefiningcaregiving/support

Today, I encourage you to earn income from home by nd assessing your skills thinking of creative ways to provide needed services people will pay for. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/redefiningcaregiving/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/redefiningcaregiving/support

All it takes is a few tweaks to how to communicate with the elderly or anyone else. I share 3 major ways to kill conversation and ideas for having a great dialog with people you care for. Include yourself in the care you give by putting an end to useless communication. Thanks for listening! Redefining Caregiving Website: Redefining Caregiving (samdamm.com) Buy Me a Cup of Coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/samdamm, Thank You! FB-Redefining Caregiving: https://www.facebook.com/redefiningcaregiving I can help you get a grip on what is falling apart and bring momentum where you need it most. We'll design a personalized plan that addresses what you want to achieve for a better caregiving experience. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/redefiningcaregiving/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/redefiningcaregiving/support

Hope is here. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/redefiningcaregiving/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/redefiningcaregiving/support

Getting others to do something comes down to a few simple, yet often overlooked, strategies that can turn things around for struggling caregivers and parents. Ever wish it could be easier? Learn how I get people to lift their heels from deep in the ground to running ahead instead.  Redefining Caregiving Website: Redefining Caregiving (samdamm.com) Buy Me a Cup of Coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/samdamm, Thank You! FB-Redefining Caregiving: https://www.facebook.com/redefiningcaregiving Redefining Caregiving YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzULzcV1Uzz0C1eG-HSre0g For a caregiver consultation, call 971-678-4395 I can help you get a grip on what is falling apart and bring momentum where you need it most. We'll design a personalized plan that addresses what you want to achieve for a better caregiving experience. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/redefiningcaregiving/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/redefiningcaregiving/support

Happy New Year in 2022, where I encourage you to make everything, first, about you. Who's thinking of you all the time? You are, and that's good because it's your job to be sure you are ok all day long. Never feel guilty about giving yourself what you need. You will improve every aspect of caregiving when you do this every day.  Related Links: Homecoming: Reclaiming and Championing Your Inner Child: Bradshaw, John: 8601417141380: Amazon.com: Books What is Good Parenting – The Real Definition That You Might Not Know (myparentingjournal.com) Redefining Caregiving Website: Redefining Caregiving (samdamm.com) Buy Me a Cup of Coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/samdamm, Thank You! For personalized one-on-one coaching by phone, or Zoom call 971-678-4395. Let me help you get a grip on what is falling apart and bring momentum where you want your life better.  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/redefiningcaregiving/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/redefiningcaregiving/support

The opposite of fear is faith, but what do you have faith in. It's important to protect what you allow to manipulate your thoughts around fears. Striking a balance of receiving critical information and getting sucked into exaggerated fear-based messages. Learn how you can go from anxiety to acceptance of what you can do, in order to have more peace. Patreon - Support me in supporting caregivers: https://www.patreon.com/redefiningcaregiving YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzULzcV1Uzz0C1eG-HSre0g FB-Redefining Caregiving: https://www.facebook.com/redefiningcaregiving personalized one-on-one coaching via phone, or Zoom. I can help you get a grip on what is falling apart and bring momentum where you want results most. We'll design a personalized plan that fits you and what you want to achieve in life.  Free 15 minute caregiver "get to know you' consultation, call 971-678-4395 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/redefiningcaregiving/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/redefiningcaregiving/support

If you are a mother of adult children, this podcast might be for you. At what point do we stop mothering? When do we get to stop and let them develop, after teaching them what we had the chance to, so they can live adult lives?   Redefining Caregiving Website: Redefining Caregiving (samdamm.com) Buy Me a Cup of Coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/samdamm, Thank You! YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzULzcV1Uzz0C1eG-HSre0g FB-Redefining Caregiving: https://www.facebook.com/redefiningcaregiving For a caregiver consultation, call 971-678-4395 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/redefiningcaregiving/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/redefiningcaregiving/support

Wintertime doesn't have to be depressing. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/redefiningcaregiving/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/redefiningcaregiving/support

Learn why holiday visits can create some negative behavior in this podcast. Remember to include yourself in the care you give by being kind to yourself and others. Thanks for listening and sharing! Order a copy of my book, Redefining Caregiving, here! Redefining Caregiving (samdamm.com) For a caregiver consultation, call 971-678-4395 Redefining Caregiving Website: Redefining Caregiving (samdamm.com) Buy Me a Cup of Coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/samdamm, Thank You! YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzULzcV1Uzz0C1eG-HSre0g FB-Redefining Caregiving: https://www.facebook.com/redefiningcaregiving --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/redefiningcaregiving/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/redefiningcaregiving/support