Posts tagged Letting Go
April Newsletter: Finding Your Place in the WORLD 🌎
April Newsletter: Finding Your Place in the WORLD 🌎

For the last three months we've been looking INTERNALLY - from dreaming BIG to mindfulness - we've been on a journey of self-discovery.

As caregivers, we often lose OURSELVES, as we are providing care to others. We place all of our focus on our loved ones needs, their medical appointments, medications and care plan. We often forget (or don't prioritize) our own health and well-being.


This month's been ALL about finding our place in the WORLD Sound BIG and lofty to you? It doesn't need to be!

Check out the April Newsletter focused on FINDING YOUR PLACE IN THE WORLD here.

April was also Stress Awareness Month. The April 2021 Newsletter included all our favorite resources for stress. Stress is a part of life ... but doesn’t have to knock us flat. We can't eliminate the stress of caregiving - yet, we CAN find ways to better cope/manage our stressors.

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Newsletters, My Place in the WorldKristi HornerLetting Go, Surrender, Understanding Stress, Bridging Differences
Accept Reality, Not Illusions
Accept Reality, Not Illusions

This month, we begin a new theme of “My Place in the World,” and this week’s topic of letting go/surrender can be a difficult one for many people. I know it is for me. After many struggles, I now prefer to think in terms of “let it be.”

At first glance, this idea of letting go or surrendering might seem to contradict what we’re all about at Courage to Caregivers. We’re all about making progress, empowerment, and not giving up, right? Well, of course we are.

But the type of surrender we’re talking about can actually lead to greater empowerment. When we refuse to live under an illusion – when we recognize that there are some things we just can’t control, and there is no point in trying to fight a battle that we can’t win – we allow ourselves to move on to other things in life, where we CAN make progress, and where our strengths and abilities CAN make a difference.

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My Place in the WorldKristi HornerLetting Go, Surrender, Radical Acceptance