Self-Care for Caregivers | Sheila Collins

Self Care While Giving Care?

by Sheila Collins | Feb 20, 2020 | Health and Wellness, Personal Stories, Self-Care, Self-Care for Caregivers

Where did the day go? It’s after 5 pm already. I got the dog walked this morning and to the groomer’s and back. I walked him again this evening, but now he’s refusing to eat his dinner. What’s up with that? Cody’s routine has been interrupted of late. Rich was in the...

What does Care for the Caregiver Turned Patient Look Like?

by Sheila Collins | Dec 11, 2019 | Art & Life, Good Will Come, Health and Wellness, Personal Stories, Resilience, Self-Care for Caregivers, Stillpoint

Years ago, when my three children were still at home, I complained to a professional social worker colleague that it was hard to get my family to understand that I needed help sometimes. “Everybody just expects me to do it all, even when I’m not feeling well.” She...

A recent patient’s update on hospitals

by Sheila Collins | Dec 11, 2019 | Environment, Personal Stories, Resilience, Self-Care for Caregivers, Stillpoint

“I don’t like hospitals,” my friend says and I get the message that he’s not going to visit one of our mutual friends during his stay there. I hear this negative comment about hospitals often, in spite of the popularity of televised hospital drama shows such as MASH,...

Revisiting The Power of Anniversaries

by Sheila Collins | Oct 30, 2019 | Art & Life, Good Will Come, Grieving, Institutional Loss, Past Events, Personal Stories, Resilience, Rituals, Self-Care for Caregivers, social justice, Spirtuality, The Art of Grieving

When I awoke last Sunday morning I knew it was the day – the one year anniversary of the mass shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in my hometown of Pittsburgh PA. Eleven people lost their lives and several others were seriously injured in the worst...

Wisdom for the Arrivals and Departures

by Sheila Collins | Oct 23, 2019 | Art & Life, Gatherings, Grieving, Health and Wellness, Meditations, Past Events, Personal Stories, Resilience, Rituals, Self-Care, Self-Care for Caregivers, Stillpoint, The Art of Grieving, Women, Girls & the Feminine

I’ve gotten hooked on a sweet Netflix series from the BBC, “Call the Midwife.” It’s set in the East End of London during the 1950s and 60s. Centered in a convent, the storyline features sisters and lay nurse midwives riding their bicycles to tend to the women in the...

Love, Loss and the Miracle of Kindness

by Sheila Collins | Oct 10, 2019 | Grieving, Health, Personal Stories, Self-Care, Self-Care for Caregivers, Stillpoint, The Art of Grieving, Uncategorized

I visited my sister Pat in a memory care facility in the Boston area this past weekend. I hadn’t seen her for over a year so I was unsure of what to expect. She’d moved into this facility in July; her fourth in the past four years.It wasn’t hard to get in, the doors...

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Self Care While Giving Care?

What does Care for the Caregiver Turned Patient Look Like?

A recent patient’s update on hospitals

Wisdom for the Arrivals and Departures

Love, Loss and the Miracle of Kindness

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