How to Be Resilient

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end stage dementia food fight

My dad is basically a 5’8” 98lb skeleton.

Over the last two years he’s been...

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denial is real

It really baffles me how my mother can be in such denial.

She denied for a decade that my dad had...

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never enough time

My mom texted me and my sister 3 hours ago saying 

Dad’s not well.

He hasn’t...

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3 damaging ways you avoid emotions

He hates talking about his feelings!

I think my sister said this 3 times as we were hiking among...

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the dementia diet

My dad’s dementia could have been prevented.

This thought made me very angry when I became...

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3 frightening symptoms of chronic stress

When I’m staying with my mom I notice my anxiety every morning when I wake up.

I’m...

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why parents are unfair

When we’re growing up we’re taught that one person can’t eat all the birthday...

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should dad go to hospice?

My sister called me last night.

Dad’s doctor just called me, she said.

He explained that...

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how to make boundaries that stick

Are you blaming the wrong person for not sticking to your boundaries?

 

 

A number of...

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the time I ghosted someone

Last year, my Auntie died.

She was a substitute mom to me.

And a substitute auntie, because she...

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giving up on my one promise

Multiple generations, grandparents, siblings, cousins, spending long weeks doing everything...

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I used to be smart until

My mom likes to tell people, Lani used to be so smart before she had that high fever.

My mom...

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