How to Be Resilient

no matter what

the shame game

"I’m totally at my wits end.

My dad asked my family to move in with him to keep him...

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everything is for me

A few days ago my mom had a stomach ache a few hours before she was supposed to meet with her...

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but, I don't want to

I don’t want to go, said my husband a couple nights ago.

He was talking about staying...

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places that will be missed

Just got home from my morning walk in the drizzle.

I just realized how much I will miss Hawaii...

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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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