I am a lifelong caregiver, and I know what it’s like to have my needs put on the back burner because someone else always needs more. As a wife, mom, and primary caregiver for my mom, I used to get through my days barely scraping by on energy, getting to the end of each day with so much left to do, so much left undone, and so much guilt about it all.
It took me years to figure out the balance between caring for myself and caring for others and finally feeling connected to myself and the life I had been longing for. This is what it means to be a “self-caregiver”!
With the right tools, you can be a self-caregiver too!