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Coaching for Caregivers

Caring for you when you care for others.

“The rewards are many; the challenges great. I know. I care for my elderly parents, too.”
~ Z. Colette Edwards, MD, MBA

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Providing care for an aging, ill or disabled loved one can be one of life’s greatest gifts. “But along with those gifts often come debilitating stressors, as I’ve learned very well in caring for my own senior parents,” founder Z. Colette Edwards shares. With a growing and aging Baby Boomer population, more and more individuals – and very often women – are juggling the demands of caring for generations both young and old, with limited time and energy left over for other family and friends, and (probably last and least) themselves.

Your Guide to Caring for Yourself

Coaching for Caregivers is our newest coaching solution, and it’s right on time. We will work with you individually to address your greatest needs – emotionally and physically – as a caregiver.


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How It Works

Coaching for Caregivers provides one-of-a-kind insight and guidance. Founder Z. Colette Edwards, M.D., M.B.A. lends the first-person perspective of caregiver as well as physician, healthcare executive, and Integrative life and well-being coach to support you through your journey, providing vital information, relief and hope. Changing your mindset often isn’t enough. Helping identify resources outside of your existing network is essential in managing the sometimes overwhelming demands of caregiving.

While each coaching program is customized based on your needs, the fundamentals covered include:

  • Assessing your current situation to understand both your unique challenges as well as your strengths
  • Coaching you to clarify desired outcomes
  • Setting goals and managing priorities
  • Assertiveness coaching to navigate the healthcare system to achieve better health outcomes and advocate – for yourself and others
  • Valuable insight to manage the challenges and layers of insurance and benefits

Taking good care of yourself helps you take better care of others

Prioritizing your needs at a time when you are stretched so thin requires self-awareness. Recognizing that you need help can often seem insurmountable. But taking steps to relieve your stressors as a caregiver stress helps prevent health problems and can help you be a better giver of care

You are Not Alone

Caregiver stress is on the rise as a leading contributor to depression and anxiety, which can lead to further risk of heart disease, stroke and diabetes. Being “on-call” 24 hours a day, 7 days a week can lead to sleeplessness, developing poor eating habits as well as the need to take more time off from work, which can create financial stressors. Add to that the grieving and overwhelmed feelings that can arise from navigating changes in behavior and conditions leading to loss of memory, caregiving takes its toll, both emotionally and physically.

Now is the time to ask for help – and to get it from a trusted, informed ally.


Contact us today to learn more in a free consultation


 

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  • Z. Colette Edwards, MD, MBA
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Tweaking Tips

Even if it is just 60 seconds twice a day …
Take the time to just stop and breathe for a moment. It will slow down your engine, allow you to regroup, and enable you to focus with greater clarity.

Where You Look, You Go
Be honest and assess how much time and energy you have spent on your true priorities in life.

Work With, Not Against
Instead of battling your body, develop tools to work with it.

Good From Bad
When things don’t turn out the way you would like, stop for a moment and ask yourself “Is there a lesson I can learn from this experience?” (You might as well get something good out of a bad situation, right?)

Stillness Challenge
In this often noisy, chaotic, unpredictable, constantly-connected world, consider taking 5 minutes each day to “just be.” If your mind wanders, gently bring it back. At the end of 30 days, see what insights have bubbled up by simply sitting in silence. If you take care of these moments, it is more likely tomorrow will take care of itself.

Live Life
Decide to make the commitment over the next 12 months to live as if there really might be no tomorrow.

Your stress may be a gift:
a warning signal that it is finally time to make the changes you’ve been putting off.

Onward
Each day presents another opportunity to move forward. The past is already gone, so don’t beat yourself up about something that is now behind you.

Why wait for an epiphany?
Your body may be sounding the alarm that could save your life.

Be Focused
Do one thing at a time in a serial fashion rather than being lured by the false promise of multi-tasking. Studies show you will get more done in less time and more efficiently.

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