by Jolene | Mar 13, 2019 | Self-Care and Stress
Stress and compassion fatigue in caregiving parents was the topic of a Different Dream blog post last week. That post shared general statistics from the stress and compassion fatigue survey completed by over 1400 caregivers in January of 2019. I (Jolene) conducted the...
by Jolene | Mar 6, 2019 | Self-Care and Stress, Special Needs Parenting
Stress and compassion fatigue is real for parents caring for kids with special needs. Not only is it real, the number of people who completed a recent survey on the subject show that stress and compassion fatigue is a huge issue for families. This series examines the...
by Jolene | Feb 25, 2019 | Self-Care and Stress, Special Needs Parenting
When caregiving doesn’t spark your joy, what can you do about it? That’s a question I’ve been mulling over lately. Ever since I posted a survey about stress and compassion fatigue in caregivers. Within 2 days, the survey had been completed 500 times....
by Laurie McLean | Feb 21, 2019 | Self-Care and Stress, Special Needs Parenting
Self care is important for parents raising kids with special needs. Guest blogger Laurie McLean is here to explain why self care is important and how to make it a priority in your busy life. Chances are if you are a parent of a child with a disability, you have felt...
by Rachel Olstad | Feb 6, 2019 | Self-Care and Stress
Wheel of Fortune transformed life in public for guest blogger Rachel Olstad and her family. Today she tells the amazing, delightful, and funny story of how it happened. Our son has spina bifida and is a wheelchair user. You can probably guess how going to the mall or...
by Jolene | Jan 28, 2019 | Self-Care and Stress, Special Needs Parenting
Of course not, you may have thought to yourself after reading the title of this post. My special needs mom worries never end either. But there’s a difference between your special needs mom worries and mine. You are most likely either raising a child with special...
