by Susan | Nov 14, 2019 | Caregiving, EGC, Gestalt, Horses, Relationships
I woke this morning with this song playing in my head. I always think of it when someone tells me that I can’t give from an empty cup. Over the five-and-a-half years that I was helping Mike negotiate his illnesses I heard many times and from many people some version...
by Susan | Nov 6, 2019 | Caregiving, Communications, Medical, Relationships
I feel blessed that Mike and I were able to work with such great doctors. Feeling like doctors are not superhuman and better than us can help us to know, like, and trust them. Even seeing it in the smallest ways Early in his illness Mike had been in the hospital in...
by Susan | Oct 24, 2019 | Awareness
Last October I wrote a post about how I feel that other cancers besides breast cancer need awareness and funding. We see a lot about breast cancer especially in October. Two years ago, in October was the beginning of my journey with breast cancer. My first almost...
by Susan | Oct 14, 2019 | Caregiving, EGC, Gestalt, Horses, Medical, Relationships
You’ve heard this about doctors. Believe me they are no better at it than we are as caregivers. We tend to focus on our loved one who needs our care and put off our own care. Frankly, I was very fortunate that I didn’t fall into that category. I had my almost yearly...
by Susan | Sep 25, 2019 | EGC, Gestalt, Horses
I’ve just returned from the annual Touched By A Horse® Summit. It is a time to reconnect with old friends and a time to meet new ones. The trend of the graduate session seemed to be that many people had many ups and downs in the last year. It’s a time we...
