by Susan | May 17, 2024 | Caregiving
Spring is here. The horses are kicking and swishing at the flies. We’ve had a short respite from the rain and now it’s supposed to start again. The pastures are green and lush. We were also able to see the aurora borealis on Friday night, although not with our eyes,...
by Susan | Mar 6, 2024 | Caregiving, Medical
There is no play button. To get the podcast to play click to the right of my picture/left of the timer. Schedule a Free Exploratory Call Susan is a lifelong horsewoman, a Master Equine Gestaltist, an Equine Assisted PlayShop facilitator, a breast cancer survivor, a...
by Susan | Mar 1, 2024 | Awareness, Caregiving
Somedays it seems like life is carrying you along and you don’t have much control over where you’re going. I know that for the five and a half years I was caregiving for Mike I felt this way a lot. Now with my mother having a stroke and being in three different places...
by Susan | Feb 15, 2024 | Caregiving, Medical
On Friday, February 2, I got a call from the hospital in Oakley. My mom had a stroke. Could I come to the hospital? I told the nurse I was 300 miles away please call my son who’s in Oakley and gave her his phone number. There were many phone calls about when someone...
by Susan | Nov 8, 2023 | Caregiving
Do you ever feel invisible – like someone is looking right through you? Or forgotten – as if you’re not even there? As a caregiver, this happens often. In a small town where we all know each other people would stop me and ask about Mike. They didn’t ask how I was...
by Susan | Sep 6, 2023 | Awareness, Caregiving, Medical
Cancer. Auto-immune disease. Chemotherapy. Edema. Intravenous. Malignant. Benign. Prognosis. Contusion. Acute. Chronic. Biopsy. These are terms that medical professionals are trained to use. When they use them with patients and caregivers it can be confusing and...
