by Susan | Jan 2, 2019 | Caregiving, EGC, Medical
Intentions work! Whenever I set an intention to get to a Core while going through my Equine Gestalt Coaching Method® training I always made it. One-time Mike had surgery the Friday before in Kansas City and I needed to be in Elizabeth, CO at 8:30 am Wednesday. The...
by Susan | Nov 21, 2018 | Caregiving, EGC, Relationships, Travel
This seems to be a buzz word lately. For the whole time of Mike’s illness, everybody told me to take care of myself. You can’t give from a cup that is not full. Then last year when I was diagnosed with breast cancer, I heard it even more. I always thought that Mike...
by Susan | Nov 14, 2018 | Caregiving, Medical, Relationships
I hate holidays! A friend posted this on FaceBook last week. I understand all the reasons that holidays can be stressful. We make them that way. There are tensions in families. We think everything must be perfect. And there is never enough time to get things done the...
by Susan | Oct 31, 2018 | Caregiving, EGC, Gestalt, Medical, Relationships
In January of 2013, I was dragged into a role that I never expected. Today I talked with a woman who was researching an article about how living with chronic pain affects a relationship. I had asked her if she was interested in someone who had lived with someone in...
by Susan | Aug 29, 2018 | Caregiving, Relationships
This post has been edited because I had the wrong units of tomatoes from the recipe. That’s what I get for trying to write from memory when I could have double checked the recipe. Last week I was inspired to post the following on FaceBook after changing the...
by Susan | Aug 15, 2018 | Caregiving, Horses, Relationships
I think of Mike at the strangest times. Over the weekend I was going through some receipts and I came across some of his from the pharmacy. Strangely enough, this made me nostalgic. I seem to be going about my life in a normal progression and then I see, hear, or...