by MCH | Jul 20, 2024 | Community
Self abandonment comes up as a problem for people when they come from backgrounds where safety is a more critical issue than authenticity. So, I intentionally take myself out one day a week.Self-abandonment in caregiving: The paradox of security-seeking...
by MCH | Jul 10, 2024 | Community
At its best, advocacy for a mentally unwell loved one sparks positive change. Early collaboration between family members and healthcare providers can lead to pivotal breakthroughs in treatment plans, dramatically improving quality of life. But handled poorly,...
by MCH | Jul 4, 2024 | Courage
As a picture book author and caregiver, I’ve learned a crucial lesson: saying ‘yes’ to everyone else often means saying ‘no’ to myself and my work. Our time is finite. Each ‘yes’ to an external demand is a ‘no’ to...
by MCH | Jul 3, 2024 | Courage
Each day, I sit down to write, develop some part of the project, an evolving entity on the x-axis of time. Parallel to this runs my role as caregiver to my mother, her need for care a variable that defies prediction.The project of book making with the project of care....
by MCH | Jun 18, 2024 | Care, Community
As Caribbean brown women of working-class inheritance, we face the disproportionate duality of caregiving responsibilities for our elders and disabled family members while pursuing professional and personal ambitions. It is challenging. Sometimes...
by MCH | May 11, 2024 | Community
1% Better Every Day for a year. 1.01 (365) = 37.78 The effects of doing a lil bit consistently compounds over time. For example if you can just get 1% better each day you’ll end up with results that are nearly 37 times better after one year. Atomic Habits – by...
