Do you find yourself in the challenging position of caring for Aging parents or loved ones? Maybe you have siblings that do see eye to eye with how to manage all that needs to be done and you feel alone. 

The emotional rollercoaster and overwhelming responsibilities can take its toll on your well-being. 

I know because I’ve been there. I oversaw my parents care for 14 ½ years, raised my four girls, while my Marriage crumbled in front of me. It wasn’t easy and I struggled through those years. That’s why I’m having this conversation with Tamara McClintock Greenberg, PsyD, MS and author of multiple books including, The Complex PTSD Coping Skills Workbook and When Someone You Love Has A Chronic Illness. 

In this episode, we discuss:

• The layered challenges of Caregiving for our loved ones.
• Why you should seek emotional support and ask for help from Family members or friends when caring for aging parents or those with a chronic illness.
• 5 ways to ease your load if you are part of the generation that wasn’t raised to ask for help.
• Why Sleep and Exercise are more important when you are the caregiver. 
• How to find more balance while caregiving.
• The importance of planning for the future, both yours and your loved ones.
• The complexities of sibling Relationships while caregiving and why this isn’t the time to ask for what you didn’t receive emotionally when you were a child.
• Why clear communication and boundaries are more important than ever.

If you’re taking care of loved ones right now, please stick around because this awesome episode is for you!

Laurie

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Tamara is a licensed clinical psychologist in private practice in San Francisco. She has been working to help people impacted by Trauma since the late 80s, when she worked for Child Protective Services. Tamara specializes in treating adults with Depression, Anxiety, relationship issues, trauma, and those who are coping with medical illnesses.

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Hi, I'm Laurie James...a mother, divorcée, recovering caregiver turned author, somatic relationship coach, and podcaster. My podcast, Confessions of a Freebird, was inspired by my youngest of four children leaving the nest and is the sequel to my book, Sandwiched: A Memoir of Holding On and Letting Go.

My memoir is about my journey from loneliness to finding belonging during a time when I was raising four teenage daughters, my mother had a heart attack and needed care, all while my marriage began to crumble underneath me.

Now I love helping people divorce, heal, and date differently in midlife. I love blending my somatic training and coaching to help clients develop a better relationship with their bodies and nervous system. Doing so allows them to find the inner freedom to experience more happiness, joy and create the life they desire through nervous system regulation.

When I'm not coaching clients or podcasting, I can be found nurturing my free spirit by walking my adopted husky Lu, skiing, sailing, hiking, spending time with my four adult daughters, close friends or planning my next adventure.