Caregivers Deserve to Love Their Life

Caregivers Deserve to Love Their Life Rayna Neises 31:20

This week, Rayna Neises, your host, speaks with Charlotte Bayala. Charlotte used her training and experience as a yoga instructor and meditation teacher to enjoy her caregiving experience with her husband who had thyroid cancer. She is the creator of the Love Your Caregiving Life podcast and the Caregiving Confessions monthly digital magazine. Charlotte uses her skills and knowledge to help other caregivers find easier ways to love their lives again and to support them on their way to thriving instead of just surviving. She provides the following insights:

(9:00) You have to just come to a place where you feel happy with the results
(12:00) It is important to go on the journey to figure out how to be you while loving, serving, and caring for your loved one.
(13:00) Once becoming a Caregiver, you have to figure out who the new person is.
(16:27) Caregivers need something they can do every day for Self-Care.
(20:50) Caregivers do deserve to enjoy their lives, and the perfect time is right now.
(21:43) Self-Care needs to be a requirement and not a gift or prize.
(25:06) Put resources and time into helping you and figuring out what you need
(26:58) Caregivers need a team of their own.
(30:02) Find Charlotte at www.LoveYourCaregivingLife.com.
(30:18) This episode has been brought to you by the Encouragement Series starting November 8th. You will learn from some amazing women how to implement Self-Care in a different way. It is a free series available in bite-size pieces. Sign up today at www.EncouragementSeries.com.

Rayna Neises A Season of Caring

Rayna Neises understands the joys and challenges that come from a season of caring. She helped care for both of her parents during their separate battles with Alzheimer’s over a thirty-year span. She is able to look back on those days now with no regrets – and she wishes the same for everyone caring for aging parents.

Rayna is the author of No Regrets: Hope for Your Caregiving Season, an ICF certified coach, the host of “A Season of Caring” podcast, Positive Approach® to Care (PAC)Independent Certified Trainer and speaker who is passionate about offering encouragement, support, and resources for regret-free caring aimed at preventing family caregivers from aimlessly wandering through this important season of life.

Rayna lives on a farm in southeast Kansas with her husband, Ron, and small pack of adorable dogs. She is the baby of her family, but most would never guess that. She is a former teacher who enjoys crafts of all kinds and spending time with her grandkids most of all.