Posts Tagged ‘caregiver kids’
(Ep 17) When the strongest fall apart: Learning to find yourself again
What do you do when you fall apart? When the strongest among us needs a little help, is it okay for them to ask for it? This episode shares some powerful insights from self-made man, entrepreneur, corporate executive, caregiver Thom Brodeur. He’s been my “baby daddy” fantasy for a looonnnngggg time (JK sorta), and he’s…
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I’m with Crazy: A Love Story (Ep10) A Dad Who Stayed (& Taught Us To Play)
My Papà was a big dreamer. He was a grower of things. He loved this life even when he hated it, and there were times that he did, don’t get me wrong, he made his dream of coming to America come true. He met and married a beautiful woman, who for him was his love…
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I’m with Crazy: A Love Story (Ep9) Mother’s Day & Mental Illness – Missing Out On A Mom
I used to pray, and pray, and pray, please don’t let me be like mama. So the more that I come now to understand what my mother must have been going through all alone. Honestly, now I admire her more. While I was praying not to become her, it turns out, I learned later on…
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I’m with Crazy: A Love Story (Ep8) National Sibling Day & Crazy
You know, all those greeting card company commercials that celebrate siblings and family or the magazine articles, you know the question, “When was the last time you told your brothers or sisters you loved them?” The media and marketing all remind me on this National Siblings Day that it’s my excuse to give them all…
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I’m with Crazy: A Love Story (Ep7-Part 2) Living & Loving Crazy
In part 1 of my conversation with my brother Ross, I learned lots about how different perspectives can be, even if siblings grew up surrounded by the same crazy. Today’s podcast is a continuation of the last episode. It’s been enlightening for me – and it’s dawned on me that this is really the first…
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I’m with Crazy: A Love Story (Ep7 – Part 1) Living & Loving Crazy
“…It’s a whole different world….” My brother Rosario is definitely right. I listen back to some of these stories and think WOW what we were going thru and hiding from the world…? And then I think WOW what must you listeners be thinking? LOL While there’s much more to this podcast – so much more…
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I’m with Crazy: A Love Story (Ep6) Leaving Neverland
I hadn’t planned on doing a podcast on this particular topic – that of sexual predators and sex abuse — and for some of you, you may wonder what this has to do with mental illness and caregiving, and to that I’ll give a simple answer – A LOT. Having just watched for the second…
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I’m with Crazy: A Love Story (Ep5) The Gift of Change
I wonder, how often do we set expectations of others, of experiences, of ourselves? How many times do we romanticize scenarios, places, people, our histories? How many times do we suffer because we’re wishing that things were different? We’re not accepting what is, especially when there’s nothing that you can do to change what is.…
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I’m with Crazy: A Love Story (Ep4) Death of A Sibling: An Unexpected “It”
My baby sister, her life was pretty much a struggle since birth. She was hospitalized with pneumonia at the age of two. She was pretty much learning disabled, although we really didn’t know it though. In those days, it wasn’t like an official label. She was just ‘slow.’ She was bullied all throughout school and…
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