It is Okay – Caregiving IS Hard!

A Season of Caring Podcast

Rayna Neises, your host, talks with Peggy Bodde. Peggy left corporate life behind in 2014 to start a freelance writing business. She is also the founder of Sacred Work, a ministry that provides free career and leadership coaching. Peggy just signed a deal with a publisher and is working on her first book. She lives with her husband, George, and their dog, Quill, in Colorado and is happiest when outdoors. Peggy shares the following insights from her caregiving experience with her in-laws who journeyed with cancer and macular degeneration:

• [3:30] Caring for an in-law is different from your parent.
• [8:13] Ask, “What can you experience together?”
• [8:55] There are more than just physical needs that need to be taken care of.
• [9:59] Caregiving is difficult and can be very lonely and isolating.
• [11:09] Utilize resources to allow yourself to be proactive instead of reactive.
• [13:59] Caring for an adult is different than raising children.
• [14:52] We all have wounds that we are not even aware of.
• [17:29] Finding connecting points helps.
• [19:55] Seek out resources quickly because caregiving is not second nature.
• [22:25] This episode is sponsored by Content Magazine, a quarterly electronic offering, to help you find God in the midst of your caregiving season. Visit ContentMagazine.online to subscribe.