by Henry Becky | Dec 31, 2022 | Caregiving, COVID19, Distress - Yours, Mine and Ours, Holidays, Hope, HUG Kits, Joy, Mindfulness, Oxygen Mask, Pandemic, Self Care, Support, Tools for Caregivers
If you’re reading this, you have survived, hopefully more or less intact…3 years now of this pandemic. We’re all weary of it and having a loved one with an eating disorder adds a whole extra layer of challenges. Perhaps you and your parenting... 
by Henry Becky | Dec 10, 2022 | Boundaries, Caregiving, Communication, Distress - Yours, Mine and Ours, Education, Holidays, Hope, Joy, Mindfulness, Self Care, Tools for Caregivers
Next week Intern Anna is sharing some wonderful tips for relieving holiday stress. Her article is already HERE on my website. So if my tips today for preventing holiday stress don’t resonate or work for you, take a sneak peek at her tips for relieving some of that... 
by Henry Becky | Dec 10, 2022 | Boundaries, Caregiving, Communication, Distress - Yours, Mine and Ours, Education, Gratitude, Holidays, Hope, Mindfulness, Recovery, Self Care, Support, Tools for Caregivers
Thank you to Intern Anna for filling in for me again this week while I’m resting and not having holiday stress here in Southern Spain. I am benefitting from the beautiful holiday lights the Spaniards have placed all over their adorable towns. Take care and I... 
by Henry Becky | Nov 18, 2022 | Caregiving, Distress - Yours, Mine and Ours, Education, Fear, Gratitude, Holidays, Hope, Mindfulness, Recovery, Self Care, Shame, Support, Tools for Caregivers
Family caregivers have shared often lamented how utterly painful and difficult the holidays are for their loved one with an eating disorder. Thanksgiving typically being the most difficult with so much of the focus on food for many families. This week while I’m... 
by Henry Becky | Nov 13, 2022 | Advocacy, Caregiving, Distress - Yours, Mine and Ours, Eating Disorders Resources, Education, Fear, Grief, Hope, HUG Kits, Mindfulness, Oxygen Mask, Recovery, Self Care, Support, Tools for Caregivers, Treatment
In 2022 it’s so hard to fathom that regularly family caregivers worldwide (this is not just a USA problem) are still are asking me how other families manage all of the; logistics of getting access to treatment, managing their own fears and distress, helping their... 
by Henry Becky | Oct 29, 2022 | Caregiving, COVID19, Distress - Yours, Mine and Ours, Fear, Gratitude, Grief, Hope, HUG Kits, Joy, Mindfulness, Oxygen Mask, Pandemic, Self Care, Support, Tools for Caregivers
Oh boy oh boy…life has a way of providing AMPLE opportunities to practice what the experts call, “The Dialectic” or what I call (well, I’ll be nice right now)… Roses and Thorns. 😉 Feel free to fill in words that come into your own head that mean wonderful and horrible... 