Leave Your Spouse To Save Your Marriage After Aphasia l #197
Learn the steps to save your marriage after aphasia and you must leave your aphasia survivor (sometimes) to reduce caregiver burnout. Your burnout is the thing that ends the partnership, not aphasia. ...
14 Touko 12min
Your Good Intentions May Be Preventing Their Aphasia Independence l #196
Have you accidentally taken away his role in household chores since his stroke? Over-protection can impact his sense of involvement and hinder his recovery journey. Understand how to help him be his b...
7 Touko 11min
This is What Rebuilding After Aphasia Really Looks Like
You are frustrated. In all the time you have worked on speech therapy in your recovery journey, you still don't feel like yourself. You hate that you can't express yourself or interact with others the...
1 Touko 1min
The Hardest Question Aphasia Care Givers Face l #195
You don't have an emergency preparedness plan, and that's keeping you trapped. If your mom falls, your sister calls, or you need 72 hours away, you can't leave because nobody else knows his routine li...
30 Huhti 8min
# 193 Feeling Overwhelmed as an Aphasia Caregiver Try This Instead
"Your best mental energy is gone before you finish your coffee and it doesn't have to be that way." Feeling overwhelmed as an aphasia caregiver isn't a personality flaw. Here's what to do about it. ap...
16 Huhti 10min
3 Steps Every Aphasia Care Partner Needs to Walk the Talk
If you've been pushing yourself past empty and telling yourself it's for him, this episode is for you. This week Genevieve shares what happened at 5:30 this morning when she realized she was doing the...
9 Huhti 12min
# 191 Why Aphasia Caregivers Can't Sleep At Night
The dream starts the way it always used to. The two of you walking the land. The lot near the lake. Talking about where the porch would go. You can have a life you want beyond aphasia. It starts by t...
2 Huhti 7min
#190 Why 'Let Me Know What You Need' Doesn't Work for Aphasia Caregivers
#190 Ever feel like online self-care advice is out of touch with reality? We discuss how such advice can actually add to your anxiety and stress, instead of contributing to your mental health and emot...
26 Maalis 9min
