During the coronavirus pandemic, many of us are caring for others, both professionally and personally - while also attending to our own health and well-being. This book helps those who care for others navigate the subtle but important difference between caretaking and caregiving. In a time when tens of millions of people provide care for family members, older adults, and people with special needs, we should all be experts at it. Instead, we often struggle with caring for others while taking care of ourselves.
"Cynthia Orange's newest
award-winning gem is a rare combination of inspiration and information that invites us to examine our behavior and feelings with an open heart, free from judgment, as we care for others
and ourselves.
Take Good Care offers valuable care suggestions throughout--from how to navigate difficult conversations to what contact numbers to post on the refrigerator." --Lisa Sue Woititz, author of
Unwelcome Inheritance: Break Your Family's Cycle of Addictive Behaviors In
Take Good Care, author Cynthia Orange brings together compelling testimonies from a wide range of caregivers, advice from leading experts in the field, and her own hard-won wisdom to capture the subtle differences between care
taking and care
giving. With a foreword by Susan Allen Toth, the critically acclaimed author of
No Saints around Here: A Caregiver's Days, this book shows us
how and
why caring for each other can be a mutually rewarding experience.
It's easy to become overinvolved in another person's life and needs when giving care. Feeling burdened with expectations and resentments in a codependent relationship hinders a sense of joy, purpose, and engagement. Relationships require empathy and boundaries; with them, a codependent care
taker can transform into an intentional, self-aware, and compassionate care
giver.
