In this episode, Kay Coughlin talks about what it’s like to be an early-stage caregiver, including her own experiences with her family. Kay has identified four stages of caregiver responsibilities - early-stage, short-term or acute, long-term or more stable and post-caregiver - and has recorded an episode about the caregiver experience in each stage. Over the next four weeks, you can listen to whichever episodes in the mini-series are most useful to you. And you can also help a friend who needs help understanding what they are going through by recommending the episode that could be most useful for them. Full transcript is here (FacilitatorOnFire.net/episode45). Find out about the upcoming workshop on boundaries and holidays or to get a link to the From One Caregiver to Another facebook group, go here (FacilitatorOnFire.net/LearnMore). For almost-daily doses of straight talk for family caregivers and sandwich family caregivers who want to set boundaries, follow Kay on Instagram.