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This week, Rayna Neises, your host, speaks with Heather Carter.  In 2015, Heather was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia.  During her hospitalization and illness, she began updating people on her status via blogging.  Heather shared her fears, struggles, inspiration, and spiritual observations.  Eventually, she was able to find ways to be grateful for what the disease triggered in her and the blog went from updating people on the health and healing of her body to reflecting on the health and healing of her soul. Heather writes about cancer, addiction, and diseases of the soul like worry, fear, control, comparison, and resentment.  Two books have come from her blog, Soul Selfie, and Soul Selfie: #nofilter.  She shares the following about her season of being cared for:

• (3:45)  How others react does affect the health as well as the spiritual and emotional wellbeing of the person who is sick.
• (4:03)  Remember to just be with the person you are caring for.
• (5:25)  Treat the person regularly and do regular life stuff.
• (6:30)  Ask them what they want and need.  
• (9:16)  It is okay to show that you are sad and that you feel sad for the person who is ill.
• (11:30)  You have to stay in good mental, spiritual, and physical health, or you will not be able to continue to care for the person.
• (12:04)  Support from a community is critical for the caregiver and the one being cared for.
• (21:44)  Find Heather’s blog posts (sorts available by topic) and links to purchase her books on her website www.heathercarterwrites.com.