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This week, Rayna Neises, your host, talks with Jammie Johnson.  Jammie is an academic advisor, motivational speaker, and certified caregiver.  She founded The Caregivers Friend in hopes of helping others based on her experiences as a caregiver for her aunt and both of her parents.  She enjoys life and encourages others to do the same. She provides the following insights:

• Utilize Four Steps to keep your peace in your caring season:

1. Be flexible.  Adjust and keep moving.
2. Use your resources.  Find what is already out there vs. spending time researching on your own.
3. Commit to self-care.  Identify the little things that work for you.
4. Build a tribe.  You will be surprised at everyone willing to help if you ask.

• Involve others by finding a task they are comfortable with or something they are already doing themselves (i.e., grocery shopping, washing clothes, running to the bank).
• You have depended on your parents all your life.  In the caregiving role, there is a shift where they depend on you and that is not comfortable.
• Remember to have compassion for your loved one’s experience.
• Balance is key for your work, family, and personal life.
• Visit https://www.facebook.com/groups/thecaregivercrew and request to join the group to get the encouragement that you need from Jammie for your caregiving season.