Why Caregivers Need Each Other — and What Changes When They’re Finally Seen

This is the 3rd in a series of posts/blogs on the topic of Caregiving and invites you to take part in a three-day workshop in Santa Fe Feb. 5-8 hosted by the Modern Elder Academy and facilitated by professionals associated with the Knoebel Institute for Healthy Aging, at the University of Denver.

Caregiving is often profoundly lonely.

Even when surrounded by people, caregivers can feel unseen. Friends may not understand the daily grind. Family members may help in bursts, then return to their lives. Conversations stay polite because the truth feels too heavy to share.”

Many caregivers say:

“I don’t want to complain.”     

“I should be grateful.”

“Others have it worse.”

Facilitated by professionals, Drs. Briony Catlow, Paula Enrietto and Barbara  Kreisman,  who understand caregiving from professional, scientific, and deeply personal perspectives and attended by peers who know what it means to carry responsibility that never fully turns off.

We know it’s difficult for caregivers to step away.That’s why every moment of this workshop is designed to honor your time — and to give you something lasting to take home: clarity, tools, perspective, and connection.

Caregiving may be part of your life.

But it doesn’t have to consume all of it.

The setting is one of quiet nature with horses, donkeys, ranch dogs... and more than a few hawks and eagles. Located in the New Mexico high desert for a transformative experience that will leave you feeling more deeply connected to nature and yourself.

For more information you are encouraged to book a call or contact Barbara Kreisman, Barbara.Kreisman@du.edu, founder of Purposeful-Aging.org and author of this newsletter.

This workshop is for family caregivers, professional caregivers, and anyone carrying sustained responsibility for another person’s well-being — and ready for support that is grounded, compassionate, and real.

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