PREVIEW THE BOOK TRAILERS, Visit Peggi Speers' Author Page Below. The Inspired Caregiver is "a must" for you if: * You have suddenly become a caregiver * You are cargiving for a loved one who has Alzheimer's or another type of Dementia * You are a caregiver for a difficult person (Could it be they have Narcissistic Personality Disorder?) * You have caregiver burnout * You place your needs last on your daily priority list * You desire to be a healthy, inspired caregiver * You feel as if your life isn't yours anymore The Inspired Caregiver was created for the HEALTH OF THE CAREGIVER. The Inspired Caregiver shows you how to: * Balance life and caregiving responsibilities * Care for Yourself While Caregiving for Others * Eliminate Guilt and Other Useless, Negative Emotions * Identify and Respond to the Warning Signs of Caregiver Burnout * Transform Yourself Into an Inspired Caregiver, And More! If you are a caregiver, this is a book you dog ear, underline, write in, and keep with you throughout your caregiving journey for inspiration and strength. The information in this book, if implemented, might save YOUR life.

There are 65.7 million caregivers in America, making up 29 percent of the U.S. adult population. Where does the caregiver turn when dealing with their own need for encouragement and renewal?

From the critically acclaimed author of This Burns My Heart comes a “luminous mother-daughter saga” (Entertainment Weekly) about a young woman who is forced to flee 1980s Brazil for California, and in doing so unearths the hidden life of her enigmatic mother. Mara Alencar’s mother Ana is her moon, her sun, her stars. Ana, a struggling voice-over actress, is an admirably brave and recklessly impulsive woman who does everything in her power to care for her little girl in perilous 1980s Rio de Janeiro. With no other family or friends her own age, Ana eclipses Mara’s entire world. They take turns caring for each other—in ways big and small. But who is Ana, really? As she grows older, Mara slowly begins to piece together the many facets of Ana’s complicated life—a mother, a rebel, and always, an actress. When Ana becomes involved with a civilian rebel group attempting to undermine the city’s cruel Police Chief, their fragile arrangement begins to unravel. Mara is forced to flee the only home she’s ever known, for California, where she lives as an undocumented immigrant, caregiving for a dying woman. It’s here that she begins to grapple with her turbulent past and starts to uncover vital truths—about her mother, herself, and what it means to truly take care of someone. A “lovely and heartbreaking” (People) story that is “simultaneously dreamlike and visceral” (The Atlantic), The Caregiver is “a beautiful testament to Samuel Park’s extraordinary talents as a storyteller…that reads, in some moments, like a thriller—and, in others, like a meditation on what it means to be alive…A ferocious page-turner with deep wells of compassion for the struggles of the living—and the sins of the dead” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review).

Linda Abbit, founder of Tender Loving Eldercare and a veteran of the caregiving industry, shares her advice on taking care of an older parent or loved one and how to handle everything that goes along with this dramatic life change. Being a caregiver can be a difficult role. It requires patience, tenderness, selflessness, and hard work. Providing care for someone, whether it’s a parent, a loved one, or as a professional requires a high level of self-love and self-care. But while it may be a rewarding experience to care for a loved one, the emotional and physical stress of caregiving can lead to burnout and exhaustion—causing caregivers to put themselves and their own well-being in the background. How can you fulfill your role as a caregiver without losing yourself? Conscious Caregiver teaches you how to navigate caring for your loved one, whether it’s full-time in-house caregiving or hiring support from outside services. With information on how to talk to your loved ones about the situation, handle the emotional stress, stay financially secure, and take the time to care for yourself, this guide can help you care for your loved one and yourself at the same time.

This life-affirming, instructive, and thoroughly inspiring book is a must-read for anyone who is - or who might one day be - sick. It can also be the perfect gift of guidance, encouragement, and uplifting inspiration to family, friends, and loved ones struggling with the many terrifying or disheartening life changes that come so close on the heels of a diagnosis of a chronic condition or life-threatening illness. Authentic and graceful, How to be Sick reminds us of our limitless inner freedom, even under high degrees of suffering and pain. The author - who became ill while a university law professor in the prime of her career - tells the reader how she got sick and, to her and her partner's bewilderment, stayed that way. Toni had been a longtime meditator, going on long meditation retreats and spending many hours rigorously practicing, but soon discovered that she simply could no longer engage in those difficult and taxing forms. She had to learn ways to make "being sick" the heart of her spiritual practice - and through truly learning how to be sick, she learned how, even with many physical and energetic limitations, to live a life of equanimity, compassion, and joy. And whether we ourselves are ill or not, we can learn these vital arts from Bernhard's generous wisdom in How to Be Sick.

The second installment of our best-selling book! Author Bethany Knight has written a second daily devotional, which, like its predecessor For Goodness' Sake, can be applied to any caregiving setting. Inspired by the Beatitudes, which she calls ?a recipe for right living, for a way of life that includes good works and blessed feelings,? and in large part on Bethany's experiences as a national care consultant to care providers, this book is another remarkable collection of entries meant to inspire caregivers. Caregivers need encouragement, inspiration, and praise every day. Blessed Are the Caregivers offers a daily reminder of how special and important caregivers are.Every caregiver deserves to get or be given a copy of this book!

An illustrated book that honors caregivers by defining them through nouns, verbs and adjectives that relate to their experiences and emotions. Each "caregiver" word is broken into syllables and then the word itself is used in a relevant paragraph that relates to the caregiver.