What are your priorities when planning for your future care?
In this episode of Your Future Self, we introduce you to our Physical Pillar of Care.
The Physical Pillar is often most prominent because it is usually a physical ailment of a loved one that results in you becoming a caregiver.
Unfortunately, the focus on addressing the physical needs of your loved ones causes you to ignore your own physical needs, limiting your ability to manage your stress and provide optimal care.
Self-care is easier said than done. However, self-care is not selfish. It's a priority, and our goal is to help you plan for your future care by allowing you to make self-care a priority in your life.
Download Your Future Self Physical Pillar of Care tips for this episode HERE.
SHOW NOTES:
Summary
In this episode of Your Future Self, hosts Monica Stanchula and Christopher McClellan discuss the importance of self-care and how it is in our control to age successfully. They emphasize the need for caregivers to prioritize their own well-being and not lose themselves in the caregiving journey. The hosts also introduce the concept of the four pillars of care, with a focus on the physical pillar. They discuss the PARQ questionnaire as a tool to assess readiness for exercise and the importance of sleep for caregivers. Additionally, they introduced the Credit for Caring program, which offers discounted products for caregivers.
Takeaways
Self-care is essential for caregivers to maintain their own well-being.
Building healthy habits, such as setting daily intentions and practicing gratitude, can contribute to self-care.
The PARQ questionnaire is a useful tool to assess readiness for exercise.
Sleep is crucial for caregivers and should be prioritized.
The Credit for Caring program offers discounted products to support caregivers.
Chapters
00:00 Introduction
03:15 The Importance of Self-Care
08:07 Building Healthy Habits
12:50 The PARQ Questionnaire
19:03 The Impact of Caregiving on Sleep
23:54 Credit for Caring
26:28 Favorite Tip for Physical Self-Care
27:53 Closing Remarks
Your Future Self
Do you live everyday with a sense of fulfillment and joy?
Do you understand that helping others should not hurt you?
Brought to you by Credit for Caring and The Whole Care Network, Monica Stynchula and Christopher MacLellan team up once again for a lively discussion on how and why planning for your future care now, is in your control!
We believe it is necessary to say NO sometimes, we'll teach you how to do that. In fact, we will urge you to fill your cup before you fill up others (a very hard concept for caregivers to embrace). And lastly, we discuss the mistakes we made by not putting ourselves first.
Growing up in the 1960's aging was "Far Out."
Planning for your future care now, can start today!
Monica is the Founder and CEO of REUNIONCare, Inc. a health information technology company and Credit For Caring caregiver marketplace partnering with Medline Industries. She is the Executive Director of the Caregiver Accelerator helping 43 companies enter the $72 billion caregiving marketplace.
She was a featured speaker at the 2017 Seoul 50 Plus International Forum in Seoul, South Korea and 2018 Ancona, Italy world premier Longevity and Blue Zone InnovAging symposium as well as many domestic caregiving conferences. Her company, REUNIONCare was a finalist for the 2019 International SilverEco Ageing Well Innovation Award in Tokyo, Japan.
Affectionately known as “The Bow Tie Guy" in the vast network of family caregivers, Christopher MacLellen is the Author of "What's The Deal with Caregiving" and the host of Healing Ties podcast featured on The Whole Care Network and Co-Host of How We Got Hear, Your Future Self and It Takes A Team to Care podcast.
The story of Chris and his deceased partner, Richard Schiffer was chronicled in a 2015 Pulitzer Prize nominated story “In Sickness and In Health: A Couple’s Final Journey” about their journey of caregiving. Seen by over 500,000 people world-wide the story told of the challenges that LGBT partners have in dealing with the medical and legal system, but it also told of the love and joy that Richard’s last years had on their relationship.
Chris' masters degree thesis, Caregiving, Stress and its Impact on the Work Place was accepted by the faculty at Gonzaga University in 2016 where he earned a masters degree in Leadership and Communication.
Chris founded the Whole Care Network in 2016, presents regularly on topics that impact family Caregivers and now is Aging Gayfully after caregiving has ended.