We are entering our fifth month of sheltering in our homes because of COVID-19. My mind automatically goes to one of my heroes, Ernest Shackleton, the Antarctic explorer who survived […]

Amy Goyer, nationally known writer and speaker and AARP caregiving expert, and author of Juggling Life, Work and Caregiving, discusses her personal multi-generational caregiving experiences, and then hones in on […]

We talk a lot about the importance of the lived experience. What happens throughout our lifetime shapes us; what happens to us matters. No two caregivers are alike, because they […]

By James D. Huysman, PsyD, LCSW, CFT WellMed Chief Compassion Officer Have you ever gotten so overwhelmed and stressed out that you realize you’re forgetting to breathe? This is a […]

For years, my philosophy has always been to do things now, because you never know what the future will hold. We’ve taken vacations, spent the tax return check on a […]

By James D. Huysman, PsyD, LCSW, CFT WellMed Chief Compassion Officer “Take care of the patient and everything will follow,” said Dr. Thomas Frist. This premise has always been a […]