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|  | | Caregiver Carols: a Musical, Emotional Memoir
Written to help other caregivers cope better with their difficult emotions based on my own 15 years caregiving my wife. Written in song lyric (rhyming light verse) form to be most easily absorbed, recalled and applied.
I took care of my increasingly stroke-impaired wife, Susan, over 15 years until she passed away in March of 2014. I was also a part-time caregiver for my father (Parkinson's) and mother (Alzheimer's) although they lived in a senior facility. Caregiving can be very rewarding but it is often extremely stressful physically, mentally and emotionally. Caregivers often experience feelings of confusion, anger, ambivalence, sadness, grief, guilt and regret and they can easily get worn down into compassion fatigue and caregiver burnout. By sharing my feelings and what I learn | |  | | Love Lyrics, LMFT: The Musical Marital Manual
This is the only self-help marriage manual written in song lyric/ lightverse form. It stresses mature, caring, committed loving and problem-solving.
This is the only marriage self-help guide written primarily in song lyric/rhyming light verse form to make learning easy, enjoyable, useful and memorable. The style is entertaining, humorous, artistic, casual, chatty, poetic, metaphorical, anecdotal and practical. Each selection has a brief prose commentary, full of stories, insights, new ways of thinking about healthy relationships, and tips for how to create and sustain a more satisfying marriage. |
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