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Greetings, greetings and welcome back to Radio Headspace. My name is Ksunga, and it's a wonderful Monday.

I've said this numerous times, and I sincerely mean it, but myself and the other teachers love receiving your questions and thoughts about mindfulness, meditation, and just life

in general. So on that note, I remember my producer once asked how I feel about receiving so

many questions from listeners. Does it ever become overwhelming? So this actually got me to thinking

about the idea of being a support system for anyone.

A caregiver, a friend, a parent.

The list goes on and on.

And how to use mindfulness to cultivate some self-care when you're the one that people depend on.

So if you find yourself the person that someone,

or really anyone, turns to for any kind of support,

this episode is for you.

So not long ago, I finished working on a mindfulness research project for caregivers.

This was really hella ironic because I recently have taken on

the role of caregiver for my mother. Her needs are minimal as she can dress and bathe and cook for

herself, but it's still a bit stressful. The caregivers in the research project were dealing with

much more severe and intense cases.

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