Greetings, greetings and welcome back to Radio Headspace.

My name is Kaisanga 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 caregiver's in the research project were dealing with much more severe and intense

cases.

They did have to really do most everything for the person they were caregiving for and

I was teaching them mindfulness tools for coping with being a caregiver.

Being a caregiver in this capacity is extremely taxing.

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