The Dance of Caregiving: Acknowledging I am not Invisible with Dr. Edward Smink
All Home Care Matters
Enriched Life Home Care Services
5.0 • 88 Ratings
🗓️ 31 July 2022
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
All Home Care Matters is honored to welcome Dr. Edward Smink the author of The Soul of Caregiving, A Caregiver's Guide to Healing and Transformation to share with our viewers and listeners the tips and support that will help caregivers as they embark on their caregiving.
This will be the first installment of a special 3-part Series with Dr. Smink.
Dr. Smink address what Dr. Michael Kearney calls Soul Pain which is one’s interior conscience or soul screaming out for attention. He expands the definition of caregiving. “Who are the caregivers?’ Smink asks. “We all are for at the heart of being human is the capacity to reach out to others and explore the relationships we build.” The strengths and pitfalls of caregiving from an archetypal perspective are highlighted to enhance the caregiver to access these strengths for recovery and healing.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to All Home Care Matters, the show where we discuss all things home care. |
| 0:06.0 | With discussions on important age-related matters and topics, |
| 0:10.0 | brought to you by Enriched Life Home Care Services, |
| 0:13.0 | the number one rated home care provider in Michigan by top rated local. |
| 0:25.0 | Hello, and welcome back to All Home Care Matters. |
| 0:28.0 | This is your first time visiting us here at the show. |
| 0:30.0 | We want to say thank you for taking time out to be with us today. |
| 0:33.0 | We appreciate how valuable everyone's time is, |
| 0:36.0 | and that's why we try and make each episode here at All Home Care Matters, |
| 0:40.0 | something that will hopefully matter to you. |
| 0:42.0 | Today, we are honored to welcome a remarkable guest, Dr. Edward Smeak, |
| 0:47.0 | the author of The Soul of Caregiving, a caregiver's guide to healing and transformation. |
| 0:52.0 | Welcome, Dr. Smeak. |
| 0:54.0 | Well, thank you for having me, Lance. |
| 0:56.0 | It's a wonderful opportunity to be able to reach out and help those caregivers |
| 1:03.0 | who are experiencing the symptoms of compassion fatigue. |
| 1:07.0 | Yes. |
| 1:08.0 | I know what it's about because I went through it 30 years ago, |
| 1:12.0 | and oftentimes you feel there's no hope. |
| 1:16.0 | It's like a cloud that descends upon you, |
| 1:19.0 | and you question whether or not you'll ever be the same. |
| 1:24.0 | I always say, look at me now, and it's proof that you are able to find ways of coping |
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