1 of 100: Recent Episodes
1 of 100
Keeping that caregiver alive and well is the "1" thing that has to be done for the caregiver each day! Join Lorraine Carroll as she reveals the ongoing mental and emotional struggles and battles facing caregivers in America that are detaching daily because of no real connection to "Life"! Caregivers face self-negligence, apathy, anger, and denial daily, and even inflict self-abuse to patient abuse, but who cares...right? Listen as Lorraine shares what improves the mental wellness, emotional esteem, and spiritual balance for a caregiver by simply doing that “1 of 100!" for the day...and it's not prayer!
The Sustainable Energy series for Caregivers now transitions to "Renewable Energy" for Caregivers emphasizing how to seek and ask for help, but primarily by praying to the Lord; the actual source of all Power! (Psalm 62:11)
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"Renewable Energy For Caregivers" requires seeking energy from recruiting, advocating, admitting, and inviting new resources into your caregiving routine, but mainly renewing your energy from "The" Source, the Lord Jesus Christ. (Psalm 121:2)
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Listen as Lorraine explains how to maintain, retain, and sustain a caregiver...and their services in this multi-series episode! If you plan to "hire" a caregiver or ask for their assistance, caregivers provide the energy needed to exert the physical, emotional, medical, clinical and even janitorial climate for your caregiving environment.
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The best way to provide care is to make sure you get your rest as a Caregiver! When you are not rested, you can be grumpy, irritable, impatient, and relay other negative tendencies to others! caring. Don't be a burden! Give your cares to the Lord and get some rest in Him and for yourself!
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Are you the person that can? If so, why are you not doing what you can…? Is there more you “can” do, or do you only want to do what needs to be done for you and those that only need your care? Listen as Lorraine connects the ”Cans”, the “Wants”, and the “Haves” to the “Nots” of caring!
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Does it matter from where you get your joy? Actually, it does! Depending on from where you get your joy, love, peace, it can be contaminated or contagious and have an ill effect! So listen as Lorraine explains the source vs. the resource of joy!
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As long as you are willing to use what abilities you have, the Lord can help you navigate your way! If you need to get to a place of peace, strength, forgiveness, or even patience, let the Lord be your Christian GPS in your daily life! Use the Bible as your map!
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Listen as Lorraine explains why you need more than coffee to make you strong! Find out how to get the strength you really need…and it’s not found in a coffee cup!
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If you are an "Independent Caregiver" it's time to declare your true freedom and make a "Help Declaration" by asking for help, accepting help, and never denying help, so you can celebrate your caregiver independence every day!
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All caregivers can be corrupt because we are human! Don’t think of “caregiving corruption” as being limited to illegal things like theft, murder or embezzlement! Corruption can be lack of integrity, or pride! “Let Lorraine Explain” how everyone is corrupt…just as a rotten tomato!
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Caregivers are you hopeful or hopeless? If you are hopeful you're in great shape spiritually as "hope" is the basis of faith! If you feel hopeless, then it's time to start working on that hope muscle to strengthen your confidence, trust in the Lord, and ability to believe things will work out! Listen as Lorraine concludes the "Caregiving Muscle Series" focusing on the "muscle of hope"!
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Caregivers are supposed to strengthen themselves? Yes! Caregivers you can commend yourself for your fabulous, consistent and dedicated care, but that's not enough to stay strong as a caregiver! Press into your prayer life, pump up your praises to the Lord, and run with Christ to strengthen your caregiving life, one day at a time.
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Caregivers have to work unpredictable shifts that require care upon demand, even without a plan! So listen as Lorraine explains how to take advantage of the "moment of nostalgia" and how to enhance your time better by focusing on the time left in the moment, as opposed to the time you've lost.
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Caregivers get themselves in trouble by not knowing the penalties, consequences, and suffering that comes from expending the care they give! Just like with tax season, caregivers need to be strategic about their expenditures as they share the care! Listen as Lorraine explains how to prepare for care and avoid self-taxing!
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Most people don't understand how self-care can be selfish because society has presented "self-care" as a dire need, but should the caregiver have to add to their duties self-preservation to their tons of daily duties? Listen to the difference between "self-care" and "caring for self" as Lorraine explains in the "Selfishness Series" Part III.
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Once you do your self-evaluation at the end of the day as a caregiver, did you take into account when you were selfish throughout the day? Most of us start out with a "Me Mentality" and then figure out the rest! Listen as Lorraine explains what selfishness looks like in this "Part II Series On Selfishness".
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Normally most people are selfish...but will they admit it? Absolutely not! Both caregivers and recipients of care are people that can be selfish, but who is going to be the one to admit it? Listen as Lorraine explains how the Bible helps you figure out if your selfishness is justified.
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Are you maximizing the caregiving resources that are within your reach? A simple phone call to a friend for help? Maybe asking the next door neighbor to pull out your trash can this week, or even accepting the help at the grocery store when they ask if you need it!
Listen as Lorraine provides "resources" that only require the source!
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Caregivers are "providers of care" for other people called "recipients" and Christians are responsible for caring regardless of official titles. Most caregivers have one thing in common: care. Caregivers must take care of themselves first in order to effectively manage the physical, mental, emotional, administrative, and logistical care of someone else, even if they're not acknowledged for it! Just study Bartholomew in the Bible!
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When a caregiver has to deal with the physical, mental, and other weaknesses of someone else, oftentimes it feels like caregivers don't get a chance to be weak because most caregivers won't even admit their weaknesses. You usually won't know strength until you're weak. Caregivers, make it a habit to acknowledge, confess, and admit your weaknesses to the Lord, and others! There is strength in admitting weakness! (II Corinthians 12:10)
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The "Go" in the "Great Commission'' (Matthew 28:19) would be pointless if you don't share the love of the Lord with the people for whom you care. Are you guilty of "going" out there without love? If you're a caregiver whether you work in a hospital, doctor's office, or provide in-home care, don't perpetrate love, but instead "share the care" by showing what love looks like through you.
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Many caregivers end up losing friends because of the amount of time caregivers have to commit to the person for whom they care, but caregivers still need close friends! So how is a caregiver supposed to make friends? Be friendly? Smile? Maybe! Either way, just like Jesus, caregivers have to receive the Lord as a friend, and just like the Lord, recruit their own Peter, James, & John.
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We take it for granted that paid caregivers always know our care needs! Don't assume they know your needs, but rather ask them and share with them how they can assist you with the care needed. Increase communication with the caregivers that provide care for you or your family by sharing with them how they can better help care for you and your loved ones.
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Sometimes when a "thing" doesn't happen to you, or doesn't pertain to you, or you haven't had "it" happen to you, it doesn't make sense to you, because you have not had any experience with "it". So how do you make "it" make sense? Listen as Lorraine makes it make sense for Caregivers and Non-Caregivers alike!
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Caregivers please know this: there is a difference between the word "happy" and "joy". Happy is a word that is often abused by definition, and oftentimes misused, or taken for granted. So what about joy? Are you able to distinguish the difference between how you define "happy" or "joy" as it pertains to your caregiving lifestyle? Caregivers must attempt to understand the difference between being happy versus having joy. Listen as Lorraine explains her version of the difference between the words "happy" and "joy".
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You never know what matters to a Caregiver unless you ask! Have you asked the Caregiver that you know how much is too much for them? You never know what matters to a Caregiver unless you ask them! Don't assume! If you are truly concerned about a Caregiver, whether it's your family or neighbor, or the person that takes care of you personally, as the recipient, ask them what they need today! What a Caregiver will need today can be totally different by tomorrow, so just ask!
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If you still find yourself reacting negatively, feeling "burned out", drained, irritable, tired, or even exhausted because of 2023, you probably haven't charged yourself with the most sustainable power source to energize you yet. Find more in 2024 by plugging into the most powerful resource for caregivers; the Word of God.
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Caregivers have lots of expenses that don't involve cash, or managing assets, but rather deficits in their mind because of the expenditures that caregiving requires daily such as time, physical energy, and even the emotional costs. Caregivers must budget their time because not even the wealthiest person on the Earth can afford it. Listen as Lorraine explains how caregivers need to budget their mental, emotional, and physical expenses in 2024.
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Christmas guilt? Is that really a thing? If you leave Christ out of Christmas, hey Caregivers, you might find yourself feeling depleted, drained, and desperate without Christ in your Christmas this year! As you gather to celebrate the birth of Christ, remember "Jesus Is The Reason For The Season"! Give the gift of care to the person who needs it most...YOU!
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Caregivers are often "put in a box" similar to how people put gifts in a box. Caregivers, don't get caught up in the boxes that other people put you in at Christmas, and how you provide the gift of care because of their stereotypes, judgements, and assumptions. "This Christmas", be sure to focus on the gifts you have within, starting with life given to you by the Lord, who sent you to give the gift of care; as well as hope, love, and inspiration to those that need your care.
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Is there anything wrong with leaving Christ out of Christmas? Perhaps it's fair to leave the care out of caregiving, but is it kind? Around December, most caregivers have exhausted all of their giving, and can become a little grumpy because of the demands of caring all year long, but is it possible to not be grumpy? Yes! With a little gratitude, and acknowledgement of Christ, even when exhausted, a caregiver can discover "How To Have A Happy Christmas As A Caregiver". Listen as Lorraine explains the "holy days" countdown to having a "Happy Christmas" as a caregiver.
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You can't go back and buy yesterday, even if you're the richest person in the world. Money, although it answers all things, it doesn't buy time. Money can't afford time! Can you afford the time you lose? As a caregiver, the burden for which you care is not simply the person/people for whom you care, but everyone that is indirectly associated with every aspect of the care you provide...from the place you shop, to the pharmacy, to the gas station. All of the "one anothers" are the people you care for as a caregiver because your association begins with them because of the person for whom you care. Listen today as Lorraine explains how caregivers have to give out more during "Christ-mas".
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Caregivers, believe it or not, despite the difficult days, the toughest of times, the most depressing moments, there is still something to be thankful for because in everything we should be thankful. So pay your "thanks" forward before you begin your care and conclude your day (or night) with thanksgiving. Thanksgiving as a compound word requires 2 things: thanks and giving. Have you given thanks to the Lord because you have the opportunity to care? Listen as Lorraine reminds everyone that cares how to give thanks by giving thanks in everything.
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Have you been thankful for everything you have and do lately? Everything? Sometimes caregivers take for granted their own mental stability, housing, clothing, hot meals, or other things they have to be an avid caregiver. When caregivers consider others aside from those they provide care for such as the poor, and even the homeless, it can be a reminder of how beneficial your caregiving is (since most homeless people don't have a personal caregiver!) Listen as Lorraine chats with Carla Vanegas from the San Diego Rescue Mission to remind caregivers to "share the care" with others besides their own!
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Most caregivers don't have time to be "weak", but what should caregivers do when they run out of strength? Give thanks! Caregivers need to review their "thankful" checklist often in order to stay strong, and always give thanks in "everything". Everything?
Listen as Lorraine explains the ways for caregivers to "Give A Thanks"...in everything.
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Caregivers check off "To Do" list as they multitask, but also, multi-manage! The difference? Handling the care of people's physical, mental, and medical wellness, has to be managed while the financial, administrative, and logistical care happens, as well as any given occupational and spiritual matters from cooking to cleaning to prayer and bible study for the recipient of care, but for the caregiver as well! Listen as Lorraine validates caregivers that have to check multiple boxes in the same day!
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Most people don't use the word "forgive" often and definitely don't realize when we offend! Caregivers make mistakes and offend their care recipients often, but the Bible says "Offenses will come", but who is culpable? The care receiver or the caregiver? Listen as Lorraine explains the forgiveness care strategy with a sports analogy. Are you on the offense or defense? Which team are you on? "I'm sorry" or "I apologize", or "Team Forgiveness"?
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A good old-fashioned argument can sometimes be a good thing! People on the receiving end of caregiving have the right to argue about the care they receive, but does the caregiver get to argue back? Is "half of a truth a whole lie?" It's a matter of opinion, but many arguments begin because of pride. Find out today what Lorraine thinks is most important about caregivers arguing!
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Why do you keep comparing yourself to others? Caregivers are often scrutinized for how they execute the work they do and it can affect the care they provide for the one who needs it most. Have you been comparing your care? Compare your care against the "Son". The only comparison you should be making is to compare yourself to the "Son"...compari-"Son". Start comparing yourself to how the Lord cares in His manual called the Bible (I Peter 5:7).
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Caregivers are expected to provide for the physical needs of another, but that can also include their mental needs, emotional turmoil, administrative duties, spiritual dysfunction, as well as their financial and logistical care; most times in the same day! How are caregivers supposed to determine if they're providing care or giving care? Is there a difference? Find out today how Lorraine determines if she's doing a "good job" despite what people think, say, or do!
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Caregivers end up trying to manage a lot of dead weight when maintaining, sustaining, and translating life for another person whether it's physical care, mental care, or otherwise! Avoid the "panic frantic" when you provide care for others.
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Most of us have falls and whether they are physical, mental, or spiritual, and when we do most people won't talk to anyone when they have fallen, but talking from the Bible is a point of care. Read a scripture to someone if you're not a talker, but find a way to share your care!
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For people that are "in" the world, their super powers are not derived from the Lord. The powers for Christians are enabled by the "Source", the Lord Jesus who empowers us with things like forgiveness, love, and more! Most people need to tap into the super power the Lord provides! (I John 5:19)
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Make your declaration of victory, triumph, and winning by realizing that you can beat defeat if you stay in the day! At the root of defeat is destruction, and at the root of victory is acquisition, if you can stay in the day. Even losses can allow us to acquire what we need to win. Declare today that you are more than a conqueror through Jesus Christ to take the humble route to win at whatever you feel like you're losing today. (Romans 8:37)
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Once salt is thrown to the ground, it doesn't have its original purpose anymore and is good for nothing except to be thrown out and walked on, according to Matthew 5:13. Find out what Lorraine thinks is the "West Coast" version of "salt" and how Christians are using it in America!
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Anytime you take interest in something, even if you’re not the greatest at it, you care about it, and that’s how caregiving starts! When you “give a care”, you’re a caregiver by default. Listen to Lorraine admit she’s not the GOAT of caregiving!
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Despite your nautical expertise, you can always direct your own vessel better with a "co-captain"! If you are sailing alone in life, your expedition will probably be more difficult without the Lord, Jesus Christ aboard as your "co-captain". Listen as Lorraine explains how to avoid sinking your own boat when you're steering it alone...especially when caring for others!
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Most people aren’t humble enough to accept advice, and if it’s criticism, we’re definitely not inclined to take it! Listen as Lorraine “laments” about the value of accepting all advice and what to do with it!
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It's difficult for many Caregivers to simply "be"! It's difficult for caregivers to just "exist" because the essence of being is based on existing. Listen to Lorraine now to find out how a caregiver should "be" and what they need to "do"!
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A word used often to distinguish a person qualified to do their job is the word “professional”. Many caregivers have to be professional whether they’re qualified or not! Are you a qualified caregiver? Listen now if you want to make sure you’re a professional caregiver!
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The cost of care, not as in healthcare, or caregiving, but care itself is expensive! Listen to Lorraine, explain how caregiving can cost the caregiver more than the average rate!
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Apathy allows you to not care, but what causes you to care? What causes care to be effective, felt, or received? Is it selfish to not care? Listen now to find out!
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Every month is deemed as some type of "awareness" but this episode isn't just about strokes, but other considerations for caregivers before and after their loved one has had a stroke.
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