Caring and Coping - a caregiver's perspective on cancer

Dave's coping articles on EmpowHer.com

Links to new articles are posted
in each issue of Caring and Coping

Title

Date

To Buy or Not to Buy: That is the Stressor	08/18/2010
Inertia Can Both Stress You and Save You	08/12/2010
Another Inspiring Attitude	08/04/2010
Be Nice When It's Hardest to Be	07/29/2010
Remove a Ton of Negativity From Your Life	07/21/2010
The Single Most Influential Aspect of Your Life: Attitude	07/12/2010
You're Not Always Right: Get Over It	07/01/2010
Our Cat Taught Us Something We Already Knew About Avoiding Stress	06/22/2010
Worse Than Negativity: How to Ruin Your Day and Everyone Else's Too	06/15/2010
Use Humor to Cope and There Are No Rules	06/09/2010
The Purpose of Purpose	06/02/2010
Get From Burned-out To Pumped-Up!	05/25/2010
Protect Yourself to Manage Stress	05/18/2010
Stress Out About the Right Things	05/12/2010
Add Magic to Your Life with Magic Moments	05/05/2010
Categories of Stress Management Techniques	04/28/2010
Interruptions and Disruptions: "Stuff" Happens	04/21/2010
Things Are Not Always as They Seem to Be	04/13/2010
Annoying People Who Cause Stress	04/07/2010
Facing Denial to Reduce Stress	03/30/2010
Are You a Projector?	03/23/2010
Scents Make Sense	03/18/2010
Making Plans in Uncertain Times	03/10/2010
Coping Lessons from Produce Bags	03/04/2010
Compromise to Cope	02/24/2010
Coping Lessons from the Snow	02/17/2010
How to Eat an Elephant	02/09/2010
Lists: The Secret to Coping Success	02/02/2010
The Egg McMuffin	01/28/2010
An Inspiring Job	01/19/2010
An Inspiring Attitude	01/12/2010
Routines and Rituals are Comforting	01/05/2010
You Are Not Alone	12/22/2009
The Coping Strategy That Gives Back	12/17/2009
Magazine Puzzles	12/10/2009
The Christmas Portrait	12/01/2009
Turkeys	11/25/2009
The Only One is You	11/17/2009
What Did You Expect	11/11/2009
Positive Images and Getting What You Want	11/04/2009
Make it Fun	10/27/2009
Dress to Cope	10/22/2009
Cycles of Health and Illness	10/14/2009
More Lessons from the Dog	10/06/2009
The Comfort in Liking Your Doctors	09/29/2009
Lessons From the Dog	09/22/2009
The Stress of People That Won't Take "No" for an Answer	09/16/2009
The Stress of Shopping Around	09/09/2009
The Comfort of Ignoring Things You Can't Fix	09/01/2009
The Comfort In Finding the Good (An Excellent Example)	08/25/2009
The Comfort of Visualization	08/18/2009
Loss Comes in Many Flavors	08/13/2009
The Comfort of Wallowing	08/05/2009
The Stress of "Tornado Thinking"	07/28/2009
The Comfort of Our Thinking	07/21/2009
The Comfort in Finding the Good	07/15/2009
The Comfort of Choices	07/09/2009
The Comfort of Liking Yourself	07/03/2009
The Comfort of Small Treats	06/25/2009
The Stress of Expectations	06/18/2009
The Stress of Being Late	06/12/2009
The Stress of Arguments	06/05/2009
Change is Stressful	06/01/2009
The Stress of Control	05/24/2009
The Stress of Assumption	05/19/2009
The Stress of "Balloon Syndrome"	05/13/2009
The Stress of Resentment	05/07/2009
Use Your Stress to Reduce it	04/29/2009
The Stress of Why	04/24/2009
The Stress of Perfection	04/17/2009
The Stress of Clutter	04/13/2009
The Stress of Certain Obligations	04/08/2009
Let Them Pass to Reduce Your Stress	03/31/2009
Coping With Caregiver "Victimhood"	03/22/2009
Stress Relief is a Process	03/17/2009
Reduce Your Stress on Purpose	03/13/2009
Turn it Off to Reduce Stress	03/09/2009
Coping with Fortune Tellers	03/03/2009
Simplify to Cope	02/26/2009
The Tuna Sandwich	02/20/2009
Normalcy	02/17/2009
The Elephant	02/13/2009
Caregivers Can Do TOO Much	02/10/2009
One Crisis at a Time	02/03/2009
Coping Lessons from a Rolling Suitcase	01/29/2009
Change the Subject	01/26/2009
Let People Help You, But...	01/22/2009
An Important but Stressful Job	01/19/2009
Make Plans: A Coping Method	01/13/2009
Don't Go There	01/08/2009
What's So Funny?	01/03/2009
Soft Place to Land	12/30/2008
It's Scary; Do it Anyway	12/27/2008
Make Good Decisions	12/23/2008