The Stress of Caregiving

Tara Wilken
3 min readAug 12, 2021

Is like nothing else

My Grandma and I at a Doctor’s visit. I surprised her by meeting her on St Patrick’s Day seeing my Mom took her to the Dr.

Stress comes in many different forms, but one of the most unique forms is caregiving.

Not only are you already stressed about your loved one who needs care. But as a long term caregiver it takes an emotional, physical and spiritual toll.

To the point of almost losing a part of yourself when you’re a caregiver. And it’s not something we as society…

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Tara Wilken

Well-Being Curator. Empowering high achievers with easy, practical self-care resources. So you can spend time with people who matter. https://www.tarawilken.com