It’s been a tough few nights for me, doing the night shift with mum. She doesn’t sleep much and last night was particularly brutal, she has kept me up for three nights in a row. From 2am in the morning she was shouting and screaming at me and made me cry. I ended up callingContinue reading “Sleepless Nights & Dementia Rages”
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Dementia and Living Grief – Part Two
As my mum’s dementia condition progresses, I try and balance the demands of caregiving with my personal well-being.
Learning Moments
I had a message today that hit me as soon as I left home in the dark at 6am to go to the gym. It was cold, very foggy and as I stared down my road which was half covered in fog, my brain suddenly said “This is a learning moment.” Then I suddenly hadContinue reading “Learning Moments”
Small Steps = Big Wins
I’m now on my last full day in Hong Kong before I fly back home and I am reflecting on my time here. I had crazy anxiety and panic attacks leading up to this trip, and whilst some of my fears did come to fruition, my time here also meant I could confront those challengesContinue reading “Small Steps = Big Wins”
I was lost… and now I’m found.
I’ve been learning a lot about myself whilst I’m in Hong Kong. My capacity to love, to be compassionate, patient and understanding. On this trip I’ve been verbally and physically showing my family how much I care about them, even though in our family (and many East and South East Asian families) we don’t openlyContinue reading “I was lost… and now I’m found.”
健康 Jiànkāng 