ESFJ Aging Parents: What Nobody Tells Caregivers
My mother’s neurologist delivered her Alzheimer’s diagnosis on a Tuesday afternoon in spring. As an ESFJ managing partner at a…
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ESTJ Caring for Aging Parents: When Duty Breaks You
My father fell on a Tuesday. By Wednesday morning, I had reorganized my work schedule, researched assisted living facilities, scheduled…
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ENFP Aging Parents: Why Duty Drains Your Spirit
ENFP Caring for Aging Parents: When Enthusiasm Meets Reality You offered to help coordinate everyone’s schedules for visiting Mom. Three…
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ENFJ Aging Parents: When Duty Becomes Your Identity
ENFJ Caring for Aging Parents: When Family Duty Becomes Your Identity The call came at 2:47 AM. My father had…
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INFP Parent Care: What Nobody Tells You About Guilt
INFP Caring for Aging Parents: Family Responsibility My mother mentioned casually that she’d stopped driving at night. Something about the…
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INFJ Parent Care: Why You’re Already Burnt Out
INFJ Caring for Aging Parents: When Duty Meets Depletion Your mother’s doctor called again. Your calendar shows three medical appointments…
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ISFJ Addiction: Why Helping Others Actually Hurts You
The prescription bottle sat on my desk for three weeks before I admitted what was happening. I’d started taking pain…
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Caregiver Burnout: Why Introverts Feel It Differently
My mother called at 2 PM on a Tuesday. She needed help setting up her new medication organizer. Again. The…
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ISFJ Depression: Why Caring Too Much Breaks You
You know that moment when you’ve spent the entire day anticipating what everyone else needs, making sure the house runs…
