Who takes care of you?

Recognition

Maybe you're a family caregiver, managing a loved one's illness alongside your own life. Maybe you're a nurse, a teacher, a parent, or someone whose entire job is showing up for other people, day after day. Either way, you know this feeling: you give and give, and somewhere along the way, nobody thought to ask how you're doing.

It's not that you don't love what you do, or who you're doing it for. It's that caring for everyone else doesn't leave much room to notice you're running on empty, let alone do anything about it.

Why this matters to me

Some of my most meaningful work has been with people navigating a loved one's serious illness, the caregiving, the exhaustion, the grief that starts long before an actual loss. I was drawn to this work after watching what that kind of diagnosis did to a family I care about. The toll went far beyond the loss itself, and it wasn't something the medical system had a place for.

I also come to this work having been a caretaker myself, in more roles than one, including as a mom. I know what it is to give constantly to people who depend on you and have very little left over for yourself.

That combination, professional and personal, shapes how I work with anyone who spends their life in service to others, whether that's a family member, a classroom, or a hospital floor. I won't just tell you that you're doing great. I know that one of the unique challenges caregivers experience is feeling like they don’t have a choice to make a change. Beyond listening and encouragement, I can offer listening, structured problem solving, and some honesty to help you find your way through this season.

What this can look like

You don't have to be in crisis to bring this here. A lot of the people I work with are managing, technically, but they're exhausted in a way that's stopped feeling temporary. We can talk about the practical weight of caregiving, the guilt that shows up when you consider your own needs, the grief that doesn't get much space when the person you're caring for is still here, or just the fact that you've forgotten what it feels like to be looked after.

Getting started

You don't have to have this all figured out before reaching out. A free consultation is a low-pressure way to see if this is a fit.