Episodes

  • During Caregiving, Dealing with Mansplainers

    During Caregiving, Dealing with Mansplainers
    Mar 23 2026
    You know more than they do. You live this caregiving life every minute of every day — and yet, the mansplainers show up anyway, ready to tell you what you should do based on a headline they skimmed or a story they heard through someone's cousin's best friend's brother.In this episode, we talk about recognizing the red flags before the lecture begins and the three detours that can save your patience, your energy, and your faith in humanity. Because you know best — and it's okay to leave the mansplainers behind and keep going.

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    • Purchase Denise's five-book Take Comfort series so you always have comfort with you.
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    Caregiving Comforts offers exactly what you need: 2-3 minutes of genuine understanding, comfort, and hope. Every Monday, Denise M. Brown shares reflections that speak directly to your caregiving reality—the exhaustion, the overwhelm, the moments when you wonder if life has canceled you.
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    8 mins
  • How Do We Cope with Our Painful Caregiving Days?

    How Do We Cope with Our Painful Caregiving Days?
    Mar 16 2026
    Twice the pain. That's what family caregivers carry — their own suffering and their caree's. In this episode, we sit with the moments when we really, really want caregiving to end, and we explore what that wish is really telling us. Because inside that longing is something healing. In our being, comes our healing.

    Resources
    • Purchase Denise's five-book Take Comfort series so you always have comfort with you.
    • Image by congerdesign from Pixabay


    Caregiving Comforts offers exactly what you need: 2-3 minutes of genuine understanding, comfort, and hope. Every Monday, Denise M. Brown shares reflections that speak directly to your caregiving reality—the exhaustion, the overwhelm, the moments when you wonder if life has canceled you.
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    10 mins
  • When Caregiving Saturates

    When Caregiving Saturates
    Mar 9 2026
    You are filled with the stuff of caregiving — the decisions, the schedules, the unexpected problems, the constant adjustments. You cannot take in any more. Yet more keeps coming. That's when saturation turns to drowning, and drowning turns to tears.

    In this episode, Denise offers a gentle reframe: rather than letting caregiving soak you, think about what you can soak in. Solitude. Music. Support from people who get it. And a quiet room where your tears have the space they need to flow.

    You can say, "I need a few." And when you take them, you give yourself a better tomorrow.

    Resources
    • Purchase Denise's five-book Take Comfort series so you always have comfort with you.
    • Read our Comforts in our community, Caring Our Way.
    • Image by Rudy and Peter Skitterians from Pixabay


    Caregiving Comforts offers exactly what you need: 2-3 minutes of genuine understanding, comfort, and hope. Every Monday, Denise M. Brown shares reflections that speak directly to your caregiving reality—the exhaustion, the overwhelm, the moments when you wonder if life has canceled you.
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    6 mins
  • During Caregiving, the Search for Completion

    During Caregiving, the Search for Completion
    Mar 2 2026
    Caregiving can feel like one long list of incompletes — the to-dos unfinished, the routines abandoned, the projects stalled. But what if life isn't grading us at all? In this episode, Denise explores what it means to be a beautiful work in progress, and why moving from one moment to the next is enough. You are not failing. You are not lacking. You are complete, just as you are.

    Caregiving Comforts offers exactly what you need: 2-3 minutes of genuine understanding, comfort, and hope. Every Monday, Denise M. Brown shares reflections that speak directly to your caregiving reality—the exhaustion, the overwhelm, the moments when you wonder if life has canceled you.
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    7 mins
  • The Weariness from Sharing a Life with Caregiving

    The Weariness from Sharing a Life with Caregiving
    Feb 23 2026
    Caregiving asks you to share everything — your family's private details, your caree's fragile state, your needs, your fears. It can feel like you're an open book with no say in who reads it.In this episode, Denise explores the quiet exhaustion of constant sharing and the relief that comes from reclaiming your privacy. She offers practical ways to protect your quiet spaces, create boundaries around what you share and with whom, and find moments to simply be behind the stage — so you can connect with your life outside the life of caregiving.

    Resources
    • Purchase Denise's five-book Take Comfort series so you always have comfort with you.
    • Image by Michal Jarmoluk from Pixabay


    Caregiving Comforts offers exactly what you need: 2-3 minutes of genuine understanding, comfort, and hope. Every Monday, Denise M. Brown shares reflections that speak directly to your caregiving reality—the exhaustion, the overwhelm, the moments when you wonder if life has canceled you.
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    7 mins
  • During Caregiving, Missing What's Gone

    During Caregiving, Missing What's Gone
    Feb 16 2026
    What happens when caregiving takes away the life you had — your schedule, your patience, your joy — and leaves guilt in its place? In this week's Caregiving Comfort, we explore how to grieve what's gone, release the guilt, and discover that what you've kept is enough to build something even sweeter.

    Resources
    • Read our Caregiving Comforts.
    • Purchase Denise's five-book Take Comfort series so you always have comfort with you.
    • Image by Gabi from Pixabay


    Caregiving Comforts offers exactly what you need: 2-3 minutes of genuine understanding, comfort, and hope. Every Monday, Denise M. Brown shares reflections that speak directly to your caregiving reality—the exhaustion, the overwhelm, the moments when you wonder if life has canceled you.
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    5 mins
  • During Caregiving, You Can Wonder: What's the Point?

    During Caregiving, You Can Wonder: What's the Point?
    Feb 9 2026
    When schedules fall apart by Monday afternoon, when you're training yet another home health aide, when that weekend away seems impossible—you can't help but ask: What's the point of all this? Why bother?

    In this week's Caregiving Comfort, Denise talks about what to remember when caregiving feels pointless and you feel like giving up. The answer might surprise you: You're the point. Your future is the point.Denise shares why being in the midst of discouragement makes it hard to see how all the points of your caregiving journey connect, and how the wisdom you're gaining now—about time, priorities, and what truly matters—will shape your memories and your future.

    This is for every family caregiver who's questioning whether their efforts make a difference. You matter. You're worth the bother. And it's okay to receive the care you've been giving.

    Resources
    • Connect to our support.
    • Purchase Denise's five-book Take Comfort series so you always have comfort with you.
    • Image by eko pramono from Pixabay


    Caregiving Comforts offers exactly what you need: 2-3 minutes of genuine understanding, comfort, and hope. Every Monday, Denise M. Brown shares reflections that speak directly to your caregiving reality—the exhaustion, the overwhelm, the moments when you wonder if life has canceled you.
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    6 mins
  • During Caregiving, Why Can't Someone Else Just Take the Lead?

    During Caregiving, Why Can't Someone Else Just Take the Lead?
    Feb 2 2026
    Why does it always fall to you? Why are you the one making the difficult decisions, starting the uncomfortable conversations, and speaking the heartbreaking truths?In this episode, Denise explores the weight of caregiving leadership—and why you're actually the one best equipped to carry it. You'll discover how understanding your natural leadership strengths can transform the way you see your role, and learn practical ways to lead effectively without doing it all alone.

    If you've ever wondered why the burden falls on your shoulders, this episode offers both validation and clarity—plus three concrete ways your leadership creates solutions, gets the help that helps, and protects your own wellbeing.

    Resources
    • Connect to our support through our programs and services.
    • Read our Caregiving Comforts.
    • Purchase Denise's five-book Take Comfort series so you always have comfort with you.
    • Image by Edar from Pixabay


    Caregiving Comforts offers exactly what you need: 2-3 minutes of genuine understanding, comfort, and hope. Every Monday, Denise M. Brown shares reflections that speak directly to your caregiving reality—the exhaustion, the overwhelm, the moments when you wonder if life has canceled you.
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    6 mins