Are you tired?  Run down?  Listless?  Do you poop out at parties?  Taking care of your own responsibilities is hard enough.   Handling the challenges of your adult family member with an IDD – dealing with TennCare and medical bills, creating a trust, finding the right direct service provider – can deplete what energy you have left.  What are you doing to care for yourself . . . to ensure you have enough bandwidth for the week / month / year to come?

Hillary VandeLinde LMSW is a licensed therapist with Marigold Counseling.  She’s going to talk with us about the stress that comes with being a family member of a neurodiverse person and how we can make sure caregivers are including some self-care in their schedules.