49 Quotes About Caregiving

Embracing a healing presence requires you to just be in the moment together.

Many caregivers share that they often feel alone, isolated, and unappreciated. Mindfulness can offer renewed hope for finding support and value for your role as a caregiver…It is an approach that everyone can use. It can help slow you down some so you can make the best possible decisions for your care recipient. It also helps bring more balance and ease while navigating the caregiving journey.

My caregiver mantra is to remember: the only control you have is over the changes you choose to make.

As your care recipient’s advocate, be involved, don’t accept the status quo, and don’t be afraid to voice your concerns.

One goal of the mindful caregiver is to find ways to not feel ‘dis-eased’ in the caregiving process.

During the 24/7 grind of being a carer, it's all to easy to forget the fact that the person you're doing so much for is, and is obliged to be, more resourceful than you in many respects.

There were moments when it hurt so bad you couldn’t breathe, yet somehow you survived the pain. There were days when you could barely put one foot in front of the other, yet somehow you arrived at your destination. There were nights when you cried yourself to sleep, yet somehow you held on until the morning. Your life is nothing less than a miracle.

To care for those who once cared for us is one of the highest honors.

Caregiving leaves its mark on us. No matter what we do to prepare ourselves the hole left behind looms large.