Grow and Thrive as a Caregiver with Roy Remer - EP 362

Caregiving is a universal topic, as Rosalynn Carter (1927–2023) once famously stated that everyone will eventually be a caregiver, have been one, need one, or will need one. While it can be an emotionally and physically draining experience, guest Roy Remer brings a new light to caregiving and offers a path to genuinely grow and even thrive through the process. He reframes caregiving as restoring a human, psychospiritual connection often lost in a medicalized, death-denying culture, and emphasizes broad, everyday caregiving through presence and compassion. We explore honesty, resentment, storytelling, and why fixing and understanding can be overrated, especially in dementia care. The episode also highlights the Zen Caregiving Project training and support circles offered online.

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Bio- Roy Remer is the author of Zen Caregiving: How to Care for Yourself While Caring for Others. An educator and end-of-life caregiver since 1997, he is executive director of Zen Caregiving Project in San Francisco and lead creator of the Mindful Caregiving Education curriculum. A dedicated practitioner in the Soto Zen tradition, Remer is a student at San Francisco Zen Center.Visit him online at http://www.ZenCaregiving.org.