The Balancing Act

Kerry Moore discusses how to balance the responsibilities of caring for an elderly loved one with our teaching responsibilities. Quotes from the episode We’re trying to help people grow their own ability to meet needs and to have agency in their own lives. —Kerry Moore Sometimes challenges can help us to … bounce forward into new skills and knowledge. —Kerry Moore Nothing is going to make the loss of someone you love or a disability okay, but the way we walk through it makes a big difference in what our life looks like on the other side. —Kerry Moore A healthy locus of control has a realistic assessment of the things that I am in control of and also the things that I’m not. —Kerry Moore Caregiving [has] a lot of physical demands but also a lot of emotional demands. —Kerry Moore Resources Mentioned Radiolab episode: The Bitter End National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization Council on Aging Recommendations Bonni Plickers Kerry The Institute for Congregational Trauma and Growth Mile Mile and Half Are You Enjoying the Show? Rate/review the show. Please consider rating or leaving a review for the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast on whatever service you use to listen to it on (iTunes, Stitcher, etc.). It is the best way to help others discover the show. Give feedback. As always, I welcome suggestions for future topics or guests. Subscribe. If you have yet to subscribe to the weekly update, you can receive a single email each week with the show notes (including all the links we talk about on the episode), as well as an article on either teaching or productivity. The post The Balancing Act appeared first on Teaching in Higher Ed.