Karen Mulder, Author at Wisdom of the Wounded

Honoring Jesus

Palm Sunday is the day we remember the "triumphal entry" of Jesus into Jerusalem, exactly one week before His...

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Holidays Self Care Wisdom Podcasts

Building A New You

The good news of Ash Wednesday and Lent is that we can, with God’s help, rebuild and become more and more the person God wants us to be. We have disappointed and hurt God, other people, God’s natural world and ourselves. However, through the cross, Jesus says to each one of us, “I love you. I forgive you. Now go and be the person I created you to be.”

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General Caregiving Wisdom Wisdom Podcasts

Reminders

I did it again! I just hate it when I forget to do important things. This time I forgot to call my niece on her...

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Self Care Wisdom Wisdom Podcasts

Frozen Turkey and Forgiveness

“If you do not transform your pain, you will surely transmit it.” - Richard Rohr Max Lucado in his book titled,...

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Caregiving Basics General Caregiving Pray

How to pray? One way: The ACTS prayer

Praying is having a conversation with God—just as if God was sitting across the counter from you. But sometimes my mind wanders. . .sometimes it seems that I just say the same things over and over. A prayer model which I really like to pray is the ACTS prayer: The acronym stands for Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving and Supplication.

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Caregiving Questions Chronic

How does one cope when one is the full time caregiver of a spouse with a chronic illness?

I asked a friend, Nancy, to respond to this question and also to describe some of her daily challenges:

The “uneventful everyday” is a mixed blessing when caring for a person with a chronic illness, in my case caring for a person with Parkinson ’s disease (PD). One person described living with PD was like trying to drive with the brakes on.

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