Don’t think you’re being selfish when you put your own needs ahead of caring for your partner, instead think of it as self-preservation.

Learn to say “no”, even to your Person with Parkinson’s, and do it as needed to protect your health and your sanity.

Find time to reflect on what is going well and be thankful. Then consider what is not going well and figure out how to stop doing it.

Don’t waste your energy trying to fix things that aren’t broken.

Open doors to conversations that might lead to new ideas or easier ways to do things, close those same doors when they become judgmental or simply useless.

Sometimes we need to be the voice for our partners and sometimes we just need to shut up and give them the space to speak for themselves.

If you are only identifying as a Parkinson’s Disease CarePartner, consider that life is too short to limit ourselves to just one role. You deserve to have more, figure out a way to make it happen.

Trying to be positive all the time can be exhausting, it’s always okay to cut yourself some slack.

And finally- I hope you are able to identify and find comfort today’s ramblings and that, perhaps, they’ll give you some things to think about too.