"When you make a commitment to a relationship, you invest your attention and energy in it more profoundly because you now experience ownership of that relationship." - Barbara de Angelis In the beginning stages of my journey as a Mental Health Family Caregiver I could not see past what my daily duties were as I was immersed in the care demands of my son, the stress and pressures of learning, and adjusting to my new role as caregiver in addition to wife, mother, grandmother an

There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure. - Colin Powell What I have learned as a mental health family caregiver has come with time and with experience with having a mental illness myself, I am a survivor of depression and anxiety. What I share with other caregivers isn’t an admonition but me sharing what worked for our family and what didn’t as well as the mistakes we made along the way as survivors and as caregi