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Author: Beth Witrogen McLeod

Beth Witrogen McLeod is an author, journalist, speaker and consultant on caregiving, end-of-life issues and renewal at midlife, especially for women. She is a double Pulitzer Prize nominee, and has won many national and regional awards for her work. She has written for Good Housekeeping, SELF, Family Circle, and The Wall Street Journal, among others. Her latest book is Caregiving: The Spiritual Journey of Love, Loss, and Renewal

Her expertise grew out of personal experience caring for her parents who were simultaneously terminally ill 1,200 miles away. With a father dying of a rare form of cancer and a mother with Lou Gehrig's disease and dementia, McLeod learned firsthand about the traumas and blessings of this mid-life rite of passage. She turned her experiences into a passion for public service, first writing and producing an award-winning newspaper series, "The Caregivers," for The San Francisco Examiner in 1995. It was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. She developed a weekly column for The Examiner that often appeared on the New York Times Syndicate Web site. Honors for the series included National Hospice Organization, Pew Charitable Trusts, American Legion Auxiliary, Society of Professional Journalists, and many regional and local social service organizations.

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The Beauty In Caregiving

By Beth Witrogen McLeod
  • Aging
  • Care for the Caregiver - Nurturing
  • Caregiver Issues
  • Mental Health - Emotional - Issues

The author discusses that caregiving isn’t a pathology. She speaks about going with the flow, finding peace and balance from within.

Women And Caregiving At Midlife

By Beth Witrogen McLeod
  • Caregiver Issues
  • Mental Health - Emotional - Issues
  • Wellness

The author discusses some of myths around aging, women in midlife, their role as caregiver and the positive aspects of it all as well.

The Cycle Of Light And Life

By Beth Witrogen McLeod
  • Caregiver Issues
  • Mental Health - Emotional - Issues
  • Spirituality - Religion - Beliefs

The author discusses the paradoxical interplay of joy and suffering that is experienced in caregiving; how the flow of life is continuous; that it is we who shut it off.

Growing Old in America

By Beth Witrogen McLeod
  • Aging
  • Caregiver Issues
  • Mental Health - Emotional - Issues
  • Wellness

How we discover and let go of our old beliefs about aging can open us to new, more joyful ways of being through being aware and making choices.

Depression In The Caregiver

By Beth Witrogen McLeod
  • Caregiver Issues
  • Mental Health - Emotional - Issues

One caregiver describes her feelings and situations dealing with depression while caregiving.

Caregiving Support Strategies: You Are Not Alone Part l

By Beth Witrogen McLeod
  • Caregiver Issues
  • Support Groups

Dealing with issues at the end of life, caregivers feel very alone. Decisions about life support and questions about the meaning of suffering permeate the everyday tasks and bring caregivers to a new threshold.

Caregiving Support Strategies: You Are Not Alone Part ll

By Beth Witrogen McLeod
  • Mental Health - Emotional - Issues
  • Support Groups

As a caregiver, you must accumulate as much information as possible. it is stressful and time-consuming but the experiences this author has learned is quite an accomplishment.

Caregiving for Parents

By Beth Witrogen McLeod
  • Caregiver Issues
  • Caregivers: Experiences & Ideas

This caregiver describes the feelings and situations of caregiving for her parents as their illnesses progressed.

Healthy Attitudes: Goodbye Grudge, Hello Good Health

By Beth Witrogen McLeod
  • Care for the Caregiver - Nurturing
  • Caregiver Issues
  • Mental Health - Emotional - Issues

Unforgiving emotions like anger and hostility can cause harmful physiological effects, forgiveness may give rise to exceptional wellness.

Statement To Senators-Part l

By Beth Witrogen McLeod
  • Aging
  • Caregiver Issues
  • Financial, Insurance, Legal Matters
  • Legislation and Advocacy
  • Mental Health - Emotional - Issues

Ms. Witrogen’s speech to Sen. Breaux in the Senate

Statement To Senators: Part ll

By Beth Witrogen McLeod
  • Aging
  • Caregiver Issues
  • Financial, Insurance, Legal Matters
  • Legislation and Advocacy
  • Mental Health - Emotional - Issues

Ms. Witrogens speech before the Senate at Sen. Breaux.

Questions & Answers

By Beth Witrogen McLeod
  • Aging
  • Caregiver Issues
  • Eldercare
  • Financial, Insurance, Legal Matters
  • Mental Health - Emotional - Issues
  • Wellness

This article provides important answers to pertinent questions caregivers may have. For example, when is it the right time to reach out for help with your caregiving duties?

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