Posts tagged “caregiver mental health”

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LatestMay 19, 2026Jenn's Caregiver Notes

What I wish I'd known.

There are things I could not have been told at the start of the hardest years of my family's life. Not because no one knew them. But because some truths can only be earned.

Jenn with Rachel Shaw at the workplace disability session in Devens, Massachusetts

May 8, 2026Jenn's Caregiver Notes

Accountability and Accommodation

Getting support is not the opposite of showing up.

Last week I sat in a room full of HR professionals in Devens, Massachusetts, watching one of the country's leading ADA and disability experts do what she does.

I was ashamed of being seen as the mom who couldn't fix it, Jenn's Caregiver Notes graphic

May 5, 2026Jenn's Caregiver Notes

The Silence Inside Families

I wasn't ashamed of my child. I was ashamed of being seen as the mom who couldn't fix it.

There is a particular kind of silence that lives inside families navigating mental health crises.

We are allowed to need help too, Jenn's Caregiver Notes graphic

May 1, 2026Jenn's Caregiver Notes

Notes for the Caregivers

We're allowed to need help too.

May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Most of the conversation this month will focus on people in crisis. But there is another group whose mental health quietly erodes alongside them: the caregivers.