Because You Have Time, What Will You Do? When we worry about wasting time, we can convince ourselves that time is already lost — that it's too late to pursue the opportunity, make the change, find the love, start over. We decide there just isn't time. But what if we decided otherwise? What if we chose to believe we have time — that we are, in fact, right on time? This week's Sunday Question invites you to begin your day with a simple but powerful reframe: Because I have time, what will I do? Resources - https://caringourway.com/books. Use our 53-question book to create a comforting, intentional ritual. - Image by https://pixabay.com/users/qyulang-17911802/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=image&utm_content=5490121 from https://pixabay.com//?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=image&utm_content=5490121

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How Can I Create a Proud Moment? Our days demand so much from us. Sometimes it feels like we're just crawling from one moment to the next. But what if we gave ourselves one moment to walk tall?In this episode, Denise explores the power of a proud moment — and how creating one can shift the weight of a demanding day. A proud moment might be rekindling a relationship lost to stress, extending a helping hand, telling someone who's lost hope that you believe in them, or standing up for what you value. When we give ourselves a proud moment, we create a memory we'll cherish. And it can happen in any next moment. This week's question to carry into your day: How can I create a proud moment? Resources - https://caringourway.com/books. Use our 53-question book to create a comforting, intentional ritual. - Image by https://pixabay.com/users/couleur-1195798/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=image&utm_content=1536088 from https://pixabay.com//?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=image&utm_content=1536088

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What Will Expand My Day? We think about how to lengthen our lives, but what if we also thought about how to expand our days? In this episode, we explore how creating intentional moments with who and what we love can make even our most difficult days feel full and complete. When we expand a good moment, we find relief from our stress and a way to cope with heartache. Our life is up. Resources - http://bit.ly/caringbooks. The journal helps you track which questions work best for you. Add our A Good Morning for You journal to give yourself good starts. - Image by https://pixabay.com/users/beasternchen-32364022/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=image&utm_content=8102791 from https://pixabay.com//?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=image&utm_content=8102791

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What Can I Fluff Today? This week, we're taking a page from winter's beautiful snowflakes and exploring what it means to be fluffy. In this Sunday Question episode, discover three meaningful ways to add fluff to your life: by celebrating the good outcomes you've created through hard work, by deepening your time with those you love, and by enriching those precious few minutes you find for yourself each day. Learn how a simple daily question—"What can I fluff today?"—can become a gentle reminder that you have permission to soften, celebrate, and savor the moments that matter. Perfect for caregivers seeking small ways to bring more warmth and intention to their week. Resources - Track your daily positives with Denise on her community, Caring Our Way. https://join.caringourway.com/spaces/9306896/feed (7:45 p.m. CT, 5:45 p.m. PT) every evening. - http://bit.ly/caringbooks. The journal helps you track which questions work best for you. Add our A Good Morning for You journal to give yourself good starts.

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How Will I Do Both? When you're helping someone through their struggle, it can feel impossible to return to your own life—your work, your family, your routines. Witnessing another's pain changes us, and it makes sense that we struggle with moving forward when their life feels so tragic. But here's the truth: we can do both. We can show up for others and tend to our own lives. In this episode, Denise explores the guilt and dissonance so many caregivers feel, and offers a powerful daily question to help you navigate this tension: "How will I do both?" Because when we sacrifice too much of ourselves today, we sacrifice our ability to give enough tomorrow. Taking care of ourselves isn't selfish—it's how we become healthier, more impactful helpers.

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How Will I Keep My Audience of One Content? We often worry about what others think—will they like it? Will they approve? But what about you? In this week's Sunday Question, Denise explores why your own approval matters most, and shares how she intentionally built her programs around what she loves rather than trying to please everyone. Discover four practical ways to make yourself your most important audience member and start your week with a question that shifts everything: "How will I keep my audience of one content?" Resources - http://bit.ly/caringbooks. The journal helps you track which questions work best for you. Add our A Good Morning for You journal to give yourself good starts. - Image by https://pixabay.com/users/mizter_x94-2533164/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=image&utm_content=1748813 from https://pixabay.com//?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=image&utm_content=1748813 - Join our community, https://join.caringourway.com/spaces/9306896/feed.

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What's Today's Truthful Conversation? In this episode, we explore why truth is essential for caregivers and families navigating health, performance, and reality. Without the truth, we're stuck in uncertainty. With it, we know what to do next—we can ask for help, research options, create strategies, and bring others into a circle of shared support.Join us as we discover how embracing honesty keeps us in action rather than stuck in doubt, and how truth really does set us free. Start your day with this question: What's the truth you'll tell yourself today? Stop by our community, https://join.caringourway.com/spaces/3596690/list, and share your truth with us. Resources - http://bit.ly/caringbooks. The journal helps you track which questions work best for you. Add our A Good Morning for You journal to give yourself good starts. - Image by https://pixabay.com/users/viarami-13458823/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=image&utm_content=5516924 from https://pixabay.com//?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=image&utm_content=5516924 About Denise  Denise supports individuals managing difficult life experiences with coaching, planning and training. Through her work, Denise helps clients find hope, possibilities and a path forward. Denise began helping individuals who care for a family member in 1990 and launched a business to help them in 1995. She created one of the first online caregiving communities in 1996 which she managed until its sale in 2020. Denise now develops and delivers training programs for the workplace and for individuals who want to coach family caregivers. More than 400 individuals from eight different countries have enrolled in her training programs offered through her company, The Caregiving Years Training Academy. Her training programs have been approved to provide Continuing Education Units to health care professionals, including nurses, and human resource professionals. Denise also hosts an online community, CaringOurWay.com, that supports individuals during and after their personal caregiving experience. Community members enjoy free workshops and special events like the Caregiving Listener Project and the 36-Hour Christmas Chat. Denise is the author of several books that provide insights, comfort and hope to those who care, including The Caregiving Guide, Your Go-To Reference and Companion During All Stages of Your Caregiving Experience, and After Caregiving Ends, A Guide to Beginning Again. Her free resource, A Workbook for Your Workplace Wellness, helps individuals who care, grieve and work. Denise began helping her parents in 2004 after her father’s bladder cancer diagnosis. Her mom, who had Parkinson’s disease, died in August 2022, one year to the date after Denise’s brother died. Her father died in July 2023. Next Avenue named Denise a 2017 Influencer in Aging, one of “50 advocates, researchers, thought leaders, innovators, writers and experts who continue to push beyond traditional boundaries and change our understanding of what it means to grow older.” Her insights have been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, US News & World Report, USA Today, SmartMoney.com, Time magazine and Chicago Tribune.

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How Can I Stand in My Power? When intimidation and doubt creep in, we often retreat into silence. But what if we remembered that we have another choice? In this episode, Denise shares the inspiration behind this week's Sunday Question and reads it aloud—exploring how our experiences, wisdom, and empathy become our strength when we choose to stand in our power. Through storytelling and reflection, discover why your voice matters and how standing up encourages those around you to do the same.Start your week grounded in this question: How do you get up to stand in your power? Stop by our community, https://join.caringourway.com/spaces/3596690/list, to let us how you get up to stand in your power. Resources - http://bit.ly/caringbooks. The journal helps you track which questions work best for you. Add our A Good Morning for You journal to give yourself good starts. - Image by https://pixabay.com/users/kathas_fotos-11174123/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=image&utm_content=5582848 from https://pixabay.com//?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=image&utm_content=5582848 About Denise  Denise supports individuals managing difficult life experiences with coaching, planning and training. Through her work, Denise helps clients find hope, possibilities and a path forward. Denise began helping individuals who care for a family member in 1990 and launched a business to help them in 1995. She created one of the first online caregiving communities in 1996 which she managed until its sale in 2020. Denise now develops and delivers training programs for the workplace and for individuals who want to coach family caregivers. More than 400 individuals from eight different countries have enrolled in her training programs offered through her company, The Caregiving Years Training Academy. Her training programs have been approved to provide Continuing Education Units to health care professionals, including nurses, and human resource professionals. Denise also hosts an online community, CaringOurWay.com, that supports individuals during and after their personal caregiving experience. Community members enjoy free workshops and special events like the Caregiving Listener Project and the 36-Hour Christmas Chat. Denise is the author of several books that provide insights, comfort and hope to those who care, including The Caregiving Guide, Your Go-To Reference and Companion During All Stages of Your Caregiving Experience, and After Caregiving Ends, A Guide to Beginning Again. Her free resource, A Workbook for Your Workplace Wellness, helps individuals who care, grieve and work. Denise began helping her parents in 2004 after her father’s bladder cancer diagnosis. Her mom, who had Parkinson’s disease, died in August 2022, one year to the date after Denise’s brother died. Her father died in July 2023. Next Avenue named Denise a 2017 Influencer in Aging, one of “50 advocates, researchers, thought leaders, innovators, writers and experts who continue to push beyond traditional boundaries and change our understanding of what it means to grow older.” Her insights have been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, US News & World Report, USA Today, SmartMoney.com, Time magazine and Chicago Tribune.

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Sunday Question: Who and What Can I Check? In this week's episode, we explore the practice of checking—in all its forms. From checking in with loved ones during difficult times to checking out of conversations and situations that drain us, we discover how this simple act keeps us connected to what matters while protecting us from what doesn't. We'll also uncover the everyday checks that prevent regret, save time, and help us move through our days with intention. Whether it's a weekly call to a friend, a pause before we speak, or a moment to gather what we need—checking is a practice that honors both our relationships and ourselves. So as we start our week together, we ask: How will you check? Begin your day with this question: Who and what can I check? Stop by our community, https://join.caringourway.com/spaces/3596690/list, to let us know what needs space in your life. Resources - http://bit.ly/caringbooks. The journal helps you track which questions work best for you. Add our A Good Morning for You journal to give yourself good starts. - Image by https://pixabay.com/users/neelam279-9820894/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=image&utm_content=7281915 from https://pixabay.com//?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=image&utm_content=7281915 About Denise  Denise supports individuals managing difficult life experiences with coaching, planning and training. Through her work, Denise helps clients find hope, possibilities and a path forward. Denise began helping individuals who care for a family member in 1990 and launched a business to help them in 1995. She created one of the first online caregiving communities in 1996 which she managed until its sale in 2020. Denise now develops and delivers training programs for the workplace and for individuals who want to coach family caregivers. More than 400 individuals from eight different countries have enrolled in her training programs offered through her company, The Caregiving Years Training Academy. Her training programs have been approved to provide Continuing Education Units to health care professionals, including nurses, and human resource professionals. Denise also hosts an online community, CaringOurWay.com, that supports individuals during and after their personal caregiving experience. Community members enjoy free workshops and special events like the Caregiving Listener Project and the 36-Hour Christmas Chat. Denise is the author of several books that provide insights, comfort and hope to those who care, including The Caregiving Guide, Your Go-To Reference and Companion During All Stages of Your Caregiving Experience, and After Caregiving Ends, A Guide to Beginning Again. Her free resource, A Workbook for Your Workplace Wellness, helps individuals who care, grieve and work. Denise began helping her parents in 2004 after her father’s bladder cancer diagnosis. Her mom, who had Parkinson’s disease, died in August 2022, one year to the date after Denise’s brother died. Her father died in July 2023. Next Avenue named Denise a 2017 Influencer in Aging, one of “50 advocates, researchers, thought leaders, innovators, writers and experts who continue to push beyond traditional boundaries and change our understanding of what it means to grow older.” Her insights have been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, US News & World Report, USA Today, SmartMoney.com, Time magazine and Chicago Tribune.

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Sunday Question: How Can I Make Space? This week's Sunday Question invites us to slow down and consider what needs space in our lives—from hearing our own wisdom to listening deeply to others, from resting our bodies to living by our values. Join us as we explore how taking our time can help us give our moments the impact they deserve. Begin your week with this daily intention: How can I make space? Stop by our community, https://join.caringourway.com/spaces/3596690/list, to let us know what needs space in your life. Resources - http://bit.ly/caringbooks. The journal helps you track which questions work best for you. Add our A Good Morning for You journal to give yourself good starts. - Image by https://pixabay.com/users/jillwellington-334088/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=image&utm_content=3719249 from https://pixabay.com//?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=image&utm_content=3719249 About Denise  Denise supports individuals managing difficult life experiences with coaching, planning and training. Through her work, Denise helps clients find hope, possibilities and a path forward. Denise began helping individuals who care for a family member in 1990 and launched a business to help them in 1995. She created one of the first online caregiving communities in 1996 which she managed until its sale in 2020. Denise now develops and delivers training programs for the workplace and for individuals who want to coach family caregivers. More than 400 individuals from eight different countries have enrolled in her training programs offered through her company, The Caregiving Years Training Academy. Her training programs have been approved to provide Continuing Education Units to health care professionals, including nurses, and human resource professionals. Denise also hosts an online community, CaringOurWay.com, that supports individuals during and after their personal caregiving experience. Community members enjoy free workshops and special events like the Caregiving Listener Project and the 36-Hour Christmas Chat. Denise is the author of several books that provide insights, comfort and hope to those who care, including The Caregiving Guide, Your Go-To Reference and Companion During All Stages of Your Caregiving Experience, and After Caregiving Ends, A Guide to Beginning Again. Her free resource, A Workbook for Your Workplace Wellness, helps individuals who care, grieve and work. Denise began helping her parents in 2004 after her father’s bladder cancer diagnosis. Her mom, who had Parkinson’s disease, died in August 2022, one year to the date after Denise’s brother died. Her father died in July 2023. Next Avenue named Denise a 2017 Influencer in Aging, one of “50 advocates, researchers, thought leaders, innovators, writers and experts who continue to push beyond traditional boundaries and change our understanding of what it means to grow older.” Her insights have been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, US News & World Report, USA Today, SmartMoney.com, Time magazine and Chicago Tribune.

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Sunday Question: How Can I Use My Brake Pedal? In this week's Sunday Question, we explore the difference between breaking down and hitting the brakes. When we're caught up in momentum—building, striving, making the most of every moment—we can forget that slowing down is also a choice. Before exhaustion forces us to break, we can intentionally use our brake pedal to pause, enjoy the journey, and course correct. This episode offers a simple daily intention to help you find the wisdom in slowing down: "How can I use my brake pedal today?" Tell us how you'll use your brake pedal by visiting our community, https://join.caringourway.com/spaces/3596690/list. Resources - http://bit.ly/caringbookshttp://bit.ly/caringbooks. The journal helps you track which questions work best for you. Add our A Good Morning for You journal to give yourself good starts. - Watch this month’s https://join.caringourway.com/posts/90990688?utm_source=manual. About Denise Denise supports individuals managing difficult life experiences with coaching, planning and training. Through her work, Denise helps clients find hope, possibilities and a path forward. Denise began helping individuals who care for a family member in 1990 and launched a business to help them in 1995. She created one of the first online caregiving communities in 1996 which she managed until its sale in 2020. Denise now develops and delivers training programs for the workplace and for individuals who want to coach family caregivers. More than 400 individuals from eight different countries have enrolled in her training programs offered through her company, The Caregiving Years Training Academy. Her training programs have been approved to provide Continuing Education Units to health care professionals, including nurses, and human resource professionals. Denise also hosts an online community, CaringOurWay.com, that supports individuals during and after their personal caregiving experience. Community members enjoy free workshops and special events like the Caregiving Listener Project and the 36-Hour Christmas Chat. Denise is http://bit.ly/caringbooks, including The Caregiving Guide, Your Go-To Reference and Companion During All Stages of Your Caregiving Experience, and After Caregiving Ends, A Guide to Beginning Again. Her free resource, "A Workbook for Your Workplace Wellness," helps individuals who care, grieve and work. Denise began helping her parents in 2004 after her father’s bladder cancer diagnosis. Her mom, who had Parkinson’s disease, died in August 2022, one year to the date after Denise’s brother died. Her father died in July 2023. Next Avenue named Denise a 2017 Influencer in Aging, one of “50 advocates, researchers, thought leaders, innovators, writers and experts who continue to push beyond traditional boundaries and change our understanding of what it means to grow older.” Her insights have been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, US News & World Report, USA Today, SmartMoney.com, Time magazine and Chicago Tribune.

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Where Is God (2025), Week 6: Assured Peace, Habakkuk 3:17-19, Sunday, Sept 21, 2025 A solid trust in God can quiet storms.  We will still have them. They will still knock us about. However, they can also drive us deeper into the safest place on earth, our awareness of the sovereign, loving and vigilant presence of God among us.

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Where Is God (2025), Week 5: Solid History, Habakkuk 3:1-2, Sunday, Sept 14, 2025 God is not an unknown entity. He has been revealing Himself for generations.  As we hear and remember these stories from the past, they inform our expectations for the future.

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Where Is God (2025), Week 4: Inspired Patience, Habakkuk 2:1-4, Sunday, Sept 7, 2025 God responds to evil in ways we don’t always understand.  Does this mean He is not responding at all? Maybe the way He responds to evil should inspire our response to the broken world around us.

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Sunday Question: How Will I Embrace This Choice? We often second-guess our choices, especially when it comes to rest and pursuing what matters to us. This episode explores how to shift from self-doubt to self-compassion by learning to enjoy our choices rather than judge them. Discover a simple daily question that can transform how you approach decisions about your well-being. Tell us about how your will embrace a choice by visiting our community, https://join.caringourway.com/spaces/3596690/list. Resources - http://bit.ly/caringbookshttp://bit.ly/caringbooks. The journal helps you track which questions work best for you. Add our A Good Morning for You journal to give yourself good starts. About Denise Denise supports individuals managing difficult life experiences with coaching, planning and training. Through her work, Denise helps clients find hope, possibilities and a path forward. Denise began helping individuals who care for a family member in 1990 and launched a business to help them in 1995. She created one of the first online caregiving communities in 1996 which she managed until its sale in 2020. Denise now develops and delivers training programs for the workplace and for individuals who want to coach family caregivers. More than 400 individuals from eight different countries have enrolled in her training programs offered through her company, The Caregiving Years Training Academy. Her training programs have been approved to provide Continuing Education Units to health care professionals, including nurses, and human resource professionals. Denise also hosts an online community, CaringOurWay.com, that supports individuals during and after their personal caregiving experience. Community members enjoy free workshops and special events like the Caregiving Listener Project and the 36-Hour Christmas Chat. Denise is http://bit.ly/caringbooks, including The Caregiving Guide, Your Go-To Reference and Companion During All Stages of Your Caregiving Experience, and After Caregiving Ends, A Guide to Beginning Again. Her free resource, "A Workbook for Your Workplace Wellness," helps individuals who care, grieve and work. Denise began helping her parents in 2004 after her father’s bladder cancer diagnosis. Her mom, who had Parkinson’s disease, died in August 2022, one year to the date after Denise’s brother died. Her father died in July 2023. Next Avenue named Denise a 2017 Influencer in Aging, one of “50 advocates, researchers, thought leaders, innovators, writers and experts who continue to push beyond traditional boundaries and change our understanding of what it means to grow older.” Her insights have been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, US News & World Report, USA Today, SmartMoney.com, Time magazine and Chicago Tribune. (Image by https://pixabay.com/users/tantetati-77004/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=image&utm_content=1403041 from https://pixabay.com//?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=image&utm_content=1403041.)

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Where Is God (2025), Week 3: Inscrutable Methods, Habakkuk 1:12-13, Sunday, August 31, 2025 Thinkers for thousands of years have asked why God allows evil people to prosper.  Habakkuk adds his complaint to this list.  What does this inspired complaint tell us about ourselves, our world and our God?

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Where Is God (2025), Week 2: Challenging Answers, Habakkuk 1:5-11, Sunday, August 24, 2025 Lawyers are told never to ask a witness a question publically, if they do not already know the answer.  Habakkuk did not follow that advice.  God gives an answer that changed the prophet’s world view.  What does this response teach us about our own world view?

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Where Is God (2025), Week 1: Good Questions, Habakkuk 1:1-4, Sunday, August 17, 2025 The prophet, Habakkuk, was a good man who had some serious questions about his good God, who, at the moment, did not seem very good.  Do such questions help us? Do they matter to God?

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