Overview

Donna Fitzgerald and Tana Heminsley combine their expertise and experience to create a compassionate step-by-step process utilizing the empowering tools of self-awareness and journaling. This self-guide workbook supports caregivers seeking authentic self-discovery and ease before, during, and after caring for their loved one. This Visioning and Journaling Guide for Caregivers offers a unique source of support for the challenges of caregiving and the psychological and spiritual health of caregivers. Donna Fitzgerald's own journey as caregiver and bereavement volunteer has given her valuable insight into this world of uncertainty and self-doubt. In creating this essential resource, Donna offers a path to healing through journaling and authentic conversations with one's self and shares her most personal, profound, and transformative experiences of self-discovery. This caregiver workbook is a thought-provoking and inspiring work that deserves the highest praise and an unreserved recommendation for those seeking hope and healing. Marjorie Peart, Hospice Kingston, Volunteer Bereavement Support Group Facilitator

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I applaud the authors for this beautiful healing book that could only have been written by someone who has successfully navigated the lived experience of major loss and change in life direction. The frameworks and exercises in this book provide really practical stepping stones for the reader through this difficult and uncharted territory - a route that enables the reader to realize the power of emotional intelligence, spirituality and authenticity to successfully transcend the most profoundly difficult life experiences. I urge anyone who has suffered such a life changing loss to use this highly empowering and insightful guide to navigate towards a place of healing for the mind and soul. Mike Fitzpatrick, Physician and Chief of Staff, KHSC Kingston, Ontario, Canada I am honoured to be asked to write a few words about this workbook, Creative Healing Through Transformation, written by Donna Fitzgerald. I am a Rehabilitation Physician and have spent my career working with individuals and caregivers affected by ALS and other neuromuscular conditions. I witnessed Donna's personal journey through the many stages of providing care for a loved one while still balancing many other roles. All of us in the Neuromuscular Clinic witnessed her adjustment and recovery and we were pleased that she continued to work through the ALS Society as a peer support for other caregivers. Peer support is such a critical part of the supports offered to individuals. Peers bring the lived experience and validation of the broad breath of emotion that caregivers may feel. I am pleased that Donna has written this workbook so that she and others can continue to help caregivers. The workbook shares her personal stories in a way that encourages other to follow the path of healing. It is a wonderfully guided journey, while not being prescriptive, that can be used by individuals, in support networks and with peer support. Thank you Donna for writing and sharing this, I am confident that it will help others. Karen M. Smith MD Kingston, Ontario, Canada Rich Resource Guide. In this rich resource guide, the author provides a practical step by step approach to self-discovery through journaling. With empathy and compassion, she walks alongside the reader, acknowledging the fear and anxiety that may accompany such an introspective journey. She encourages and supports the reader throughout the process, providing useful tips and guidance along the way. By sharing frank and honest insights into her personal story of loss, followed by her journey of self-discovery, self-awareness and renewal, the author provides a unique and authentic voice to the power of journaling. The result is a practical and welcome addition to the toolbox of resources for caregivers across a wide spectrum. Patti Dixon-Medora, Caregiver Support Group Facilitator, Alzheimer Society of KFL&A, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

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Donna is a Facilitator of Authentic Leadership Conversations, TM co-author of Daring to Share There to Here, Volume 1 by Diana Reyers, and an active member of the Daring to Share GlobalTM team. She volunteered with the Kingston Chapter of the ALS Society in Kingston, Ontario, Canada for eight years, providing support to families living with ALS. She received the 2007 - 2008 Volunteer Excellence Award from ALS Ontario. Donna also volunteered with the Neuromuscular Clinic in Kingston, Ontario as a peer support volunteer. She was a volunteer with Hospice Kingston for two years as part of the Bereavement Support Program. After being a caregiver to her late husband for six years as he battled ALS and passed away in 2004, Donna made a commitment to be of service to others. For the past sixteen years since her husband's death, she has volunteered in her community, supporting families and caregivers. Donna has navigated grief, trauma, and loss of self within her personal healing process. Along with her professional expertise, she finds purpose sharing the tools and self-care practices that were instrumental in her healing while creating a new meaningful life. Donna is now retired from the administrative assistant position she held for thirty-seven years. She enjoys spending time with her children, being a part of her one-year-old grandson's life, and loves being outdoors while tapping into her sense of adventure. Donna continues to offer support to those who find themselves wanting to heal and reconnect with their inner voice - to have meaningful Conversations with Their Soul.

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