In the Thick of Care guided by Jenn Fredericks - Prosilience Coach

02/21/2026

If you’re caring for someone, this day includes you.

The coordinating.
The advocating.
The medical language you’ve learned.
The way your body stays alert even when you try to rest.

Caregiving is emotional work. Some days feel steady. Some feel heavy. Sometimes hope feels strong. Sometimes it feels thin. That wave does not mean you are failing. It means you are living inside uncertainty with someone whose life matters to you.

You are allowed to feel all of it.

Today I honor your endurance, discernment, skill, frustration, tenderness and your persistence when you’re tired.

True steadiness in caregiving is not perfect circumstances. It’s the moment you feel grounded enough to breathe. The moment you remember you’re still here.

Today is about seeing the full weight of what you carry and honoring it.

02/19/2026

There’s a quieter kind of exhaustion that doesn’t look like burnout.

You’re still showing up. Still handling what needs to be handled. From the outside, nothing dramatic has changed.
But inside, something feels thinner.

Decisions take more effort. Small setbacks land harder. You respond a little later. You say a little less. Your energy narrows in ways that are hard to explain.

It’s not weakness. And it’s not a lack of commitment.
It’s what happens when emotional responsibility stretches on without enough internal replenishment.

I was sitting in a new workspace this week, thinking about how different everything feels when there is internal steadiness. The circumstances don’t have to change. But the way you hold them can.

Carewell Circle isn’t about fixing your life.

It’s about strengthening your internal capacity so you can experience a real sense of calm, even in medical uncertainty, even in hard conversations, even in the guilt that sometimes comes with taking a breath.

If you’ve noticed your energy thinning, that’s not failure. It’s a signal.
Carewell Circle is open. You can join with a two week free trial and see if it feels supportive.
You don’t have to wait until you’re burned out to find your way to feel steady again. Link in bio.

02/10/2026

You agree to one thing. Then the plan changes.
An appointment runs long. A task gets added. A decision is made without you.

You absorb it because speaking up costs energy you don’t have.

This is how capacity erodes for family caregivers. Not all at once, but through small moments where consent quietly disappears.

You don’t restore capacity by pushing harder.
You restore it by noticing what is no longer okay and letting that awareness guide your next choice.

You’re not failing. You’re responding to conditions that ask too much.

01/27/2026

One year ago this past weekend, I was in Times Square, watching myself on a billboard.

So unexpected. So memorable. Once in a lifetime experience.

Yet what stayed with me even more were the Resilient AF people I met.

Forty-eight hours together can forge connection in ways you don’t anticipate.


📷 Rony Armas

The Global Resilience Project

01/19/2026

“Trouble is in the land; confusion all around…
But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough, can you see the stars.”
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

01/15/2026

If you’re caring for someone long-term, and you feel stuck, foggy, or unsure what comes next it’s not because you’re doing something wrong.

A lot of caregiving happens in situations that don’t resolve neatly.
There isn’t always a clear decision. There isn’t always a next step. And there’s often no timeline you can trust.

Still, you’re often expected to: - know what you need - explain what’s happening - make the “right” call - stay strong and keep moving

That’s a lot to carry while you’re already carrying so much.

Sometimes the most supportive thing isn’t figuring everything out.
It’s finding a little steadiness inside the uncertainty.

Feeling unsure doesn’t mean you’re failing.
It means you’re responding honestly to a situation that’s still unfolding.

And that makes sense.

It’s okay to take this one day at a time.

01/15/2026

12/19/2025

Sometimes the hardest part of caregiving isn’t the lack of support.

It’s the amount of it.

So many posts.
So many tips.
So many “try this” suggestions.

When you’re already tired, even helpful things can feel like too much.

If you’ve ever saved a post and thought,
“I’ll come back to this when I have more energy,” this is for you.

Relief doesn’t come from doing more.
It doesn’t come from trying harder.

Relief begins with a pause.

You don’t need to catch up.
You don’t need to optimize.
You’re allowed to rest inside the moment you’re in.

That’s enough for today.

12/11/2025

Thoughts stalled not quiet
Sandbagged wintering
Page as white as snow.

*written as I rest in bed with a migraine. My body requested I slow down yet against all I share with you I didn’t. And so now…I do. ❄️