Learning to Ask for Help and 5 Practices of Self-Generosity

Practicing self-generosity is a critical component of self-care, which also gives us an opportunity to serve others

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It had been over eleven years since I last changed diapers, but after two children, I knew I had enough practice to change my mother’s diaper.

I became my 79-year-old mother’s nurse after she got hit by a taxicab while crossing a busy street in Rio de Janeiro. She ended up needing two surgeries to fix a broken leg, her jaw and brow bones. Before she left the hospital, my siblings began to move her from her own house, where she lived independently, into my sister’s apartment. And so began my journey as my mother’s caretaker.

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