Speaker
Susanne White is one the most influential speakers on caregiving. Here’s why:
She connects with her audience through authenticity and a deeply personal message that inspires an empowered Caregiver Journey.
As a passionate advocate for caregiver issues, Susanne White has emerged as a compelling speaker, captivating audiences with her firsthand experience, heartwarming humor and deep understanding of the challenges faced by caregivers.
Through her dynamic talks, she highlights the importance of caregivers prioritizing their own well-being amidst their caregiving responsibilities. With her moving storytelling and empathetic insights, she sheds light on the complicated and challenging emotions experienced by caregivers, from love and compassion to stress and burnout.
She emphasizes the importance of acknowledging and addressing these emotions and provides tools for well-being and balance. By normalizing conversations around emotional health, she cultivates a culture of understanding and support within the caregiving community, enriching lives and strengthening resilience in the face of adversity.
Her unwavering commitment to advocating for caregivers has established her as a beacon of hope and empowerment in the caregiving community, leaving a lasting impact on all who have the privilege of hearing her powerful message.
Her goal is simple: To help caregivers care for themselves as they care for others by offering audiences the actionable tools, strategies, and motivation needed to survive the caregiving journey with grace and empowerment.
Susanne’s topics include:
- Self-care for Caregivers: Surviving the journey with grace and empowerment
- Unmasking Caregiver shame: Why we feel it and what to do about it
- From Overwhelm to Overcome: Overcoming Caregiver Burnout
- Managing Anxiety, Stress, and Caregiver Blues
Speaking Topics
Self-Care for Caregiver: Surviving the journey with grace and empowerment
Transform Your Experience by Cultivating Awareness and Emotional Intelligence
Caregiving can be emotionally demanding, often leading to anger and resentment toward the situation or the person being cared for. This presentation provides caregivers with practical strategies for recognizing, understanding, and managing these challenging emotions. Transformation is possible when we clearly see how emotions develop, evolve, and impact our thoughts and actions.
Caregiving comes with a myriad of fears and anxieties, ranging from concerns about providing adequate care to worries about the future. This presentation fosters a safe and supportive environment for open discussion and reflection, empowering caregivers to navigate their fears with courage and resilience. This, in turn, enhances audience members’ ability to provide compassionate care while prioritizing their well-being.
Self-awareness and emotional intelligence are essential skills for effective caregiving. This presentation explores how caregivers can cultivate these qualities to understand and manage their emotions, emotional triggers, communication styles, and personal boundaries. They will learn practical strategies for enhancing self-awareness, regulating emotions, and fostering meaningful connections with care recipients and other caregiving team members.
Learning Objectives:
➢ Develop an understanding that self-care is not a luxury but a necessity
➢ Use self-awareness as a healthy self-care barometer that manages stress, anxiety, and self-criticism
➢ Understand we are entitled to prioritize our well-being and health
➢ Learn why asking for help is life-saving and how to do it
➢ How to put together a support system that is dependable, reliable, and available
➢ Establishing routines and strategies that promote balance, resilience, and courage
Unmasking Caregiver Shame: Why we feel it and what to do about it
Release the Shame and Unleash Your Power
Shame, like a shadow, can cloak caregivers in doubt and isolation. Yet, through gentle acceptance and support, it recedes, allowing caregivers to walk with confidence and grace. This presentation explores the complex emotions and challenges associated with shame in caregiving. It aims to give caregivers a deeper understanding of how shame manifests, its impact on their well-being, and practical strategies for addressing and overcoming it.
Our power comes from awareness, followed by action. Susanne shares insights to help her audience members discover their limiting beliefs and then provides the steps to help them shift from disempowered to empowered and in control.
Join Susanne White for an insightful presentation on the often-taboo topic of shame in caregiving. Drawing from personal experiences and professional insights, she’ll guide audience members through a candid discussion on understanding, acknowledging, and overcoming shame as caregivers. This presentation provides a safe space for open dialogue, reflection, and empowerment.
Learning Objectives:
➢ Uncover the shame that haunts us and undermines our confidence
➢ Understanding the roots of our shame while gaining insights into how shame manifests in our lives
➢ Learn how to embrace our vulnerability and make it work for us
➢ Develop strategies to nurture ourselves and remove the need to feel shame
➢ Learn to get in touch with our feelings so we can healthily experience them rather than be ashamed of them
➢ Understand that our limitations, mistakes, and humanity provide us with opportunities for growth and enrich our caregiving experience
What Clients Say
“The Caregiver Warrior specialist (Susanne White) provided a fantastic informative presentation to family caregivers (professionals, spouses, and adult children) caring for a loved one in our Northern California (Chico) region. Audience members were captivated by her story of caring for her parents and the transitional challenges she went through during her caregiving journey. Family Caregivers related to her struggles and emotions that surface while caregiving. The Q&A segment allowed audience members to share their story and gain wisdom from other caregiver warriors. Susanne provided a safe environment for peer connection and support. Thank you, Susanne! We look forward to your return.”
Jessy Melchor, Passages Caregiver Resource Center.
