Have you ever had to care for a loved one through an illness or injury?
Our guest, Sarah Cart, and I want you to know that you’re not alone. In this episode on the Midlife Rise + Thrive podcast, I’m sitting down with Sarah to talk about her experience with her husband’s life-threatening health challenges and how she got through it.
She’s sharing the powerful lessons she learned through navigating such a difficult time with the hope that her lessons might help you too. From messages of finding support to trusting your gut and finding your strength, Sarah has a beautiful story and I can’t wait for you to hear it.
Sarah Cart was raised and educated in New York and New England and wrote for multiple local publications while she and her husband, Ben, raised four sons in northeastern Ohio. Upon becoming empty nesters, the two moved to the Florida Keys, but they returned every summer to the Pennsylvania Poconos, where each had lifelong family connections. Then came COVID-19. The pandemic, combined with Ben’s health issues, necessitated their sheltering in place in Florida for the entirety of 2020. In the wake of Ben’s undergoing miraculous lifesaving measures, they have been afforded the unanticipated gift of a future and, more than ever before, relish time spent with family and friends.
Topics We Cover in This Episode:
- Leaning on people who will lift you up and support you
- Surrounding yourself with the right people
- The value of trusting your gut
- How to find your strength
- Getting help with PTSD
- Tools to help you get through everyday stressors
I hope this episode will help you through whatever challenges you’re facing. None of us want to see our loved ones unwell, but if that’s your reality right now, know that there are tools that can help you and Sarah is sharing just a few of them in this episode. You can read Sarah’s full story in her book, On My Way Back to You.
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