R2 FAILING FORWARD - Woody Pollock (2/27/25, 9AM-12PM)

Caregiving for a person with special needs is an enormously rewarding endeavor filled with satisfaction, caring, and love. It is also an ever-changing field filled with challenges and pitfalls that can test our ability to perform duties with empathy and compassion for others and ourselves. Maintaining a caring relationship and being available for another often means opening ourselves up and exposing our own human vulnerabilities. If we can cultivate an approach to caregiving that includes an openness to learning from our failures we are often rewarded with increased ease in our duties, more joy in our day, and healthier relationships.