Caring For Your Spouse At a Young Age with Rachel Davis
Young Life Interrupted - A Podcast For Young Caregivers
English - February 10, 2022 13:00 - 30 minutes - 20.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsSociety & Culture millennialcaregivers millennialcaregiving millennial youngcaregiver youngcaregivers caregiver familycaregiver caregiversupport caregiverlife caregiverstress Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Love - it's one of the biggest life milestones many people wait for their whole lives to find and when you find it, you can't help but envision all of the things you'll do together and the exciting life that will unfold.
But imagine finding "your person" and then your whole world is turned upside down as they suffer a devastating injury before you're even married - do you stay, do you go or does love rise above it all?
My guest today, Rachel Davis, at the age of 30, became a full time caregiver to her husband Jay who suffered a spinal cord injury in a plane crash.
Rachel talks about her decision to stay by Jay's side after his accident, how they continue to persevere through the greatest challenge of their relationship and how falling into caregiving for a spouse at a young age has motivated her towards purpose.
Because "caregiver" is just part of our identity, Rachel is also a mom to a flock of hens, two cats and personally trained her husband's service dog, Charlie. She is an amatuer painter and also a volunteer and retreat leader for the No Barriers Caregivers program.
You can find Rachel on Instagram at @Rmblu and for more information about No Barriers USA, and the caregiver retreats she talks about visit:
For caregivers: https://nobarriersusa.org/caregivers/
For Retreats: https://nobarriersusa.org/caregivers-retreat
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