I wonder if you are reading this because you care for someone, a family member or friend, and sometimes find things challenging or even overwhelming or as if you are on an emotional rollercoaster. Or perhaps you work to provide support for family carers and are interested in exploring what I might be able to offer in my book, You Can’t Pour From An Empty Cup.

Whatever the reason, you are welcome.

After working with around 100 carers over a 10 year period, I wrote You Can't Pour From An Empty Cup. I had been supporting carers on a one to one basis to take care of their own emotional health and wellbeing even though they were looking after someone else. For much of the time I was also caring for my own mum and gained enormous insight into the complexity and challenging nature of being in a caring role for a family member or friend.

The carers I worked with had generously shared their stories and I felt there was a great deal of what I learned from them as well as from my experiences with my mum which would be worth sharing with carers more widely. And that is how my book came about.

It is written in very short easy to read chapters which can stand alone. Every chapter includes a framework/activity to help you the reader to take on for yourself the messages in each chapter.

Take a look inside.