Being a family or professional caregiver is a wonderfully supportive, loving and caring activity ... but it can make your life crazy! if you let it!
Caregiving impacts your Heart, Head, Health, Home, and Hands (Workplace).
The key focus for caregivers — after making sure the caree is safe — should be self-care.
Let's talk about how you can take care of you.
As a caregiver, Mike Collins experienced the same worry, fatigue, stress, and confusion you may be struggling with. He, too, wondered if his loved ones were getting the best care. His caregiving responsibilities affected his work.
In time, he discovered that taking care of himself was not selfish — it was just good, plain, common sense.
The caregiving experience affected Mike so deeply he pursued a master’s degree from Duke University with a focus on family caregiver wellness.
He began speaking about caregiving and self-care; wrote multiple articles and the books, Caregiver 101: 101 Ways to Keep Caregiving from Making You Crazy! and Caregiving Can Make Life Crazy!; and produced the video, Care for the Caregiver, winner of a Caregiver Friendly Award from Today’s Caregiver magazine.
Through his writing, presentations, and Caregiving Can Make Life Crazy™ Facebook page, Mike has provided practical tips and strategies to thousands of family and professional caregivers. He has helped them deal with the highly emotional caregiving experience — offering ways to become more positive, healthy, knowledgeable, and effective caregivers.
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His uplifting and humorous seminars, webinars, and speaking engagements are consistently rated “Excellent.”
What Can Mike Do For You?
For Organizations, Corporations, and Government Agencies
With his first-hand experience, years of study, and upbeat point of view, Mike will inspire and educate your management and staff on how caregiving truly impacts caregivers — and what you can do about it.
His presentations are available as keynote speeches, breakout sessions, or virtual seminars/webinars.
Unique and Entertaining
“Mike Collins’ presentations are as unique as they are entertaining and fun as well as informative. He is all about self-care and teaching caregivers how to stay healthy, positive, and sane!
"He has a wonderful heart and truly does care about helping caregivers. He is very easy to work with if you are hiring him to present to a group.×´
Kandace Gray
Area Agency on Aging
Cape Fear Council of Governments
Highest Evaluations
“We had 20 workshop presenters and Mike consistently received the highest evaluations from our students.×´
Jim Porto
Former Executive Director, nationally-ranked Executive Master's Program
University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health
Trusted by Healthcare, Education, and Government Leaders
