In this episode, we speak with Roy Remer, executive director of the Zen Caregiving Project and author of Zen Caregiving: How to Care for Yourself While Caring for Others. Drawing on decades of work in end-of-life care, mindfulness education, and compassion training, Roy shares a grounded, deeply human approach to caregiving that reaches far beyond clinical settings. His message is clear: caregiving is not only for moments of crisis, but a set of life skills that can strengthen how we show up in every relationship.
Our conversation explores how mindfulness can function less like a formal practice and more like an everyday way of moving through the world. We unpack Roy’s framework around mindfulness, compassion, loss, and intimacy, and why emotional resilience begins with learning how to return to the present moment. What stands out most is the reminder that caring for others starts with learning how to steady ourselves, especially when life feels chaotic, demanding, or uncertain.
The Biggest Helping: Today’s Most Important Takeaway
Supporting people is to remember that at any moment, we have access to the breath, to the body, to physical sensations. And when we can come back to the breath, when we can come back to physical sensations, we can use this experience to ground ourselves, to steady ourselves, and to be more available to others
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