How to look after yourself, when you're busy looking after others
For the UK’s army of carers, Covid and Christmas bring extra pressures. All the more reason to find time to
switch off
How to look after yourself, when you're busy looking after others
Credit: VERONICA CERRI
Stressed? It's Christmas– of course I’m stressed. Like so many others, I am trying to navigate the latest lockdown rules versus what’s safe for my family: I have parents who are both in their 90s, a partner who works in the NHS, and two adult sons who, despite being bah-humbugs, dearly want to see their grandparents. Families nationwide have faced months of fear, loneliness, worry and disappointment. It’s natural for millions of mums (and usually it is us mums) to try to make this year’s celebrations extra special for those we love. And yet despite feeling more frazzled than an overdone roast potato, I know I’ve nothing to moan about.