Caregiving Without Losing Yourself | Roy Remer

2026-06-29

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Caregiving is quietly breaking millions of people, and no one warns you it will break you too. I brought Roy Remer on to talk about the one thing every caregiver needs to hear—empathy without action doesn't heal anyone, it burns you alive. Roy is a meditation teacher, hospice volunteer, and author of Zen Caregiving. He's sat at the bedside of people in their final hours, and he's distilled everything he learned into a path that doesn't ask you to do more—it asks you to show up differently. This conversation will change how you see yourself, your loved ones, and what it really means to serve. If you're caring for someone—or know someo...

Caregiving is quietly breaking millions of people, and no one warns you it will break you too. I brought Roy Remer on to talk about the one thing every caregiver needs to hear—empathy without action doesn't heal anyone, it burns you alive. Roy is a meditation teacher, hospice volunteer, and author of Zen Caregiving. He's sat at the bedside of people in their final hours, and he's distilled everything he learned into a path that doesn't ask you to do more—it asks you to show up differently. This conversation will change how you see yourself, your loved ones, and what it really means to serve. If you're caring for someone—or know someone who is—this is for you.

00:00 The Hidden Burden of Caregiving

03:07 Introducing Roy Remer & Defining the Caregiver

05:48 The State of Caregivers in an Aging World

09:15 Mindfulness as an Insurance Policy for Caregivers

13:29 Presence: The Core of Zen Caregiving

17:18 The Five Stages of Compassion & Empathy vs. Compassion

24:44 Empathic Distress vs. Compassion Fatigue

29:11 Helping vs. Serving: A Covenant of the Soul

33:51 Accepting Resistance & The Gift of Witnessing

36:25 Nature Loss, Grief & The Cycles of Life

41:44 What the Dying Teach Us About Living Now

47:31 Where to Find Roy's Work & Final Blessing

LEARN MORE ABOUT ROY REMER:

https://www.zencaregiving.org/

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