{"id":2717,"date":"2023-01-10T16:17:08","date_gmt":"2023-01-10T16:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jessicadeeb.com\/?p=2717"},"modified":"2026-03-19T16:27:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T16:27:00","slug":"supports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jessicadeeb.com\/?p=2717","title":{"rendered":"Support"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<h2>Support: Some Ideas<\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2>Support System<\/h2>\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Make a list of everyone whose&nbsp;been there for you (in kind and consistent ways).&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reconnect with those you\u2019ve lost touch with, including those who live far away- tell them <em>why <\/em>they are important to you. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Believe you can still find your tribe. They may also be online, authors, mentors, etc. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Eliminate toxic people<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reconsider&nbsp;those who are inconsistent or&nbsp;you\u2019ve grown apart from. Consider having the hard conversation that gives you both a chance to reconnect. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ask someone to be \u201csponsor\u201d&nbsp;for situations where you are&nbsp;trying to use mindfulness&nbsp;instead of reacting in habitual&nbsp;ways<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<hr>\n<h2>Ways to Connect<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Be a good friend first before expecting others to be.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Initiate: Plan, coordinate, invite, remind, host an event\/holiday<\/li>\n<li>Set the date for next time at the end of each get together so it\u2019s already planned<\/li>\n<li>Online: Cheer-Support-Affirm on someone\u2019s social media page<\/li>\n<li>Check-in: Text\/Email<\/li>\n<li>Call: Skype\/Zoom\/FaceTime<\/li>\n<li>Snail Mail: Write letter\/Postcard\/Send care package<\/li>\n<li>Home: Potluck\/Game Night<\/li>\n<li>Garage Sale\/Neighborhood Picnic<\/li>\n<li>Help: a neighbor, a new parent, someone recovering from health issue\/aging<\/li>\n<li>Date out: Meal\/Comedy club\/Festival\/Movie\/Theme park\/Beach<\/li>\n<li>Work: Sit in communal spaces; Invite others out to eat; Bring bagels-donuts-fruit to work<\/li>\n<li>Attend: a loved ones event, sport, chemo\/dialysis, important appointment&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<h2>Ask for Help<\/h2>\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Be vulnerable and risk being a burden and ask for help anyway. Also, ask your loved one how full their tank currently is and let them know you&#8217;ll understand (and do the same for them) if they need to tell you they can&#8217;t this time. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ask trusted friends for referrals\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ask AI: Anthropic can help you brainstorm for resources in your environment and questions to help you explore yourself, offer immediate feedback rooted in previous conversations where it learns about you and remembers, compile medical records from your entire history across different doctors thereby synthesizing all your data at hand to create smart questions for your medical team, and so much more! <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kid Caregiving: Care.com\/Doublemintistting.com<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Elderly Caregiving: Care.com\/Visiting Angels<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Petsitting: Rover<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hired help: Thumbtack, Angie<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Support: Some Ideas Support System Ways to Connect Be a good friend first before expecting others to be.&nbsp; Initiate: Plan, coordinate, invite, remind, host an event\/holiday Set the date for <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/jessicadeeb.com\/?p=2717\">Continue Reading &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/jessicadeeb.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2717"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/jessicadeeb.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/jessicadeeb.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jessicadeeb.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jessicadeeb.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2717"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"http:\/\/jessicadeeb.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2717\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5375,"href":"http:\/\/jessicadeeb.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2717\/revisions\/5375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/jessicadeeb.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jessicadeeb.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jessicadeeb.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}