Marriage With MS: A Wife's Journey | Lindsay Kelly | #147

Lindsay Kelly shares her powerful journey of resilience as she navigates being a caregiver for her husband with MS, raising six children, and becoming the family's sole provider. Through finding support and learning to embrace hard emotions, she transformed her struggle into strength and now helps thousands of people facing similar challenges.• Discovering her husband's progressive MS diagnosis that caused memory loss and mood swings similar to dementia• Transitioning from stay-at-home mom to caregiver and sole provider for a family of eight• Experiencing caregiver burnout while working two jobs and coordinating her husband's care• Finding relief and stability when her husband moved to assisted living• Starting to share her story on social media and growing from 1,900 to 420,000 followers• Creating a caregiver support group that grew to thousands of members• Becoming a certified life coach to help others find their smile again• Learning to embrace negative emotions without feeling guilty about them• Setting necessary boundaries, even with family members• Finding gratitude in small daily wins during overwhelming times• Discovering who she is as an individual apart from her roles as caregiver and motherLindsay offers a free masterclass for people who feel lonely within their marriage, teaching them how to reconnect with themselves and find happiness again.Happy Hacks: 101 Science-Backed Ways to Boost Happiness, Reduce Stress, and Build a More Meaningful Life.Available now starting at 99¢ on Amazon and Dave's Book StoreWritten by Dr. Dave Schramm, this practical and uplifting new book offers simple, research-based strategies to help you build greater happiness, strengthen resilience, reduceThe opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed in this podcast do not necessarily reflect the views of the Utah Marriage Commission.Visit our site for FREE relationship resources and regular giveaways: Strongermarriage.org  Podcast.stongermarriage.orgYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@StrongerMarriageLifeTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@strongermarriagelifeInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/strongermarriagelife/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/strongermarriage/Facebook Marriage Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/770019130329579Dr. Dave Schramm: http://drdaveschramm.comhttp://drdavespeaks.com Dr. Liz Hale: http://www.drlizhale.com/