Better Together Diabetes.Recovery Series

Recovery Support
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Not all support flows the same way

Support flows like water, through pipes that can connect, leak, or block. The people who love you most might accidentally build the wrong kind of pipeline. Ready to see how support really works?

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Recovery fuel

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The 6 caregiver junctions

Most caregivers silently absorb all six of these roles during recovery. Tap each to expand it.

Most caregivers carry 3 to 6 of these roles simultaneously.

Nobody asks them how they're doing. Recovery isn't just about the person who got hurt.

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A 15-minute family meeting can change everything

Draw your support map

Three circles: inner (daily support), middle (weekly check-ins), outer (occasional check-in). Who is in each circle, and what are they actually providing?

Name the roles

Who is filling which of the 6 caregiver roles? Are any roles empty? Is anyone carrying too many? Say it out loud.

Ask the question nobody asks

"What do you need right now?", directed at the primary caregiver. Not the person recovering. The one holding everything up.

The research-backed pipeline

Here's what an intentionally designed support system looks like

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The ideal support system uses empathic responding as the backbone, autonomy support as valves the recovering person controls, structured collaboration as the wide main line, and friend fuel as a separate parallel pipeline.

"No family starts with the perfect pipeline. The point is to build toward it together."

Recovery SupportPipe Dream

The 6 caregiver junctions

Ready to build your real pipeline?

The research-backed pipeline

Recovery Support
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