{"product_id":"be-present-kathy-swanstrom-9798996549290","title":"Be Present: Finding Life In The Little Moments","description":"Be Present \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYou are in the room. But are you truly there?\u003cp\u003eAfter forty years of building and leading caregiving communities, Kathy Swanstrom learned something unexpected: \u003cb\u003ethe moments that matter most are rarely the dramatic ones. They are the small ones.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe extra minute you stayed. The question you asked - and waited to hear answered. The hand you held. The name you remembered. The choice to stop fixing long enough to simply \u003ci\u003ebe there\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBe Present\u003c\/b\u003e is for the people who do the work of caring - and quietly wonder if they're doing enough: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003eThe \u003cb\u003enurse, aide, or caregiver\u003c\/b\u003e whose hands are in this work every single day\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003eThe \u003cb\u003eadministrator\u003c\/b\u003e who runs the building but can't slow down inside it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003eThe \u003cb\u003efamily member\u003c\/b\u003e who showed up faithfully and still wonders if it was enough\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAnyone\u003c\/b\u003e who has ever loved someone while learning how fragile time really is\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not a clinical manual. It is a deeply human reflection on caregiving, burnout, grief, and connection - written not from the far shore of having it all figured out, but from the middle of the river, by someone still learning to swim.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on four decades of training staff, sitting beside residents, and walking with families through the hardest moments of their lives, Kathy offers something most caregiving books don't: permission. Permission to be imperfect. Permission to grieve. Permission to stop performing care and start \u003ci\u003ebeing present\u003c\/i\u003e for it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBecause in the end, presence is what people remember.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou do not have to be perfect to care for someone well. You just have to be present.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eKathy Swanstrom is the founder of Anchor Care Consulting and has spent forty years building and leading caregiving communities.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kathy Swanstrom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798996549290\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Anchor Care Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/24\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 124\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.39lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.29d","brand":"Kathy Swanstrom","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49173941584127,"sku":"9798996549290","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1ae2ddf7-1241-4566-afac-7ef427f03f81.jpg?v=1788957177","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/be-present-kathy-swanstrom-9798996549290","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}