J. Dietrich Stroeh’s life came apart after learning that his wife had pancreatic cancer. The Stage Four diagnosis took him on the roller coaster ride of his life.

Overnight, this successful businessman became a caregiver powerless over the course of his wife’s illness.

He had to face internal weaknesses and external obstacles in order to take care of her and, when the time came, lovingly let her go.

He offers other caregivers useful tips and suggestions he has learned the hard way in this free ebook, 13 Tips for Caregivers.

“These 13 blog posts and published articles are intended to offer thoughts, tips, and resources that could not only reduce the angle of your learning curve but also remind you that you are not alone,” Stroeh said.

Stroeh is also author of Three Months: A Caregiving Journey from Heartbreak to Healing. Now available in paper and as a Kindle ebook, these books explore his personal journey as a man who decided to be his wife’s primary caregiver.

Advocating for a loved one, caring for one’s self, being part of the medical team, and handling grief are only a few of the topics that are addressed simply in this first-person story.

He is also author of Being a Caregiver Isn’t Magic: It’s An Art

An engineer by trade, J. Dietrich “Diet” Stroeh has headed up projects great and small, and managed the Marin Municipal Water District in the midst of one of the worst droughts on record.

That experience was the basis for his first book, The Man Who Made it Rain, co-written with Michael McCarthy