Recovery
STOP Hoarding Your PTO!
After spending 10 delightful days in the Colorado Rocky Mountains, (my happy place), I again realized the value of taking a vacation and how much I needed one! And, from coaching nurses for the last 28 years, I happen to know many of you are hoarding your PTO (paid time off) and even losing it…
Keep Reading...Home for the Holidays? 3 Questions to Ask
Whether you love or dread this time of year, planning and prioritizing for the Holidays are important to help you stay Home, even if you travel. By Home, I mean feeling connected and grounded in yourself. This allows you to experience what is most meaningful with an authentic joy instead of powering through and getting…
Keep Reading...Can You Hear Me Now?
When my husband told me I needed my hearing tested because he was tired of repeating himself, I really thought the problem was his mumbling. But just in case, I decided to do it anyway. As the audiologist reviewed my results, she shared one critical piece of information with me. My significant hearing loss was…
Keep Reading...The Gift of Compassion
When I fell on a hike last month dislocating and fracturing my right shoulder, I experienced many acts of compassion: The good samaritan who helped me to my car, drove me to the emergency room, and stayed with me until my husband arrived; The nurses and physicians in the ER who reduced my shoulder after…
Keep Reading...Why Am I’m So Tired?
How often do you ask yourself, Why am I so tired? When we question our energy levels and don’t feel justified when they are low, we dismiss the need to prioritize our rest and recovery, a critical practice to Well-Being. See what I mean from this recent individual session in the Well-Being Coaching Program: Can…
Keep Reading...Surrender to the Rest
Healthcare organizations everywhere are concerned about the well-being of their employees and Atrium Health committed to doing something about it. Last month, 17 ICU nurses graduated from my 8-week Well-Being Coaching Pilot (WBCP) at Atrium Health, Pineville. The statistically significant results of the pilot reflect practicing Self-Leadership skills improve well-being by decreasing stress and burnout…
Keep Reading...Recovery is Your SuperPower
I woke up to a beautiful Colorado blue-sky morning feeling dark, disappointed and depleted. Everything felt heavy and I immediately searched for sources I could blame: My high-energy husband, happily whistling away while he worked…My Golden Retriever tracking my every step, eager for his morning walk…My scratchy throat, maybe I was getting sick…I was in…
Keep Reading...5 Ways to Fall in Love—With Yourself
I used to dread Valentine’s Day, resenting all the commercialism and hype. I now realize I was missing an opportunity to focus on myself instead of the inflated cost of flowers and chocolate. Whether you are currently seeking a love relationship, in one, or happily single, you can’t give what you don’t have, so falling…
Keep Reading...It’s About Time: 3 Practices for the Holidays
Do you ever find yourself saying, I don’t have time for this! Especially when life provides you with little but costly inconveniences like your car not starting, computer crashing, or chai tea spilled in your lap? Whether you look forward to the holidays or suffer through them, they require more from us—attention, energy, and time.…
Keep Reading...Presence with a Rattlesnake
Every Friday morning, I practice my recovery with a solo hike up Gregory Canyon in Boulder, Colorado. A couple of weeks ago, I was ¾ of the way down, completely lost in my thoughts, when a runner passed me going up yelled, There’s a rattlesnake on the trail ¼ of a mile down! That announcement…
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