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Are You Overfunctioning? ONE Thing to Help
After coaching many nurses and leaders over the last year, I have noticed a common theme. When nurses are feeling overwhelmed or out of control, we tend to overfunction. Our inherent role as caregivers and problem solvers make this an obvious way to manage our stress, but it is not a sustainable one. Overfunctioning is…
Keep Reading...Home for the Holidays: 3 Ways to Experience Joy
Home for the Holidays has a new meaning this year. Many of us have altered our plans forgoing holiday travel, festivities, and gatherings outside our household. These changes are disappointing and require us to be very intentional to experience joy at work, and everywhere else. Whether it’s your relationships, career, or the holidays, experiencing joy…
Keep Reading...5 Ways to Be Sick to Get Well
Last month I woke up to a sore throat, headache, and general exhaustion. That day, I proudly surrendered and spent the day on the couch. Day 2: I felt better, but still rested– just to be sure. Day 3: I thought I was over it and stayed upright working all day. Day 4: I crashed…
Keep Reading...Recovery with Resilience: Restore
Last year at this time I wrote about the need for recovery as I experienced a full speaking schedule, a lot of travel, and planning my wedding! Today we are experiencing different reasons for needing recovery with limitations on travel, social interactions, and resources, leading to what a CNO said recently, feels like one very…
Keep Reading...Care for COVID with Recovery: Normalize
There is nothing wrong with you. We have all been traumatized on some level with this crisis and as with all trauma, our humanness and vulnerability are exposed. These are recent comments I have heard from healthcare workers that reflect this: I just want things to get back to normal I feel so helpless, I…
Keep Reading...Care for COVID with JOMO
Whatever your current situation is, heroically working on the front lines in healthcare or essential services, working from home, or furloughed, for the first time in our lives, we literally have no place to go. There is no FOMO, (fear of missing out) because with all the closures and cancellations, there isn’t anything to miss.…
Keep Reading...Care for COVID with the ONE Thing
This marks week 5 of our official quarantine and I don’t know about you, but it is wearing on me. While my inbox continues to fill up with advice on how to best use my time, money, and energy during this uncertainty, I feel the need for less, not more. Today I give you the…
Keep Reading...Care for COVID with Gratitude
In these times of overwhelm and uncertainty, it may seem counter-intuitive to feel grateful for anything. But the truth is, no matter what happens with this pandemic, there is still more right than wrong with the world. Gratitude helps us keep a perspective to make space for hope, calm, and peace, which I know I…
Keep Reading...5 Resilience Skills for COVID-19
We are all feeling the effects of the COVID-19 virus outbreak but no one is more distressed right now than healthcare organizations. I am here to serve and support you in any way and have outlined 5 resilience skills that will help us all navigate this uncertain and chaotic time. Thank you for all you…
Keep Reading...5 Signs of NOT Taking Good Care (of Yourself)
Last month I wrote about recovery and since then I had another opportunity to learn and grow, (aka practice resilience). I required laser eye surgery for a torn retina, which can be literally blinding if not attended to, and the brief procedure was uncomfortable but painless. The recovery was another story. I was instructed to…
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