Megan Filoramo
The sweetness of success
Survival week (noun): definition: a week filled with so many unrelated stressors that the main goal is to get through without a breakdown
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Megan Filoramo
- Sep 17
- 3 min
Just accept the status quo already!
I don’t want to be told what to accept, and I certainly don’t want to be limited. I truly believe there is endless possibility to up-level
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Megan Filoramo
- Sep 9
- 4 min
Are you a good nurse? Are you sure?
Sometimes work is like playing Mario kart, we pull out onto the course only to get smashed, blown up or derailed before the first turn.
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Megan Filoramo
- Sep 2
- 5 min
Take time to be safe
How do you keep your heart and soul safe at work? Are you taking universal precautions for your wellbeing?
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Megan Filoramo
- Aug 26
- 4 min
I believe all the things you are saying
What if I believe everything you say about your job AND I still think you can be happy at work? Even despite the unreasonable expectations
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Megan Filoramo
- Aug 19
- 3 min
I don't know how to fix it
Some days at work can be really challenging. You find yourself looking around overwhelmed and saying, “I don’t know how to fix this…”
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Megan Filoramo
- Aug 12
- 3 min
How much discomfort is reasonable?
Our tolerance of discomfort is often largely based on expectations. We are much more willing to tolerate discomfort if we know it’s coming
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Megan Filoramo
- Aug 5
- 4 min
What to do when your empathy abandons you.
One of the most common concerns of overwhelmed and exhausted nurses is that they’ve lost their empathy, having a job to do without the soul
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Megan Filoramo
- Jul 29
- 3 min
Regressing? Me? No WAY!
This week I had a setback. There I was, living my best life at work when someone did something that really aggravated me, like REALLY aggrav
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Megan Filoramo
- Jul 22
- 5 min
Happily Unreasonable
Systemic change is needed in healthcare, but we don't have to wait for this to happen before we can be happy at work. We can be happy now.
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Megan Filoramo
- Jul 15
- 7 min
8 reasons why happiness at work is like a failed attempt at exercise.
Being happy at work is much like being in shape. The tools that I have learned and used to accomplish a sense of peace and satisfaction at w
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Megan Filoramo
- Jul 8
- 2 min
The space between
Sometimes it is frustrating to look at where you are versus where you want to be. It's a sneaky way for all or nothing thinking to come in.
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Megan Filoramo
- Jul 1
- 6 min
10 ways to increase gratitude without obligation
Let’s face it, gratitude is trendy. As something trendy, it can prompt the “yeah yeah yeah, turn the page” reaction. Then there's the eviden
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Megan Filoramo
- Jun 24
- 3 min
Do you identify as a broken toe?
I hate the word burnout. It sounds so final, like a terminal illness. It’s so all or nothing, you’re “fine” or you’re burnt out.
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Megan Filoramo
- Jun 17
- 3 min
Are you a nice person?
How great is it to be on the receiving end of someone’s unprecedented kindness? What if every day, someone did something just for us?
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Megan Filoramo
- Jun 10
- 4 min
Is it a full moon?
I never believed in the full moon effect until I worked in healthcare. My husband works in a school, and it definitely happens there too.
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Megan Filoramo
- Jun 3
- 3 min
Stress isn't the problem
It feels like a problem.
And then there’s that whole physiologic response to stress with the cortisol effects and their sequelae…
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Megan Filoramo
- May 27
- 3 min
Are we there yet?
How many things in your life do you plan? We are superstars and planning all our tasks but what about planning our happiness?
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Megan Filoramo
- May 20
- 3 min
Why are there NO GOOD OPTIONS?
Do you ever feel like you have no good options available to you? That you’re stuck without any power to make things better?
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Megan Filoramo
- May 13
- 4 min
It's party time!!!
Wouldn’t it be fun if today was a day you could anticipate a celebration? Good news, we CAN create a celebration. We can celebrate ourselves
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