Megan Filoramo
4 steps to save yourself when understaffed and underprepared
Before you even walk into work, do you feel the stress building? These 4 steps can help you squash overwhelm and feel better starting today.
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Megan Filoramo
- Jan 20
- 4 min
What do you have to lose?
Asking “what do I have to lose” puts focus exactly where we don’t want it, ON THE COST. The better question is, "what do we have to gain?"
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Megan Filoramo
- Jan 13
- 4 min
What if no one knows what they're doing
Do you need a guidebook? Do you feel that somehow, someone should have been able to prepare you for your current situation?
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Megan Filoramo
- Jan 6
- 4 min
What's the matter with you?
It’s the week of setting resolutions, or for many, rejecting the idea of resolutions as they feel they are synonymous with failure.
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Megan Filoramo
- Dec 30, 2022
- 2 min
The lecture you missed in nursing school
Nurses are not superhumans.
I know that may sound controversial but the ideal of the superhuman nurse doesn’t help any of us. We're normal
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Megan Filoramo
- Dec 23, 2022
- 2 min
Thanks...yup, that's it
It’s a frazzled time of year and juggling work and real life can feel like running on a hamster wheel. Appreciation can slow the wheel.
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Megan Filoramo
- Dec 16, 2022
- 3 min
The answer to holiday AND work stress
How do you feel about the holidays and the end of the year? How do you feel about work? Stressed? Overwhelmed? Wishing for it all to be over
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Megan Filoramo
- Dec 9, 2022
- 5 min
the plan that never works...ever
As we come to the end of the year, it's a good time to review where we’ve been and where we are going. Do you know? What's your plan?
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Megan Filoramo
- Dec 2, 2022
- 3 min
It's December. Don't anyone panic!
December is one of the few months that people seem acutely aware of how many days are left. How do we protect ourselves from the panic?
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Megan Filoramo
- Nov 24, 2022
- 3 min
The one strategy you need to survive work...and the holidays
While we often look forward to the holidays, the positive emotions can sometimes have a sneaky undertone of nervous overwhelm.
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Megan Filoramo
- Nov 18, 2022
- 2 min
Do you suck your thumb at work?
We all know how important self-soothing is for infants and toddlers but somehow, we don’t think about it for ourselves…
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Megan Filoramo
- Nov 11, 2022
- 3 min
Movies, metaphors and moving forward
We want to be inspired before making a change, hoping that tomorrow will come with motivation and drive, waiting to take action because none
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Megan Filoramo
- Nov 4, 2022
- 3 min
The one lie that is holding you back
It is easy to feel stuck by your work situation and the effect it has on the rest of your life. To get relief, you have to debunk one lie.
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Megan Filoramo
- Oct 28, 2022
- 4 min
You can't take a break
I see a lot of nurses struggling with the idea of doing it all, of getting everything done, of not taking a break. Sound familiar?
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Megan Filoramo
- Oct 21, 2022
- 4 min
Creating vs. consuming: crafting our way to happiness
Let's face it, we all just want to feel better. The question is, are we using the most efficient way to get there? Or are we defaulting to
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Megan Filoramo
- Oct 14, 2022
- 3 min
When you don't know what to do to make things better
"Things aren't going to change, nothing is going to work.' This is the voice of overwhelm at work, and it can be paralyzing.
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Megan Filoramo
- Oct 7, 2022
- 4 min
There's no relief in sight...right?
Have you ever felt that there’s no relief in sight? It’s a truly terrible feeling, a somewhat oppressive, desperate feeling. Not recommended
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Megan Filoramo
- Sep 30, 2022
- 4 min
Why we don't say no (and what to do about it)
Do you ever find yourself saying yes to something while your brain is screaming “NOOOOO”? We say yes and then we are resentful…or disengaged
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Megan Filoramo
- Sep 23, 2022
- 3 min
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, 2022
- 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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