Megan Filoramo
Burned out? No... Yes... Maybe?
Burnout is an experience, not a personal weakness. It manifests in many ways but the incapacity to experience positive emotion is hallmark.
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Megan Filoramo
- Jun 7
- 3 min
Creating the culture you want: Enthusiasm as social courage
What happens when your job has great benefits, and you are good at it, but the culture sucks? How do actually cause meaningful change?
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Megan Filoramo
- May 10
- 5 min
What are you willing to do for some relief?
What are you willing to do for relief? Relief from the intensity of work, the emotions, cognitive load, or busyness?
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Megan Filoramo
- Jan 12
- 5 min
The one thing to do when work is A LOT
Sometimes so much is going on at work that the idea of trying to change anything is too overwhelming. What if the answer lay outside of work
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Megan Filoramo
- Dec 22, 2023
- 3 min
Don't decide!
While there are times that making decisions ahead of time can be very useful, there are times that it results in worry and overwhelm
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Megan Filoramo
- Oct 20, 2023
- 2 min
Skipping the first step
We know the inherent dangers of not down-regulating the nervous system. We know if we don’t do it, our overall health and wellness suffer
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Megan Filoramo
- Sep 22, 2023
- 3 min
Sometimes anxiety means nothing
It would be great if there were a quick fix for anxiety. Unfortunately there's not but cohabitating with it may be something you could try.
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Megan Filoramo
- Jul 21, 2023
- 3 min
Do you worry about work?
Worrying is suffering twice. Do you worry about work and about having energy to do anything after? Looking forward to things at work helps.
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Megan Filoramo
- May 26, 2023
- 4 min
What do you need, Love?
Do you ever feel like there is nothing you can do to feel better, that the situation is just too tough and you don't know where to start?
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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 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
- Aug 5, 2022
- 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
- Jun 10, 2022
- 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
- Apr 1, 2022
- 4 min
Why you can't keep hating your job
What happens when we get to the point that the best we can do at work is go through the motions? So overwhelmed, disengaged and tired
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Megan Filoramo
- Mar 18, 2022
- 5 min
The solution to letting people down
The despair of nurses breaks my heart. To make it worse, I hear over and over that they feel alone, unheard, unsupported. What's the solutio
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Megan Filoramo
- Jan 7, 2022
- 3 min
Martin Scorsese lives in my head
Paralyzed by what if?" Is the storyline in your head always ending in bizarre tragedy? What if the worst case scenario wasn't a problem?
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Megan Filoramo
- Dec 10, 2021
- 4 min
How to be relaxed without stopping
This time of year can be crazy. It's frustrating to miss the enjoyment because of the stress. What if we can be relaxed AND do everything?
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Megan Filoramo
- Dec 3, 2021
- 5 min
What if your to-do list had only1 thing?
Overwhelm is just as common as hot chocolate at this time of year. What if you could do all the things and feel calm? 3 steps to start are h
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Megan Filoramo
- Jul 9, 2021
- 4 min
Life is like kettlecorn
It often feels that anxiety can't coexist with other feelings, like the anxiety has to be "fixed" to feel better or move forward. True?
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