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Megan Filoramo
Dec 6, 20244 min read
The Power of Paying Attention: How Mindfulness Can Help Healthcare Workers Combat Burnout
Healthcare can be chaotic, but mindfulness doesn't have to be complicated. These practices can calm your nervous system and break the stress
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Megan Filoramo
Nov 22, 20246 min read
Recognizing compassion fatigue for what it is
Compassion fatigue is not a death sentence to the career that you have poured your heart and soul into. Compassion fatigue is treatable.
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Megan Filoramo
Nov 15, 20244 min read
Choose your own adventure...at work
In the absence of data, our brains create stories (Brene Brown). How we use this skill can make or break our experience at work.
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Megan Filoramo
Nov 1, 20243 min read
What to do when you're sliding toward burnout.
Tough weeks at work are unavoidable you may be crashing and burning. What if it wasn't a problem when you feel yourself getting burned out?
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Megan Filoramo
Sep 13, 20244 min read
How to Prevent Burnout. Yes, it's a thing.
As Benjamin Franklin said, "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure."
In healthcare, we know the little things matter.
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Megan Filoramo
Jul 19, 20243 min read
The obvious answer to compassion fatigue
Every nurse knows what compassion fatigue is. You spend a lot of time being compassionate.
You know the fatigue that can come from it.
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Megan Filoramo
Jun 29, 20243 min read
Trauma of nursing
You’re not broken. Something isn’t wrong with you. You haven’t lost your empathy or your compassion or your drive. It’s time we talk...
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Megan Filoramo
May 31, 20243 min read
When you have no idea what to do.
Because we lack control over many external circumstances, it seems reasonable to think that you don’t know what to do to feel better.Â
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Megan Filoramo
May 10, 20245 min read
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
Feb 23, 20243 min read
Worklife, Version 2.0
You want to feel better at work. You don't want to dread going in, or feel exhausted coming out. But it seems like nothing is going to chang
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Megan Filoramo
Feb 2, 20245 min read
Drowning at work
Do you ever feel like you are drowning at work? Like you are thrashing around and can't get your feet under you? Difficulty sleeping? Worry?
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Megan Filoramo
Jan 26, 20244 min read
Looking in the wrong place?
The majority of nurses leaving the profession are not doing so to follow another passion, they are leaving as a last ditch effort to help th
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Megan Filoramo
Oct 20, 20232 min read
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
Oct 13, 20234 min read
Honoring where you are...maybe
What does it mean to honor where we are now and why is it important? How is it the first step to healing, building resilience and thriving?
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Megan Filoramo
Sep 1, 20234 min read
Plans, plans, and more plans
What happens when you don't make a plan for the important things in life? Frustration with a side of chaos. How can we plan to feel better?
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Megan Filoramo
Aug 25, 20234 min read
The one thing
Nurses take care of A LOT of things at work and in life. The question: on a 0/10 scale, how much are you taking care of your physical body?
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Megan Filoramo
Aug 18, 20234 min read
What were you thinking?!?!?
Does ruminating about work keep you up at night? It used to keep me up too. This one strategy can help you reclaim your sleep.
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Megan Filoramo
Aug 4, 20234 min read
Shooting for neutral
If loving your job seems totally out of reach, shooting for feeling neutral may give you the forward momentum you are looking for.
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Megan Filoramo
Jul 21, 20233 min read
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
Jun 2, 20234 min read
The cold turkey effect.
Your life can be changed in one minute, with one thought. How does this happen? How can someone change their mind and accomplish something
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