Often, we know from experience that if we just can get ourselves started, if we just put on our sneakers, if we just take out the book to study, that we will then move forward. It’s the getting started that holds us up.  This is also true about feeling better at work.  Did you know that people experience resistance to the idea of feeling better at work? Can this be another iteration of that damning evolutionary response? 

As nurses, it's often not the patient care that we feel overwhelmed by, it's all the negativity at work, and sometimes it's our coworkers.

Healthcare can be chaotic, but mindfulness doesn't have to be complicated. These practices can calm your nervous system and break the stress

Compassion fatigue is not a death sentence to the career that you have poured your heart and soul into. Compassion fatigue is treatable.

In the absence of data, our brains create stories (Brene Brown). How we use this skill can make or break our experience at work.

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?

As Benjamin Franklin said, "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." In healthcare, we know the little things matter.

Every nurse knows what compassion fatigue is. You spend a lot of time being compassionate. You know the fatigue that can come from it.

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...

Because we lack control over many external circumstances, it seems reasonable to think that you don’t know what to do to feel better. 

What are you willing to do for relief? Relief from the intensity of work, the emotions, cognitive load, or busyness?

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

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?

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

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

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?

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?

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?

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.

If loving your job seems totally out of reach, shooting for feeling neutral may give you the forward momentum you are looking for.