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.

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

Sometimes being at work can feel like being with toddlers, everywhere you turn it seems like someone is pushing your buttons. We get trigger

There are a lot of negative things that happen in life and these are made exponentially worse by our feelings that things shouldn't be

It's really frustrating when we don't know how to feel better, when life seems too much out of our control to make meaningful change.

We need our relationships at work to be strong. THIS is what we can focus on. Building up the people around us builds us all up

Do you believe that work can't get better? After all, nursing is hard and there doesn't seem to be any indication that this will change soon

Do you need a guidebook? Do you feel that somehow, someone should have been able to prepare you for your current situation?

While we often look forward to the holidays, the positive emotions can sometimes have a sneaky undertone of nervous overwhelm.

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

Are you ever triggered by a coworker, patient or family member,? You're minding your own business and they swoop in with negativity, ruining