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When you've run out of willpower
By noon, there is no more willpower. You wanted to have a good day, you planned to have a good day, you took steps to try and make it a good day.
And yet, you’re exhausted and only half-way through the day.
So, what happened?Â
You’ve realized what anyone who’s ever been on a diet can tell you, willpower is a finite resource and there is only so much that willpower can accomplish.Â
So how do you keep doing all the hard things that are required of nurses?

Megan Filoramo
Apr 113 min read
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Light a candle, be a candle
Every nurse is a candle for their patients, a moment, an experience in someone else’s life. We need to remember this and apply the light to

Megan Filoramo
Jan 35 min read
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Exploring the Power of Generosity in Building Resilience
Helping and generosity are not exactly synonymous. Generosity is going beyond what is expected...and is a feel good way to build resilience.

Megan Filoramo
Dec 13, 20242 min read
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What if you could just decide how to feel?
Picking how you feel can change your life. It almost sounds magical but choosing our emotions is 100% within our reach.

Megan Filoramo
Oct 25, 20245 min read
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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.

Megan Filoramo
Jul 19, 20243 min read
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Finally moving forward
We can learn from the past but we can also let it distract us.
I don’t want to be distracted, not when it comes to building a better future

Megan Filoramo
Jun 14, 20243 min read
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Innovating your unique path to wellness
Innovating your own path to wellness may be the approach you haven't tried. What if it's the one that works.

Megan Filoramo
Mar 15, 20243 min read
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It's not just hard work
A diatribe could be written about all the things that make working in healthcare difficult. What else is true about the work we do?

Megan Filoramo
Feb 16, 20242 min read
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New year, same you? Perfect.
What if success didn't lie in resolutions for achievement but rather in the pursuit of becoming? What would that even look like?

Megan Filoramo
Dec 29, 20234 min read
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The epic self-love series: Part 1
Self love, true, transforming self love means treating yourself with care and concern. Everyone deserves being treated with care and concern

Megan Filoramo
Nov 3, 20233 min read
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Ask a busy person
Are you an amazing multitasker? Are you involved in all the things? Are you dancing along the edge of exhaustion at all times?

Megan Filoramo
Jun 9, 20234 min read
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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.

Megan Filoramo
Dec 23, 20222 min read
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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

Megan Filoramo
Nov 11, 20223 min read
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Take time to be safe
How do you keep your heart and soul safe at work? Are you taking universal precautions for your wellbeing?

Megan Filoramo
Sep 2, 20225 min read
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I believe all the things you are saying
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

Megan Filoramo
Aug 26, 20224 min read
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It's party time!!!
Wouldn’t it be fun if today was a day you could anticipate a celebration? Good news, we CAN create a celebration. We can celebrate ourselves

Megan Filoramo
May 13, 20224 min read
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Leaving things to chance
This one thought, this one core value, can help negate the disappointment, distraction, or discomfort of trying to achieve something new.

Megan Filoramo
Apr 15, 20224 min read
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Do you know who's the hardest person to stand up to?
We advocate for our patients even when it's uncomfortable, because we believe it is worth it.. for many, it's harder to advocate for ourselv

Megan Filoramo
Sep 24, 20214 min read
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Waiting for inspiration...waiting, waiting...
Waiting to be inspired is like waiting to lose weight, or waiting to have enough money to redo the bathroom. It doesn’t usually just happen

Megan Filoramo
Sep 9, 20214 min read
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