We avoid being wrong to escape rejection and embarrassment, but accepting it opens doors to growth, motivation, and positive change.

At this time of year, work may seem like the easiest part of your day and considering the work you do, that really says something about life

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

It may seem hard to feel optimistic about working in healthcare. What if the answer lies in a simple practiced routine of gratitude?

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

The problem BEHIND the problem is that we don’t believe we can feel better at work, or at home, if something in our situation doesn't change

We are faced with difficult situations all day long, during our work day and our home lives. How can we be happy and avoid overwhelm despite

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.

Self-care is not just about recovery, it is about building our strengths, bolstering ourselves up.

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

Whether or not things are fair at work, spinning out about it sets everything on fire, your relationships AND the quality of your work. 

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

Not making progress in your life can be very frustrating and that frustration can seep from one area to the next, leaving discouragement in

When everything seems to be piling up and overwhelm is becoming routine, this approach may be the fun way to get yourself out of a funk.

A diatribe could be written about all the things that make working in healthcare difficult. What else is true about the work we do?

Look at your life through a nursing lens. Zoom out. What is your overall goal? We can't design a project if we don't know what the goal is.

Has it ever occurred to you that maybe you don’t want to feel happy at work? Let me tell you why I don’t want to always feel pleased or con

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?

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.