Megan Filoramo
4 steps to save yourself when understaffed and underprepared
Before you even walk into work, do you feel the stress building? These 4 steps can help you squash overwhelm and feel better starting today.
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Megan Filoramo
- Nov 18, 2022
- 2 min
Do you suck your thumb at work?
We all know how important self-soothing is for infants and toddlers but somehow, we don’t think about it for ourselves…
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Megan Filoramo
- Oct 14, 2022
- 3 min
When you don't know what to do to make things better
"Things aren't going to change, nothing is going to work.' This is the voice of overwhelm at work, and it can be paralyzing.
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Megan Filoramo
- Oct 7, 2022
- 4 min
There's no relief in sight...right?
Have you ever felt that there’s no relief in sight? It’s a truly terrible feeling, a somewhat oppressive, desperate feeling. Not recommended
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Megan Filoramo
- Sep 9, 2022
- 4 min
Are you a good nurse? Are you sure?
Sometimes work is like playing Mario kart, we pull out onto the course only to get smashed, blown up or derailed before the first turn.
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Megan Filoramo
- Aug 19, 2022
- 3 min
I don't know how to fix it
Some days at work can be really challenging. You find yourself looking around overwhelmed and saying, “I don’t know how to fix this…”
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Megan Filoramo
- Aug 12, 2022
- 3 min
How much discomfort is reasonable?
Our tolerance of discomfort is often largely based on expectations. We are much more willing to tolerate discomfort if we know it’s coming
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Megan Filoramo
- Aug 5, 2022
- 4 min
What to do when your empathy abandons you.
One of the most common concerns of overwhelmed and exhausted nurses is that they’ve lost their empathy, having a job to do without the soul
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Megan Filoramo
- Jun 24, 2022
- 3 min
Do you identify as a broken toe?
I hate the word burnout. It sounds so final, like a terminal illness. It’s so all or nothing, you’re “fine” or you’re burnt out.
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Megan Filoramo
- Jun 10, 2022
- 4 min
Is it a full moon?
I never believed in the full moon effect until I worked in healthcare. My husband works in a school, and it definitely happens there too.
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Megan Filoramo
- Apr 29, 2022
- 4 min
Hard vs. Stressful-Hard
Doing something difficult can bring up lots of emotions: sometimes dread or overwhelm, and sometimes anticipation and determination.
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Megan Filoramo
- Apr 8, 2022
- 4 min
10 reasons why it's not a problem
Something goes wrong and we immediately get a pit in our stomachs. Our bodies react reflexively and the crazy story telling begins.
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Megan Filoramo
- Apr 1, 2022
- 4 min
Why you can't keep hating your job
What happens when we get to the point that the best we can do at work is go through the motions? So overwhelmed, disengaged and tired
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Megan Filoramo
- Mar 11, 2022
- 2 min
Giving up on your patients
Would you ever give up on your patients? When they are struggling and vulnerable? Holding belief FOR them is one of nurses' greatest skills
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Megan Filoramo
- Jan 28, 2022
- 4 min
You are entitled to the remote
Are you ever triggered by a coworker, patient or family member,? You're minding your own business and they swoop in with negativity, ruining
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Megan Filoramo
- Dec 24, 2021
- 4 min
Getting exactly what I want for Christmas
What is it that you want for Christmas? I want peace. Not world peace (I want that too) but peace within myself and I want it to start now.
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Megan Filoramo
- Dec 10, 2021
- 4 min
How to be relaxed without stopping
This time of year can be crazy. It's frustrating to miss the enjoyment because of the stress. What if we can be relaxed AND do everything?
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Megan Filoramo
- Dec 3, 2021
- 5 min
What if your to-do list had only1 thing?
Overwhelm is just as common as hot chocolate at this time of year. What if you could do all the things and feel calm? 3 steps to start are h
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