Megan Filoramo
Unlocking the Key to Understanding Your Needs
We talk about work-life balance.
We talk about self-care and burnout.
There’s lots of talking going on and yet relief doesn’t get closer.
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Megan Filoramo
- Aug 23
- 5 min
Burned out? No... Yes... Maybe?
Burnout is an experience, not a personal weakness. It manifests in many ways but the incapacity to experience positive emotion is hallmark.
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Megan Filoramo
- Aug 2
- 4 min
What is secondary trauma, and do I have it?
Trauma is anything that is too much, too fast. It's overwhelm for our nervous system. So what happens when our work causes us trauma?
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Megan Filoramo
- Jul 19
- 3 min
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.
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Megan Filoramo
- Jul 5
- 5 min
When a bath doesn't cut it: a deeper dive into self-care
Self-care is not just about recovery, it is about building our strengths, bolstering ourselves up.
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Megan Filoramo
- Jun 14
- 3 min
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
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Megan Filoramo
- May 17
- 3 min
Wait, am I starting the fire?
Whether or not things are fair at work, spinning out about it sets everything on fire, your relationships AND the quality of your work.
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Megan Filoramo
- Mar 15
- 3 min
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.
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Megan Filoramo
- Feb 9
- 3 min
Stop ignoring yourself
We ignore things for a lot of reasons but when it comes to other people, most would agree that ignoring them is incredibly rude. And yet...
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Megan Filoramo
- Dec 8, 2023
- 5 min
I am changing your job
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.
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Megan Filoramo
- Nov 10, 2023
- 3 min
Self-love doesn't mean rest: The epic self-love series, Part 2
Self-love: it CAN be rest, but it CAN also be taking action. Sometimes self- love is doing something that feels hard, for the greater good.
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Megan Filoramo
- Nov 3, 2023
- 3 min
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
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Megan Filoramo
- Sep 22, 2023
- 3 min
Sometimes anxiety means nothing
It would be great if there were a quick fix for anxiety. Unfortunately there's not but cohabitating with it may be something you could try.
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Megan Filoramo
- Aug 25, 2023
- 4 min
The one thing
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?
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Megan Filoramo
- Jul 28, 2023
- 3 min
Everyone has uncertainty. It means nothing.
Any decision can help move you away from the discomfort of uncertainty. Not choosing doesn’t protect you from unhappiness, it keeps you ther
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Megan Filoramo
- Jul 14, 2023
- 4 min
To say yes or no, that is the question.
How can you make the right decision, know it is the right decision, and be content with the decision you make? This one simple strategy.
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Megan Filoramo
- Jun 9, 2023
- 4 min
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?
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Megan Filoramo
- Mar 3, 2023
- 2 min
Becoming better
Work can be really frustrating, especially when you feel like things outside of your control are preventing you from doing a good job.
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Megan Filoramo
- Oct 28, 2022
- 4 min
You can't take a break
I see a lot of nurses struggling with the idea of doing it all, of getting everything done, of not taking a break. Sound familiar?
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Megan Filoramo
- Sep 30, 2022
- 4 min
Why we don't say no (and what to do about it)
Do you ever find yourself saying yes to something while your brain is screaming “NOOOOO”? We say yes and then we are resentful…or disengaged
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