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Success vs. Self-Care: Why We Think We Have to Choose
Many of us secretly believe we can’t be successful and take care of ourselves at the same time. This quiet myth drives exhaustion and burnout, especially for nurses who equate success with constant doing. But what if real success includes peace, balance, and fulfillment? By challenging the belief that self-care comes at a cost, we open the door to a version of success that sustains us—at work, at home, and within ourselves.

Megan Filoramo
2 days ago3 min read
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When Even the Things You Want to Do Feel Overwhelming
Sometimes work is just hard, life is just hard...everything just seems hard. Things are coming at you from every direction and even...

Megan Filoramo
Jun 132 min read
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Is self-care even worth it?
It's easy to feel like self-care doesn't work. You take a break but when you get back to work it is just as bad as ever.

Megan Filoramo
Mar 214 min read
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Drop everything, someone needs you.
Are you the person that people go to when there is a crisis? Are you really good at dropping everything and jumping into action? Read this

Megan Filoramo
Oct 11, 20243 min read
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Unlocking the Key to Understanding Your Needs
We talk about work-life balance.Â
We talk about self-care and burnout.
There’s lots of talking going on and yet relief doesn’t get closer.

Megan Filoramo
Sep 6, 20244 min read
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What if you had the solution all along?
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.

Megan Filoramo
Jul 26, 20244 min read
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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.Â

Megan Filoramo
May 17, 20243 min read
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Permission to slow down
Are you so busy? Are you so tired? We feel like we can't slow down or life will just fall apart. But if this is true, how can we feel better

Megan Filoramo
Mar 22, 20245 min read
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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.

Megan Filoramo
Nov 10, 20233 min read
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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.

Megan Filoramo
Sep 22, 20233 min read
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An iced Latte with almond milk and 2 pumps of arsenic
Work is like coffee. We know what it should taste like, we chose it because at the time we wanted it. We have expectations of what it should

Megan Filoramo
Sep 8, 20234 min read
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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?

Megan Filoramo
Aug 25, 20234 min read
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This one's for you
I’m not going to lie, when people talk about self-care I have a reflexive reaction to roll my eyes. One more thing to put on the to do list

Megan Filoramo
Apr 22, 20224 min read
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The catastrophe of putting yourself first
I am here to clear up a big misconception that is costing tons of people happiness. Putting yourself first doesn’t mean the people around yo

Megan Filoramo
Jan 8, 20214 min read
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