Congratulations! You’re about to start out in your first nursing job. You know it will be challenging, and you’ve been putting your brain, heart and soul into doing a good job to learn the skills needed to serve you patients. What are you doing to serve yourself at this time of transition? What are you…
Insights from a Camp Nurse
Have you ever wondered how to balance teamwork with individual boundaries? I spent the last two plus weeks working as a nurse at an overnight camp that my children used to attend. I’ve been doing this for close to 10 years. This year I was more aware of the balancing act that sometimes needs to…
Ways to use Self-Compassionate Mindfulness
Are you so busy that sometimes you feel like an automaton or perhaps even a zombie? Constantly doing can interfere with being aware of what it is you are doing and what is going on. The third component of self-compassion engages your awareness so you can take a balanced approach as you experience and observe…
Self-Compassion to Tap into Common Humanity
Are you feeling overwhelmed and a bit isolated? Historically healthcare practitioners have functioned independently even though we speak about teams. Each provider visiting a patient alone, charting alone and then developing a plan based on information from others, but once again alone. For nurses, at least with change of shift, there is usually some in-person…
Self-Compassion to Heal from Burnout
Constantly taking care of others can be draining. It is a big enough job to take care of yourself, let alone your family and patients. All this taking care of others can lead to exhaustion and burnout. Cultivating positivity is part of the solution to stave off burnout. Sometimes, positivity seems out of reach. You…
Stop Hiding and Share
Announcing my new website. As my regular readers know, the focus of my coaching practice is on the crisis of burnout among nurses and physicians. I’ve decided to stop hiding and share what I have to offer. My goal is to help people regain energy and passion to enable them to live with greater ease…
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