With the daylight decreasing in the Northern hemisphere and the short days, it may feel like you are continually in darkness. Though office and hospital rooms are well lit, the time you get to look outside and to be outside is often dark. Many celebrate festivals of light in various ways to bring in more…
6 Standards for Excellence at Work
Preparing for my Vital Signs of Well-Being presentation for the American Association of Critical Nurses (AACN) regional Horizons conference, I learned about Healthy Work Environment standards which were identified in 2005. These were developed in response to evidence that “unhealthy” workplaces contributed to medical errors, conflict and stress among workers, ineffective delivery of care and…
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…
Spring, Time to Renew Your Well-Being
Rebirth, Refresh and Reawaken, spring is associated with these. It’s a time to renew your well-being too. The spring holidays, while making things more hectic, also offer an opportunity to pause and reflect. In healthcare, you may not be noticing much change in your daily experience; the patients keep coming in, at least there are…
Take Advantage of the Power of Gratitude
Recently, someone asked me what I think is the most powerful well-being practice for people to use. Very quickly I responded GRATITUDE. What is the Power of Gratitude? Those who practice gratitude daily either as an integrated experience of how they look at life or a more structured practice have better physical and mental health.…
Emotions are Cues, What are Yours Signaling?
We know intuitively that we often respond in life based on emotions, information from our limbic system. Those uncomfortable emotions you’re feeling about work and your situation are providing you with information. Get curious and look more deeply at the emotion. Emotions are cues, what are they signaling? What you find out about yourself can…
