Gratitude is a strong happiness booster. Positive Psychology research has found that being thankful and appreciative is one of the most powerful ways to move toward a more positive outlook and attitude. Gratitude is so powerful that happiness researcher Sonja Lyubomirsky refers to gratitude as a “metastrategy.” Simply put, practice gratitude for well-being. Double meaning…
Savor to Tap into Your Well-Being
Right now, you may be caught up in the moment and experiencing the intensity of your day from work and after work. Even in the moments of overwhelm there may be something that you can look forward to. What is it? Savoring provides you with a way to extend the positive experiences you have. You…
Take Charge to Build Positivity
Does being in charge ever make you feel uncomfortable? Do your colleagues balk that you’re overlooking their work, when you’re getting an overview of what’s going on so you can help plan distribution of work and admissions, as they come in. There are ways you can take charge to build positivity and lessen burnout. It…
Collaboration to Stem the Tide of Burnout
Sadly, when I speak about burnout among nurses and physicians, the word bullying comes up much more than I would have expected. For physicians there is an historic legacy of hierarchy with medical students being like a gnat and sometimes just getting in the way of all the work that must be done, then the…
Imagine Your Positive Future
Recently, I assisted in a mastermind group in which we all came as we imagine we will be in 5 years. There was so much energy in the room and a sense of success around what each of us achieved. Some of what we noticed about each other in the future is:We each tapped into…
Recall a Peak Experience at Work
At a recent presentation of Vital Signs of Well-Being at Danbury Hospital, for nurses during National Nurses Week, I asked the participants to write down and share their own 3Ws, “What Went Well?” One of the nurses told the group about an experience earlier that day in the E D, when she was able to…
