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…
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…
What Will Your Legacy Be?
It may seem odd to think about your legacy when you’re feeling burnt out, and yet this is a question that people often ask in one form or another during coaching. What is the impact I am making? What will I be remembered for? What do I want to be remembered for? What will be…
For Success and Freedom, Use Habits
Now that you have clarity around what you want to achieve, what are the steps that will get your there? For success and freedom, use habits to create sustainable action steps. From the outside it may look simple to others as to how you can achieve your desired result, somehow from the internal view it is…
Use Strengths to Overcome Burnout
Using your strengths every day is a way to increase your energy, make an impact and enjoy life more. You can use strengths to overcome burnout and move to well-being. The three hallmark signs of burnout are: Exhaustion, especially emotional exhaustion Depersonalization – insensitive and callous toward patient and family concerns; referring to patients as…
Strengths to Tap into Well-Being
Many of us have a vague sense of our strengths, what we do well, without having a vocabulary to really capture these attributes. For me, it took years before I could articulate what it is that I do best. Once I was able to hone in on this and identify it with words, I had…
