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Megan Filoramo
Aug 24 min read
What is secondary trauma, and do I have it?
Trauma is anything that is too much, too fast. It's overwhelm for our nervous system. So what happens when our work causes us trauma?
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Megan Filoramo
Jul 264 min read
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.
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Megan Filoramo
Jul 193 min read
The obvious answer to compassion fatigue
Every nurse knows what compassion fatigue is. You spend a lot of time being compassionate.
You know the fatigue that can come from it.
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Megan Filoramo
Jul 123 min read
To thine own nurse be true
When your sense of self is poorly defined and your life conflicts with your core values and identity, moral injury can occur.
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Megan Filoramo
Jul 55 min read
When a bath doesn't cut it: a deeper dive into self-care
Self-care is not just about recovery, it is about building our strengths, bolstering ourselves up.
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Megan Filoramo
Jun 293 min read
Trauma of nursing
You’re not broken. Something isn’t wrong with you. You haven’t lost your empathy or your compassion or your drive. It’s time we talk...
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Megan Filoramo
Jun 213 min read
The futility of trying
At times, having faith in yourself and your capacity to bring about significant changes may seem unattainable. In the absence of this belief
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Megan Filoramo
Jun 143 min read
Finally moving forward
We can learn from the past but we can also let it distract us.
I don’t want to be distracted, not when it comes to building a better future
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Megan Filoramo
Jun 73 min read
Creating the culture you want: Enthusiasm as social courage
What happens when your job has great benefits, and you are good at it, but the culture sucks? How do actually cause meaningful change?
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Megan Filoramo
May 313 min read
When you have no idea what to do.
Because we lack control over many external circumstances, it seems reasonable to think that you don’t know what to do to feel better.
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Megan Filoramo
May 245 min read
When is self-improvement just too much?
Self-improvement sounds like a great idea. But oftentimes, work gets in the way. Work is exhausting and plans get thrown out the window
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Megan Filoramo
May 173 min read
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.
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Megan Filoramo
May 105 min read
What are you willing to do for some relief?
What are you willing to do for relief? Relief from the intensity of work, the emotions, cognitive load, or busyness?
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Megan Filoramo
May 34 min read
Self-compassion as a strategy, not a feeling
If we have an undertone of lack of self-support, our day is that much harder. Self-compassion can be learned and used as a strategy.
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Megan Filoramo
Apr 264 min read
Would you do it again?
It's not always just work that is overwhelming. What strategy can you use when EVERYTHING seems like too much?
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Megan Filoramo
Apr 194 min read
The answer to self-sabotage
Discounting yourself, downplaying your achievements, is an unexpected way we promote self sabotage. We don't have to accept self-sabotage
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Megan Filoramo
Apr 123 min read
How a small start can lead to bigger rewards
Not making progress in your life can be very frustrating and that frustration can seep from one area to the next, leaving discouragement in
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Megan Filoramo
Apr 55 min read
It's a sign
When everything seems to be piling up and overwhelm is becoming routine, this approach may be the fun way to get yourself out of a funk.
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Megan Filoramo
Mar 293 min read
The disappointment of me
Disappointment feels terrible. When we direct it at ourselves and top it with shame it can feel unbearable. The impact of this in our life c
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Megan Filoramo
Mar 225 min read
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
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