Selfcare Catalyst

Selfcare Catalyst Guiding healthcare professionals away from burnout to a well-balanced life

You arenโ€™t alone
08/09/2021

You arenโ€™t alone

Treating burnout in 5 steps ๐Ÿ‘‡๐ŸผโฃโฃโฃโฃNOWโ€ฆ I could write a book on this and if you want the full overhaul get on the waitlis...
07/16/2021

Treating burnout in 5 steps ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผโฃโฃ
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NOWโ€ฆ I could write a book on this and if you want the full overhaul get on the waitlist for mentorship (link in bio) โฃโฃ
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๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ ๐Ÿ“ ๐ ๐š๐ฆ๐ž-๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ซโฃโฃ
๐ญ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐›๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ: โฃโฃ
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๐Ÿ”ฅAccept/recognize you are burned AF or on your way there and admit something needs to give. Once you recognize that you can take action! โฃโฃ
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๐Ÿ”ฅAssess your work life. What are your burnout triggers? Knowing those makes it a million times easier to work through these things. Is it your schedule? Patient population? Toxic workplace issues? Inability to leave work at work? Do you need to set some boundaries or self advocated to tweak something?โ€ฆthe list goes on โฃโฃ
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๐Ÿ”ฅAssess your lifestyle: when are you feeling at your worst? are you active, eating regular meals, hydrating, mindful. If you can truly assess where your gaps Are it make it easier to treatโฃโฃ
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๐Ÿ”ฅAre you taking time for you? PTO baby use it! And if you need mental health day, itโ€™s ok. Mental health is just as important as physical health. โฃโฃ
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๐Ÿ”ฅHire a mentor who can help you with all of this! Aka ME! If you are curious waitlist is in my bio. ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿผโฃโฃ

โฃ๐Ÿšฉ Are you at risk for burnout!? RED FLAG ALERT! (You are gonna wanna save this one!)โฃโฃSometimes we donโ€™t know what is j...
07/13/2021

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๐Ÿšฉ Are you at risk for burnout!? RED FLAG ALERT! (You are gonna wanna save this one!)โฃ
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Sometimes we donโ€™t know what is just โ€œI had a bad week and Iโ€™m tiredโ€ vsโ€ฆI am exhausted and this trajectory of exhaustion is not sustainable. โฃ
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๐๐”๐‘๐๐Ž๐”๐“ ๐ˆ๐’๐โ€™๐“ ๐๐Ž๐‘๐Œ๐€๐‹โฃ
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๐๐”๐‘๐๐Ž๐”๐“ ๐ˆ๐’ ๐๐Ž๐“ ๐€ ๐‘๐ˆ๐“๐„ ๐Ž๐… ๐๐€๐’๐’๐€๐†๐„ โฃ
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๐ŸšจPhysical symptoms โฃ
๐ŸšจEmotional symptoms โฃ
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๐ŸšจBehavioral changes to be aware ofโฃ
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If you are having any of these and feel you need support or tools I am just a DM away! โฃ
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๐—ช๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ง๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐ž ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ? (Comment below with corresponding emoji) โฃ
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โค๏ธ Treating burnout โฃ
๐Ÿงก Leaving work at work โฃ
๐Ÿ’› Boosting confidence โฃ
๐Ÿ’š Letting go of guilt when taking time off โฃ
๐Ÿ’™ How to set healthy boundaries โฃ
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The only people that donโ€™t feel imposter syndrome areโ€ฆ๐Ÿ‘‡๐ŸผโฃโฃImposters! ๐Ÿ˜ณโฃโฃWe have ALL been there! Especially when we are n...
07/07/2021

The only people that donโ€™t feel imposter syndrome areโ€ฆ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผโฃ
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Imposters! ๐Ÿ˜ณโฃ
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We have ALL been there! Especially when we are new to a job, a role, a relationship etc. โฃ
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These thoughts creep in: โฃ
The Iโ€™m not good enoughโ€ฆโฃ
Smart enoughโ€ฆโฃ
Qualified enoughโ€ฆโฃ
I donโ€™t know what Iโ€™m doingโฃ
Who am I to be doing xyzโ€ฆโฃ
Iโ€™ll probably fail at thisโ€ฆโฃ
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๐Ÿ”ฅ ๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐ž 6๏ธโƒฃ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐œ๐ก ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐š๐ฒ ๐ ๐จ๐จ๐๐›๐ฒ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ž๐ซ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ! โฃ
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๐Ÿšฉ๐’๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐Ÿ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ: when you hear the negative self talk ask yourself โ€œis this true?โ€ โฃ
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๐Ÿšฉ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ ๐š ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐œ๐ซ๐ข๐ฉ๐ญ. Become aware of the conversation going on in your head when your inner imposter is triggered. Ex. Instead of thinking, โ€œWait till they find out I have no idea what Iโ€™m doing,โ€ tell yourself โ€œEveryone who starts something new feels off-base in the beginning. I may not know all the answers but Iโ€™m smart enough to find them out.โ€ โฃ
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๐Ÿšฉ๐“๐š๐ค๐ž ๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐š๐œ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ: celebrating wins helps boost confidence and self worth no matter how small! โฃ
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๐Ÿšฉ๐’๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  your day 1 to someone elseโ€™s day 100! โฃ
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๐Ÿšฉ ๐‡๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐œ ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐Ÿ: The good news is being a perfectionist means you care deeply about the quality of your work. The key is to continue to strive for kicking a$$ but also to forgive yourself when the inevitable mistake happens.ย โฃ
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๐Ÿšฉ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ ๐š ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก๐ฒ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž and mistake making: failure is feedback babe!โฃ
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Truth ๐Ÿ’ฃ โฌ‡๏ธโฃ
๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐š๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐œ๐ก ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐š๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ง๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐ž ๐ฐ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ , ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐š๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ-๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐จ๐ซ ๐š๐ฌ๐ค ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ! โฃ
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Share with a friend who needs the reminder! โค๏ธโฃ

Happy 4th ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Thanks to all the peeps working in healthcare, police, fire, EMS etc to keep us all safe and healthy! โค๏ธ๐Ÿค๐Ÿ’™ ...
07/04/2021

Happy 4th ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Thanks to all the peeps working in healthcare, police, fire, EMS etc to keep us all safe and healthy! โค๏ธ๐Ÿค๐Ÿ’™ (ps swipe to see the most incredible ๐Ÿฆž roll in the world *drool*)

Here are 3 things you can do right now to feel more confident!โšก๏ธโฃ1๏ธโƒฃ Strike a power pose! You heard me right! Either wh...
06/28/2021

Here are 3 things you can do right now to feel more confident!โšก๏ธ
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1๏ธโƒฃ Strike a power pose! You heard me right! Either where you are or if you are worried what Karen will think do it next time you go to the bathroom! Firm stance, feet apart, hands on hips and head held high! Think superwoman! ๐Ÿฆธ๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ
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2๏ธโƒฃ Think of 3 things you have done really well lately! Celebrate those wins! You are always doing better than you think! โฃ
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3๏ธโƒฃ Say a positive affirmation/mantra to yourself! Examples:โฃ
โšก๏ธI choose positive thoughtsโฃ
โšก๏ธI am in control of my actions.โฃ
โšก๏ธI can do hard thingsโฃ
โšก๏ธI have survived 100% of my bad days. I am Resilient.โฃ
โšก๏ธSmall steps build my confidence. Iโ€™ll take a small step toward one of my goals todayโฃ
โšก๏ธI donโ€™t have to be perfect to be confident. I am enough.โฃ
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Drop one of your recent wins in the comments!! โคต๏ธ Donโ€™t overthink it! ๐Ÿฅณ

This is the most liberating thing youโ€™ll hear all week! โคต๏ธโฃโฃโ€œYou don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the fi...
06/25/2021

This is the most liberating thing youโ€™ll hear all week! โคต๏ธโฃ
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โ€œYou don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first stepโ€โฃ
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-Martin Luther King Jr.โฃ
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You can do hard things! โฃ
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Share with a friend that needs this reminder โค๏ธ I know I did. โฃ

5 questions to ask yourself before you decide โ€œdo I stay at or leave my toxic job?โ€โ€ฆโฃโฃโฃโฃ1๏ธโƒฃ ๐—ช๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ?โฃโฃ ...
06/24/2021

5 questions to ask yourself before you decide โ€œdo I stay at or leave my toxic job?โ€โ€ฆโฃโฃ
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1๏ธโƒฃ ๐—ช๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ?โฃโฃ
โšก๏ธNaming the emotions you feel and understanding where they are coming from is critical in problem solving. โฃโฃ
โšก๏ธ Are the triggers fixable? Deal breakers? โฃโฃ
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2๏ธโƒฃ ๐€๐ซ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฎ๐ง๐ฌ๐š๐Ÿ๐ž?โฃโฃ
โšก๏ธSafety is a must! How are the working conditions? โฃโฃ
โšก๏ธHave you been victim to workplace violence, harassment or assault? โฃโฃ
โšก๏ธAre you adequately trained for the work expectations? Never put your license on the line.โฃโฃ
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3๏ธโƒฃ ๐ƒ๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐š๐ง ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ?โฃโฃ
โšก๏ธIf so talk to them! They could offer you perspective, help with solutions, offer support and help with clarity for action taking โฃโฃ
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4๏ธโƒฃ ๐ƒ๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ž ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐๐จ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐ง ๐š ๐ ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐๐š๐ฒ?โฃโฃ
โšก๏ธOn your best days do you enjoy your role? Like the core things, your type of unit, care you provide, schedule, patient population/ specialty etc?โฃโฃ
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5๏ธโƒฃ ๐ˆ๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐š๐ญ ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ค? โฃโฃ
โšก๏ธ No job is worth your mental health!โฃโฃ
โšก๏ธ Sometimes PTO can help us reset and get clear on what our needs are. Use it! โฃโฃ
โšก๏ธ You donโ€™t need to suffer in silence, you arenโ€™t alone and burnout/overwhelm is not permanentโฃโฃ
โšก๏ธ Put you and your health first! โฃโฃ
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๐Ÿ”ฅ๐๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐ ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ๐ฑ๐ข๐œ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐ž๐ง๐ฏ๐ข๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ž๐๐„ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐œ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐š๐๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž ๐‘๐จ๐š๐๐ฆ๐š๐ฉ ๐Œ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ! ๐ƒ๐จ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐œ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ฌ๐จ๐จ๐ง!๐Ÿ”ฅโฃโฃ
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๐ŸŒŸ๐ƒ๐Œ ๐ฆ๐ž โ€œ๐‘๐„๐’๐ˆ๐‹๐ˆ๐„๐๐“โ€ ๐ข๐Ÿ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ!!๐ŸŒŸโฃ
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If you are tired of feeling lost, burned out and not confident as an RN or NP I have your roadmap to get you back on track so that you stop dreading your shifts. โฃYou donโ€™t have to โ€œfigure it outโ€, Iโ€™ve got you!โฃ
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You donโ€™t have to do anything you donโ€™t wanna do! If you are feeling stuck or unhappy YOU ๐Ÿ‘๐ŸผHAVE ๐Ÿ‘๐ŸผOPTIONS๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ! โฃโฃ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Œ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ก ๐Ÿ...
06/22/2021

You donโ€™t have to do anything you donโ€™t wanna do! If you are feeling stuck or unhappy YOU ๐Ÿ‘๐ŸผHAVE ๐Ÿ‘๐ŸผOPTIONS๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ! โฃ
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๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Œ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ก ๐Ÿ: You have to work at the bedside for X amount of timeโฃ
๐“๐‘๐”๐“๐‡: if you like the bedside COOL. If you donโ€™t, thatโ€™s cool too. DO what you like not what you THINK you should be doing. We have SO many options and you are an incredible nurse making a difference even if you work in a โ€œnon traditionalโ€ role!โฃ
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๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Œ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ก ๐Ÿ: You have to stay in a toxic job that is causing you significant mental distress for X yearsโฃ
๐“๐‘๐”๐“๐‡: no job is worth sacrificing your mental health. You do not need to set yourself on fire to keep other people warm. Its ok to think about the life you want and choose a job based on that rather than squeezing in life around your job. โฃ
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๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Œ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ก ๐Ÿ‘: Non bedside roles make you less of a nurseโฃ
๐“๐‘๐”๐“๐‡: Nope! You are making a difference each and every day. Everyone has a difference place, role, speciality, level of expertise and we are all essential. Even if your job is less technically difficult or less complex than another job it doesnโ€™t make it any less important! โฃ
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๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Œ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ก ๐Ÿ’: They wonโ€™t hire me I donโ€™t have experience inโ€ฆโฃ
๐“๐‘๐”๐“๐‡: They wonโ€™t hire you if you donโ€™t apply. You never know until you put yourself out there. Donโ€™t be paralyzed by the hypotheticals or by fear of failure. Failure is just feedbackโฃ
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Please share ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป and comment if you are in a โ€œnon traditionalโ€ RN role to give others ideas! ๐Ÿ’œโฃ
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๐Ÿค” Ok for realโ€ฆwhat does this even mean? Maybe itโ€™sโ€ฆ.โคต๏ธ๐Ÿ’œLeaving work at work so that you can truly REST?๐Ÿ’œHaving clarity o...
06/21/2021

๐Ÿค” Ok for realโ€ฆwhat does this even mean? Maybe itโ€™sโ€ฆ.โคต๏ธ

๐Ÿ’œLeaving work at work so that you can truly REST?
๐Ÿ’œHaving clarity on what makes you happy? What brings you joy? Who you are as a HUMAN outside of nursing?
๐Ÿ’œHaving energy after your shift is over to do those things and Netflix isnโ€™t the default?
๐Ÿ’œHaving more confidence both in and out of work? And rewriting all the false stories you are telling yourself that hold you back?
๐Ÿ’œHaving clear routines and habits that support your health physically and mentally? That you stick to?
๐Ÿ’œKnowing how to set boundaries with work, your social group and maybe even yourself?
๐Ÿ’œKnowing how to self advocate? Stand up for yourself?
๐Ÿ’œNavigating toxicity at work and knowing when enough is enough?
๐Ÿ’œKnowing your values and how to act in alignment with them?
๐Ÿ’œKnowing what burnout looks like and feels like so that you can act before it consumes you?

Yup and Iโ€™VE GOT YOU ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿผ

In the Resilient Nurse Roadmap Mentorship you will be given the tools you need to take your life back from nursing, you will get the accountability you need to support you along the way and you will be part of an amazing community of other nurses/NPs who are going through the same exact things you are. YOU ARE NOT ALONE! And you donโ€™t need to โ€œfigure it outโ€ anymore

If you are ready to discover true nurse life balanceโ€ฆI have your back every step of the way.

DM me RESILIENT if youโ€™re intrigued!! ๐Ÿš€ or LINK in bio to set up an enrollment call!

UNPLUGGED (starting after this post ๐Ÿ˜†). Excited to see what comes up as I reflect today and take time to look within โฃโฃW...
06/19/2021

UNPLUGGED (starting after this post ๐Ÿ˜†). Excited to see what comes up as I reflect today and take time to look within โฃ
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What we think we can createโฃ
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We can do whatever we put our minds toโฃ
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The possibilities are infinite โ™พโฃ
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Are you gonna unplug this weekend at all? โฃ
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