Category: Self-care
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How to Rebuild After Betrayal
Suppose someone is telling you a story about how their business partner, whom they’ve known for a long time and trusted, has been stealing from the business. They’ve stolen hundreds of thousands of dollars over several decades. The person telling you this story is understandably hurt, distraught, and unsure of how to move forward. You […]
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Daily Report of a Recently Freed Pharmacist
Photo by Jennifer Morrow With permission from my friend and pharmacist, Jennifer Morrow, I share with you excerpts from her journal beginning the day she left her retail pharmacy job, which she calls, Daily Report of a Recently Freed Pharmacist. I’ve added comments. Her words are in italics. Having done all she could to make […]
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Should You Stay or Go?
“When we are no longer able to change a situation we are challenged to change ourselves.” -Viktor Frankl Sometimes there is nothing you can do to make things better. This happens with relationships, with health, and with work. We’ve all had challenges in one if not all of these areas especially over the past few […]
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What To Do When Things Get Tough
Any time you’re starting a new journey, such as a new job, you’re really excited about all of the possibilities. You have all these great ideas about what the job is going to be like and how it will fulfill your goals for yourself personally and professionally. After some time, you realize things aren’t quite […]
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Battling Burnout
A guest post by Emma Grace Brown The term “burnout” isn’t just a word used to describe a long or particularly trying day – it’s a real syndrome recognized by the World Health Organization. It consists of mental and physical exhaustion from workplace stress that leads to feelings of negativity and disconnection. Left unaddressed, burnout […]
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Finding Meaning after Loss
Most of us in healthcare are familiar with On Grief and Grieving that David Kessler wrote with Elisabeth Kubler-Ross based on Kubler-Ross’s work with the terminally ill. People experience grief much like they experience death in five stages. The stages are anger, denial, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. As David Kessler points out these stages are […]
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Nurture Your Creativity
Almost every one of my healthcare friends has some sort of artistic endeavor they’re passionate about. I know a pharmacist that plays Oboe professionally, a nurse that repurposes scrap metal and makes them into funky fishing rod holders. I also know a social worker that writes poetry. You probably have a creative outlet too—something you […]
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A Story About Small Changes and What Holds You Back From Making Them
Last week I was talking to a lovely twenty-something woman about her medications. There were two things I wanted to talk about: one medication was new, so I wanted to know if it was replacing a medication she was already on and the other was a change in dosage. The two medications I’m referring to […]
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Today is a Great Day to Reconnect
Over Memorial Day weekend I was able to reconnect with someone from high school. I hadn’t seen him since the ‘80s, and it was fun to catch up. At some point in our trip down memory lane, I asked him about his only sibling, his sister. The mood went from light to serious as he […]
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The 3 Question Rule
She who asks the questions, has the power. Use the power of questions to gain clarity and empathy, leading the way to stress-free work environment.
Mary the Medicine Woman 