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Your Worth Isn't Your Output
When was the last time you felt genuinely okay about yourself on a day when you didn't accomplish much? If that question is harder to answer than it should be, this post is for you.
caridonovan
Jul 193 min read


How to Stop Thinking About Work All the Time
You leave the building. You drive home. You sit down to dinner but your mind is still at work. Your body left hours ago. Your mind never clocked out. Here's how to change that.
caridonovan
Jul 194 min read


What Vicarious Trauma Feels Like And Why It Deserves Attention
"I shouldn't be this affected. I wasn't even the one it happened to." If you've ever thought something like this, you might be carrying vicarious trauma and the fact that you're minimizing it is actually part of the pattern.
caridonovan
Jul 193 min read


The Struggle of Saying No And How To Practice It Anyway
If you know you should say no but keep saying yes anyway you're not alone. For healthcare professionals, executives, and caregivers, saying no is hard in particular ways. Here's why, and how to start practicing.
caridonovan
Jul 183 min read


It's Not Burnout. It's Moral Injury.
Burnout sounds like something that happens when you work too hard for too long. But if rest hasn't touched the real problem, there might be something else going on. It could be moral injury, and it responds differently than burnout does.
caridonovan
Jul 153 min read
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