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Can you find 10-20 minutes per day to better your life? https://www.selfcareinhealthcare.org/blog/example-blog-post-1-97ssb monthly 0.5 2021-01-18 https://www.selfcareinhealthcare.org/coming-soon daily 0.75 2020-12-31 https://www.selfcareinhealthcare.org/about daily 0.75 2025-06-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bcce3b0b914494328f4b117/1607669227914-GOWMOA6X0FLEJ5Y7JORK/image-asset.jpeg About https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bcce3b0b914494328f4b117/1611104779361-6SW5TYFWSD4BJFO0U2DY/cathy.jpg About https://www.selfcareinhealthcare.org/contact daily 0.75 2025-06-21 https://www.selfcareinhealthcare.org/home daily 1.0 2025-06-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bcce3b0b914494328f4b117/1607701662326-C2NO5R5XJFGF54BP9VUT/image.jpg Home - My Background My background is unique because I too am a nurse and nurse practitioner, and have been there — right where you are now! Trying to give compassionate care to my acutely ill, medically complex patients and knowing there is not enough time to complete all the tasks at hand! AS NURSES, we know how you are feeling. Tiny shifts in the way one approaches situations can provide an entirely different and positive outcome. {Read More} — Catherine Calisi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bcce3b0b914494328f4b117/1610048652093-M3AMH7KVA4HZG07IG2AW/Untitled%2Bdesign%2528132%2529.jpg Home - Self-care is needed for you and our healthcare system – it is the answer to your health and well-being. ~ The toxicity of 24/7 stress will cause disease, both physical and mental. It is vital that we have an awareness of this. We need to find ways to prevent or release the stress, such as the relaxation response. How are you dealing with your own stress? ~ Although the toxicity of stress is known by some, knowing how to manage one’s stress level is not a focus for most. What new strategies have you added lately? ~ Are you looking to improve your well-being? Maybe a new relationship? A career change? Improve your health situation? Have you tried working with a coach? ~ Is your workplace environment in need of change? Can your team learn to nurture the nurses where the workplace environment supports each and every nurse? ~ Remember happiness happens when you are progressing or working towards a goal, when you enjoy the little moments in your life, and when you know your life purpose. Tweaking one’s mindset is the KEY! Book your first session today. 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Self-care is not only the traditional behaviors typically associated with what our fingers, feet, and our forks do, but rather, IT IS THE WAY WE SPEAK TO OURSELVES when we are challenged or stressed! https://www.selfcareinhealthcare.org/healthcare daily 0.75 2025-06-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bcce3b0b914494328f4b117/1610314596547-NEM1LWB01FRTGR54TZYS/nurses_meditating.jpg Healthcare - Workplace Wellness Programs We offer wellness sessions for staff consisting of the science and research of various modalities of mindfulness and stress reduction. This is both a short term solution to daily stress of the job and a long term solution for work-life balance. Focusing on relaxation, stress reduction, and mindfulness allows for staff to have more ease and focus as well as the longterm effects of have improved morale, enhanced vitality, and empowerment. Our programs support creating a new culture of wellness on your unit or institution. We offer train-the-trainer methodology for continued implementation once goals have been met. We can assist you in doing research on your unit regarding these methods of enhanced staff well-being. BENEFITS ~ Research shows that happier nurses have happier and healthier patients. ~ Nurses who take wellness breaks report less stress, less anxiety and less pain after returning to complete their shift. ~ NAM recognizes it is prudent to support nurses in any way as they carry out their role of caring for acutely- ill, complex, patients. ~ Techniques, programs and workshops are easy to implement for long-lasting value. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bcce3b0b914494328f4b117/1611105737805-ZR1HUR8J3P1UYFGQZW3M/CC.FUTUREofnursing_SMALL.jpg Healthcare Catherine shared testimony at The Future of Nursing committee meeting in Seattle, Washington in August 2019. 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