Blogs

May 28, 2026

What Nurses Carry That We Rarely Talk About

The word burnout comes up often in healthcare these days. We talk about staffing shortages, compassion fatigue, emotional exhaustion, and moral distress. We measure it, study it, and try to create solutions for it. And all of that matters. But I sometimes wonder if there is another kind of loss […]
April 21, 2026

Stress Lives in the ‘Shoulds’

Stress often arrives wearing the mask of responsibility. It tells us we are not doing enough. Not moving fast enough. Not succeeding as much as we should. Not holding everything together the way others seem to. Stress frequently lives in the language of should. I should have done more. I […]
March 16, 2026

Steps of Change

Steps of Change Finding Steady Ground in a World That Keeps Shifting The Oxford Dictionary describes a paradigm shift as “a fundamental change in approach or underlying assumptions.” In other words, our world, our rules, and our expectations have changed on every possible level. Life can feel like that moment […]
January 6, 2026

Called to Serve: Defending the Soul of Nursing and Education

In the military, demotion typically follows a court-martial or formal process that clearly states the reason for the action. Recently, however, an administrative decision made without stated cause stripped nursing and education of their professional status, a move that may have unexpected and lasting consequences for our society. I ask […]