Handling change at work and avoiding overload

How to maintain emotional balance in a new nursing role or challenging transition
Last week, I had a meltdown. I don’t mean just a few flaky moments, this was the real thing.
I was struggling with a virus and was overtired and overwhelmed. It felt like everything was spiralling out of control and at the centre of it all was useless little me.
Self-compassion was nowhere to be seen – my inner critic was fully in the driving seat.
What impacts our emotional equilibrium
Thankfully, a few doses of paracetamol and good night’s sleep later, a degree of emotional equilibrium was restored. But this ‘blip’ prompted me to reflect on the previous few months in the hope that I could gain insight into what made me ‘tip over’.
At the end of the summer, I took over
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