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Tag Archives: stress
Get a Life by Loretta LaRoche
Being true to oneself can be very difficult, especially for women. We are by nature nurturers, and that need seems to make us feel the need to take care of everything we come in contact with, often at the expense … Continue reading
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Tagged Loretta Laroche, perfection, stress, stress reduction for nurses
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Get a Life by Loretta LaRoche
Often we’re rushing around so much that we become incredibly intolerant of others. Time has become a measurement of how much needs to get done, and life is a daily race. Sadly, many of us live under the illusion that … Continue reading
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Tagged can we have it all, get a life, having it all, Loretta Laroche, manners, stress
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Get a Life by Loretta LaRoche
So many of us are caught up not only in trying to find out who made us stressed and miserable but also in storing the information and cataloging it for future use. I call this “baggage handling” because after a … Continue reading
Get A Life by Loretta LaRoche
I can make myself go off the deep end by playing and replaying conversations in my head or by going over something that might happen. My inner saboteurs love to tease and torment me. I particularly hate injustices, and I … Continue reading
Get A Life by Loretta LaRoche
I imagine many men who might be reading this article have often wondered why women spend so much time in the bathroom. MIT went so far as to do some research in the area. They discovered that women on average … Continue reading
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Tagged humor for nurses, laughter, Loretta Laroche, stress, toilet paper
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Get A Life by Loretta Laroche
Whenever I do a seminar on stress management, I always get a majority of individuals who want to spend a lot of time discussing the past and how different their lives would have been if they had made better decisions. … Continue reading
Stress Fractures: Using Humor to Alleviate Nursing Stress
As part of the admissions procedure in the hospital where I once worked, I asked patients if they were allergic to anything. If they were, I would print it on an allergy band placed on the patient’s wrist. Once, when … Continue reading
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Tagged bananas, humor and nurses, humor in the workplace, stress, stress management, truth telling
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