#199: Holiday gatherings can be beautiful and brutal at the same time, and that’s exactly where we spend our time: the messy middle. We unpack a practical, compassionate playbook for handling family dynamics, nosy questions, culture clashes, and the emotional whiplash of going from work mode to “be festive now.” We start with a smarter runway into the season: how to preload gratitude, rest, and realistic expectations so you’re not forcing cheer the morning of. From there, we explore the powe...
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#199: Holiday gatherings can be beautiful and brutal at the same time, and that’s exactly where we spend our time: the messy middle. We unpack a practical, compassionate playbook for handling family dynamics, nosy questions, culture clashes, and the emotional whiplash of going from work mode to “be festive now.” We start with a smarter runway into the season: how to preload gratitude, rest, and realistic expectations so you’re not forcing cheer the morning of. From there, we explore the powe...
Babbling About “Three Days Off”: The Truth About 12 Hour Shifts
Babbles Nonsense
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1 month ago
Babbling About “Three Days Off”: The Truth About 12 Hour Shifts
#195: Think three 12s means a breezy four days off? We pull back the curtain on the nursing schedule everyone loves to glamorize and lay out what those days actually feel like: recovery that swallows time, errands that only exist during business hours, and the mental load of gearing up to do it again. From the first cup of coffee to the late-night charting sprint, we trace the unspoken timeline of a “12-hour” shift that too often stretches to 14 or 16. We go beyond the TV version of nursing ...
Babbles Nonsense
#199: Holiday gatherings can be beautiful and brutal at the same time, and that’s exactly where we spend our time: the messy middle. We unpack a practical, compassionate playbook for handling family dynamics, nosy questions, culture clashes, and the emotional whiplash of going from work mode to “be festive now.” We start with a smarter runway into the season: how to preload gratitude, rest, and realistic expectations so you’re not forcing cheer the morning of. From there, we explore the powe...
