Hello Ritual

⚠️ tw: pregnancy loss

💜 I didn’t fall off. I was surviving.

Over the last year, my real life got a lot louder than the internet — trying to grow our family, walking through loss, then a high-risk pregnancy 🤰🏾 and finally a C-section and newborn life. There wasn’t space to “show up” online and still take care of my body, my mind, and this baby.

🙌🏾 So I chose the thing I tell nurses to choose but rarely give ourselves permission to do: I picked my health, my healing, and my actual life over being “consistent” on social media.

➡️ Now that I’m easing back in, I’m not interested in pretending it was easy or acting like burnout is just part of the job. I want Selfish Nurse Club to be proof that you can be a nurse, a mom, a whole human… and not abandon yourself in the process.

🙋🏾‍♀️ If any part of this feels a little too familiar, comment CLUB so I know you’re here, and I’ll send this kind of nurse motivation straight to your inbox. 💌

🗣️ Let’s be real.
It’s not a mystery how some nurses have time for gym dates, therapy, journaling, or solo brunch.

🙅🏾‍♀️ They’re not luckier. They’re more disciplined.

To my fellow nurses who have escaped work/life balance….tell me👇🏾

⁉️ What’s something you do…
that burned-out nurses think they “don’t have time for”?

👏🏾👏🏾⬇️ Let’s drop the excuses & share the solutions.

‼️your mental health tip could help 22,000+ nurses….drop your advice below (even if you think it’s small 💜)

🗓️ 5 days nurses should put on your calendar every week

I don’t want to be the nurse who’s always running on fumes.

Always tired.
Always stretched.
Always showing up for everyone but myself.

I want to be the nurse who’s well-rested.

The one who’s clocking out and tapping into real peace — journaling, moving my body, taking solo dates, losing track of time in a good book or random hobby that has nothing to do with work.

I want my days off to feel like mine.

I want to be the kind of nurse who has boundaries.

Who prioritizes her joy.
Who’s protecting her peace and her nervous system like it’s sacred — because it is.

Because being a Black woman in healthcare is already a lot. I deserve a life that feels soft, sustainable, and fully mine.

If you feel this in your soul, I got you.

⬇️ comment “blueprint” and I’ll DM you my free guide to help you reclaim 36 hours of self-care every week — yes, even with your schedule.

✨ my life outside of work [as an L&D nurse in Atlanta] this week:

1. hot yoga 🧘🏾‍♀️
2. solo sushi date (brought my kindle & sat at the bar) 🍣
3. weight lifting w/ bae 💪🏾👩🏾‍❤️‍👨🏾
4. work laundry = only compression socks (my job washes our scrubs 🙌🏾)
5. fruity pebble oat milk latte from ☕️
6. friend date aka yap session w/ my bestie 👯‍♀️
7. brunch 🍽️
8. coffee + kindle at home on my ‘cozy reading beanbag’ from amazon 🤓
9. weekly haul 🛒
10. green smoothie i’ve been obsessed with (lmk if you want the recipe) 🥝

⬇️ nurse friends, please drop your self-care tips in the comments!

🗣️ when i say selfish, i simply mean showing up for yourself.

💜 outside of work.

putting on your own oxygen mask, BEFORE helping others 💨

👇🏾 let us know in the comments how you show up for yourself!

🤷🏾‍♀️ That’s it…that’s the tweet!

🗣 Let's redefine what being a 'good nurse' means!

*Feel free to share this to your story so other nurses can be inspired! 😁

👀 Are you a nurse who lives to work? Or works to live?

I am the latter. 💁🏾‍♀️

I remember always being tired, working nights, & dreading my next shift. 😣

I did not have the energy, nor the consistent schedule to truly live life or develop any type of routine.

I was just working and recovering on my off days....going through the motions.

But after leaving the bedside I was able to:

👉🏾 regularly attend therapy
👉🏾 develop a consistent workout routine
👉🏾 consistently get at least 7-8 hours of sleep every night
👉🏾 attend ALL of my friend's events
👉🏾 celebrate EVERY holiday with my family
👉🏾 get a remote job
👉🏾 increase my income
👉🏾 start a business

I mean seriously, the list just goes on....and on 😍

So if you are looking for a sign to start living a little more, and make some healthy career changes...

❗THIS IS IT ❗

👆🏾Make sure to follow if you want to be motivated towards a healthy nursing career!