Tese Stephens, PhD, MSN, RN, CNE
drtese.bsky.social
Tese Stephens, PhD, MSN, RN, CNE
@drtese.bsky.social
Believer. Resilience Researcher. Boat Rocker. Scientist. Nurse. Advocate. Nonnie to the greatest 3 grands!
Attracted to 996? Try 999 or 911 instead...
open.substack.com/pub/hefferna...
Attracted to 996? Try 999 or 911 instead...
Thinking is physical
open.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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The workaholic believes that by achieving their material goals they will finally be worthy of love and happiness, Arthur C. Brooks writes. The first step to rectifying this erroneous mindset is recognizing that it exists: https://theatln.tc/ZHLFB0A0
September 27, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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For the new installment of Working Better, I wrote about how we support our colleagues in higher education navigating extreme hardship--both in terms of our policies and also how we notice and show up for one another. www.chronicle.com/article/sick...
Advice | Sick and Still on the Job
Employees dealing with life’s hardships find institutional support to be highly uneven. How to fix that.
www.chronicle.com
December 1, 2024 at 3:51 PM
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"Few adults play musical instruments at all, and even fewer do so in a group," @mimbs.bsky.social writes. What health benefits might they be giving up?
It’s Never Too Late to Learn an Instrument
You don’t have to be talented for jamming to be worthwhile.
www.theatlantic.com
December 1, 2024 at 9:00 PM
December 1, 2024 at 5:22 PM
Question: How do you respond to those who claim addressing the root causes of #moralinjury and #burnout is polarizing? @wdeanmd.bsky.social
December 1, 2024 at 3:06 PM
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A true panic attack is all-encompassing and utterly incapacitating. When one strikes, every single biological system in my body rebels — the respiratory, the digestive, the neurological. Not appreciating the severity of a student’s clinical anxiety can lead to misunderstandings. chroni.cl/4eJ390x
The Best (and Worst) Ways to Respond to Student Anxiety
A faculty member who has struggled with clinical anxiety explores how to deal with the rising rates of undergraduate mental-health issues.
chroni.cl
November 22, 2024 at 12:19 PM
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#MoralInjury #MoralDistress #StopTheSilence

(TW: suicide. If you or a loved one are in crisis, call 988.)
US surgeons are killing themselves at an alarming rate. One decided to speak out
The grueling profession has long kept silent about mental distress. After losing a friend, Carrie Cunningham began telling her own story
www.theguardian.com
September 28, 2023 at 12:51 AM
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The answers to my latest ask me anything are out! Take a look

adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/ask-me-any...
Ask Me Anything, Answers (Video)
At long last, the Ask Me Anything is done!
adamkinzinger.substack.com
November 21, 2024 at 8:53 PM
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Donald Trump “has already put forward a batch of nominees so aberrant by historical standards that any one of them would have been a gigantic story in the past,” @dgraham.bsky.social writes. theatln.tc/Zw3cV2aD
November 16, 2024 at 2:20 PM