Day 1: The Reality of Abundance

When you set your intention for the next 21 days also place your intention (in thought or aloud) on the abundance of time, of joy, good health, prosperity and abundance of inner strength & virtues. Also call forth your vital force and your breath. Set the intention that you will be able to complete this challenge for the entire 21 days. Not only the meditations but all of the exercises in whatever form they take. Make sure you’re giving yourself enough focused time, in a quiet, peaceful space to listen to the mediation. It takes more or less 15 minutes each day.

DAY ONE EXERCISE

Make a list of 50 people who have influenced your life, in a small or big way. It could be one word, a book, a teaching. Dive through your life and bring those people in. Write the name of the person/people who touched you and the circumstance.

Ride the wave and trust in the collective consciousness that everything is exactly as it should be. 

Last Day of Zoom Class for Spring 2021

 

Nursing is my SuperPower

 Being a nurse is a calling and a life long mission. Nurses manifest the true nature of being a health care provider. A nurse shares her time and best effort to alleviate every patient's suffering, ensure their safety and extend care to their families. My takeaway in this profession is when I hear my  patient say "Thank you" or "I'm glad you are here." Knowing we made a difference to our patients make the long shifts and late lunches worth it.

I've been a Registered Nurse in 2007, graduated ny BSN from University of Cebu Philippines. I moved in the US  in 2011, then passed the Nursing Licensure Exam in 2013. I am currently working in the Adult Intensive Care Unit in an Acute Care Hospital in New Jersey.

Peace Out 2020

Goal Digging 101

 October 2020: I decided to set another goal in my life. A goal to venture outside of my professional career as a nurse. Taking the baby steps toward my goal as an entrepreneur. 

Having goals that we are passionate about gives us something to look forward to each and every morning when we wake up. 😊

Certified 𝗚𝗢𝗔𝗟 𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲. 

𝗬𝗲𝘀, 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝘁 𝗮 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲...✨

#entrepreneurlife #sidehustle #businesswoman  #goaldigger  #teamplayer #girlboss #love

I am officiall a Nail Stylist 🌟

 Hello girlfriends! Let me share my latest passion with you but before anything else, I would like to welcome you to our page “Girlfriends with Gorg Nails”.  This page is exclusively created for my precious girlfriends who think “self care or me-time- can be done by appointment only in a salon.😉

𝑯𝒆𝒓𝒆'𝒔 𝒎𝒚 𝒈𝒐𝒓𝒈 𝒏𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒔 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚. 

I love having my nails done, I always have. It just makes me feel more confident. The problem I have had is that I am always running and so the dry-time for my nails drives me crazy. I usually touch something too soon and smudge my freshly painted nails and have to redo one or two…every time. Patience is not my thing when it comes to nail care. The effort that goes into painting my nails, only to have my polish chipping off with in a day or two is also aggravating. I am constantly washing my hands at home and at my job. I have them in water a lot, and the polish just doesn’t hold up. I then decided to get my gel nails. I paid at least $60-$65 (both mani and pedi gels) and these gel ruined my nails after having it done frequently (every 2 weeks). Let me tell you a fact- gel nails are so unhealthy. 😩There have been reports that gel nails can lead to cancer. The UV light from lamps used to set the gel manicures have the same kind of damaging effects as a sunbed. The treatment can cause the nail to thin. It can potentially lead to infections. Ugh, scary!!! Nails breakage can apparently be more painful as the nail breaks at a much higher point. Some specialists claim that it takes the nails about 6 weeks to recover from a gel treatment .It’s going to be a lot tougher to remove the gel. You will need to soak your nails in pure acetone, which is very drying to the fingers or file them off. Ugh, it's time consuming and too much of a hassle🥴  To those gel nail users like me, I'm sure you can relate to what I just said✌🏼😁

The quarantine period during the COVID-19 pandemic, helped me discover this new innovation of nail care routine that can be conveniently done in the comfort of your own home, even in your car, on the plane~ anytime and anywhere else! And it’s really affordable $11-13 per stylish and colorful nail strips application that last roughly up to two weeks! I believe that a set of gorgeous nails is a masterpiece that you get to wear.👌🏼💖💅🏼

𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝑪𝑶𝑳𝑶𝑹 𝑺𝑻𝑹𝑬𝑬𝑻 𝑵𝒂𝒊𝒍 𝑺𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒑𝒔? 

𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝒐𝒇? 

Color Street nail strips are real nail polish in a dry strip form, with base coat, color coat and top coat in every strip. It's a quick, easy way to give yourself a salon-quality manicure without any mess or wait time. It lasts 10-14 days and are super easy to apply, no heat or tools needed for application.

They are not vinyl like other brands. This means they can be removed with nail polish remover. When done properly (with remover and they aren't just pulled off) Color Street does not damage the nail like acrylics and gel nails do.

Where are Color Street nail strips made? 

Color Street is developed & manufactured in New Jersey, USA

Now. Sit back. Grab your Color Street Nail Strips and let’s get started.💅🏼✨Invite your best of friends and girlfriends for this sweet nail retreat 💅🏼💖

Year 2020: The Year of the Nurse

Nurses are in the trenches and on the front lines of care during this global health crisis. We go into battle and if we are lucky, we emerge unscathed – but more often not, nurses carry psychological and emotional battle scars. Every nurses during this pandemic has a story and here’s mine.
March 2020- New Jersey got badly hit by the Covid-19 pandemic. State lockdown was imposed. Numerous cases were tallied daily and death tolls were rising. We ran out of ventilators and our hospitals were in full capacity.

March 21- my symptoms of COVID-19 appeared. I tested positive on the 25th, I managed my symptoms at home and I stayed on isolation until April 7th. April 8th- physically I have fully recovered and went back to work. We were understaffed, I had 5 patients, three of them expired in my shift. And code blues and rapid response were being called over head - every freaking 15- 30mins. 😢 The whole months of March-May were just like a scene of a horror movie. 🥺

May to June, I kept waking up at one in the morning. My eyes were soaking wet. I cried so many times over a death of patients from my previous shift. I kept hearing the abnormal heart or ventilator monitor alarms constantly ringing in my head. A few instances I get awakened by a horrible nightmares. A bad dream seeing dead bodies stocked in piles inside our trailers trucks and a memory of my beloved coworker that my team attempted to resuscitate and she sadly had untimely succumbed from COVID-19 infection after serving our patients at the bedside.

What I went through isn’t easy after all. I reached out for help and addressed my mental health needs. I noticed that depression is starting to set in. Episodes of mode swings, irritability, insomnia, lack of drive to perform my activities of daily living. I just wanted to escape the moment- Once became sedentary during my rest days. Stress eating was became my unhealthy coping that caused to gain weight. This isn't me, and I need to do something better than being a couch potato.

I took the baby steps to heal myself. I sought consult for a professional help. Once a week for almost two months I am over the phone with someone for counseling sessions that absolutely helped me deal with my post traumatic stress symptoms. I keep myself grounded in prayer, meditation, yoga, journaling and staying in touch with people that are significant in my life- my family and friends. I focused in building resilience to just face the new normal.

Here’s the greatest lesson I have learned~ I know I won’t be able to control the toxic work environment that I am in or I was in during the peak of the pandemic but I am in control on how to react and deal with the situation. I’ve learned to just accept the fact that WE CAN’T SAVE ALL our patients. I am somehow feeling privileged to be with them during the last few moments of their life and I held their hands- and said a prayer for the eternal repose of their souls.🙏🏼

My message to those who think that this pandemic is a HOAX. Stop this stupid belief of yours! Open your eyes!!!! Wear your freaking mask and and stop turning this into a political game. I will never wish for Covid-19 to hit anyone - not even you or your family members.

2020 is not the greatest year but as Year of the Nurse - I will never ever forget how this whole thing changed me and how I perceive the true essence of caring in nursing. And how “team nursing” plays a huge role in the course of the pandemic. I am thankful to all our travel nurses who extended their help during this difficult time.

The war against COVID-19 is not over yet. Experts say that there is a possibility of the resurgence of cases in the Fall but hoping it isn’t as bad as the first time we’ve experienced it. I have learned to over rule FAITH OVER FEAR. I believe that God performs its glorious miracles up to this day. I might be scarred but not broken. I will continue to strive to be the best healthcare worker that I can be. 💜

March 21- my symptoms of COVID-19 appeared. I tested positive on the 25th, I managed my symptoms at home and I stayed on isolation until April 7th. April 8th- physically I have fully recovered and went back to work. We were understaffed, I had 5 patients, three of them expired in my shift. And code blues and rapid response were being called over head - every freaking 15- 30mins. 😢 The whole months of March-May were just like a scene of a horror movie. 🥺

May to June, I kept waking up at one in the morning. My eyes were soaking wet. I cried so many times over a death of patients from my previous shift. I kept hearing the abnormal heart or ventilator monitor alarms constantly ringing in my head. A few instances I get awakened by a horrible nightmares. A bad dream seeing dead bodies stocked in piles inside our trailers trucks and a memory of my beloved coworker that my team attempted to resuscitate and she sadly had untimely succumbed from COVID-19 infection after serving our patients at the bedside.

What I went through isn’t easy after all. I reached out for help and addressed my mental health needs. I noticed that depression is starting to set in. Episodes of mode swings, irritability, insomnia, lack of drive to perform my activities of daily living. I just wanted to escape the moment- Once became sedentary during my rest days. Stress eating was became my unhealthy coping that caused to gain weight. This isn't me, and I need to do something better than being a couch potato.

I took the baby steps to heal myself. I sought consult for a professional help. Once a week for almost two months I am over the phone with someone for counseling sessions that absolutely helped me deal with my post traumatic stress symptoms. I keep myself grounded in prayer, meditation, yoga, journaling and staying in touch with people that are significant in my life- my family and friends. I focused in building resilience to just face the new normal.

Here’s the greatest lesson I have learned~ I know I won’t be able to control the toxic work environment that I am in or I was in during the peak of the pandemic but I am in control on how to react and deal with the situation. I’ve learned to just accept the fact that WE CAN’T SAVE ALL our patients. I am somehow feeling privileged to be with them during the last few moments of their life and I held their hands- and said a prayer for the eternal repose of their souls.🙏🏼

My message to those who think that this pandemic is a HOAX. Stop this stupid belief of yours! Open your eyes!!!! Wear your freaking mask and and stop turning this into a political game. I will never wish for Covid-19 to hit anyone - not even you or your family members.

2020 is not the greatest year but as Year of the Nurse - I will never ever forget how this whole thing changed me and how I perceive the true essence of caring in nursing. And how “team nursing” plays a huge role in the course of the pandemic. I am thankful to all our travel nurses who extended their help during this difficult time.

The war against COVID-19 is not over yet. Experts say that there is a possibility of the resurgence of cases in the Fall but hoping it isn’t as bad as the first time we’ve experienced it. I have learned to over rule FAITH OVER FEAR. I believe that God performs its glorious miracles up to this day. I might be scarred but not broken. I will continue to strive to be the best healthcare worker that I can be. 💜