Rachel Smiddy has spent the majority of her nursing career working in a fertility clinic. She decided that she wanted to do more for nurses and worked towards a certification in Life Coaching. Rachel will talk about her journey to becoming a coach, and how she is helping nurses work through their own burnout.

Kelley Anaas has been an RN for 12 years, starting out in med/surg and transitioning into ICU. Hear her tell the story of what it was like to be working in an ICU, taking care of Covid patients, at the beginning of a pandemic and how they made it work despite the unknowns, exhaustion and fear that came with each shift. You’ll find out that it’s all about teamwork and resilience.

Emily Mazurak realized that she was burned out during a job interview. As the hiring manager listed symptoms of burn out, Emily realized she had many of them. So what do you do when you are feeling burned out in nursing? Emily will discuss how she started to turn things around and is now helping others do the same.

Mary Buffington is somewhat of an expert on burnout, unfortunately it took her own burnout to realize just how bad it can be. Mary speaks candidly about her experience, even confessing to her own instance of being the bully. Can we heal once we’ve hit that breaking point? Mary did, and she’ll tell you what worked for her and hopefully she can prevent it from happening to you.

Deanna Tikhonov had a passion for women’s health but found that the conventional method for treating women’s issues did not resonate with her. She decided to become a Women’s Health NP and start her own way to educate women about their bodies and share her knowledge to help others.

Lois Hollis is a pioneer in nursing, blazing the trail for all of us that have come after her, in the 56 years that she has been in nursing. With her leadership and forward-thinking attitude, she is tackling what many nurses struggle with, shame and guilt.

Christina Dunbar is an Oncology FNP and also the host of the Intentional Ten podcast. How do we get nurses into leadership positions and keep them there? Christina and I will discuss our time in leadership roles and what nurses need to be supported in those positions.

Casie Lamp has been a nurse for nearly 20 years. She has been working in the ICU at a Seattle hospital through the pandemic and will discuss the toll that it is taking on herself and her colleagues. Casie talks about the burnout that she has faced, what it took to overcome that and now she is helping to prevent other nurses from getting to that point. There is even an enema story in this episode!

Kim Klein, an RN and Functional Medicine Practitioner, moved from nursing school, straight into a job in the OR. Was that the right move for a new grad? It turned out to be for Kim, but it was met with a lot of stress and eventually feelings of burnout. The OR is a different animal and isn’t for everyone. Kim talks about how she made it through the first couple of years, and came out on the other side as a sought out mentor for new nurses.

Burnout and stress can cause physical and emotional ailments to manifest over time. Can we heal ourselves by changing our mindset and self-care? That is exactly what Lisa Dunlap did! Lisa is an NP that specializes in geriatric care and teaches tools for resiliency and mindful self-compassion.

Taking care of ourselves before caring for others. Why is that so hard to do as a nurse? Join us on this show as we talk with RN and nurse practitioner Jeri Cates, also a certified Feminine Power, Transformational Life Coach, to talk about self-love, self-care, and self-compassion.