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The Happy NurseNavigating Life's Roller Coaster: A Journey Through Trauma, Wellness, and True Sisterhood with Michelle PowellWelcome back, seasoned listeners! In the latest episode of our podcast, Elaina Mullery kicks off the new season with the incredible Michelle Powell. If you've been following us, you're familiar with Michelle, a trauma coach specialising in trauma and mental health.Michelle, the author of "The Mastery of Wellness,"brings a wealth of expertise to the table, including equine therapies andclinical hypnotherapy. Join us as we dive into personal and professionalexperiences, sharing stories, tips, and advice.In this heartfelt conversation, Elaina and Michelle highlightthe importance of...2024-03-1149 min
Nurse Podcast ChannelThe Happy Nurse: Understanding How We’re Feeling Through Mindfulness and MeditationBeing mindful of the present is not an easy thing to do. We either get caught in the rabbit hole of the past, or we get too anxious about the future. While recovering from COVID, I had deep reflections about what was going on in my inner world. The isolation worked in my favour as it gave me enough time to ponder on being mindful. For this episode, you will hear my insights about how mindfulness can help us understand how we’re feeling. You will also be guided through a meditation practice that I regul...2022-07-1432 min
NursePreneur AcademyPsychological Safety In The WorkplaceWe've all heard of the saying, "There's safety in numbers." But what about when it comes to the workplace? How can you create a psychologically safe environment in your office? This week’s episode of High Performance Nursing is from an interview by Elaina Mullery from The Happy Nurse Podcast. Elaina is a nurse who's on a mission to reduce burnout among healthcare professionals and is the founder of Happy Nurse.In our conversation, we emphasised the importance of setting a space for psychological safety in the workplace. We also discussed why you should keep rei...2022-07-1139 min
Nursing AustraliaEp44. Understanding Resilience and Management of Burnout with Mark AitkenBonus Episode: Understanding resilience and burnout, brought to you by APNA's Transition to Practice Program (TPP).Find out more about the Transition to Practice ProgramMark Aitken from Nurse and Midwife Support talks in detail about burnout and ways workplaces as well as individuals can prevent burnout effectively. Resources mentioned by Mark: Nurse and Midwife Support - 1800 667 877Resilience - Your health matters! with Kim FosterBurnout and beyond with Athol HannPrevent burn...2022-07-1025 minThe Happy Nurse056: Understanding How We’re Feeling Through Mindfulness and MeditationBeing mindful of the present is not an easy thing to do. We either get caught in the rabbit hole of the past, or we get too anxious about the future. While recovering from COVID, I had deep reflections about what was going on in my inner world. The isolation worked in my favour as it gave me enough time to ponder on being mindful. For this episode, you will hear my insights about how mindfulness can help us understand how we’re feeling. You will also be guided through a meditation practice that I regularly use in wo...2022-06-1632 minThe Happy Nurse055: How You May Be Hijacked By Your Nervous System with Michelle PowellThe pressure of everyday life can become unreasonable at times. The effect of this can have us operating from our fight or flight response.
In this episode, we’ll unpack the impact of the nervous system on our well-being with Michelle Powell.
Michelle is a world-renowned trauma and wellness expert, and a regular guest on The Happy Nurse Podcast. She shares her knowledge of how the nervous system influences thoughts, actions, and responses, and how It’s important for to create a strategy that can help regulate our inner self.
If we’re aware of the impacts of the nervous system...2022-05-3041 minThe Happy Nurse054: Sharing Our Stories To Support Our Colleagues with Nichola BrowningIn this episode, I chat with Nichola about the importance of sharing our stories with others.
Nichola's nursing career spans over three decades and has a depth of knowledge and experience. She shares her wisdom about her career, reflective practice, and the importance of self-reflection.
It's time to share our stories about burnout, as this has the potential to assist others to recognise that they may be heading toward burnout and seek early intervention. Burnout can be very isolating but knowing you are not alone and having the support of peers and community is a powerful aid to recovery.
TOPICS WE DISCU...2022-05-1753 minThe Happy Nurse053: Establishing A Space for Psychological Safety For Healthcare Professionals with Liam CaswellThere is a growing demand to create a space for psychological safety in the healthcare industry. It’s vital for producing a high-performance team.
Healthcare professionals focus on the psychological safety of their patients. They look after patients to the best of their abilities and ensure that they’re set up for success. However, this safe space is often not offered to themselves or their colleagues.
In this episode, I have another astounding conversation with Liam Caswell, a High Performance Nurse Coach. With 10 years of international healthcare experience, he aims to coach, educate, and transform the lives and careers of nurses.
I...2022-05-0241 min
Health Equity Podcast ChannelThe Happy Nurse Podcast: How Discrimination in Healthcare Endangers LGBTQ+ People’s LivesAccording to research, there are over 9 million gay people and 1.5 million trans people in America. However, the average healthcare professional in the US receives about 2 hours of LGBTQ+ education only. It is high time that healthcare providers understand their patients better. In this episode, we speak with Shannon Whittington, award-winning & certified LGBTQ+ health expert on the importance of inclusion in the workplace and in healthcare. We delve in to what it’s like for LGBTQ+ people to live in a hetero-normative world and how they handle all the prejudices in families, communities, companies, and the heal...2022-04-2750 minThe Happy Nurse052: Retreat as the Gateway to Recovery From Moral Injury With Janie HoogestegerThere is a second pandemic currently occurring. Burnout in our healthcare staff. Many of us are beyond burnout and we are having to shift our focus from prevention, to burnout recovery.
The environment that is pre disposing us to burnout and compassion fatigue is creating “moral injury.”
Moral Injury is leading to nurses feeling undervalued, trapped, exhausted, unappreciated and lost in a very broken system.
In this episode, I had the pleasure to chat with Janie Hoogesteger. She is a Registered Nurse with
over 20 years of nursing experience. She believes that for the longest time, nurses have been focusing their energies on t...2022-03-3151 min
Nurse Podcast ChannelThe Happy Nurse: Burnout, Recovery, and Finding Your Light At The End Of The TunnelWelcome back to The Happy Nurse Podcast. It has been a busy 6 months break, but I’m excited to be recording and sharing knowledge with you once again.There’s no better way to begin the podcast than with a wonderful friend of mine, Michelle Powell. Michelle Is a Trauma and Wellness Expert, she holds many qualifications including, Hypnotherapist, Emotional Coach, NLP & Timeline Therapy Practitioner and so much more.In this episode, Michelle and I discuss how healthcare professionals can find their light at the end of the tunnel. We all know that nurses are no l...2022-03-2437 minThe Happy Nurse051: Finding Your Light At The End Of The Tunnel with Michelle PowellWelcome back to The Happy Nurse Podcast. It has been a busy 6 months break, but I’m excited to be recording and sharing knowledge with you once again.
There’s no better way to begin the podcast than with a wonderful friend of mine, Michelle Powell. Michelle Is a Trauma and Wellness Expert, she holds many qualifications including, Hypnotherapist, Emotional Coach, NLP & Timeline Therapy Practitioner and so much more.
In this episode, Michelle and I discuss how healthcare professionals can find their light at the end of the tunnel. We all know that nurses are no longer looking for burnout prev...2022-02-2837 min
Nurse Podcast ChannelHigh Performance Nursing: Burnout No More For Healthcare Professionals with Athol HannIn this episode, I have a fascinating conversation with Athol Hann. He’s a Clinical Emergency Nurse, Founder of AtholTech, and fwards app and known for his Burnout No More courses.Athol experienced first-hand what burnout feels like for healthcare professionals and started questioning if he can stay with his profession in the long run. Surprisingly, he wasn’t aware that he was experiencing burnout until he had hateful feelings towards work. He went from someone who loves the nursing profession to someone who hated it. All the little stress in the workplace piled u...2022-02-2437 min
Nurse Podcast ChannelThe Happy Nurse: 5 steps to courageous conversations with Ally NitschkeAre you experiencing conflict in your professional or even personal life but sweep them under the rug instead of confronting them?If you are, then it’s time that you had a Courageous Conversation with those involved. These conversations are where you speak up about what you feel and what is weighing you down. However, more often than not, we are scared to have Courageous Conversations because of the stories we have in our heads. In this episode, we talk about the 5 steps towards having a Courageous Conversation. They can be confrontational with a lot of...2022-02-0928 min
NursePreneur Academy1 Year Celebrations of The High Performance Nursing PodcastCan you believe that we are celebrating our anniversary episode of High-Performance Nursing? I still remember that fateful day of January 17, 2021, when I was full of fears about the launch of this podcast.Now I can confidently say that I’m glad I chose courage and did not let my fears or doubts consume me. This courage also helped me build a community of high-performance nurses and healthcare professionals from all over the world.Today’s episode highlights what we have achieved as a community through five amazing guests namely, Rachel Longhurst, Tammy Copley, Lauren Bell...2022-01-171h 24
NursePreneur AcademyBeating Stress and Burnout - with Elaina Mullery and Lauren BellIn this unique episode of High Performance Nursing, I have a fabulous conversation with Elaina Mullery and Lauren Bell.Elaina is the founder of The Happy Nurse. When Elaina noticed that there was a rise in fatigue, stress, and burnout in healthcare workers, it prompted her to launch her advocacy.For her, self-care is an important factor in making sure that nurses offer the best version of themselves to patients, themselves, and their families.While Lauren is a Wealth and Wellness Coach committed to helping professionals gain meaning, understand their purpose, and know...2021-11-1729 minThe Happy Nurse050: Unpacking Body Image Issues Part 2 with Michelle PowellWe’ve finally hit episode 50!
I’m beyond excited to celebrate this milestone and what better way to do so by having back on the show one of our regular guests, Michelle Powell.
We recorded an episode a couple of months ago around body image which was very well received. However, it was such a big topic that we were not really able to get to the bottom of what body image can encompass.
So today, we’re back to unpack concepts of the perfect body image that the media and everyone else bombard us with. From this, we’ll tackle how...2021-09-0650 minThe Happy Nurse049: How to Beat the BS with Mark BramwellWe’ve all been deceived by the belief that success is about getting more.
As a result, we have developed an endless pursuit to have more and be more, only to find out that many of the things we chase don’t ring us happiness. In fact sometimes, the exact opposite. Unfortunately for many, it leads to being stuck on the BS hamster wheel.
In this episode, I’m joined by Mark Bramwell, the author of the book, That’s Bullshit: Stop drowning under stress-inducing advice and a relentless pursuit of more. In his book Mark breaks down what’s really important...2021-08-2354 minThe Happy Nurse048: Burnout In A Time Of Exhaustion With Kenny GibsonIt’s no surprise that Nurses and healthcare Practitioners are battling burnout and mental health issues now more than ever. Burnout in itself is becoming a pandemic.
This episode’s guest is Kenny Gibson, National Head of Safeguarding at NHS England. Kenny shares how we as nurses and healthcare practitioners can overcome burnout in a time of exhaustion. He shares what it takes to become a positive disruptor in today’s disruptive world to ensure that Nurses and healthcare practitioners are doing everything they can to prevent burnout and mental health issues.
Life will continue to bring us rain and thunders...2021-08-0951 minThe Happy Nurse047: What Professional Anxiety Looks Like with Lauren BellAnxiety is more prevalent in the nursing workforce than we realise. Unfortunately, It looks like it has increased due to the pressures of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Nurses often work 10 to 12-hour shifts (sometimes longer with enforced overtime) which in itself can induce a lot of stress within our bodies. Moreover, many nurses face trauma on a regular basis and often feel undervalued. All of these factors contribute to our anxiety levels.
In this episode, I speak with Lauren Bell, a registered nurse for over 35 years and a wellness and wealth coach. We unpack professional anxiety in the nursing space and how...2021-07-2641 minThe Happy Nurse046: Male Burnout - The Elephant In The Room With Darrel GriffinBurnout is a phenomenon that has been in the nursing space for years, and it continues to grow. Unfortunately, burnout isn't talked about openly and has become the elephant in the room for a long time.
Having experienced burnout twice, it has been my mission to reduce burnout among nurses. I know for a fact the kind of workplace stresses we nurses face on a daily basis.
In this episode, I’m joined by Darrel Griffin. Darrel is the co-host of Burnout Bros, a peer support community for men in business who are affected by burnout.
Although Darrel is not a n...2021-07-1252 minThe Happy Nurse045: Body Image Issues With Michelle PowellBODY IMAGE. At some point or another most of the population struggle with their body image in some capacity. I haven’t met someone to this day who doesn’t have any hang-ups with their body.
Personally, I have battled with my body image for a very long time.
In episode 39, I spoke with Michelle about trauma response and how this can show up in our bodies. I also shared where my body issues came from. I have been overwhelmed with so much support since I shared my experience on this taboo topic.
That’s why Michelle and I decided to focus t...2021-06-281h 05The Happy Nurse044: Self-care and A New Healthcare Technology For Nurses With Zara LordIn this episode, we get to chat with Zara Lord, an ICU Registered Nurse and the founder of uPaged.
Zara is shaking up the casual Nursing workforce with her app, uPaged.
A new technology that is specific to the needs of different healthcare organisations and departments, as well as the individual Nurses experience and skill set.
Rostering is a dynamic process. NUM’s often find themselves juggling and moving staff a bit like a game of Tetris. With the help of uPaged it becomes easier for managers to match nurse’s expertise with different patients and departments.
In this episode Zara and E...2021-06-1439 min
NursePreneur AcademySelf compassion with The Happy NurseThis week on HPN Liam chats with The Happy Nurse Elaina Mullery, listen as they both share their personal experiences with stress and burnout having both experienced it twice in their careers. Elaina explains how getting external help from a therapist who helped her understand Cognitive Behavioural Therapy ignited a passion in her for personal development that ultimately led to the birth of The Happy Nurse. We hear about the power of self awareness and self reflection, and how really it comes down to the compassion element we have for ourselves, the ability to be our own be...2021-06-1051 minThe Happy Nurse043: Don’t Be Afraid To Suck At Something New with Michelle PowellAre you afraid to suck at something?
Why do we put so much pressure and expectation on ourselves?
The truth is, you are not not alone. As individuals, especially as professionals, we like to feel that we are confident, that we know what we know, and that we can handle everything on our own. The problem is, we become afraid to get out of that bubble.
Children are great reminders that it’s okay to suck at something. They get back up when they fall down and try again.
When we place too much expectations on ourselves we rob ourselves of the...2021-05-3146 minThe Happy Nurse042: Empowered Period With Jacqui O'ConnorA period is a natural and healthy part of women’s reproductive health.
However, around the world, period taboos and resource limitations prevent girls and women from managing their periods with dignity.
In this episode, we get to chat with Jacqui O’Connor, a registered nurse, confidence coach, and champion of carers, on empowering women, caregivers, and the carers by acknowledging their bodies.
The human body is an amazing thing. Learning to honour them and what cycle it’s at is so important. Ultimately, losing the taboo around female cycles is one way to honour ourselves and gives us the space to...2021-05-1848 minThe Happy Nurse041: Celebrating International Nurses Day with Mark AitkenToday is International Nurses Day
On May 12th each year, we celebrate the contributions of Nurses around the world.
In this episode, we speak with Mark Aitken of Nurse & Midwife Support. He shares with us the ways they can give help and support to those who tirelessly and selflessly care for others. Mark shares why nurses and midwives self-care is essential.
As nurses and midwives, your health matters - and what better way to celebrate that than on International Nurses Day? .
TOPICS WE DISCUSSED INCLUDE:
Nurse and Midwife Support (3:59)
The importance of self-compassion (6:17)
Creating cultures that prioritize self-care (8:05)
Having a sha...2021-05-1141 minThe Happy Nurse040: The Key to Self-Care With Beth BrowningNurses are the backbone of the health system, always there to care for a stranger as if they were one of their own.
We are so used to helping other people that sometimes we forget to help ourselves.
In this episode, we are joined by Beth Browning, a student in her final year of nursing school. Being the first student guesting on the show, Beth shares her perspectives around her self-care strategies as she starts her career.
In Beth’s journey towards becoming a nurse, she also experienced being on the other side as the patient. At 19 years old, Beth suffe...2021-05-0540 minThe Happy Nurse039: Trauma Response and How It Shows Up In Our Lives with Michelle PowellMost of us have some trauma response happening in our life and aren’t even aware of it.
Ask yourself this, when there is something you are fearful of, are you responding from an optimistic point of view or are you responding from fear?
In this episode, we are again joined by Michelle Powell as we dive into trauma response and how it shows up in our lives. We are all hard-wired to survive and choose the path of least resistance. Everybody does it, but the question is, what are you going to do with that knowledge to change things?
When...2021-04-211h 08The Happy Nurse038: Energy Healing with Nicky SchulzeSome healthcare professionals consider Eastern medicine practices like energy healing as “woo-woo.”
However I firmly believe that this type of medicine complements Western healthcare practices.
In this episode, I have a deep conversation with kinesiologist Nicky Schulze about her professional and volunteer work using both Eastern and Western healthcare practices. We also discuss what happens when we tap into our intuition, examples of indulgent self care and the importance of filling our own cup so we can continue to help others.
TOPICS WE DISCUSSED INCLUDE:
What are kinesiology and energy healing? (03:27)
Eastern and Western medicine can complement each other (07:41)
Allow your n...2021-04-0543 minThe Happy Nurse037: Sustaining the Health of Nurses with Kay ReynoldsonAs someone who recruits healthcare professionals, Kay Reynoldson knows nurses give a lot of themselves to their profession. Sometimes, nurses give so much that they burn out.
In this episode I talk with Kay about her self care practice, award winning business, self care issues her clients have discussed with her and her thoughts on how to make nursing a better and more sustainable profession.2021-03-221h 01The Happy Nurse036: LGBTQ+ Inclusion in Healthcare with Shannon WhittingtonAccording to research, there are over 9 million gay people and 1.5 million trans people in America. However, the average healthcare professional in the US receives about 2 hours of LGBTQ+ education only.
It is high time that healthcare providers understand their patients better.
In this episode, we speak with Shannon Whittington, award-winning & certified LGBTQ+ health expert on the importance of inclusion in the workplace and in healthcare. We delve in to what it’s like for LGBTQ+ people to live in a hetero-normative world and how they handle all the prejudices in families, communities, companies, and the healthcare system.
LGBTQ+ people have their...2021-03-0850 minThe Happy Nurse035: Self Care During Pregnancy With Chambrie FerrierPregnancy can change women. Having a small human growing inside us can affect us physically, emotionally, and mentally. During this phase, many of us set aside self care as we adjust to our pregnancy. However, some of us manage to adjust and celebrate this new experience.
In this episode, I talk with my good friend Chambrie about how her pregnancy has changed her. She and I share our woes, unusual cravings, self care practices, and ways to connect with our babies. We also discuss the importance of asking for help from our family and friends.
TOPICS WE DISCUSSED INCLUDE:
Pregnancy...2021-02-2248 minThe Happy Nurse034: Helping First Responders Deal With Trauma With Michelle PowellFirst responders and nurses often deal with dangerous and life-threatening situations on the job. Because of this, the trauma and emotional stress that comes with their job greatly impacts their mental health which can cause burnout, depression and anxiety—to name a few. In this episode, we are once again joined by Michelle Powell as we delve into how facing trauma on a daily basis in your professional life impacts your personal life. Both the personal and professional lives of nurses and first responders may be negatively affected by the high degree of stress they face.
There may not be mu...2021-02-1050 minThe Happy Nurse033: Thriving through Menopause with Clarissa KristjanssonMenopause happens to all women and is just another stage in this journey of life. It is certainly a time of change for women. Emotionally, women experience a roller coaster ride when going through menopause. Although every woman experiences menopause differently, you can survive and thrive during this change and come out on the other side as a new woman. In this episode, we get to chat with Clarissa Kristjansson, a menopause transition specialist on advice for nurses who are facing perimenopause and menopause and how they can cope with the changes and challenges that come with it. Menopause isn’t for...2021-01-2727 minThe Happy Nurse032: High Performance Nursing Care with Liam CaswellSelf-care is defined as "what people do for themselves to establish and maintain health, and to prevent and deal with illness." However, this is one skill that many nurses seem to neglect.
In this episode, we get to chat with Liam Caswell, leader of High Performance Nursing, a community of nurses who seek to transform their nursing practice, workplace culture and service provision to deliver high performance nursing care in a sustainable manner.
Nurses are compassionate people who usually put their patient’s health, safety, and well-being before their own. But in order to give the best care to our pati...2021-01-1341 minThe Happy Nurse031: Real Relationships and Genuine Connections with Michelle PowellWe all crave love and belonging. The important thing to remember though, is to strive for healthy relationships and not allow unhealthy patterns to develop in our lives.
However, as adults we sometimes let all the trauma and stress of life stop us from letting people into our lives and cultivating a friendly or romantic relationship.
In this episode, Michelle Powell and I discuss the different factors that we have to navigate through when it comes to relationships—the stories in our heads, choosing quality over quantity, deciding whether to be vulnerable or not, online dating, love languages, and finding a b...2020-12-2855 minThe Happy Nurse030: Self-care For Paediatric Nurses With Brooke Batchelor And Erica DonovanWhile there is a lot of news and attention on burnout among healthcare providers, burnout among pediatric nurses has received less attention.
In this episode, we are joined by Brooke and Erica of The Paediatric Nurse, a supportive place for nurses and parents caring for children with a mission to transform paediatric healthcare & nursing knowledge by improving access to online continued professional development courses. We delve into the tips and tools for self-care specifically for paediatric nurses.
As paediatric nurses, building good rapport with children and being able to connect meaningfully with our patients requires us to show up as o...2020-12-1451 minThe Happy Nurse029: How Medical Debriefing Leads to Better Nurses’ Wellbeing with Cameron TyersMedical debriefings are usually held after a significant event. Its main purpose is to review the event and discuss how staff responded and in what areas can be improved on. Debriefing is a great opportunity for nurses and medical workers to communicate and ask important questions.
Cameron Tyers is a registered emergency nurse, and in this episode, he shares with us the importance of having a debrief process that benefits the wellbeing of nurses and medical health practitioners and how to make it happen as effectively as possible.
By creating constant communication and asking questions through the debrief, this not o...2020-11-3039 minThe Happy Nurse028: The Blue Girl Nurse with Emma GracieEach day always brings something new to a nurse. It may be new patients, new colleagues, new cases, or even new diseases. This is why we always have a story to tell at the end of a long and tiring shift.
In this episode, long-time nurse Emma Gracie shares how she collected stories from personal experiences, from fellow nurses and from patients, and used them to launch a successful blog and a new book. Join us as we share and dive deep into some of these stories of beginnings, self care, and inspiration.
TOPICS WE DISCUSSED INCLUDE:
All about Emma’s j...2020-11-1633 minThe Happy Nurse027: When Holistic Care Gets Associated with “Woo-Woo” with Michelle PowellPeople oftentimes associate holistic care practices like mindfulness, reiki, or hypnotherapy with concepts like “woo-woo,” alternative, out-of-left-field, fluffy or wishy-washy.
Such a negative connotation can stop people from getting the help that they need because of the fear of being judged for doing something less mainstream.
In this episode, my guest, Michelle Powell, and I unpack where this misguided label comes from and how we can start to change the conversation around a holistic approach to health, self care and wellness.
TOPICS WE DISCUSSED INCLUDE:
Michelle’s holistic work (03:24)
Holistic practices can be associated with a woo-woo label (04:02)
The label can le...2020-11-0245 minThe Happy Nurse026: Love and Human Connection with Christina Foxwell“There are two basic motivating forces: fear and love. When we are afraid, we pull back from life. When we are in love, we open to all that life has to offer with passion, excitement, and acceptance.” John Lennon says it beautifully.
At the end of the day, what we want as human beings is genuine connection, to be seen and heard.
In this episode, we speak with Christina Foxwell of Ignite Purpose. Her vision is to change the way we engage people in business because people are central to the work we do, and without purpose we can’t live ou...2020-10-2655 minThe Happy Nurse025: Self Care Beyond Alcohol with Rebecca WellerBeing a nurse means learning to cope with stress. For many of us, it becomes easy to reach for a glass of wine (or two!) when we need to deal with or escape from the stress of caring and giving so much of ourselves to other people. We also have to deal with peer pressure and a society that somehow makes you feel like you’re less of a person if you stop drinking alcohol.
But, guess what? It’s okay if you don’t drink.
In this episode, bestselling author and health coach Rebecca Weller talks about her journey toward...2020-10-1936 minThe Happy Nurse024: The Anxiety Relief Handbook with Lauren BellWhen anxiety and overwhelm take over, you can feel so powerless and feel like there’s little that you can do to control your mind and body.
Although anxiety does have physical and mental effects on our body and, although you can’t just will it away, there are certain tools and steps that you can take to overcome and handle anxiety.
Lauren and I are 2 of the 12 authors who are contributing to the Anxiety Relief Handbook. In this episode, we delve into the tools that we use to handle and deal with anxiety and overwhelm at work.
Anxiety is always...2020-10-1236 minThe Happy Nurse023: Core Values with Michelle PowellYour core values are your GPS coordinates that guide you on your journey in life.
Through these values, you are more aligned to get to your end goal. The better you know what your values are, the easier you can live in alignment with them. It is also through these values that one is able to traverse the challenges life throws at us with more grace and resilience.
In this episode, we are joined once again by Michelle Powell and we unpack the importance of core values and why living and constantly refining them greatly affects who we are today.
A...2020-10-0559 minThe Happy Nurse022: The Nursing App for Self-Care with Athol HannNurses have been in the frontline since the start of the pandemic. It is in our nature to give to others and put others first which is why burnout among nurses has seen a rise in numbers in the recent months.
In this episode, we are joined by Clinical Emergency Nurse turned entrepreneur, Athol Hann whose mission is to prevent burnout in the healthcare industry. He shares with us the app he created to help nurses and healthcare professionals enhance their well-being.
Inspired by his own experience of burnout, Athol’s aim is for healthcare professionals to take better care of...2020-09-2840 minThe Happy Nurse021: From Employee To Entrepreneur with Samantha RileyWhat do you truly want your life to look like?
The pandemic has given people the space to stop and take this time to think about what it is they really want to do in life. This may not only be from a career or job perspective, but in a personal perspective as well.
Maybe you’ve realised you want to spend more quality time with your family. Or maybe you’re looking for more choice and freedom with how you spend your time and energy.
In this episode, Samantha Riley shares the benefits of creating your own business, how having...2020-09-2239 minThe Happy Nurse020: The 5 steps to courageous conversations with Ally NitschkeAre you experiencing conflict in your professional or even personal life but sweep them under the rug instead of confronting them?
If you are, then it’s time that you had a Courageous Conversation with those involved. These conversations are where you speak up about what you feel and what is weighing you down. However, more often than not, we are scared to have Courageous Conversations because of the stories we have in our heads.
In this episode, we talk about the 5 steps towards having a Courageous Conversation. They can be confrontational with a lot of emotion involved. Through these tip...2020-09-1428 minThe Happy Nurse019: Finding Your Balance with Tracie KellyAre you an introvert or an extrovert or somewhere in between? Perhaps an ambivert who is someone who has a balance of both introvert and extrovert features in their personality. Ambiverts are more able to adapt to a lot of people across the personality spectrum. Having an insight into what your personality type is can help you know the right self-care you need.
In this episode, we learn how understanding what your personality is plays a fundamental part in creating balance in your life. We deep dive into the different techniques on how to bring back your balance in different a...2020-09-0755 minThe Happy Nurse018: Reconnecting With Yourself with Heidi AndersonIn this day and age, it’s easy to attribute online “likes” as the true sign of validation. So many thoughts in our head are fed to us by society and social media.
We experience a high incidence of anxiety because we become so disconnected with ourselves. We tend to value things in life that are far from our own core values. Because of this, we become misaligned with what is truly important to us.
In this episode, we delve into why it is so essential to find who you are and peel off all the masks you wear. Reconnecting with wh...2020-08-3142 minThe Happy Nurse017: Storytelling As A Communication Tool with Lisa EvansStories and storytelling have been around for centuries since the birth of human language. Yet we can sometimes forget how powerful storytelling is as a communication tool. You can learn the most valuable lessons when you listen to others through storytelling.
In this episode, we delve into how good storytelling can be used as an effective communication tool for healthcare professionals and a way to build rapport with your patients. Therapeutic storytelling serves a powerful purpose. Nurses are in a great position to encourage patients to share their stories which is an effective way to break down barriers in communication.
To...2020-08-2428 minThe Happy Nurse016: Maturity of the Authentic Self with Michelle PowellBeing your true and authentic self means that what you say in life aligns with your actions. It is who you truly are, at your deepest core.
However, internal elements of ourselves can be lost piece by piece because of a lot of external factors. They chip away slowly until you can’t recognize yourself anymore.
In this episode, we delve into the importance of having the courage to be your authentic self and what it means to have a loss of self. A lot of times we don’t even know we are being removed from our authentic self and we...2020-08-1743 minThe Happy Nurse015: Coping With Lockdown With Lauren BellAirline attendants always say to fit your own oxygen mask before turning to help others. It’s the same in life. You have to take care of yourself first before you are able to care for another person.
We are now 6 months of being in and out of lockdown and now more than ever, we all need to take good care of ourselves. Every person copes with the stress of isolation and lockdown in different ways.
In this episode, we learn the different ways that we can cope with being in lockdown. There is no right or wrong way to cop...2020-08-1032 minThe Happy Nurse014: The Power of Probably with Matt HaleIs your fear of failure and your inner critic keeping you from pursuing your goals? One of the key ingredients for growth is being open to failure.
In this episode we delve into the ‘Power of Probably’. Telling yourself “I can probably do that” instead of “I wish I could do that” changes your mindset on how to approaches things that are out of reach. Although you will prove yourself wrong plenty of times, by being on the other side of “probably” you will have far more wins and open up more opportunities.
When you entertain the chance of failure, you remove its powe...2020-08-0332 minThe Happy Nurse013: Mindfulness and Meditation with Chambrie FerrierSociety today teaches us to disregard or avoid our feelings and emotions. Because of this, our coping mechanism is to sweep these emotions under the rug. We push them down so far that they manifest into stress. Meditation and mindfulness are powerful tools that we can use to avoid overwhelm and burnout.
In this episode, we deep dive into how we can use breathwork, meditation, and mindfulness to manage and reduce stress and avoid burnout. Our breath is something we can always come back to. It is our anchor during stressful times. Being able to go back to your breath...2020-07-2743 minThe Happy Nurse012: Your Authentic Self with Andrew Eggelton“Just be yourself…”
We’ve all heard this advice before, and may even have given this advice to a friend or a colleague before an important presentation.
But what does it really mean to just be your authentic self and why is it important to know yourself in order to communicate better with others?
In this episode we unpack what it means to just be you, and the meaning of authenticity. When you stay true to who you are, what you do, and who you serve, this benefits both you and your patient or customer.
By staying true to yourself, you become...2020-07-2029 minThe Happy Nurse011: The Importance of Compassionate Leadership with Emma and TracyThe culture of “Nurses eating their young” has been around in the profession for a long time. It's a topic of hot discussion in my workshops and every Nurse I have spoken to has either experienced it themselves or know someone who has.
Nurses are nurturing and compassionate professionals. However, treating novice and student nurses poorly continues to be an ongoing problem.
Workplace bullying is the persistent pattern of mistreatment in the workplace that causes physical or emotional harm.
In this episode, Tracy and Emma share how they are committed to changing the culture of “Cannibalism in Nursing”. It’s our responsibili...2020-07-1233 minThe Happy Nurse010: Using Our Triggers As Our Personal Development Tools With Nerida MillsYou’ve come across the famous saying “Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it.” But how often have you instinctively reacted to a triggering situation?
It takes work moving from past hurt and trauma. But by practicing self-awareness, you will be able to hold yourself true in those triggering moments. Being mindful of this, try to look at where the trigger comes from. By doing so, it gets easier to give yourself that self-compassion and understanding that comes from your own trauma.
In this episode, Nerida shares with us how to harness what triggers us and use...2020-07-0527 minThe Happy Nurse009: Self-Care Through The Emotional Freedom Technique with Lauren BellHave you ever felt stressed or anxious in a certain situation and needed a way to lessen and release the pain?
The Emotional Freedom Technique or EFT Tapping is an alternative therapy to relieve stress and anxiety. This technique involves light taps in certain points on your body, particularly on the head, face, and arms while focusing on the issue you want to treat. The tapping of different body parts accompanied by positive mantras helps balance your energy and reduce physical or emotional pain.
In this episode, Lauren shares a great technique for self-care which helps you calm down so...2020-06-2944 minThe Happy Nurse008: Personal Growth Through Values Alignment with Cam MillerDo you prioritize the important things in life, or do you just go with the flow? Many of us just take each day as it comes, and then find ourselves surprised as to where life has taken us or why we aren’t satisfied with our lives.
Without clear priorities, it’s difficult to make progress toward your goals. Making the effort to know what the important things in your life are is essential so that you can align your daily practice to nurture these values. Once you know what’s important to you, it’s easier to make decisions every day...2020-06-2241 minThe Happy Nurse007: The Five Aspects of Self-CareSelf-care is not selfish. What’s actually selfish is not practising self-care and self-love, because practising self-care means you are able to turn up as your best self.
Self-love is something that should be practised daily and can take a lifetime to master. But by incorporating even just a few minutes of self-care and self-love every day, we create a healthy relationship with ourselves which helps us grow and live our fullest lives.
One size doesn’t fit all when it comes to self-care. We all have our own different needs. What’s important is that you find time to discov...2020-06-1525 minThe Happy Nurse006: Reconnecting with Ourselves Through Lessons from Animals and Nature with Jo CourtneyOver the years, humans have done tremendous work teaching and preparing horses for a variety of entertainment and work purposes. Horses can be seen working with and for people in a number of activities such as horseback riding, barrel racing, and polo. But what we don’t realize is that humans have a lot more to learn from horses and every other animal than what we teach them. From learning how to reconnect with ourselves, understanding the importance of letting go, and grounding ourselves, Jo sheds light on what humans can learn from animals and nature. They hold a frequency th...2020-06-0827 minThe Happy Nurse005: Emotions as the Gateway to Better Health with Chambrie FerrierAs a culture, we are often taught to avoid unpleasant emotions at all costs. From the time we are babies, we were taught to shut off these “negative” emotions such as sadness, anger or pain. Because of this, for many, the impulse is to find an escape from those feelings through external vices.
The more we push down, numb, or try to control our emotions, the more overwhelming it can seem to actually feel them.
Being human means being able to experience a full range of emotions. Thus, part of living a full life is feeling all of our emotions, both...2020-06-0121 minThe Happy Nurse004: Your Happiness Is In Your Hands with Michelle deRoubaixHappiness is something intrinsic and can be affected by intrinsic and extrinsic factors. More often we think that extrinsic factors such as buying a new car or owning a big house can make us truly happy in the long run.
In the movie, The Pursuit of Happiness, Chris Gardner said “The world is your oyster. It's up to you to find the pearls.”
To be truly happy, a conscious decision needs to be made to “find the pearls” in any circumstance we have.
In this episode, Michelle deRoubaix talks about how happiness really depends on us and you can be more posit...2020-05-2522 minThe Happy Nurse003: The Power of Self Love and Self Prioritization with Anna BainWith today’s fast-paced lifestyle, consistently striving hard has become the norm. A lot of the time we are too hard on ourselves because we are driven by the desire to excel at everything we do.
In this episode, Anna Bain shares her insights on the importance of self-love, self-care and how we can cultivate this in order to become the best version of ourselves and to avoid the accepted norm of pushing ourselves to the limit.
Self-love often comes with the connotation of being selfish. But if self-love means taking action to fill your cup so that you can bet...2020-05-1839 minThe Happy Nurse002: It Starts With You with Lauren BellWith the busyness of taking care of others, how is your relationship with yourself?
Are you taking good care of yourself? Or is self-care your last priority?
Steve Maraboli, author of Life, the Truth, and Being Free) said in a very powerful quote, “The most powerful relationship you will ever have is the relationship with yourself.”
To take good care of others you must first take care of yourself.
It all starts with you, loving “you”.
In this episode, Lauren Bell talks about starting a good relationship with yourself through self-honesty, compassion and beliefs.
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Self-honesty (16:31)
Changing your beliefs...2020-05-1035 minThe Happy Nurse001: Nurture Yourself In Nature with Gerdi VerwoertSelf-care is often completely overlooked by those that care for others. For those that work in high-stress environments, it’s crucial that you consciously take care of your physical, mental and emotional health.
Practising self-care leads to an improved mood, physical health, mental health and better performance. Another benefit is that it also fuels good relationships with others. One of the best ways we can improve our self-care is to connect more with nature whenever possible.
In this episode, Gerdi Verwoert shares some practical tips on stepping into nature and how doing so contributes immensely to one’s well-being.
TOPICS WE DISCUSS...2020-05-1025 minThe Happy Nurse000: Welcome To The Happy Nurse PodcastIn this very first episode of The Happy Nurse, I share why I started this podcast and the journey that brought me to this place. Nurses are the backbone of the health system, always there to care for a stranger as if they were one of their own. Forsaking special moments with their own families to ensure that other families loved ones are being cared for. Compassion fatigue, stress, and burnout are on the rise in healthcare workers. Self care has never been so important. With over 20 years of clinical nursing experience as well as being trained in Mindfulness, Meditation...2020-05-0511 min