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Empowered EaseBurnout Series- Rest Without GuiltHi!! I would love to hear from you!Burnout rarely looks like a dramatic crash; it’s the slow leak that drains your energy, dulls your joy, and convinces you to push just a little harder. I’m pulling back the curtain on how we quietly sabotage rest—and how to reclaim it with practical, guilt-free tools you can use today. Drawing on a decade in critical care and years coaching women through recovery, I unpack why hustle culture, good-girl conditioning, and constant sensory overload keep the nervous system stuck in overdrive, and why the fix isn’t a week...
2026-01-2634 minEmpowered EaseDr Darcy Graham- Hot Flashes, Brain Fog, And Seven Kids Walk Into A ClinicHi!! I would love to hear from you!Hot flashes at dinner, brain fog at work, zero interest in intimacy by night—if that sounds familiar, you’re not broken and you’re not alone. We sit down with Dr. Darcy Graham, DNP and founder of Grit and Grace Wellness, to demystify perimenopause and menopause with clarity, compassion, and real-world tools that fit a busy life.Darcy shares how she moved from labor and delivery to hormone-focused care, why a single lab draw can’t define your story, and what has changed about hormone replacement therapy...
2026-01-1249 minEmpowered EaseDr Bridget Lybarger, Headaches To Healing: Chiropractic, Acupuncture, And Functional Medicine ExplainedHi!! I would love to hear from you!Tired of feeling unheard, rushed, or stuck with symptoms that don’t add up? I sit down with Dr. Bridget Lybarger—chiropractor, acupuncturist, and functional medicine practitioner—to map a practical path from scattered care to whole-person healing. Her approach blends nervous system support, energy flow, and root-cause testing, then brings it home with simple daily habits that cost little but change a lot.We break down how functional medicine uses comprehensive thyroid and hormone panels, cortisol checks, stool and urinalysis, and hair tissue analysis to reveal what b...
2025-12-2942 minEmpowered EaseSound Heals, Hearts Open with Jessica Rule & Ashley WeirHi!! I would love to hear from you!Ever wonder why a single tone can soften your shoulders, slow your breath, and make buried feelings easier to face? I sit down with Jessica Rule of Osprey Rising and returning friend Ashley Weir to unpack how sound therapy and Reiki help the nervous system shift from constant alert to genuine safety. Jessica’s story moves from childhood sensitivity and painful school stigma to her first Reiki session, the emotional release that followed, and the calling that led her to build a practice around sound baths, energy work, and ev...
2025-12-151h 03Empowered EaseAbby Payne: Reclaiming Calm In A Noisy WorldHi!! I would love to hear from you!Burnout doesn’t vanish with a long weekend. It lingers in your bones, in the shaky hands before a meeting, in the late-night scroll that steals your sleep. Today, we sit down with RN and board-certified nurse coach Abby Payne to chart a grounded path out of chronic stress, people pleasing, and screen compulsion—one nervous system-friendly step at a time.Abby’s story runs from critical care through cannabis nursing to trauma-informed coaching, and her biggest unlock was scientific: the endocannabinoid system. Stress and nutrient-poor habits drain...
2025-11-0352 minEmpowered EasePelvic Health, Plain And Simple with Becca MeredithHi!! I would love to hear from you!Pelvic health should be simple to talk about, yet most of us only notice our pelvic floor when something goes wrong—leaks during workouts, urgency on a long shift, pain with intimacy, or stubborn constipation. We invited occupational therapist and yoga teacher Becca Meredith to open the door with clarity and care. She walks us through what the pelvic floor actually is, why tone can be too low or too high, and how breath, posture, and the nervous system shape everything from bladder signals to sex and recovery after bi...
2025-10-2041 min
Redefining Us28: Reclaiming Yourself Beyond Burnout with Jenn OhlingerWhat if burnout isn’t just about work, but about the roles and expectations we’ve carried since childhood? In this conversation, holistic coach and critical care nurse Jenn Ohlinger joins Stephanie to share how her own health crisis forced her to rebuild her relationship with herself and rethink what it means to truly care for others.From the hidden toll of people-pleasing and the struggle to say no, to the power of community in healing, Jenn’s story will resonate with anyone who has ever felt drained, overwhelmed, or alone. This is a conversation about boundaries, empowe...
2025-10-1645 minEmpowered EaseJeannie Stumne’s Catatonic to Comeback: Surviving Life's Rock BottomHi!! I would love to hear from you!A successful career, loving family, and all the right boxes checked—yet behind the scenes, overwhelming anxiety, exhaustion, and a deep disconnect from self. This is the reality many high-achieving women face, including Jeannie Stumne, who spent 25 years building an impressive career in higher education while silently drowning in burnout.Jeannie's powerful conversation with Jen reveals how a life-threatening nervous system shutdown became her ultimate wake-up call. After reaching a breaking point at 40, repressed childhood trauma surfaced, sending her into full PTSD symptoms while still trying to ma...
2025-10-0636 min
Empowered EaseThe Modern Nurse Movement: Emily KnifeHi!! I would love to hear from you!What happens when nurses break free from traditional roles and reimagine their professional identity? Emily Knife, founder of Modern Nurse Fest and Heartbeat RN, is revolutionizing how nurses view their careers and personal wellbeing.During our candid conversation, Emily challenges the fundamental narratives of nursing shortages and burnout. With 6.8 million licensed nurses in the US but only 1.2 million vacancies, she argues the problem isn't a lack of nurses—it's a lack of nurses willing to work in hospitals. This insight exposes how healthcare systems have failed to ad...
2025-09-0857 min
Empowered EaseIron Focus: Kiana Reedy’s Journey back to HerselfHi!! I would love to hear from you!What happens when a nurse decides to heal herself first? Kiana Reedy's story will stop you in your tracks.After graduating nursing school in 2021, Kiana found herself caught in a cycle that might sound familiar – overworked, undernourished, and stuck in patterns that weren't serving her. Within two years, she completely transformed her reality – shedding 30 pounds, healing a condition doctors had labeled "chronic," and finding the courage to leave an eight-year toxic relationship that began when she was just 16.The secret? An unwavering focus on personal well...
2025-09-0152 minEmpowered EaseNursing's Powerhouse: Leanne Meier’s Mission to Transform HealthcareHi!! I would love to hear from you!What happens when nurses take healthcare into their own hands? The answer might just revolutionize medicine as we know it.Leanne Meier has spent nearly five decades as a nurse, witnessing firsthand how our profit-driven healthcare system continues to fail both patients and providers. Rather than accepting this broken reality, she's pioneered two groundbreaking organizations that are creating tangible alternatives to traditional healthcare delivery.Through Nurses Transforming Healthcare, Leanne and her colleagues have developed a community-based model inspired by public utilities. Instead of treating symptoms...
2025-08-251h 04Empowered EaseEllouise Heather: Your Body Is Not the Enemy: A Highly Sensitive Woman's Guide to Weight ReleaseHi!! I would love to hear from you!What if the weight you're trying to lose isn't just physical? For highly sensitive women—roughly 20-25% of the population—traditional diet approaches often fail because they don't address the deeper patterns connecting sensitivity, emotional regulation, and body image. In this illuminating conversation with holistic weight loss expert Ellouise Heather, we explore the unique challenges highly sensitive women face in their relationship with food and their bodies.Ellouise reveals how being highly sensitive means you not only experience emotions more intensely but also absorb external messa...
2025-08-1142 minEmpowered EasePermission to Thrive: Hannah Stauber’s Journey from Oppression to LiberationHi!! I would love to hear from you!What happens when a woman raised in an isolated religious community finds the courage to walk away from everything she's ever known? In this deeply moving conversation, Hannah Stauber shares her remarkable journey from being married at 14 as the seventh wife to a 42-year-old man, to becoming a family nurse practitioner, author, and women's advocate.Hannah's story defies imagination – leaving her polygamous marriage at 34 with only an eighth-grade education, she earned her GED and completed multiple nursing degrees within nine years, overcoming dyslexia and ADHD along the wa...
2025-08-0457 minEmpowered EaseNatalie Menk: When Silence Becomes Your StrengthHi!! I would love to hear from you!Hair appointments shouldn't be anxiety-inducing. Yet for many people, especially introverts, the social expectations of salon visits can feel overwhelming. Enter Natalie Menk, affectionately known as "The Introvert Stylist," who's revolutionizing the salon experience with a beautifully simple concept: silent appointments.After nine years in the beauty industry, Natalie has transformed what she once perceived as a weakness into her greatest strength. Rather than forcing herself to be chatty, she embraced her natural quietude and created a service where clients don't feel pressured to make small talk...
2025-07-1421 minEmpowered EaseMandy Ryle: Beyond the Tissue Damage Myth: Transforming Women's Pain ExperienceHi!! I would love to hear from you!The hidden epidemic of chronic pain affects millions, but women in midlife bear a disproportionate burden—often with inadequate support from conventional healthcare. In this episode we discuss this revolutionary understanding of pain science with expert Mandy Ryle, who combines professional expertise with personal experience navigating her own chronic pain journey.Mandy challenges our fundamental understanding of pain, exposing the outdated "mechanistic view" of the body that originated during the Industrial Revolution. This paradigm shift reveals why tissue damage and pain are only loosely correlated—explaining why 40-50...
2025-07-0745 minEmpowered EaseFrom Self-Doubt to Self-Love: Maria Paholik's Journey to FreedomHi!! I would love to hear from you!Maria Paholik takes us on a deeply personal journey from people-pleasing to self-liberation in this heartfelt conversation about authenticity and worth. Eight years ago, Maria stood at her bedroom window, feeling completely lost despite outward appearances of success. That vulnerable moment when she asked the universe for help sparked a transformative path toward self-discovery and healing.Through her work as a Heal Your Life workshop leader, Coach, and mindfulness meditation teacher, Maria now guides women to break free from the exhausting cycle of people-pleasing. She shares refreshingly...
2025-06-2336 minEmpowered EaseKari Kiazyk: From Scoliosis to Sound: One Woman's Healing RevolutionHi!! I would love to hear from you!Imagine living with debilitating pain for three decades, only to discover that the key to freedom wasn't surgery but something far more surprising. This is the remarkable journey of Kari Kiazyk, who transformed her 30-year battle with scoliosis pain into a mission to help others find relief through unconventional but powerful methods.At just sixteen years old, Kari faced a devastating diagnosis following a gym class accident. Doctors warned she'd be wheelchair-bound by thirty without immediate surgery. Despite this grim prognosis, something deep within her resisted. That...
2025-06-1639 min
Empowered EaseNicole King and her Body Trust RevolutionHi!! I would love to hear from you!Are you tired of rigid diet plans that never stick? Do you feel disconnected from your body despite "doing everything right"? Join us for a refreshing conversation with Nicole King, author of "Listening to Your Body" and founder of Balance Being Nutrition, who offers a revolutionary approach to health that prioritizes self-acceptance over restriction.Nicole's journey began with a simple revelation: providing meal plans alone doesn't create lasting change. Through her own experience as "the skinny girl who struggled to gain weight," Nicole discovered that true health...
2025-06-0936 minEmpowered EaseHealing the Healers: Dr. Lorre Laws on Nurse TraumaHi!! I would love to hear from you!What if everything you've been told about nurse burnout is wrong? Dr. Lorre Laws, integrative nursing professor with over 35 years in the healing arts, presents a revolutionary perspective: what healthcare professionals experience isn't mere burnout – it's occupational trauma with profound physiological impacts.With equal parts scientific authority and spiritual wisdom, Dr. Lorre unveils how chronic workplace stress triggers cell danger response, causing mitochondrial dysfunction that manifests as chronic fatigue, brain fog, autoimmune conditions, and more. This groundbreaking framework explains why traditional "self-care" approaches fail and why we...
2025-06-0245 minEmpowered EaseChristine Soza, Beyond Medicine: A Death Doula's WisdomHi!! I would love to hear from you!What happens when we stop fearing death and start embracing it as part of our human journey? Christine Soza, a Reiki master and end-of-life doula with 30 years of nursing experience, transforms our understanding of mortality in this profound conversation.Christine guides us through the role of an end-of-life doula—a non-medical practitioner supporting people from diagnosis through their final transition and beyond. With compassion and clarity, she explains how our society's death denial creates unnecessary suffering and how reclaiming death as a natural process can lead to mo...
2025-05-2649 minEmpowered EaseEnergy's Ripple Effect with Ashley WeirHi!! I would love to hear from you!What happens when physical fitness meets energy healing? Ashley Weir's journey from fitness queen to Reiki master offers a compelling answer. As the owner of Indigo Sage and Balance, Ashley has discovered that true wellness requires more than just pushing your body to its limits—it demands attention to your energetic and spiritual well-being too.Ashley's story begins with a familiar narrative: a young athlete focused intensely on physical performance, struggling with body dysmorphia and using exercise as her primary outlet for emotional processing. "I'd push myself ph...
2025-05-1939 minEmpowered EaseHealing the Healers with Eva ZobianWolfHi!! I would love to hear from you!When the hospital beeps follow you home and echo in your dreams, you know your nervous system has been fundamentally altered by your work. This was Eva ZobianWolfe's reality during her 25+ years in critical care nursing before she discovered the transformative power of adaptive yoga therapy.In this deeply resonant conversation, Eva reveals the barely discussed truth about healthcare burnout – how the hypervigilance required to save lives creates a physiological state where true relaxation feels impossible, even threatening. "I felt like an angry shell of myself," she co...
2025-05-1258 minEmpowered EaseLiberation Through Embodied Awareness with Molly RoseHi!! I would love to hear from you!What if the key to personal transformation isn't about fixing what's broken, but rather becoming curious about patterns that once protected you? Somatic coach Molly Rose joins us to explore how our bodies hold wisdom far beyond cognitive intelligence.Drawing from her decade of experience in nonprofit management and humanitarian work, Molly reveals how organizations like Clowns Without Borders and Burning Man Project showed her the profound impact of human connection in crisis. Whether performing in refugee camps or organizing community-driven service projects, she witnessed how simple...
2025-05-0547 minEmpowered EaseThe Sacred Space of Self-Reflection: Barbara Anderson's JourneyHi!! I would love to hear from you!What happens when a nurse with 40 years of experience decides to tackle the healthcare burnout crisis head-on? Barbara Anderson's journey from bedside nurse to healthcare consultant to holistic coach offers powerful insights for anyone struggling to find balance in a caregiving profession.Barbara introduces us to the concept of being a "pivot person" – someone who embraces change and seeks new challenges throughout their career. Her own path took her from home care to leadership roles to traveling healthcare consultant, ultimately leading to her coaching practice, Simply Harmony Co...
2025-04-2840 minEmpowered EaseHannah Ciampini; Intensive Therapy: Transforming Trauma in Fewer SessionsHi!! I would love to hear from you!Trauma doesn't fit neatly into a standard 50-minute therapy session – so why should our approach to healing? Hannah Ciampini shares how EMDR intensive therapy breaks the traditional model by offering longer, more focused sessions that help clients process trauma efficiently rather than dragging healing out over months or years.My guest, Hannah, explains why the wall that trauma creates between short-term and long-term memory keeps us stuck in fight-or-flight, and how EMDR helps break down that barrier. "It's not that certain memories are ever going to be ok...
2025-04-2140 min