The Successful Nurse Coaches ™

What role does spirituality play in transformational nurse coaching? In Part 1 of this special three-part workshop series, we explore one of the most powerful topics in coaching: spirituality. Whether spirituality is central to your life or something you're only beginning to explore, this conversation creates space to examine your own beliefs without judgment. Through personal stories, research, a...

Do you need a better planner, or a completely different relationship with time? In today’s episode of The Successful Nurse Coach Podcast , Laura explores the powerful distinction between time management and time ownership. Drawing from her own experiences as a nurse, entrepreneur, mother, and leader, she challenges the belief that productivity problems can be solved with better systems, color-code...

What happens when a nurse stops waiting for permission and starts trusting herself? In this powerful conversation, Shelby sits down with Canadian nurse coach Courtnie Breit to discuss her journey from burnout, stress leave, and questioning her future in healthcare to building a thriving private practice and helping lead the nurse coaching movement in Canada. After nearly 20 years as a registered n...

In today’s episode of The Successful Nurse Coach Podcast , Laura tackles one of the most common challenges new nurse coaches face: comparison. From feeling behind in your business to questioning your abilities and worthiness, comparison has a way of stealing confidence and creating unnecessary suffering. Laura shares personal stories from her own journey, including lessons from mentors, networking...

In today’s episode, Laura breaks down the real math behind building a profitable nurse coaching practice while cutting through fear and uncertainty to show you exactly what it takes to replace (and exceed) a traditional nursing income. Why it's "simple, not easy" - The framework for success is straightforward; what's hard is the internal shift in identity, fear of rejection, and limiting beliefs T...

In today’s episode of the Successful Nurse Coach Podcast , Laura dives into the power of identity and how the roles, systems, and environments around us quietly shape who we become. Laura shares personal stories from her nursing career, including the realities of working through exhaustion, pregnancy, and people-pleasing tendencies, while unpacking how many nurses unknowingly adopt identities that...

In today’s episode , Shelby sits down with Kris Christie, a recent graduate of The Nurse Coach Residency program, to hear her inspiring story of becoming a board-certified nurse coach while working full-time as a public health nurse. Kris became a nurse in her late 40s after working as a caregiver and discovering a passion for healthcare. She holds a Master's in Nursing (Clinical Nurse Leader trac...

Melissa Parsons spent more than two decades in nursing, from trauma and cath lab to becoming a nurse practitioner. But after years of feeling increasingly disconnected from the kind of healing she truly wanted to offer, she reached a breaking point. In this conversation with Shelby, Melissa shares the deeply personal journey that led her toward nurse coaching, spirituality, and building a business...

What happens when you stop waiting to feel ready, and just go all in anyway? Colleen, a pediatric nurse turned nurse coach, shares her raw and honest journey from certification to building a thriving coaching practice. In this conversation with Shelby, she opens up about fear, visibility, investing in herself, and what it actually takes to go from “thinking about it” to signing paying clients whil...

In this final part of the money consciousness series, Laura uncovers the hidden beliefs that quietly repel money, including judging wealthy people, fearing disconnection from others, and believing money is limited. She shows how these patterns are rooted in identity and the need to feel safe and accepted, not in a lack of strategy. Through personal stories and coaching insights, Laura highlights h...

In today’s episode, Laura takes listeners inside real coaching conversations from the Money Consciousness masterclass, where the focus shifts from theory to the lived experience of money beliefs. Laura explores how fear, past experiences, and the need to be seen a certain way can create tension around charging, receiving, and even looking at money. From undercharging to navigating a partner’s mind...

In this first part of a powerful 3-part Money Consciousness workshop, we start at the root — not with strategies or numbers, but with the beliefs that quietly shape every financial decision you make. Because money isn’t just money. It’s security. It’s power. It’s stressful. It’s freedom. It’s energy. It’s something you were taught to fear, chase, avoid, or control… often without ever questioning i...

In this episode, Laura talks all about sales. She shares why so many nurses avoid sales and how that avoidance quietly blocks both impact and income. The truth is, sales is not a personality trait you either have or don’t. It is a skill. And like any clinical skill, it gets stronger with practice. The real issue is not a lack of certifications or knowledge. It is mindset, experience, and a willing...

In today’s episode, Shelby guides us through a grounding practice designed for nurse coaches to use before taking action in their business. Whether that's inviting potential clients, delivering proposals, or heading into coaching calls, it’s important to regulate your nervous system in preparation for this work. What You'll Experience: Somatic regulation techniques to calm nervous system activatio...

In today’s episode, Shelby and Laura break down what actually creates success in private practice and why it is not mystical or reserved for other people. Actual client creation is mathematical and built through repetition, volume, and consistent connecting and inviting. If you are showing up emotionally but not directly inviting people, the numbers will always reflect that. They walk through clea...

In today’s episode, Shelby shares her journey from denying she had anxiety to learning to work alongside it while building a successful business. After being diagnosed with Generalized Anxiety Disorder while waiting for open heart surgery, she discovered that anxiety isn't a sign of failure. It's often a sign of growth and expansion. Shelby opens up about her current anxiety triggers as a business...

In today’s episode, Laura explores the powerful idea of what changes when we stop playing small in our lives and careers. She challenges listeners to examine the subtle ways we keep ourselves safe by choosing reasonable goals, stability, and certainty instead of pursuing the bigger impact we quietly feel called to create. Through personal stories and reflections from her own nursing career, Laura...

In this episode, Shelby and Laura intentionally shift the conversation back toward the wins and momentum happening inside the nurse coach community. After hearing feedback that recent episodes felt a little heavy, they reflect on the importance of sharing both sides of the journey. Entrepreneurship requires discipline, consistency, and hard conversations, but it also comes with powerful moments of...

In today’s episode, Shelby shares an honest reflection on her shift from traditional nursing into nurse coaching, especially after a heavy year filled with personal and collective challenges. She acknowledges feedback from listeners who wanted a more balanced perspective, not just the hard parts of entrepreneurship, but the wins too. Shelby walks through ten powerful ways her life has changed sinc...

In today’s episode, Laura explores the universal human experience of fear and how our relationship with it impacts our effectiveness as nurse coaches. This conversation reveals why working on your relationship with fear is more valuable than perfecting your website, logo, or marketing materials. The Five Universal Human Fears: Fear of Rejection & Not Belonging - Will I be misunderstood? What w...

In today’s episode, Shelby and Laura dive into the identity shift that happens when you step into nurse coaching. If you’ve been second-guessing your prices, or waiting to feel “ready,” this conversation is your wake-up call. Together they unpack what it actually takes to move from free or inconsistent work, into confident, paid leadership. When you decide you’re a professional, everything changes...

In today’s episode, Shelby walks nurse coaches through a very common and uncomfortable conversation in coaching: when a client isn’t seeing results, and must take ownership for the reasons why. Rather than framing this as a failure of motivation, Shelby reframes stalled progress as an issue of identity, capacity, and nervous system tolerance. She explains why trying harder, giving more strategy, o...

In this episode, Laura explores why Nurse Life Coaches are uniquely positioned to thrive in the future of healthcare and coaching. As information becomes increasingly accessible through AI and technology, she explains that knowledge alone is no longer the differentiator. Real change comes from supporting identity shifts, nervous system regulation, and human behavior change. Laura shares how tradit...

In this episode, Shelby and Laura take listeners behind the scenes of what it actually means to become a professional nurse coach. This is not a conversation about hype or shortcuts. It is a real, nuanced discussion about capacity, confidence, identity shifts, and why being new can feel so disorienting in leadership and entrepreneurship. They unpack why nurse coaching is inherently pioneering work...

In today’s episode, Shelby reflects on graduating 28 clients and experiencing her first week without active clients since 2022. She delivers a candid reality check about building a coaching business: no one is special or exempt from the fundamental rules of business. Success doesn't come from passion, manifestation, or good intentions alone—it requires consistent action, discipline, and a willingn...