Beat Nurse Burnout | Holistic Wellness, Stress, Burnout Recovery, Fatigue, Identity, Healing

Your body has been talking to you the whole time. The question is whether you've been listening — or reaching for the next quick fix instead. In this episode, I sit down with Erica Ballard, Women's Health Coach and founder of her own integrative health coaching practice, to talk about what your body is really communicating when it shows up in fatigue, gut issues, flare-ups, and burnout symptoms nu...

HI Nurse friend, Have you ever wondered why you're doing "everything right" but still feel exhausted, inflamed, and hormonally off? The answer might not be what you're eating — it might be when you're working. In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Aaron Chapa, Doctor of Chiropractic and functional health expert, to have the conversation nurses desperately need to hear. Dr. Chapa specializes in horm...

What if time isn't actually your enemy? In this episode, I flip the script on one of the most universal struggles for burned-out nurses and high-achieving women: the relentless feeling of not enough time. Drawing from a personal story, 20 years of clinical experience, and a faith-rooted perspective, I reveal why how you see time determines how you experience your day. And I offer three practical t...

What if your burnout isn't just a scheduling problem — what if it's an energy problem? In this powerful episode, we explore why emotional healing is the missing piece in most nurse leader recovery plans. Drawing from Scripture, quantum physics, and the bioresonance technology behind WholeBio Insights, Shan reveals how unresolved emotions are stored in the body as disrupted frequencies — and why yo...

Nurse leader, You gave everything today. Now it's time to give it to God. If you're listening to this on your commute home — in your car, on the train, walking to your front door — this episode was made for this exact moment. You just survived a shift that had no business being that hard. You were in charge. The floor was chaos. There was a patient loss, coworker conflict, impossible decisions mad...

If you have emotions, this episode is for you...😉 You've blamed the short staffing. You've blamed the charting. You've blamed the administration. But what if the real root of your burnout is something no hospital policy can fix? In this episode, I sit down with Brooke Billingsley — owner and founder of Task to Touch training videos for nurses — to talk about the one skill nursing school never tau...

If you've been stuck in burnout recovery doing all the right things and still feeling empty, exhausted, and disconnected - this episode is going to hit different. I'm going to the deepest root of nurse burnout that nobody talks about: identity. In this solo episode, Shan shares her personal journey from perfectionism and performance-driven living to freedom, and why understanding your God-given id...

In this episode, Shan sits down with Nadine Dyer — founder and CEO of Purposeful Living Inc. and a passionate advocate for the woman the world sees as strong, capable, and put-together, but who privately is carrying far more than anyone knows. Nadine calls her the modern woman. And if you have ever smiled through exhaustion, performed competence while running on empty, or kept it together publicly...

What if I told you that some of the stress destroying your health right now has nothing to do with your patient load, your manager, or your schedule — and everything to do with what you are allowing into your mind every single day? Today we are talking about the hidden input that is quietly fueling your burnout — and more importantly, what to do about it. In this episode, Shan tackles one of the m...

In this episode I sit down with Stephanie Taylor, cardiac ICU nurse, mom, and holistic health advocate -for a raw and real conversation about what burnout actually looks like when it lives in your body, not just your mind. Stephanie spent years at the bedside while her health quietly unraveled. Despite doing everything she knew to do like eating well, exercising, pushing through, she was exhausted...

Welcome to another breath prayer episode, in the Breathe and be still series. Let's breathe and be still and know that He is Lord and you are safe, known, loved by Him. Maycember is upon us and we need a breath prayer for the busy, the hurried, the month that is extra, the MOM in may....and the one who is already stressed out BEFORE may! And this one is special...this one is personal. This breath...

  Hi Nurse, What if the most powerful burnout recovery tool available to you cost nothing, required no prescription, and took less than seven minutes a day? In this fan-favorite episode — one of the most played in the Beat Nurse Burnout library — Shan Wright, RN and holistic stress expert, shares the simplest, most clinically supported, and most spiritually grounded hack for anxiety she knows: sin...

Hey friend! I am so glad you are here today, because this episode — this one right here — is one I have been genuinely excited to bring to you. Have you ever had that quiet, persistent feeling that God is calling you to something more — something beyond the bedside — but you did not know what to do with it? Maybe you have been faithful to your nursing career, you have given it everything, and yet...

HI Nurse friend, In this expanded follow-up to Episode 224, we go deep on one of the most powerful — and most overlooked — tools in burnout recovery: self-compassion. Not as a soft concept, but as an active, research-supported practice that can literally change your nervous system chemistry. And it’s biblically based! In fact, Jesus said it was the second greatest commandment!  In this episode, we...

Hi nurse, If you have ever told yourself I am fine while everything inside you was screaming otherwise — this episode is for you. Today's guest is Alexander Pujol — former physician assistant, founder of Quantum Human Performance, and one of the most courageously honest voices in the healthcare wellness space. Alex spent years working in high-pressure medical environments, carrying the weight of p...

Hi Nurse friend, Are you a burnt out nurse — or quietly headed there? In part 2 of this series on What Burnout is and How to Beat it- I break down 8 faith-based practices that you can start using TODAY to find some peace! Today I am giving you the Burnout Recovery Plan. Not a generic wellness checklist. Not five tips that sound great but fall apart by Tuesday. A real, faith-rooted, holistically gr...

Hi Nurse friend, Today is another episode in the Breathe and Be Still Series. Take these few minutes with me to break up with the identity of being a people pleaser- because it's stressful and you don't like it anyway- and breathe in your true identity. Then put this breath prayer in your back pocket for those days you feel the people pleasing tendencies are creeping back. Say the breath prayer wh...

Today, we have the honor to participate in Podcasthon for the second year in a row. Podcasthon is the world‘s largest podcast charity initiative, bringing together podcasters globally to raise awareness for important causes - without any money involved.💞🌎 It’s all about uniting voices to make an impact and increase awareness for these amazing nonprofits and charities! For one week, thousands of...

Hi Nurse friend, Are you a burnt out nurse — or quietly headed there? In this episode of Beat Nurse Burnout, holistic life coach and Christian nurse coach Shan Wright breaks down exactly what burnout is, why it is so widespread in healthcare, and how chronic stress and nervous system dysregulation are showing up in your body, your home, and your relationships right now. If you have ever told yours...

Hi Nurse friend, In this powerful episode, I’m joined by hospital chaplain and spiritual director Christine Vaughn Davies to talk about the hidden grief nurses carry every day. We explore how grief in nurses often goes unrecognized — from patient loss and moral distress to cumulative grief and compassion fatigue. Over time, this unprocessed grief compounds, contributing to nurse burnout, emotional...

Hi Nurse friend, Today, we're diving into a request from one of our listeners that I know so many of you will relate to. By the way, I love when listeners request topics. You can always message me feedback on an episode, questions or requests on instagram @theshanwright or email hello@theshanwright.com She wrote: "I find I struggle with releasing sadness or tension after a tough shift because I ca...

Hi Nurse friend, In this powerful episode, I sit down with Dr. Kate Davis, Functional Medicine doctor and gut health expert, to unpack the real connection between stress, burnout, and chronic gut issues—especially for nurses and healthcare professionals living in survival mode. After battling nearly a decade of chronic gut symptoms herself—only to discover a massive parasite infection at the root—...

Hi Nurse friend, February. The month when the world celebrates love with cards, chocolates, and flowers. But for so many nurses in the trenches of burnout, love feels like something we give away but never quite know how to receive. We pour ourselves out shift after shift, caring for everyone but ourselves, all while a quiet voice whispers we're not quite enough. Not worthy enough. Not deserving en...

Hi Nurse friend, What happens when chronic pain, burnout, and nervous system dysregulation start stealing your ability to feel — not just physically, but emotionally and intimately? In this powerful episode, I sit down with Honey Hull, NP, a pain and sex coach who understands firsthand what it’s like to live in a body shaped by stress, trauma, and exhaustion. Honey shares her personal story of bur...

Hey Nurse friend, Today, I’m sharing a conversation I had with Lacey Conner on her podcast: Image Bearers. We have a casual conversation about nurse burnout and identity. We talk about how burnout show up in our lives, differently and the way God led us both to using our skills and expertise in nursing in our current season of life. Lacey is a mom to 4, RN and host of the podcast, Image Bearers. S...