Healing the Hearts of Healthcare

In this podcast, Katie O’Shea, PT, DPT, MBA, GCS, CDP, CCRP joins Arleen as a guest podcaster on how healthcare workers can achieve healing through understanding the practice of reiki. As a doctor of physical therapy and reiki master, Katie shares how she listened to the whisper of reiki and how you can experience healing from this ancient practice of energy healing. As humans there is an energeti...

In this podcast, Arleen shares the work of John Bickart, Ph. D., Educator, Consultant and author of four books. Together we discuss and explore the teachings in the book 20 Opportunities to Transform Yourself While Teaching . John reminds us that for healing to occur and to change our mindset, we must first think with our heart. John shares that because our lives are full of distractions and the n...

In this podcast, Arleen reminds healthcare workers that their superpower in healing others. We do this with our words, thoughts and actions. Not only is healing others what you are designed to do, but the people you serve desperately need you. Even when you experience day-to-day challenges, Arleen reminds us to use our superpower of compassion, empathy and teamwork in every situation. The way you...

In this podcast, Arleen shares the work of authors, Keith Yamashita and Sandra Spataro from the book Unstuck. As healthcare workers, part of your healing journey is to recognize when you are stuck, especially if you find yourself just going through the motions. If you are not feeling a strong connection to your passion and purpose then it might be time for you to self-reflect and realize you might...

In this podcast, Arleen reminds us that it is within your capability to recreate the future you want. She shares the secrets for healthcare workers to heal your heart. It is not about running away from the painful experiences but learning how to use our minds to create new experiences. When you remember the reasons that drew you into the field of healthcare, you can reconnect your passion to your...

In this podcast, Arleen discusses how healthcare workers can quickly slip into compassion fatigue. Managing the constant demands, internal and external stressors, and dealing with the trauma from serving during the pandemic can be overwhelming and exhausting. Compassion fatigue, a condition related to the emotional and physical exhaustion by healthcare workers must be identified and managed effect...

In this podcast, Veronica Barber, EdD joins Arleen to help healthcare workers understand how recognizing emotions and feelings is necessary in providing compassionate care. We will discuss how internal and external stressors and influences affect our emotional response. You will learn the neuroscience behind how our brains form new neural pathways and how our emotional responses can affect our abi...

In this podcast episode, Noreen O'Sullivan, an animal-assisted teacher and author, joins Arleen to share her transformative model, Look, Listen, Love . Noreen advocates that self-awareness is essential to enable thoughtful responses over impulsive reactions in stressful situations. She explains that we always have a choice between two feelings in every situation: feelings that have love or fee...

In this podcast we explore how setting your intentions towards the positive will help you to search for those moments where you can experience love, joy and peace again. In a world where negativity is everywhere, as healthcare workers you are in the best position to channel positivity in your words and actions. It’s about setting your intentions and making a conscious choice to seek positivity, to...

In this podcast, Rashidah Cartwright, Ed. M, LCADC, CCS, Autism for Badass Moms podcast host and Licensed Clinical Drug and Alcohol Counselor and Mental Health Therapist joins Arleen to discuss the burdens that many healthcare workers continue to live with from experiencing pain and suffering of serving in the pandemic. This call to action is for all of us as caregivers to invite the support of me...

This podcast explains why it is essential to forgive yourself from your past experiences in order to heal your heart from “The Great Sadness.” You were designed to heal others, but every day you are exposed to pain and suffering which affects your ability to press forward and heal others. You will be inspired to take steps to release the pain and suffering of what you experienced as a front-line h...

In this podcast, I am joined by Laurie Smith, founder of the 28-day Flow Challenge and author of Leap with Me: A Creative Path to Finding and Following Your True Voice. Laurie is an expert on the flow state and shows us how even just five minutes a day spent doing activities we love can improve our overall well being. Finding opportunities to escape and exist in the flow state is one of the fastes...

One of the secrets to healing your heart from The Great Sadness, lies in self-exploration and self-discovery of searching inside yourself. In this episode we will dive into the transformative practices of slowing down your pace in order to discover healing, growth and inner peace  In a world consumed by external distractions, this podcast will explore the ancient art of kintsugi and how and why we...

As a healthcare worker what you do is soul-filling, purposeful work. You were designed to care for others, but the global pandemic changed everything. It had you rethinking about whether or not you have what it takes to continue to press on. What you witnessed, firsthand, had a profound effect on your heart and mind. Over time, you were left to feel like the layers of your heart were slowly being...