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What if the thing breaking nurses isn't the patients?   For years, Nurse Amber believed she could outwork the bullying, survive the toxic culture, and keep showing up for the profession she loved.   Then she hit a breaking point.   In this conversation, Amber shares the reality of workplace bullying inside healthcare, why unsafe staffing impacts far more than nurse satisfaction, and how repeated e...

You ever have a season where you don't feel like yourself anymore?   You're exhausted. Short-tempered. Anxious. Brain fogged. Snapping at people you love. Wondering why everything suddenly feels harder than it used to.   For years, Jen thought she was just stressed.   Then came the panic attacks.   Then came the hives.   Then came the realization that what she was experiencing wasn't "just life" a...

After burnout, heartbreak, anxiety, grief, or emotional exhaustion… it's easy to stop experiencing yourself as capable. In this solo episode, Jan shares personal story from a solo mountain hike that unexpectedly became a turning point in her healing journey after the end of a long-term relationship… and how pushing through physical discomfort completely changed the way she saw herself. But this ep...

Your body notices the trigger before your brain does. Which means a lot of the emotional reactions, shutdowns, overwhelm, people pleasing, resentment, burnout, and survival mode behaviors we experience ashealthcare workers… are happening long before logic enters the chat. We become high functioning. Productive. Responsible. Reliable. …while quietly feeling emotionally numb, reactive, exhausted, di...

Y'all… this one is a true redemption story . I sit down with Terrence Ogden , who went from addiction, jail, and near-death experiences… to completing a 1,046-mile ruck across Texas . After being introduced to opiates at just 11 years old following a traumatic accident, Terrence found himself stuck in a cycle of heroin use, jail, and survival mode… even stealing a tire off a car just to get to reh...

If you've ever been stuck in your head… overthinking, spiraling, pushing emotions away… and then wondering why they come back louder… this episode is your emotional reset toolkit .   This is a power-packed COMPILATION episode featuring practical, real-time LIVE DEMOS of emotional processing tools you can start using today .   Inside this episode, you'll learn how to: ✨ Stop overthinking and recon...

This isn't a dramatic TV scene from The Pitt… This is what's happening in real ERs… EVERY SINGLE DAY… In this compelling interview, Trauma ER nurse Michelle shares her journey through the healthcare system, highlighting systemic issues, the emotional toll of nursing during the COVID-19 pandemic, and her passion for advocacy for healthcare reform. Discover insights into the realities faced by front...

What does it actually mean to "play the game" in travel nursing… and what does it cost you long term? In this episode, I sit down with longtime ICU Travel Nurse Tyler turned mental health provider who breaks down both sides of the story: 👉 how he built a highly successful travel nursing career 👉 and how that same hustle led to burnout, PTSD, and losing his empathy   We get into the real, unfilte...

Why do so many high-performing nurses feel stuck, exhausted, and disconnected… even when they're doing everything "right"?   In this episode, Jan sits down with Eli Bowman , speaker, author, and NLP practitioner, to unpack how unconscious mental patterns quietly run our lives and why burnout often has less to do with workload and more to do with living out of alignment with who we really are .   E...

Most of us don't avoid healing… we avoid feeling. Therapist Kalona Stone explains why trauma stays stuck in the body, why emotional numbness is so common among healthcare workers, and the simple practice that can help you start processing what you've been carrying. Including a live emotional processing exercise you can try yourself.   Together we explore: • Why avoiding emotions often keeps trauma...

Why are nurses walking off the job in record numbers? What happens when the "buck stops at the nurse"… every single time? If you've ever wondered why nurses are ACTUALLY striking… this is the episode that explains what most headlines miss. Zac Shepherd, RN (Writer, Nurse, FIGS Ambassador, Aya Nurse Fellow) has worked across the country as an ICU nurse and travel nurse, including some of the hardes...

Burned out… or neurologically overloaded? T his episode offers both neuroscience-backed clarity and real-world strategies to restore cognitive capacity and resilience. If you feel fried, scattered, or emotionally reactive lately, this might not be a mindset issue. It might be a system error in your nervous system. In this episode, I sit down with MJ Gordon, globally recognized high performance str...

Burned out… or neurologically overloaded? If you feel fried, scattered, or emotionally reactive lately, this might not be a mindset issue. It might be a system error in your nervous system. In this episode, I sit down with MJ Gordon, globally recognized high performance strategist, speaker, and founder of The Level Up System, to unpack what's actually happening inside the brains of high achievers...

In this episode, I sit down with my former travel nurse Em Herman for a raw, honest, and surprisingly hopeful conversation about moral distress in nursing, burnout recovery, queer identity, and the unexpected growth that comes from stepping outside your comfort zone. And how CHEESE can be the secret weapon to love! Em shares what it was like to start nursing at 19, grow up in the profession during...

In this episode, I sit down with my former travel nurse Em Herman for a raw, honest, and surprisingly hopeful conversation about moral distress in nursing, burnout recovery, queer identity, and the unexpected growth that comes from stepping outside your comfort zone. And how CHEESE can be the secret weapon to love! Em shares what it was like to start nursing at 19, grow up in the profession during...

If you've been feeling exhausted, wired but tired, irritable, foggy, gaining weight despite doing "everything right," or stuck in survival mode… this episode will reframe everything you think you know about hormones and dieting. Dr. Cody Golman, hormone reset expert and creator of the Fast 40 Program, returns for a deeper dive and introduces the framework overview of his methodology, breaks down h...

Working as a nurse wasn't on this farm boy's radar. His world was cattle farming, living close to the land, and understanding hard work in a completely different way. But love has a funny way of rerouting your life… In this episode, we sit down with cattle farmer turned ER nurse, Micah, whose journey into nursing was inspired by watching his wife serve as an Emergency Room Nurse Practitioner and w...

Working as a nurse wasn't on this farm boy's radar. His world was cattle farming, living close to the land, and understanding hard work in a completely different way. But love has a funny way of rerouting your life… In this episode, we sit down with cattle farmer turned ER nurse, Micah, whose journey into nursing was inspired by watching his wife serve as an Emergency Room Nurse Practitioner and w...

What happens when a Pediatric Critical Care nurse with 18 years in the game pulls back the curtain from BOTH the bedside and the supervisor seat? In this eye opening and surprisingly fun conversation, Nurse Jen Lea (CVPICU, Peds ER, Flight Nurse, RN Supervisor, Nurse Injector) shares the real signs of burnout nurses miss, the trauma healthcare workers carry, why many say they wouldn't show up the...

What happens when a Pediatric Critical Care nurse with 18 years in the game pulls back the curtain from BOTH the bedside and the supervisor seat? In this eye opening and surprisingly fun conversation, Nurse Jen Lea (CVPICU, Peds ER, Flight Nurse, RN Supervisor, Nurse Injector) shares the real signs of burnout nurses miss, the trauma healthcare workers carry, why many say they wouldn't show up the...

Burnout in nursing sometimes shows up uncontrollably sobbing watching old ladies have fun at a Zumba class, numbness, isolation, and the quiet belief that this is just how life is now. In this deeply honest episode, ICU nurse Emily shares what it was really like to work in a Level I Trauma ICU fresh out of nursing school, the emotional toll, the depression, the moments that nearly broke her, and t...

Burnout in nursing sometimes shows up uncontrollably sobbing watching old ladies have fun at a Zumba class, numbness, isolation, and the quiet belief that this is just how life is now. In this deeply honest episode, ICU nurse Emily shares what it was really like to work in a Level I Trauma ICU fresh out of nursing school, the emotional toll, the depression, the moments that nearly broke her, and t...

If you've been replaying mistakes, being hard on yourself, judging yourself for not keeping up, or feeling like a shell of yourself… If you can stand to give yourself grace ... this episode is for you. In this solo pep talk, Jan offers a compassionate reminder for nurses and healthcare workers who've been running on empty. This episode isn't about fixing yourself or pushing harder. It's about soft...

In this episode, Jan sits down with Dr. Mina , a Harvard-trained, board-certified dermatologist with over 20 years of experience, to break down what actually matters for skin health versus skincare . Designed especially for nurses and healthcare professionals under chronic stress , this conversation tackles aging skin, collagen loss, retinoids, sunscreen, red light therapy , and the overwhelming w...

If you're a nurse or healthcare professional struggling with weight gain, low energy, hormone imbalance, or burnout , this episode will change how you think about weight loss. Jan sits down with Dr. Cody Golman , hormone reset expert and creator of the Fast 40 Program ( lose 14 to 30+ pounds in 40 Days ) , to unpack why most traditional diets, fasting protocols, and calorie-deficit plans fail wome...