The David Nurse Show

Confidence Hack #24: The power of sunlight exposure for confidence and the reason why you should avoid rainy cities. Sorry, Portland, you know as well as I do that it’s just not sunny there! Yes, I know you get a few months a year, but that’s semantics! Seriously though, sunlight is so so SO beneficial for our everyday lives, especially our confidence. There’s even a disorder due to lack of called...

Confidence Hack #23: Building confidence through the power of community and how $2.1 million saved a life. Roqaia Reda was born with a rare neurodegenerative muscular disorder in Alexandria, Egypt. The only solution for a cure? One particular medicine whose cost is $2.1 million. Roqaia’s parents made the Egyptian minimum wage of $145 a week. For context, it would take them saving every penny for o...

Confidence Hack #22: The theory of “Don’t-Give-Up-Ness” and why the most important stat of all time can be overcome... 92% of people do not achieve their dreams. That’s right. Only 8% of people achieve their desired goals. And that’s not because this small section of people are so overly talented and are destined by birth for greatness! It’s because they understand the power of “Don’t-Give-Up-Ness...

Confidence Hack #21: Epiphenomenalism and how our mental states are actually a product of physical reactions. So, what the heck is epiphenomenalism?? In short, it's the relationship between our perceived mental states and the physical manifestations that cause them. Everyone knows that fear makes your heart beat faster. However, it's not fear that makes your heart beat faster. It's a biochemical r...

Confidence Hack #20: Two valleys and a mountain actually equal something great on the other side... Psalm 23:4 - Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You are probably familiar with this verse. I’m sure you’ve heard it somewhere in a song or have read it in the Bible. It is a powerful and da...

Confidence Hack #19: The Paradox of Provision and how that led to over one billion cups of coffee served by Starbucks. A paradox is an absurd statement that, when investigated or explained, may prove well-founded... Well, what the heck does that mean?! It means that even when all seems to be going in the wrong direction when everything seems to be crumbling, you might get everything you wanted. Ho...

Confidence Hack #18: your unique voice print and how you are truly 1 of 1. Just like a snowflake, your voice is completely unique to you. There is not one other person who sounds identical to you. How wild is that? It's due to the lack of a vocal membrane only in humans that allows us to have our own vocal prints. This is unlike any other animal in the world! So how about that?? Feeling pretty spe...

Confidence Hack #17: confidence through your significant other's interests and how you are more like them than you ever knew... Look, I've been there too. There was NO WAY I was gonna get into the Bachelor or any of those sappy, lame reality dating shows...but that was before I met my wife! You see, the desire to give and receive emotional responsiveness to your significant other creates a neuroch...

Confidence Hack #16: confidence through epigenetics and how can change your jeans...and your genes. I think most people would agree...your genetics are unchangeable. But what if they aren’t? Turns out your genetics can actually change. Epigenetics studies how behaviors and environment can affect our genes or how our body reads those genes. That on-and-off switch is called methylation. The way to t...

Confidence Hack #15: the confidence gained through seeing the color purple and why Alexander the Great needed A TON of mollusks... According to color psychology, the color purple represents power and CONFIDENCE. But why? Because it took sooo much to extract it! As many as 250,000 mollusks were needed to produce just one useable ounce of dye. So, it was worn by kings and queens because of its incre...

Confidence Hack #14: the confidence gained through our impairments and how Beethoven and Mozart employed the beautiful power of neuroplasticity. As a composer, hearing should be your most important sense. But at 28, Beethoven became deaf. Could there be anything worse?? But what seemed to be an insurmountable obstacle became an incredibly powerful advantage. The brain corrects for other impairment...

Confidence Hack #13: the confidence gained in exercising and how it can be the magic pill for mood, energy, health, sleep, and self-esteem. What if there really was a limitless pill? The only caveat is that it doesn't come in pill form. Exercise. You've heard from everyone. But it is SCIENTIFICALLY PROVEN to increase every factor of our lives. The 5 Magical Benefits of Exercise: Changes your Mood...

Confidence Hack #12: the confidence in acting like you belong and the Phillies fan who found his way into a World Series locker room... Have you ever imagined yourself hugging and jumping around with your team after you just won a championship? The feeling of the champagne in your eyes and celebrating with your teammates? Well, that’s what Lionel Rodia did. After being laid off from his job, he be...

Confidence Hack #11: the confidence we gain when we care for ourselves. If you look good, you feel good, you play good... Have you ever NOT felt more confident after a self-care day? What about that feeling after a fresh haircut? Turns out, it's actually scientific how much better we feel. In this episode, I go over some of the stats and studies that prove it's more than just a selfish desire to l...

Confidence Hack #10: The confidence gained through minimalism and why having less always leads to much more... There's this colossal fallacy in self-improvement, the quest always to add more. Eat more of this nutrient, add this and this to your routine, and do this thing over here; it's a constant barrage of additions. Confidence doesn't come from what you add...but what you delete. I think we all...

Confidence Hack #9: The confidence gained in emulating your favorite movie character, like Mr. Bond... Who comes to mind when you think of a confident movie character? For me, it's gotta be James Bond—the epitome of cool, calm, and collected. Even though James Bond is a fictional character, there are many lessons we can learn from him. We can implement his calmness under pressure. Remaining calm u...

Confidence Hack #8: confidence through receiving encouragement, just like Maya Angelou and her relationship with Mrs. Flowers and her singing cage birds... What can spark life and also signal death? It’s the tongue. Who was the person in your life who spoke true words of encouragement over you? Who was the person who spoke death over you and squashed those dreams you were hoping to achieve? Maya A...

Confidence Hack #7: Confidence in learning big words and how you can become smarter right now... A big vocabulary. It's one of those things when you're conversing with someone, and they drop a million-dollar word. It makes your head spin. And it makes you wish you could have that same vocabulary. Well, good news: You can! Scientist Johnson O'Conner found success and an extensive vocabulary go hand...

Confidence Hack #6: Confidence in good posture. The differences in what slouch and great posture do for your confidence and how 85% of communication is conducted... According to a study by Harvard Business Review, better posture results in a better mood; it’s as simple as that. It can elevate levels of testosterone and lower levels of Cortisol. So, wouldn’t it make sense to make a simple change an...

Confidence Hack #5: Confidence through embracing unconventional ways and how David was able to topple Goliath. It's the most incredible underdog story of all time—the biggest upset in history. But what we didn't see was that David was always prepared to win. His unconventional tactics and skills made him especially lethal. God had honed David to become a ferocious warrior. Through trials and tribu...

Confidence Hack #4: Confidence through your own personal walk-up song and how Mariano Rivera became the greatest closer of all time. We’ve all got one song that we listen to that pumps us up. The song we listen to when we’re getting ready to take on the world. It turns out there’s actually scientific evidence to back how music can change our confidence. Today’s hack is a story about Mariano Rivera...

Confidence Hack #3: Confidence through Visualization and Michael Phelp’s Water-Filled Goggles... Visualization. Manifestation. See yourself and all the great things that will come your way! Blah, blah, blah... You’ve heard it told 100,000 different ways from 1 billion different influencers trying to sell something, and it’s a load of crap! True visualization is a strategic and tactical tool that l...

Confidence Hack #2: Confidence Through Redefining Words... William Shakespeare created over 1,700 words...so why would we let words control our actions?? So many of the words we use in our modern vocabulary were created just a few centuries ago! So why would we let these words hold so much power over us? WE are the ones who demand the power of these words. WE speak life into their meaning. So toda...

WELCOME TO 2024!! Confidence Hack #1: Comparison is the Thief of Joy. It’s a new year, and together, we will become the most CONFIDENT and UNSTOPPABLE we’ve ever been!! This year, this podcast will release an episode EVERY SINGLE DAY. Each day will have a short confidence tip to jump-start your day to become the absolute BEST version of what God intends for us! Today’s hack is all about our compar...

This episode is powered by Eleve Health and OneSkin. 2024 is here! For this last episode of the year, I want to share some of my best tips for this next year so we can all be MORE CONFIDENT and create REAL CHANGE! This has 10 tips, quotes, or reasons, whatever you want to call them, to have a better, more confident 2024...and beyond. These are some things I think about when I'm looking for a confi...