The Second Shift

There is a voice most nurses know well. It is the one that says someone else has it worse, so sit down and stay quiet. The Second Shift podcast opens by admitting that voice almost kept this episode from existing at all. This episode is about what self-doubt actually costs a nurse, why disqualifying your own experience became a professional reflex, and what years at the bedside teaches you about s...

From Fine to Free | Show Notes It was You. You Were There. The Decision That Changes Everything A weekly podcast for people living in the crossing between fine and actually free. Hosted by Patrick LaRose — nurse, coach, and someone who has lived the transformation from the inside out. About This Episode Have you ever sat in your car in the parking lot before a shift and had to talk yourself into w...

A Bigger Stage, Same Performance Same act. Bigger stage. Still no time to ask what you want. What do you do when you finally get everything you wanted, and nothing in your life changes? A friend of mine chased a promotion for six years. She got the email, and about an hour later, she was sitting in a parking garage crying, hands on the wheel, not going anywhere. She did not know why. I think she d...

About This Episode What if the universe was giving you signals that it was time for a new route in your life? In this episode, Paddy shares the story behind one of the biggest decisions of his life — selling everything he owned and living full-time in a van for five years. This is not a van life story. It is a story about defiance, self-discovery, and what happens when you stop living the life tha...

I remember sitting in a hospital parking lot watching everyone march into work. That song from Barney kept playing in my head. The ants go marching one by one. I was one of those ants. Maybe you know that feeling. This episode starts with a simple question — one most of us have never actually stopped to answer. Who are you today? Not the version you perform at work. Not the one that keeps the peac...

Something New Is Starting I have been writing From Fine to Free for a while now. Essays. Notes. Reflections on what it looks like to stop performing your life and start actually living it. And somewhere along the way, people started writing back. Not just to say they liked it. But to say they recognized themselves in it. That they had been feeling the same thing for years. That they did not have a...

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