EmpoweRNment: The Radiant Nurse Podcast

This episode talks about Katie's nursing burnout experience and how she healed her burnout and lives a life of vibrance through coaching and breath work. Katie shares 2 incredible tools you can start using today and during your next shift to calm you nervous system and start feeling more yourself in your nursing practice.

Katie Allender has been practicing as a pediatric nurse for 20 years. She sets a high value on taking ...

You went into nursing to help people, but its easy to loose sight of that in the demands of this broken healthcare system. If you're pulled to this episode you do desire to make something more for yourself, to feel the impact that you're making on your world. You want to feel better about your nursing career and the path you have and are paving for it.

This episode covers the number 1 thing I've found nurses forget that dr...

Trigger warning: This episode mentions traumatic situations and should not be watched if you are not ready to take radical responsibility for your ability to control and influence your life and experiences. Nothing and I mean nothing happens for no reason. In this episode we dive into how all the things that are happening are giving you indications of how you are thinking and feeling about yourself. This is GOOD NEWS becau...

This episode dives into our wants. As a burnt out nurse we have all kinds of wants.

When your alarm goes off you want to go back to bed, you want to call out.

You want a different job or assignment or manager.

All these wants really make our brain hone in on what we don't have. This creates more feelings of not having, not feeling good enough and being unappreciated in the work we do.

We discuss why you brain actually focu...

This episode we interview Ashley who went from being a burnt out ICU nurse working nights just to trying to care for her kids during the day. To being a school nurse to help be more present for her family. Then realizing and following her true passion, getting her masters in creative writing and taking her Nursing and life experience and pouring them into her book Vital Signs.

More about Ashley: Ashley Krumrine is a nurse ...

When it comes to nursing burnout, our perceptions can make or break us. Your brain loves to find evidence for what it thinks is most important to you in your current situation. This episode dives into how perceptions can add to and amplify our experience of burnout. The healthcare system is broken and full of obstacles but you can learn skills to help you thrive in it regardless of how bad your assignment is. 

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I spent 3 weeks painting my kitchen cabinets, I was sure it was going to be a weekend job. How many times we over estimate the length to do work on our homes is similar to mental, physical and emotional work on ourselves. I had the right tools and directions found online but it didn't get me all the way. The same is true for work on ourselves and our careers. We dive deeper into this during this episode

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We are going to be diving into all things boundaries in personal and professional lives. From where to start when you realize there is a problem and how to actually implement Dr. Kustec's 3 D's tool to help implement boundaries and help give you more capacity to heal your burnout. Here is more about Dr. Vanessa Kustec: Dr. Vanessa Kustec Bio Originally from Montreal, Dr. Kustec completed her Pre-Med and M.D.C.M. programs a...

There are a lot of bullies in healthcare, I've coached my 1:1 clients regularly on this and after a request from a listener it was time to dive in. Burnout decreases your emotional and mental capacity which leaves adults throwing tantrums and lashing out. We are still dealing with the old school method of "nurses eat their young". This episode dives into why our coworkers can be so mean and what it actually means about the...

Fear is keeping you stuck in your burnout, doubting the options out there. Whether it be for your career or your personal health and wellbeing, fear keeps you trapped. This episode dives into why our brains seem to use doubt and fear to keep us from actually doing anything to change out circumstances for better. You'll also learn how to start shifting this to be able to make empoweRNed decisions that move you forward to bi...

Help me celebrate one year of EmpoweRNment with a few lessons learned and how they relate to you and your nursing burnout! We dive into the expectations versus reality of holding myself to deadlines for getting things done. This relates to how you hold yourself to sometimes impossible expectations despite your next to negative energy and capacity to be able to do them. Lastly, we discuss how we cannot beat ourselves into f...

What do you actually need to focus on to resolve your burnout? There is no doubt that the healthcare system is broken. But would changing the system really fix the way you've been feeling? In this episode we dive into want it means to recognize your power to change your experience without the system changing. Listen to figure out where the real work to healing your burn out is.

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Emotions are hard! If you were raised in the disconnect to protect generation of heath care I've been there too. The reality is you're human and still experiencing the affects of the stuff we see at the hospital. You only have a capacity to feel so much before your system is overloaded, what's taking up the majority of your capacity? We talk about emotional processing and I walk you through how to actually feel the emotion...

Do you find yourself constantly going back to the same people to tell them about the insane situation you just found yourself in? Are you spending time reliving work situations in your head and telling others about them? This is normal for healthcare professionals we're really good story tellers BUT how does it make you feel during and after? this is where the issue is, leaving you feel more ramped up and overwhelmed than ...

Do you feel you are working way above your pay grade in healthcare? Lately this has been coming up for my nursing clients and i've noticed a hesitancy to negotiate and ask for more money. Whether you are looking into a new role or staying in your current position you can ask for more. I dive into a few tips and awareness that can help you feel more empowered to ask for what you want. Connect with me on IG: https://www.inst...

You've probably spent your whole life working towards one goal or another. Then you get into a career and still feel like you should be working toward something. You started creating these vague ideas of things you should be doing and accomplishing. But, with the pressures of healthcare and how drained you feel you, you're feeling more frustrated, resentful and stuck. This podcast episode dives into why this happens and wh...

Dealing with death is never easy but it is something we experience in healthcare. Every situation has its unique circumstances and emotions that go along with them but there are some tools that can help you feel more empowered that you have done your best no matter what the outcome is. Connect with me on IG: https://www.instagram.com/jannaholtermancoaching Visit my website: www.jannaholterman.com Free burnout triage call t...

On this episode we dived into Christianne's nursing story, her burnout experience and how meditation started her way into creating her business Love your life Wellness. More about Christianne: Christianne Jensen is a registered nurse, board certified holistic health and mindfulness coach and certified meditation teacher. She has a master’s degree in integrative and functional medicine with a concentration in lifestyle medi...

When I started my journey to healing my burnout I tried all the common avenues, including therapy that was covered by my insurance. Therapy has it's time and place but it did not get me feeling any better in my nurse burnout experience. I have had several newer one on one clients coming to me with similar experiences. They left therapy sessions feeling like "they just don't get it." Healthcare is a beast of it's own and so...