April 23, 2025 • 34 mins
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This week’s episode is a love letter to every nurse who’s been overwhelmed, under-caffeinated, and hanging on by a stethoscope string. Host Riva gets real about the kind of week that makes you question your career, your sanity, and your alarm clock.
You’ll hear:
- How Riva survived a 70-dred-hour dumpster fire of a week without losing her cool (It's not even Wednesday)
- Why DBT distress tolerance skills are actual life preservers in the nursing world
- What it really means to recalibrate expectations instead of spiraling into shame
- A sacred coffee experiment (CHERRY COLD FOAM, shutup)
- A ritual crystal + tarot pull to anchor your spirit (read you to filth)
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Speaker 1 (00:11):
Welcome to the Ritual Nurse, where healing meets
humor, science and a touch ofmagic.
Hey, hi, it's your girl, reva,and you are listening to the
Ritual Nurse, the podcast wherewe mix science, spirit and a
sprinkle of sarcasm to helpnurses finally put themselves
first.
And this week oh man, this weektried to put me in a headlock.
(00:33):
Before we dive in, just a quicknote.
I'm not a licensed therapist.
I am a registered professionalnurse, but not a licensed
therapist.
So this episode does notreplace therapy and if you're in
crisis or need deeper support,please reach out to a licensed
provider or 988.
So why do I know any of thisstuff?
Well, I have completed DBTeducation with Dr Alan Frazetti
(00:58):
and DBT is also part of mydoctoral project, research and
development.
So I speak about the theoriesas they would intersect with how
we, as nurses and frontlineresponders, move through the
world.
And, as a nurse who's livedthrough trauma, burnout and a
whole ass career on the edge,I've learned how to use these
skills as a practitioner, ateacher and a fellow human being
(01:21):
trying to survive the system.
So what we're talking abouttoday, it's not a therapy
session.
It's nurse to nurse, wisdom,real tools, real talk and
radical compassion for myself.
So let's talk about what thehell happened this week.
This week, emotional laborshowed up with a baseball bat.
(01:42):
I was overwhelmed behind anhour late for my own students.
And you know what?
What I didn't do.
I didn't lose my cool.
Why?
Because I stopped trying tomeet some bullshit internal
metric of perfection and justfocused on the next thing in
front of me.
And yeah, I could have spiraled, I could have gone like full
(02:05):
shame tornado, but I didn't.
The overwhelm is something that,especially with ADHD and being
neurodiverse, when I get to thepoint where I'm having to move
from one thing to the other andI'm still behind the curve,
meaning like there's no pause,there's no reflection, there's
no checking to see if noreflection, there's no, you know
(02:25):
, checking to see if yourexecutive functioning is even on
board that's when overwhelm forme becomes kind of like a tidal
wave.
So let me tell you whatactually helped Lowering the
engagement expectations that Ihad for myself.
As in, you don't have toimmediately respond to every
text like you're putting out a.
In, you don't have toimmediately respond to every
text like you're putting out afire.
(02:47):
You don't have to make planswith people or invest energy or
time with people, not becauseyou're being mean or excluding
them or being weird, but simplybecause you're conserving the
dopamine that you have for thefunctional necessity that you
need it for in that moment.
Once you've got your shittogether, relatively speaking,
(03:11):
and you're not in that moment ofoverwhelm, you can resume your
normal social activities andinteractions with friends and
engagements, if that's somethingthat works for you.
But lowering the engagementexpectations is a really, really
important factor in that thoseexpectations kind of hang in
front of you as if there's somekind of metric that you need to
(03:33):
reach while you're busy, liketrying to leap over hurdles in
the fastest 200 sprint of yourlife.
Newsflash, your girl's not asprinter.
The 800 was the fastest I everran.
I'm more of a distance person,so doing one task at a time,
even if I was late, we have thispropensity to want to crash
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through tasks like a bull in aChina shop.
Whenever we get behind, lateand pressed for time and things
start stacking up against eachother without a moment to
breathe, we really try to graspeverything and throw all of it
out there and just hopesomething sticks.
All that does is add to theanxiety and the overwhelm in a
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massive way, because then we'renot sure what fell through the
cracks, we're not sure if we didsomething, we're not sure how
many mistakes we made.
So just focusing on doing onetask at a time actually helps
you move through the tasks andachieve completion a hell of a
lot faster than our infamousneurodiverse multitasking does
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in this situation of overwhelm.
Now don't get me wrong.
One of the reasons I was reallygood in the ER and the ICU is
because my brain is like thislittle hyper threaded thing up
there that occasionally reallysurprises me.
Another thing is showing up withhonesty instead of shame.
So this one we're going towe're going to talk about a
little bit more in depth in acouple minutes here, because
(05:03):
it's really really significantfor me Um, having rejection,
sensitive dysphoria as somebodywith ADHD, um, and a couple
other factors, this is a reallysignificant one for me.
But showing up with honestyinstead of shame actually keeps
you from compounding that and itreally keeps you from creating
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this false narrative thatdepletes your dopamine far
faster than the situation ofoverwhelm does and ends up with
you feeling even moreunaccomplished and even more
behind and dejected.
And this is all this like fakenarrative.
Like girl, you're sitting inthe corner hurting your own
feelings.
Okay, just for real.
(05:45):
But we're going to talk aboutthat a little bit in a few more
minutes, a little bit later on.
Um, in regards to some basicskill sets, um, the last thing
was treating myself like a humanbeing instead of a productivity
bot.
So, recognizing if I need abreak, recognizing if I'm hungry
, recognizing, you know, just,inherent biological needs.
(06:08):
And again, what do we talkabout in this podcast?
Ad nauseum?
Intentionally creating space sothat you can be emotionally
aware, you can be self-aware,you can check in with yourself.
A lot of times when we get intooverwhelmed situations like
this whether it's on the floor,whether it's with our toddler,
(06:28):
whether it's, I don't know juststanding by yourself in the
middle of the parking lot, butwe can't get our shit together
that overwhelm really pushes usinto a realm of, okay, I have
got to be on it and I amchecking off boxes and I'm a
machine and I'm cranking thisout, and none of that holds any
(06:50):
space whatsoever for actuallybeing aware of yourself, your
surroundings and beingintentional with your actions.
So that's kind of the bulletpoints of what actually helped.
What saved me wasn't doing somemiracle of executive functioning
.
Let me tell you something.
When you, even if you'reneuro-normative, when you are in
situations of overwhelm likethat, I mean, come on, I was an
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hour late for my own students,and we're not even going to talk
about why, because I hadseveral things, starting from
6.30 in the morning onward, thatwere back to back, slammed up
against each other, that wereback to back slammed up against
each other, one of which becauseI completely transposed the
times of one event on Friday andthen the event on Monday.
So, in absolute panic mode, Iwas already late running from
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one event that I did.
Okay, on the first event Iwasn't initially late for, but
then that cascaded right intosomething I was 26 minutes late
for, ended up then being an hourlate for my students and it
just kept going from there.
I mean straight up, headlock,like I was about ready to fight.
(07:56):
But in retrospect, obviouslyit's not some miracle of
executive functioning, becausein situations like that that I
just described, our executivefunctioning is highly limited.
That fight or flight responsethat we get when the sympathetic
nervous system kicks in andstarts shunting blood all over
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the place really does a dirty onexecutive functioning,
nevermind the neurotransmittersthat you're burning wildly while
you're scrambling for afoothold on your day or the
situation.
So your executive functioningexits stage left and if you're
neurodiverse, it might'vealready exited stage left before
you got up that morning.
(08:38):
Occasionally happens, so it's.
It's a it's a real struggle busLike it's.
That's not, um, that's not anexaggeration or hyperbole, but
again, it's not some miracle ofexecutive functioning, it's
distress tolerance.
Straight up, I dropped theperformance act and just
survived the moment.
(09:00):
Distress tolerance doesn't meanthat you go through the moment
or the situation and, you know,are clutching your pearls and
wearing your heels while doingit.
It means you just survived themoment and whatever that happens
to look like, I mean, hey, ifyou happen to be wearing a pearl
necklace and can wear heelsduring this, more power to you.
If you look like a wet, longhaired Persian cat by the end of
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it, okay, also, you survivedthe moment, that's just fine.
So in DBT, this is kind of theart of riding the wave you don't
fight it, you don't fix it, youjust get through the damn thing
without making it worse.
That's the key aspect, thecoping mechanism that you employ
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to get through the situation.
The point is to choose ahealthy one or the healthiest
one that you can choose in themoment, so that you're not
making the situation worse.
Fixing it may not be an option,or fixing it may be an option,
but you need executivefunctioning to do that.
And in order to get thatexecutive functioning, you got
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to survive the moment, to giveyourself some space from it,
recoup and then address theproblem.
So let me walk you through howthis plays out in real life.
The first one is stop.
I literally said to myself girl, stop, you are not going to
think your way out of this panicspiral.
So I paused, breathed and askedwhat is the next thing I can
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actually do?
What's the next thing?
Okay, I can show up at 826 andnot let the internal screaming
voice of panic be staring at the26 minutes of being late.
I can show up and beprofessional and participate and
be fully present, regardless ofhow being late was affecting me
(10:57):
.
So, basically, you stop, take astep back, observe and proceed
mindfully.
That mindfully part's reallyimportant, because the next one
is being one mindfully in themoment.
What the hell does that mean?
That means I didn't try to fixeverything.
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I wasn't trying to catch up tosome imaginary schedule.
I chose one task.
I chose one task, just one, andI gave it everything I had in
that minute.
That's it.
Be one mindful in that moment.
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Radical acceptance is the nextone.
This one hurts but it works.
This is one I struggle so hardwith as an eldest, grandchild,
firstborn daughter, latediagnosed ADHD, indigo kid.
I have to force myself toaccept that the nuts have left
the rave and there's no ducks,just trash pandas and a set of
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scrubs.
So I had to say to myself okay,you're late, you're behind,
that's real.
Fighting it doesn't undo it.
But how you show up next, thatpart you still own to give
yourself a sense of control overthe situation.
Sometimes you have to radicallyaccept that it is a dumpster
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fire and a dumpster fire yougleefully lit with your own
Molotov cocktail, howeverunintentionally.
You got to accept it, you gotto accept it.
And you have to put that hypervigilant fear of judgment and
rejection aside.
That's just not even part ofthe conversation.
You have to radically acceptwhat's real.
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You have to look at what isreal and what is a narrative
going on in my head andspiraling, the stuff that's real
we accept.
Now how do I show up for this?
How do I show up for this andcarry on the self-respect effect
.
This is a big one.
I told my students the truth,not excuses, not fake apologies,
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just honesty.
I'm human.
I had a hell of a rough starttoday, but I am fully here for
you now and guess what?
No one bailed, nobody judged me.
They respected me more becauseI led with integrity and not
performance.
They also understand that beingable to see somebody handling a
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very similar stress loadperceptually to what they're
experiencing and how you show upfor it is really important.
So, yay, bonus me totallyunintentional falling downstairs
teaching moment.
But this is what I mean when Isay emotional exhaustion is not
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a personality trait, it's astate, not an identity.
And if you treat it like astorm and not a personal failure
, there's that rejection,sensitive dysphoria thing again.
You can ride it out instead ofdrowning in it.
And it is really reallyimportant that we learn to
utilize these skills as we arenavigating everything from our
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shift to our personalresponsibilities and
intersections and engagementswith others, because the type of
career and profession that wehave, we're already walking into
it at a higher stress level, ahigher demand and performance
expectation level than is normalor average because of the sheer
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weight of responsibility on ourshoulders.
And guys, I'm not talking aboutjust the ICU or the ER or care
flight or first responders.
I am talking about every aspectin which you, as a licensed
professional, have theresponsibility of another human
being's welfare and life on yourshoulders.
(14:57):
That sounds like a bunch ofwords probably out of some
nursing textbook, but it's fact.
Every aspect of nursing.
We carry some facet, if not100%, of that burden of
responsibility on our shoulders,and that is a lot of stress.
(15:18):
That is a big mountain to bestanding in front of that you
have to get over to just evenstart the climb.
Okay, so that you know, radicalcompassion I mean, I was joking
when I said it was for myself,but it's really for all of us
and radical compassion issomething that you have to
develop by creating intentionalspace.
(15:40):
You can't breathe or look orobserve, or evaluate or even
stop if you haven't mastered theart of creating even just a
moment or two of intentionalspace.
In some of the earlier episodesI discuss how to use ritual a
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practiced, habitual applicationof expectations, words, items,
behaviors to create intentionalspace.
And who am I kidding?
We all know I throw some magicin there too, but you have to be
able to do that in order toutilize any of these skills for
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self-preservation, and that's100%.
What I am here to teach you isself-preservation how to protect
your peace and your sanity andput yourself first.
Now, on that note, we are goingto head for our usual musical
interlude and break, andafterwards I've got some news
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for you.
We've got some stuff comingdown the pipeline some exciting,
some different and, all of it,incredible.
So if you are headed back tothe floor, have the most amazing
shift with the most incredibleorders, and we're not going to
say the other word.
And if you're going to behanging out with us, well, use
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this musical interlude to getyour snacks, refresh your drink,
hydrate, and we will see youback here to continue on with
the podcast.
All right, welcome back.
(17:38):
If you are joining us afteryour shift or you're getting
ready to hop in the car for acommute, then I am so excited
you're back with us.
And if you are just returningwith your snacks and your arms
laden full of goodies, I alsolove that just as much.
I am a definite snack person.
But let's talk about the shift.
(18:00):
So I have been putting outweekly episodes for four
straight months, and that's abig deal.
I've built a solid foundation.
There was a lot of things thatI wanted to get out, definitely
tool wise for you guys,including the meditations,
including some skill sets.
We've got 16 full episodes andI'm proud as hell of that
(18:20):
catalog.
But there's something that I'verealized, especially as I head
into my own clinicals.
Something that I've realizedespecially as I head into my own
clinicals the pace that I'mkeeping isn't really sustainable
.
I keep preaching to y'all torest, reset, regulate and, of
course, not doing it myself.
I don't think so, so I'm takingmy own advice.
(18:43):
So, from here forward, until westart launching curriculum in
the fall, most likely the RitualNurse is going to drop new
episodes every other week.
Why?
Because I want each one to feellike something you can't stop
thinking about.
I want you to hit play and feellike it was made for you, not
rushed out of obligation.
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Now I'm not going anywhere.
The podcast is not slowing downin impact, it's just leveling
the hell up in quality and Iwant to make sure that that's
there for you and I want to makesure that I have the time to
develop what I need to inbetween episodes dropping,
moving forward, especiallybecause we're going to be
prepping for that contentlaunching in the fall and you
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guys have got some foundationsand skills to build along the
way before we take that on fullstorm.
So the quality has to be thereand I want to meet you with that
, with full intention and fullexpectations.
Also, speaking of leveling upy'all, the store is almost live.
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See, you thought your girl wasputting her feet up and I am
Thank you very much.
I'm just designing stuff on myown and building my own store
while my feet are up.
So I made some cute ass merch.
I mean like actual screamworthy tote bags, t-shirts and
more is coming, designed by me,created by me.
It's got that magic littletrauma informed us and, yes, I
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built the whole Shopify storemyself because apparently I'm
that girl.
Now we all know that I've beenthat geek nerd girl coding and
scripting.
But it's about that Shopifysituation right now and once it
goes live, I'm going to add itto tcthorg so that you can find
everything podcast, classes,downloads, tools and merch in
one cute ass digital cauldronthat should be coming up in the
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next two weeks.
I have 20 of the products loadedso far.
I have all of the scripting andconnections created and done in
Shopify.
We're just, you know, you knowmaking it cute and adding some
other products before it goeslive, um, but the domain and
everything is there and it'sconnected.
I really just kind of got todrop the curtain, um, so keep an
(20:56):
eye out and sign up for updatesand just know this isn't just
stuff.
Okay, this is support gear forsacred nurse sanity and survival
.
You better get that right gearon.
That's all I got to say.
So we have foundations to shake, so we're going to do it in
style with, okay, a lot ofattitude now that I'm actually
thinking about the merch that Icreated.
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Um, but what else is new?
Like you wouldn't be here ifyou weren't expecting that.
Now, of course, let's get intoour favorite segment of the
podcast.
Don't lie, I know you put upwith me talking for like 20
minutes and a teeny tiny musicalinterlude to take a break from
me, just so that we can get toCrystal's Coffee and Divination.
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It's cool, I actually am doingthe same thing.
So this week's brew you havegot to hear me out.
I stumbled onto somethingabsolutely unhinged, but in the
best way Starbucks cherry, coldfoam.
Okay, pause, pause, everybodybreathe.
I know a lot of people don'tlike the coffee scented fish
people, I hear you.
I actually haven't been to onein months, maybe since last year
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actually.
However, I wanted coffee andthat's the option I had, so for
me it worked at the moment.
Now you can recreate this athome, but just hear me out on
the flavor profile first.
Okay, so I had it on a chailatte and I also ordered it on a
skinny mocha.
The cherry cold foam is cherry,not like the.
(22:24):
I don't know why Mars the pantastes like cherry to me, but it
kind of does.
Um, and I think it's almond dotcherry, but not in like the.
I don't know why marzipantastes like cherry to me, but it
kind of does, and I think it'salmond dot cherry, but not in
like the super fake cherry kindof way, but still sweet dessert
cherry, not like fruit cherry,and it's not overpowering.
However, with the chai latte,and then, of course, with the
chocolate, what the heck?
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I have never I don't orderfruit coffee things I.
The lavender chai, uh, a fewmonths ago was interesting.
Um, human bean has a like adirty chai kind of situation
that they do.
That wasn't my favorite withthe lavender, but the regular
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chai was.
However, the fruit situation.
I have not done that before andI don't know why I ordered it.
It was pink.
I don't know what happened.
I am shocked that I did and itwas amazing.
It was absolutely amazing, likegoddess, my witness.
(23:30):
Uh, the cold foam is deliveringlike divine intervention with a
straw.
It's kind of like a dessert,but in drink form, a lot like
that.
Peppermint cold foam.
Mocha situation um, that I wastalking about at the beginning
of the year.
Um, I'm I want to try it on amatcha.
However, um, the grass liquid.
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Liquid sometimes doesn't sitwell with me, so I'm a little
scared of that one.
Sometimes it pairs really well.
I don't know.
I'm a little excited,definitely risking everything
for the sake of some sacredcaffeinated experimentation.
Right, I don't know.
Cherry matcha yeah, you guysare going to have to let me know
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, uh, on socials, what you thinkabout that.
Speaking of socials, okay, shiftnumber three.
We're going to have to pausejust a second.
Just a second before we get toour crystal and divination.
We are live on Tik TOK.
So the ritual nurse it's at.
The ritual nurse.
No spaces, no nonsense.
Me myself and I are myfollowers at the moment and we
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are shifting not completely awayfrom the meta platforms, but
the algorithm grind on the metaplatforms is absolutely like
brick to cement.
It is ridiculous.
So that and there's just morefun content options, I think, on
TikTok than I have on the metaplatforms at the moment.
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We're not leaving them.
Our Facebook is still there.
Nobody uses Facebook, but ourFacebook is still there.
Instagram is still there.
That's not going anywhere.
Now.
Our Instagram is under the codeteam, as usual, the educational
platform.
But on TikTok, the ritual nurseitself, just like the podcast
side of things, absolutely hasits own TikTok.
(25:21):
So head over there, please, andrescue me.
I'm like on no side of TikTokright now.
On the ritual nurse, we do haveanother account.
The mythical family account hasbeen on TikTok for a while, but
the ritual nurse it literallyjust went live today with two
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little baby reels, kind ofputting things out there.
Please go over there and rescueme immediately, help, please.
I'm hashtag aiming to stay onnurse talk and of course you
know witchy talk and book talkand all that other good stuff,
but nurse talk primarily.
So please head over there andrescue me, please, please.
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It is at the ritual nurse onTikTok and I'm super excited to
see what kind of content we'rebringing out.
I'm going to hopefully uploadsome clips of me recording the
podcast of guests on the podcast.
I don't know if you guys knowthis, but we also upload to
YouTube, not necessarily invideo format.
Of course it shows up as avideo format but it's not video
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feed of us and I don't't know.
That might change over thesummer.
We as a multimedia studio here,the mythical family, has all of
the equipment to do full video,um production and and casting.
So that might change over thesummer, who knows, might be an
option, but for right now, tikTOK, is it?
So go over there and follow usand share Comment over there.
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I really want to read yourguys' comments over there
because as soon as I reach acertain threshold, I think I can
go live and I can interact withyou guys far easier over there
on live than I can on Instagramlives.
So the faster that we level upin people following us and level
up I'm talking about a game thefaster that we level up in
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people following us and level upI'm talking about a game.
The faster that we accruefollowers on TikTok, the faster
than I can unlock fun things todo with you guys and be able to
interact with you a lot more.
So that is the news.
Now let's get on with the actualgood stuff of our crystal.
What deck is this?
What am I looking at?
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Um, this is the tarot.
That's divination, all right.
So let's look at our crystalWhoa Of the week and just about
had three of them jumping out ofmy hand there and let's see
what our prescription for thisweek is.
Man, I'm telling you, like, ifit's a baseball bat in the form
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of a crystal, I will not besurprised.
Okay, I don't know, akate, whatdo you got dynamic?
(28:18):
So, vanadonite, this isabsolutely gorgeous, interesting
, and there's a snake coiledaround it and a moon symbol.
Actually, can't plan this stuff.
I tried, all right.
So, vanadonite, let's see whatthis has to say.
Here I have vanadonite at home.
It's not a very common crystal.
This probably isn't one that'sgoing to be like your pocket
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crystal kind of thing, but ifyou happen to have some, it is
beautiful.
So this is action, energy andcreativity.
So have you been putting offpursuing your goals?
When this card appears, itsignals a time of forward
movement in your life.
The sinuous snake symbolizestransformation and renewal,
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while fiery vanadonite radiatesenergy to propel you forward.
The snake's presence urges youto shed old patterns and welcome
change.
I'm telling you I really haveto start doing this on camera,
because I literally shuffle thedeck and raw pull these as we're
doing.
This Could not be moreirrelevant, right?
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Well, vanna tonight transformsyour thought process, breaking
down old ways of thinking so youcan have the right mindset to
achieve your goals.
Tap into your willpower andcourage so you can navigate
challenges and take positivemomentum towards your goals.
Stay dynamic, adaptable andstart taking action in pursuit
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of your highest potential.
Unbelievable Epic poll,absolutely epic poll.
Okay, divination, let's do this.
Let's see what our divinationand guidance is.
This week you came flying outof there.
Hmm, the ace of cups, bluetiger's eye how interesting.
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Through the major arcana newlove, compassion and happiness.
So, blue tiger's eye, it alsosignifies love, new
relationships and truth.
This card shows that love,compassion and creativity are
flowing through you.
This is the time to open yourheart and be vulnerable.
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What was I saying about thatwhole radical acceptance thing
and radical compassion?
Let your creativity run wildand shine through your endeavors
.
I'm telling you, the shop isstaring at me right now.
So hard it's not even funny.
So the Ace of Cups, so BlueTiger's Eye and Vanadonite.
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Again, vanadonite is notnecessarily a common stone, but
it is a beautiful one.
You can also, let's see,vanadonite is kind of a reddish,
pearly, rust kind of color.
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It is a really pretty stone, umcubic facets and things like
that.
You can also kind of invokethat presence or that mindset,
that energy, with candle work,with color work, with meditation
, so you can look up images ofvanadonite, the stone itself,
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and kind of settle into thatenergy and that wavelength.
If all of that is really woo woofor you and you're not feeling
the meditation or the crystalwork, that is a okay.
You can simply think about thefacets and the aspects that were
brought up and how do thoseapply to your skill sets?
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How do those apply toempowering you this week as you
sip on your either homemade orstore-bought cherry, cold foam
mocha or chai latte and enjoyyour week fully and completely.
So there's a bunch of optionsthere.
You can take what works for youand leave the rest.
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But if this episode has helpedyou feel seen, here's how you
can keep the magic going.
Please follow us on TikTok atthe ritual nurse.
This is baby fresh, like I'mfollowing myself.
Okay, it's raw, it's real.
It's going to be sacred chaos,and I'd really love for you to
be part of it from the start.
Tell your people about thepodcast, share it.
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Share the link to your groupchat your favorite preceptor,
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We're building something here.
This isn't just content.
This is a movement.
We're building community, we'rebuilding strength.
There's so much more that Ihave planned in store for you
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guys, and I just I can't wait tosee it ramp up.
I can't wait to see where weend up with this as we continue
to grow.
But there's a couple thingsthat I want you to remember.
You are not your exhaustion,you are not your charting, you
are not your trauma.
You are sacred.
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You are also human and youdeserve to feel better than
barely functioning.
I want you to stay hydrated.
I want you to protect thatpeace and put yourself first.
I will see you in two weeks andI love your faces.
This is your Ritual Nurse Reva.
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Until next time, love yourfaces.
Welcome to the Ritual Nurse, where healing meets
humor, science and a touch ofmagic.
Hey, hi, it's your girl, reva,and you are listening to the
Ritual Nurse, the podcast wherewe mix science, spirit and a
sprinkle of sarcasm to helpnurses finally put themselves
first.
And this week oh man, this weektried to put me in a headlock.
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Before we dive in, just a quicknote.
I'm not a licensed therapist.
I am a registered professionalnurse, but not a licensed
therapist.
So this episode does notreplace therapy and if you're in
crisis or need deeper support,please reach out to a licensed
provider or 988.
So why do I know any of thisstuff?
Well, I have completed DBTeducation with Dr Alan Frazetti
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and DBT is also part of mydoctoral project, research and
development.
So I speak about the theoriesas they would intersect with how
we, as nurses and frontlineresponders, move through the
world.
And, as a nurse who's livedthrough trauma, burnout and a
whole ass career on the edge,I've learned how to use these
skills as a practitioner, ateacher and a fellow human being
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trying to survive the system.
So what we're talking abouttoday, it's not a therapy
session.
It's nurse to nurse, wisdom,real tools, real talk and
radical compassion for myself.
So let's talk about what thehell happened this week.
This week, emotional laborshowed up with a baseball bat.
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I was overwhelmed behind anhour late for my own students.
And you know what?
What I didn't do.
I didn't lose my cool.
Why?
Because I stopped trying tomeet some bullshit internal
metric of perfection and justfocused on the next thing in
front of me.
And yeah, I could have spiraled, I could have gone like full
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shame tornado, but I didn't.
The overwhelm is something that,especially with ADHD and being
neurodiverse, when I get to thepoint where I'm having to move
from one thing to the other andI'm still behind the curve,
meaning like there's no pause,there's no reflection, there's
no checking to see if noreflection, there's no, you know
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, checking to see if yourexecutive functioning is even on
board that's when overwhelm forme becomes kind of like a tidal
wave.
So let me tell you whatactually helped Lowering the
engagement expectations that Ihad for myself.
As in, you don't have toimmediately respond to every
text like you're putting out a.
In, you don't have toimmediately respond to every
text like you're putting out afire.
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You don't have to make planswith people or invest energy or
time with people, not becauseyou're being mean or excluding
them or being weird, but simplybecause you're conserving the
dopamine that you have for thefunctional necessity that you
need it for in that moment.
Once you've got your shittogether, relatively speaking,
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and you're not in that moment ofoverwhelm, you can resume your
normal social activities andinteractions with friends and
engagements, if that's somethingthat works for you.
But lowering the engagementexpectations is a really, really
important factor in that thoseexpectations kind of hang in
front of you as if there's somekind of metric that you need to
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reach while you're busy, liketrying to leap over hurdles in
the fastest 200 sprint of yourlife.
Newsflash, your girl's not asprinter.
The 800 was the fastest I everran.
I'm more of a distance person,so doing one task at a time,
even if I was late, we have thispropensity to want to crash
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through tasks like a bull in aChina shop.
Whenever we get behind, lateand pressed for time and things
start stacking up against eachother without a moment to
breathe, we really try to graspeverything and throw all of it
out there and just hopesomething sticks.
All that does is add to theanxiety and the overwhelm in a
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massive way, because then we'renot sure what fell through the
cracks, we're not sure if we didsomething, we're not sure how
many mistakes we made.
So just focusing on doing onetask at a time actually helps
you move through the tasks andachieve completion a hell of a
lot faster than our infamousneurodiverse multitasking does
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in this situation of overwhelm.
Now don't get me wrong.
One of the reasons I was reallygood in the ER and the ICU is
because my brain is like thislittle hyper threaded thing up
there that occasionally reallysurprises me.
Another thing is showing up withhonesty instead of shame.
So this one we're going towe're going to talk about a
little bit more in depth in acouple minutes here, because
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it's really really significantfor me Um, having rejection,
sensitive dysphoria as somebodywith ADHD, um, and a couple
other factors, this is a reallysignificant one for me.
But showing up with honestyinstead of shame actually keeps
you from compounding that and itreally keeps you from creating
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this false narrative thatdepletes your dopamine far
faster than the situation ofoverwhelm does and ends up with
you feeling even moreunaccomplished and even more
behind and dejected.
And this is all this like fakenarrative.
Like girl, you're sitting inthe corner hurting your own
feelings.
Okay, just for real.
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But we're going to talk aboutthat a little bit in a few more
minutes, a little bit later on.
Um, in regards to some basicskill sets, um, the last thing
was treating myself like a humanbeing instead of a productivity
bot.
So, recognizing if I need abreak, recognizing if I'm hungry
, recognizing, you know, just,inherent biological needs.
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And again, what do we talkabout in this podcast?
Ad nauseum?
Intentionally creating space sothat you can be emotionally
aware, you can be self-aware,you can check in with yourself.
A lot of times when we get intooverwhelmed situations like
this whether it's on the floor,whether it's with our toddler,
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whether it's, I don't know juststanding by yourself in the
middle of the parking lot, butwe can't get our shit together
that overwhelm really pushes usinto a realm of, okay, I have
got to be on it and I amchecking off boxes and I'm a
machine and I'm cranking thisout, and none of that holds any
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space whatsoever for actuallybeing aware of yourself, your
surroundings and beingintentional with your actions.
So that's kind of the bulletpoints of what actually helped.
What saved me wasn't doing somemiracle of executive functioning
.
Let me tell you something.
When you, even if you'reneuro-normative, when you are in
situations of overwhelm likethat, I mean, come on, I was an
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hour late for my own students,and we're not even going to talk
about why, because I hadseveral things, starting from
6.30 in the morning onward, thatwere back to back, slammed up
against each other, that wereback to back slammed up against
each other, one of which becauseI completely transposed the
times of one event on Friday andthen the event on Monday.
So, in absolute panic mode, Iwas already late running from
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one event that I did.
Okay, on the first event Iwasn't initially late for, but
then that cascaded right intosomething I was 26 minutes late
for, ended up then being an hourlate for my students and it
just kept going from there.
I mean straight up, headlock,like I was about ready to fight.
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But in retrospect, obviouslyit's not some miracle of
executive functioning, becausein situations like that that I
just described, our executivefunctioning is highly limited.
That fight or flight responsethat we get when the sympathetic
nervous system kicks in andstarts shunting blood all over
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the place really does a dirty onexecutive functioning,
nevermind the neurotransmittersthat you're burning wildly while
you're scrambling for afoothold on your day or the
situation.
So your executive functioningexits stage left and if you're
neurodiverse, it might'vealready exited stage left before
you got up that morning.
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Occasionally happens, so it's.
It's a it's a real struggle busLike it's.
That's not, um, that's not anexaggeration or hyperbole, but
again, it's not some miracle ofexecutive functioning, it's
distress tolerance.
Straight up, I dropped theperformance act and just
survived the moment.
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Distress tolerance doesn't meanthat you go through the moment
or the situation and, you know,are clutching your pearls and
wearing your heels while doingit.
It means you just survived themoment and whatever that happens
to look like, I mean, hey, ifyou happen to be wearing a pearl
necklace and can wear heelsduring this, more power to you.
If you look like a wet, longhaired Persian cat by the end of
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it, okay, also, you survivedthe moment, that's just fine.
So in DBT, this is kind of theart of riding the wave you don't
fight it, you don't fix it, youjust get through the damn thing
without making it worse.
That's the key aspect, thecoping mechanism that you employ
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to get through the situation.
The point is to choose ahealthy one or the healthiest
one that you can choose in themoment, so that you're not
making the situation worse.
Fixing it may not be an option,or fixing it may be an option,
but you need executivefunctioning to do that.
And in order to get thatexecutive functioning, you got
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to survive the moment, to giveyourself some space from it,
recoup and then address theproblem.
So let me walk you through howthis plays out in real life.
The first one is stop.
I literally said to myself girl, stop, you are not going to
think your way out of this panicspiral.
So I paused, breathed and askedwhat is the next thing I can
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actually do?
What's the next thing?
Okay, I can show up at 826 andnot let the internal screaming
voice of panic be staring at the26 minutes of being late.
I can show up and beprofessional and participate and
be fully present, regardless ofhow being late was affecting me
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.
So, basically, you stop, take astep back, observe and proceed
mindfully.
That mindfully part's reallyimportant, because the next one
is being one mindfully in themoment.
What the hell does that mean?
That means I didn't try to fixeverything.
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I wasn't trying to catch up tosome imaginary schedule.
I chose one task.
I chose one task, just one, andI gave it everything I had in
that minute.
That's it.
Be one mindful in that moment.
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Radical acceptance is the nextone.
This one hurts but it works.
This is one I struggle so hardwith as an eldest, grandchild,
firstborn daughter, latediagnosed ADHD, indigo kid.
I have to force myself toaccept that the nuts have left
the rave and there's no ducks,just trash pandas and a set of
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scrubs.
So I had to say to myself okay,you're late, you're behind,
that's real.
Fighting it doesn't undo it.
But how you show up next, thatpart you still own to give
yourself a sense of control overthe situation.
Sometimes you have to radicallyaccept that it is a dumpster
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fire and a dumpster fire yougleefully lit with your own
Molotov cocktail, howeverunintentionally.
You got to accept it, you gotto accept it.
And you have to put that hypervigilant fear of judgment and
rejection aside.
That's just not even part ofthe conversation.
You have to radically acceptwhat's real.
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You have to look at what isreal and what is a narrative
going on in my head andspiraling, the stuff that's real
we accept.
Now how do I show up for this?
How do I show up for this andcarry on the self-respect effect
.
This is a big one.
I told my students the truth,not excuses, not fake apologies,
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just honesty.
I'm human.
I had a hell of a rough starttoday, but I am fully here for
you now and guess what?
No one bailed, nobody judged me.
They respected me more becauseI led with integrity and not
performance.
They also understand that beingable to see somebody handling a
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very similar stress loadperceptually to what they're
experiencing and how you show upfor it is really important.
So, yay, bonus me totallyunintentional falling downstairs
teaching moment.
But this is what I mean when Isay emotional exhaustion is not
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a personality trait, it's astate, not an identity.
And if you treat it like astorm and not a personal failure
, there's that rejection,sensitive dysphoria thing again.
You can ride it out instead ofdrowning in it.
And it is really reallyimportant that we learn to
utilize these skills as we arenavigating everything from our
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shift to our personalresponsibilities and
intersections and engagementswith others, because the type of
career and profession that wehave, we're already walking into
it at a higher stress level, ahigher demand and performance
expectation level than is normalor average because of the sheer
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weight of responsibility on ourshoulders.
And guys, I'm not talking aboutjust the ICU or the ER or care
flight or first responders.
I am talking about every aspectin which you, as a licensed
professional, have theresponsibility of another human
being's welfare and life on yourshoulders.
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That sounds like a bunch ofwords probably out of some
nursing textbook, but it's fact.
Every aspect of nursing.
We carry some facet, if not100%, of that burden of
responsibility on our shoulders,and that is a lot of stress.
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That is a big mountain to bestanding in front of that you
have to get over to just evenstart the climb.
Okay, so that you know, radicalcompassion I mean, I was joking
when I said it was for myself,but it's really for all of us
and radical compassion issomething that you have to
develop by creating intentionalspace.
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You can't breathe or look orobserve, or evaluate or even
stop if you haven't mastered theart of creating even just a
moment or two of intentionalspace.
In some of the earlier episodesI discuss how to use ritual a
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practiced, habitual applicationof expectations, words, items,
behaviors to create intentionalspace.
And who am I kidding?
We all know I throw some magicin there too, but you have to be
able to do that in order toutilize any of these skills for
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self-preservation, and that's100%.
What I am here to teach you isself-preservation how to protect
your peace and your sanity andput yourself first.
Now, on that note, we are goingto head for our usual musical
interlude and break, andafterwards I've got some news
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for you.
We've got some stuff comingdown the pipeline some exciting,
some different and, all of it,incredible.
So if you are headed back tothe floor, have the most amazing
shift with the most incredibleorders, and we're not going to
say the other word.
And if you're going to behanging out with us, well, use
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this musical interlude to getyour snacks, refresh your drink,
hydrate, and we will see youback here to continue on with
the podcast.
All right, welcome back.
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If you are joining us afteryour shift or you're getting
ready to hop in the car for acommute, then I am so excited
you're back with us.
And if you are just returningwith your snacks and your arms
laden full of goodies, I alsolove that just as much.
I am a definite snack person.
But let's talk about the shift.
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So I have been putting outweekly episodes for four
straight months, and that's abig deal.
I've built a solid foundation.
There was a lot of things thatI wanted to get out, definitely
tool wise for you guys,including the meditations,
including some skill sets.
We've got 16 full episodes andI'm proud as hell of that
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catalog.
But there's something that I'verealized, especially as I head
into my own clinicals.
Something that I've realizedespecially as I head into my own
clinicals the pace that I'mkeeping isn't really sustainable
.
I keep preaching to y'all torest, reset, regulate and, of
course, not doing it myself.
I don't think so, so I'm takingmy own advice.
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So, from here forward, until westart launching curriculum in
the fall, most likely the RitualNurse is going to drop new
episodes every other week.
Why?
Because I want each one to feellike something you can't stop
thinking about.
I want you to hit play and feellike it was made for you, not
rushed out of obligation.
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Now I'm not going anywhere.
The podcast is not slowing downin impact, it's just leveling
the hell up in quality and Iwant to make sure that that's
there for you and I want to makesure that I have the time to
develop what I need to inbetween episodes dropping,
moving forward, especiallybecause we're going to be
prepping for that contentlaunching in the fall and you
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guys have got some foundationsand skills to build along the
way before we take that on fullstorm.
So the quality has to be thereand I want to meet you with that
, with full intention and fullexpectations.
Also, speaking of leveling upy'all, the store is almost live.
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See, you thought your girl wasputting her feet up and I am
Thank you very much.
I'm just designing stuff on myown and building my own store
while my feet are up.
So I made some cute ass merch.
I mean like actual screamworthy tote bags, t-shirts and
more is coming, designed by me,created by me.
It's got that magic littletrauma informed us and, yes, I
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built the whole Shopify storemyself because apparently I'm
that girl.
Now we all know that I've beenthat geek nerd girl coding and
scripting.
But it's about that Shopifysituation right now and once it
goes live, I'm going to add itto tcthorg so that you can find
everything podcast, classes,downloads, tools and merch in
one cute ass digital cauldronthat should be coming up in the
(20:32):
next two weeks.
I have 20 of the products loadedso far.
I have all of the scripting andconnections created and done in
Shopify.
We're just, you know, you knowmaking it cute and adding some
other products before it goeslive, um, but the domain and
everything is there and it'sconnected.
I really just kind of got todrop the curtain, um, so keep an
(20:56):
eye out and sign up for updatesand just know this isn't just
stuff.
Okay, this is support gear forsacred nurse sanity and survival
.
You better get that right gearon.
That's all I got to say.
So we have foundations to shake, so we're going to do it in
style with, okay, a lot ofattitude now that I'm actually
thinking about the merch that Icreated.
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Um, but what else is new?
Like you wouldn't be here ifyou weren't expecting that.
Now, of course, let's get intoour favorite segment of the
podcast.
Don't lie, I know you put upwith me talking for like 20
minutes and a teeny tiny musicalinterlude to take a break from
me, just so that we can get toCrystal's Coffee and Divination.
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It's cool, I actually am doingthe same thing.
So this week's brew you havegot to hear me out.
I stumbled onto somethingabsolutely unhinged, but in the
best way Starbucks cherry, coldfoam.
Okay, pause, pause, everybodybreathe.
I know a lot of people don'tlike the coffee scented fish
people, I hear you.
I actually haven't been to onein months, maybe since last year
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actually.
However, I wanted coffee andthat's the option I had, so for
me it worked at the moment.
Now you can recreate this athome, but just hear me out on
the flavor profile first.
Okay, so I had it on a chailatte and I also ordered it on a
skinny mocha.
The cherry cold foam is cherry,not like the.
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I don't know why Mars the pantastes like cherry to me, but it
kind of does.
Um, and I think it's almond dotcherry, but not in like the.
I don't know why marzipantastes like cherry to me, but it
kind of does, and I think it'salmond dot cherry, but not in
like the super fake cherry kindof way, but still sweet dessert
cherry, not like fruit cherry,and it's not overpowering.
However, with the chai latte,and then, of course, with the
chocolate, what the heck?
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I have never I don't orderfruit coffee things I.
The lavender chai, uh, a fewmonths ago was interesting.
Um, human bean has a like adirty chai kind of situation
that they do.
That wasn't my favorite withthe lavender, but the regular
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chai was.
However, the fruit situation.
I have not done that before andI don't know why I ordered it.
It was pink.
I don't know what happened.
I am shocked that I did and itwas amazing.
It was absolutely amazing, likegoddess, my witness.
(23:30):
Uh, the cold foam is deliveringlike divine intervention with a
straw.
It's kind of like a dessert,but in drink form, a lot like
that.
Peppermint cold foam.
Mocha situation um, that I wastalking about at the beginning
of the year.
Um, I'm I want to try it on amatcha.
However, um, the grass liquid.
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Liquid sometimes doesn't sitwell with me, so I'm a little
scared of that one.
Sometimes it pairs really well.
I don't know.
I'm a little excited,definitely risking everything
for the sake of some sacredcaffeinated experimentation.
Right, I don't know.
Cherry matcha yeah, you guysare going to have to let me know
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, uh, on socials, what you thinkabout that.
Speaking of socials, okay, shiftnumber three.
We're going to have to pausejust a second.
Just a second before we get toour crystal and divination.
We are live on Tik TOK.
So the ritual nurse it's at.
The ritual nurse.
No spaces, no nonsense.
Me myself and I are myfollowers at the moment and we
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are shifting not completely awayfrom the meta platforms, but
the algorithm grind on the metaplatforms is absolutely like
brick to cement.
It is ridiculous.
So that and there's just morefun content options, I think, on
TikTok than I have on the metaplatforms at the moment.
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We're not leaving them.
Our Facebook is still there.
Nobody uses Facebook, but ourFacebook is still there.
Instagram is still there.
That's not going anywhere.
Now.
Our Instagram is under the codeteam, as usual, the educational
platform.
But on TikTok, the ritual nurseitself, just like the podcast
side of things, absolutely hasits own TikTok.
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So head over there, please, andrescue me.
I'm like on no side of TikTokright now.
On the ritual nurse, we do haveanother account.
The mythical family account hasbeen on TikTok for a while, but
the ritual nurse it literallyjust went live today with two
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little baby reels, kind ofputting things out there.
Please go over there and rescueme immediately, help, please.
I'm hashtag aiming to stay onnurse talk and of course you
know witchy talk and book talkand all that other good stuff,
but nurse talk primarily.
So please head over there andrescue me, please, please.
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It is at the ritual nurse onTikTok and I'm super excited to
see what kind of content we'rebringing out.
I'm going to hopefully uploadsome clips of me recording the
podcast of guests on the podcast.
I don't know if you guys knowthis, but we also upload to
YouTube, not necessarily invideo format.
Of course it shows up as avideo format but it's not video
(26:26):
feed of us and I don't't know.
That might change over thesummer.
We as a multimedia studio here,the mythical family, has all of
the equipment to do full video,um production and and casting.
So that might change over thesummer, who knows, might be an
option, but for right now, tikTOK, is it?
So go over there and follow usand share Comment over there.
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I really want to read yourguys' comments over there
because as soon as I reach acertain threshold, I think I can
go live and I can interact withyou guys far easier over there
on live than I can on Instagramlives.
So the faster that we level upin people following us and level
up I'm talking about a game thefaster that we level up in
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people following us and level upI'm talking about a game.
The faster that we accruefollowers on TikTok, the faster
than I can unlock fun things todo with you guys and be able to
interact with you a lot more.
So that is the news.
Now let's get on with the actualgood stuff of our crystal.
What deck is this?
What am I looking at?
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Um, this is the tarot.
That's divination, all right.
So let's look at our crystalWhoa Of the week and just about
had three of them jumping out ofmy hand there and let's see
what our prescription for thisweek is.
Man, I'm telling you, like, ifit's a baseball bat in the form
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of a crystal, I will not besurprised.
Okay, I don't know, akate, whatdo you got dynamic?
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So, vanadonite, this isabsolutely gorgeous, interesting
, and there's a snake coiledaround it and a moon symbol.
Actually, can't plan this stuff.
I tried, all right.
So, vanadonite, let's see whatthis has to say.
Here I have vanadonite at home.
It's not a very common crystal.
This probably isn't one that'sgoing to be like your pocket
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crystal kind of thing, but ifyou happen to have some, it is
beautiful.
So this is action, energy andcreativity.
So have you been putting offpursuing your goals?
When this card appears, itsignals a time of forward
movement in your life.
The sinuous snake symbolizestransformation and renewal,
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while fiery vanadonite radiatesenergy to propel you forward.
The snake's presence urges youto shed old patterns and welcome
change.
I'm telling you I really haveto start doing this on camera,
because I literally shuffle thedeck and raw pull these as we're
doing.
This Could not be moreirrelevant, right?
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Well, vanna tonight transformsyour thought process, breaking
down old ways of thinking so youcan have the right mindset to
achieve your goals.
Tap into your willpower andcourage so you can navigate
challenges and take positivemomentum towards your goals.
Stay dynamic, adaptable andstart taking action in pursuit
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of your highest potential.
Unbelievable Epic poll,absolutely epic poll.
Okay, divination, let's do this.
Let's see what our divinationand guidance is.
This week you came flying outof there.
Hmm, the ace of cups, bluetiger's eye how interesting.
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Through the major arcana newlove, compassion and happiness.
So, blue tiger's eye, it alsosignifies love, new
relationships and truth.
This card shows that love,compassion and creativity are
flowing through you.
This is the time to open yourheart and be vulnerable.
(30:31):
What was I saying about thatwhole radical acceptance thing
and radical compassion?
Let your creativity run wildand shine through your endeavors
.
I'm telling you, the shop isstaring at me right now.
So hard it's not even funny.
So the Ace of Cups, so BlueTiger's Eye and Vanadonite.
(30:53):
Again, vanadonite is notnecessarily a common stone, but
it is a beautiful one.
You can also, let's see,vanadonite is kind of a reddish,
pearly, rust kind of color.
(31:15):
It is a really pretty stone, umcubic facets and things like
that.
You can also kind of invokethat presence or that mindset,
that energy, with candle work,with color work, with meditation
, so you can look up images ofvanadonite, the stone itself,
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and kind of settle into thatenergy and that wavelength.
If all of that is really woo woofor you and you're not feeling
the meditation or the crystalwork, that is a okay.
You can simply think about thefacets and the aspects that were
brought up and how do thoseapply to your skill sets?
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How do those apply toempowering you this week as you
sip on your either homemade orstore-bought cherry, cold foam
mocha or chai latte and enjoyyour week fully and completely.
So there's a bunch of optionsthere.
You can take what works for youand leave the rest.
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Okay, it's raw, it's real.
It's going to be sacred chaos,and I'd really love for you to
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Tell your people about thepodcast, share it.
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We're building community, we'rebuilding strength.
There's so much more that Ihave planned in store for you
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guys, and I just I can't wait tosee it ramp up.
I can't wait to see where weend up with this as we continue
to grow.
But there's a couple thingsthat I want you to remember.
You are not your exhaustion,you are not your charting, you
are not your trauma.
You are sacred.
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You are also human and youdeserve to feel better than
barely functioning.
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I want you to protect thatpeace and put yourself first.
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