The Happy Nurse Elaina Mullery

In the latest podcast episode, Elaina Mullery welcomes back seasoned listeners with the inspiring Michelle Powell. Michelle, a trauma coach and author of "The Mastery of Wellness," shares her expertise in equine therapies and clinical hypnotherapy. Together, they delve into personal and professional experiences, emphasizing the importance of true sisterhood, authentic relationships, and safe spaces. The episode explores overcoming life's lows, highlighting resilience and the wisdom of surviving tough days. Join Elaina and Michelle on an uplifting journey through the roller coaster of life, where they explore the duality of joy and pain, the power of sisterhood, and the emergence of resilience from shared experiences. Don't miss this empowering conversation on finding joy amidst challenges.

Being mindful of the present is not an easy thing to do. We either get caught in the rabbit hole of the past, or we get too anxious about the future. 
While recovering from COVID, I had deep reflections about what was going on in my inner world. The isolation worked in my favour as it gave me enough time to ponder on being mindful.  
For this episode, you will hear my insights about how mindfulness can help us understand how we’re feeling. You will also be guided through a meditation practice that I regularly use in workshops and seminars.  
It’s a challenge to be at peace with stillness. We overlook the fact that being mindful allows us to fully live in the moment and eliminate the judgement we have on ourselves and others. 
If you’re looking for ways to better understand your thoughts and emotions, be sure to listen to the episode.
TOPICS WE DISCUSSED INCLUDE:

What does mindfulness mean? (02:37)

The value of engaging in the present or flow state (04:05)

Three spheres of influence (06:23)

The benefits of being aware of our senses and emotions (06:58)

Why we should not listen to respond but listen to understand (09:15)

The dangers of being judgmental towards ourselves and others and how to deal with it (11:37)

Meditation practise (16:09)


CONNECT WITH ELAINA MULLERY
HappyNurse.com.au
Connect with me on Instagram and Facebook
Connect with me on LinkedIn
Subscribe to my Youtube channel

For more information got to: happynurse.com.au/podcast/

The pressure of everyday life can become unreasonable at times. The effect of this can have us operating from our fight or flight response.
In this episode, we’ll unpack the impact of the nervous system on our well-being with Michelle Powell.
Michelle is a world-renowned trauma and wellness expert, and a regular guest on The Happy Nurse Podcast. She shares her knowledge of how the nervous system influences thoughts, actions, and responses, and how It’s important for to create a strategy that can help regulate our inner self.
If we’re aware of the impacts of the nervous system, we learn how to navigate its activation and quickly return to homeostasis. Michelle reveals the methods she uses to manage stressful situations, how to recenter focus, and bring us back to a grounded space.
TOPICS WE DISCUSSED INCLUDE:

Why we need to talk about the nervous system (03:46)

Recognising our default fight or flight reactions (05:30)

Regulating our inner voice (12:25)

What can you do when your nervous system is activated (17:05)

A good relationship with ourselves matters (18:25)

Strategies that can help recenter and reground (21:00)

The power of breath-work (26:35)

Therapeutic zone of breathing (29:10)

The significance of 5-5 and 468 breathing techniques (35:05)


CONNECT WITH MICHELLE POWELL
https://themichellepowell.com.au/ 
Connect with Michelle on Facebook and Instagram
Subscribe to Michelle’s YouTube channel here. 

Grab a copy of Michelle’s book The Mastery of Wellness.

CONNECT WITH ELAINA MULLERY
HappyNurse.com.au
Connect with me on Instagram and Facebook
Connect with me on LinkedIn
Subscribe to my Youtube channel

For more information got to: happynurse.com.au/podcast/

In this episode, I chat with Nichola about the importance of sharing our stories with others.  
Nichola's nursing career spans over three decades and has a depth of knowledge and experience. She shares her wisdom about her career, reflective practice, and the importance of self-reflection.  
It's time to share our stories about burnout, as this has the potential to assist others to recognise that they may be heading toward burnout and seek early intervention. Burnout can be very isolating but knowing you are not alone and having the support of peers and community is a powerful aid to recovery.  
TOPICS WE DISCUSSED INCLUDE:

Nichola’s volunteering journey (05:30)

Her personal burnout experience (11:29)

The effects of compassion fatigue and burnout (16:40)

Her commitment to being well for life (19:55)

The Five Aspects of Self-Care (22:00)

The importance of having a support system (26:39)

The power of me too movement (31:33)

How journaling helped Nichola with her burnout (33:45)


CONNECT WITH NICHOLA BROWNING
Connect with Nichola on LinkedIn and Twitter

Check out the Burnout No More courses here.
Learn more about the Young Stroke Project here.

CONNECT WITH ELAINA MULLERY
HappyNurse.com.au
Connect with me on Instagram and Facebook
Connect with me on LinkedIn
Subscribe to my Youtube channel

For more information got to: happynurse.com.au/podcast/

There is a growing demand to create a space for psychological safety in the healthcare industry. It’s vital for producing a high-performance team.  
Healthcare professionals focus on the psychological safety of their patients. They look after patients to the best of their abilities and ensure that they’re set up for success. However, this safe space is often not offered to themselves or their colleagues. 
In this episode, I have another astounding conversation with Liam Caswell, a High Performance Nurse Coach. With 10 years of international healthcare experience, he aims to coach, educate, and transform the lives and careers of nurses.
In our conversation, Liam emphasized the importance of setting a space for psychological safety in the workplace. If the healthcare industry really wants to establish this, they’ll create an environment that stimulates self-awareness and self-compassion, so nurses can perform as their authentic selves.
TOPICS WE DISCUSSED INCLUDE:

Getting clear about your why in life (04:38)

Why we need to increase our tolerance for failure (12:11)

The benefits of establishing psychological safety in healthcare (18:45)

Why self-awareness and self-compassion matter (26:05)

Reframing burnout as something positive (31:52)

How to step into your authentic self (35:20)


CONNECT WITH LIAM CASWELL
https://www.liamcaswell.com/  
Connect with Liam on LinkedIn
Connect with Liam on Facebook and Instagram

Listen to Liam’s podcast, High Performance Nursing, here.

CONNECT WITH ELAINA MULLERY
HappyNurse.com.au
Connect with me on Instagram and Facebook
Connect with me on LinkedIn
Subscribe to my Youtube channel

For more information got to: happynurse.com.au/podcast/

There is a second pandemic currently occurring. Burnout in our healthcare staff. Many of us are beyond burnout and we are having to shift our focus from prevention, to burnout recovery.  
 The environment that is pre disposing us to burnout and compassion fatigue is creating “moral injury.” 
Moral Injury is leading to nurses feeling undervalued, trapped, exhausted, unappreciated and lost in a very broken system.  
In this episode, I had the pleasure to chat with Janie Hoogesteger. She is a Registered Nurse with 
over 20 years of nursing experience. She believes that for the longest time, nurses have been focusing their energies on their patients and neglecting self-care.
Janine shares a holistic approach to self-care, her non-negotiable when it comes to self-care and how she helps heal the healers through her retreats.
 
TRIGGER warning - Suicide is discussed in this episode. 
 
TOPICS WE DISCUSSED INCLUDE:

Why do nurses experience a moral injury? (03:25)

The dangers of gaslighting nurses (05:52)

The negative effects of being resilient (09:00)

Janie's non-negotiable in self-care (12:35)

The benefits of sleep in productivity (21:08)

Finding what works for you (24:32)

Indulgent self-care (26:15)

What inspires Janie to be the best version of herself? (31:27)

Trigger Warning: Janie discusses her flatmate’s suicide & how it changed her (31:59)

Janie's motivation for creating retreats (37:00)


CONNECT WITH JANIE HOOGESTEGER
https://www.rnretreats.com/ 
Connect with Janie on Facebook and Instagram
Register for the Reset Retreat here.