Podcast for Burnt Out Healthcare Professionals | Shift Happens

Mary Hodson, RT(R)(CT)
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You became a healthcare worker to build a better life. Somewhere between the short staffing, the 12 hour shifts, the secondary trauma you carry home, and the "are you the nurse?" comments.. that got lost. Shift Happens is the podcast for rad techs and women in healthcare who are done letting this career run their life. Hosted by Mary Hodson, registered rad tech turned burnout recovery coach who spent over a decade in imaging before finally asking what she actually wanted this career to give her instead of what she kept giving to it. After doing the real work, she built a life she once only dreamed about. Six figure years as a rad tech, 30 plus states and five countries, and an entire brand built around showing you how to do the same. This is not a feel good, self care Sunday podcast. This is real talk about burnout recovery, career pivots, identity outside of scrubs, setting boundaries that actually stick, and what it looks like to build a life you don't dread waking up to. No sugarcoating. No gatekeeping. No "just leave it at work." Being great at your job does not have to come at the expense of your sanity. Living your life does not have to come at the expense of your patients. New episodes every week. Come find out what it feels like to actually thrive in this career instead of just survive it.

  1. 6d ago

    The Limiting Belief That's Actually Fueling Your Burnout as a Rad Tech

    We talk a lot about burnout in healthcare. The short staffing, the 12 hour shifts, the toxic coworkers. But there's something underneath all of that nobody is talking about. Limiting beliefs. And they are quietly running the show. This week I'm getting into what they actually are, how they show up in your career, and why just being aware of them isn't enough. I'm sharing real examples from my own life, my clients, and the workshop I just hosted inside the Rad Tech Revolution that honestly got me fired up to record this episode. I'm too old to go back to school. The money won't be good enough. It's the same no matter where I go. If any of those sound familiar, pull up a chair. We're also talking about my free three day masterclass - Burnout Intervention coming at the end of the month. September 28th, 29th, and October 1st. Free. Fun. Click here to grab your spot. Come say hi on IG! → @healthyinhealthcare_ The Rad Tech Revolution is waiting. Click here to join. 🩻

  2. Sep 2

    Bullying in Healthcare Leads to Burnout

    If I had to guess what's actually burning out rad techs and healthcare workers right now, it's not the 12 hour shifts. It's not the short staffing. It's the toxic workplace culture that nobody wants to talk about. This week I'm getting into workplace bullying in healthcare. The bitter Betties, the seniority card pullers, the people who make you walk on eggshells every single shift. I'm sharing exactly how I've handled it in 13 years in the hospital, including the time someone got in my face in front of a patient and what I said that made sure it never happened again. You worked too hard to let someone else's misery push you out of a career you love. Come say hi on IG! → @healthyinhealthcare_ The Rad Tech Revolution is waiting. A community built by a rad tech for rad techs who are done feeling invisible. Link in the show notes. 🩻

  3. Aug 12

    Maybe Your Answer to Burnout Is Sitting Right Beside You

    Something has been annoying the hell out of me lately and we need to talk about it. I keep seeing healthcare workers resenting their loved ones for not understanding what it's like to work in a hospital. And I get it. I used to do the exact same thing to my husband. But at some point I had to get off my high horse and realize something. It's not his job to understand what it's like to be a Rad Tech. It's his job to understand how to support one. And those are two very different things. This week I'm getting into why the people closest to you aren't the problem, why communication is the thing that changed everything in my marriage and my career, and the exact things I did to help my husband help me so I stopped feeling so alone and burnt out in this.   🧚🏼‍♀️Come say hi on IG here!  ☢️ Join the Rad Tech Revolution here!

    Maybe Your Answer to Burnout Is Sitting Right Beside You

  4. Aug 5

    The Revolution of Becoming a Rad Tech, My Business, and Shift Happens

    I took a six week hiatus. Whoops! And in that time, I burnt my business down and rebuilt it from the ground up. And I am not even a little bit sorry about it. This episode is the full story. Where I started, where I got lost, and why I finally made the pivot I've been feeling pulled toward for over a year. I'm talking about why I'm no longer taking health coaching clients, what burnout recovery coaching actually looks like, and why helping women in healthcare change their entire lives is the thing I was always supposed to be doing. If you've ever felt like you went into healthcare to help people but somewhere along the way completely lost yourself in the process.. this one is for you. The podcast has a new name, a new intro, a new direction. And I have never been more excited about where this is going. Come say hi on IG! → @healthyinhealthcare_ The Rad Tech Revolution is open. A community built by a rad tech, for rad techs who are done feeling invisible. Join here!

    The Revolution of Becoming a Rad Tech, My Business, and Shift Happens

  5. Jun 17

    How to Make 6 Figures as a Rad Tech Without Overtime

    In 2013 they told me there were no jobs in radiology. I still applied to the program. Ten years later I'm breaking down exactly how I went from $17 an hour to making six figures as a traveler, then negotiated my way to $96,000 a year back home in rural Indiana. This episode is the full play by play. The market research analysis that got me a sign on bonus HR said didn't exist anymore. The PRN job I almost walked away from over four dollars an hour. The year I doubled my income while working fewer hours than ever. If you're a rad tech who's been quietly underpaid and telling yourself that's just how it is, this one's for you. You are allowed to ask for what you're worth. I'll show you exactly how. 😈 Come say hi on IG! → @healthyinhealthcare_ The Rad Tech Revolution waitlist is open. Doors open July 13th. If you're a Rad Tech who wants to excel in her caraeer without it costing her sanity and making damn good money doing it.. join here!

  6. Jun 10

    The Dangerous Reality of Working Alone as a Rad Tech

    This week I'm walking through the very real, very dangerous reality of working short-staffed as rad techs. I share a mock patient scenario that will make your stomach drop because it should. This is happening in departments everywhere, every single shift. We're talking about what's actually on the line when you're the only rad tech, you're playing transport, you're covering a stroke protocol, and a patient codes before you ever got the chance to catch what was right there on your screen. I also get into what you can actually do about it. Not a hospital strike (but if you do please call me!), not quit. Start with your voice. Keep using it. Come say hi on IG! → @healthyinhealthcare_ The Rad Tech Revolution waitlist is open so join here! Doors open July 6th.

  7. Jun 3

    How to Prevent Healthcare Burnout as a Rad Tech

    Controversial opinion incoming.. healthcare is not your calling. Your calling is to live a really good life. Healthcare is just one part of that. This episode is for every new grad stepping into their first big role, and honestly for anyone already in the trenches who needed a reminder. Because if we want to change the trajectory of healthcare, we have to start at prevention, not just recovery. I'm breaking down why burnout isn't inevitable, what's actually happening in your nervous system when you're running on cortisol and adrenaline, and the practical things you can start doing right now, before it gets bad, to keep yourself off that statistic. We're talking food, boundaries, your phone habits, your nervous system, and why saying no is one of the most powerful things you can do for your patients. You didn't work this hard to hand your whole life over to a hospital system. You have a choice. Let's use it!  Come say hi on IG! → @healthyinhealthcare_ Want a community that actually gets what it's like to work in radiology and helps you thrive outside of it? Join the Rad Tech Revolution here!

  8. May 27

    Everything I Did Because I Became a Rad Tech (And Why You're Not Living Big Enough Yet)

    You worked too damn hard to get that degree just to live inside the hospital. In this episode I'm walking through everything.. and I mean everything.. that became possible in my life because I became a rad tech. The vacations. The wedding of my dreams. Honeymooning in Rome. Visiting five countries and twenty-five states before I turned thirty. Replacing my hospital income with a business built around something I actually believe in. This isn't a "look what I did" moment. It's a "look what your life could look like" moment. Because I see it all the time! We hustle for the degree, cash the first paycheck, start picking up overtime, and then suddenly summers are gone and the bucket list is still untouched. We didn't sign up for that or the burnout that comes with it. Your degree is a tool. Your schedule is flexible if you let it be. And your worst case scenario? It's probably not that bad, which means the only direction left is up. If you've been waiting for permission to actually go live your life while working as a Rad Tech, consider this it. 👯‍♀️Come say hi on IG! → @healthyinhealthcare_ ☢️Ready to stop just surviving your career and start building a life around it? Join the Rad Tech Revolution — the community made for rad techs who want more!

    Everything I Did Because I Became a Rad Tech (And Why You're Not Living Big Enough Yet)
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You became a healthcare worker to build a better life. Somewhere between the short staffing, the 12 hour shifts, the secondary trauma you carry home, and the "are you the nurse?" comments.. that got lost. Shift Happens is the podcast for rad techs and women in healthcare who are done letting this career run their life. Hosted by Mary Hodson, registered rad tech turned burnout recovery coach who spent over a decade in imaging before finally asking what she actually wanted this career to give her instead of what she kept giving to it. After doing the real work, she built a life she once only dreamed about. Six figure years as a rad tech, 30 plus states and five countries, and an entire brand built around showing you how to do the same. This is not a feel good, self care Sunday podcast. This is real talk about burnout recovery, career pivots, identity outside of scrubs, setting boundaries that actually stick, and what it looks like to build a life you don't dread waking up to. No sugarcoating. No gatekeeping. No "just leave it at work." Being great at your job does not have to come at the expense of your sanity. Living your life does not have to come at the expense of your patients. New episodes every week. Come find out what it feels like to actually thrive in this career instead of just survive it.

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