The Pulse Check Podcast

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The Pulse Check Podcast 🎙️ Hosted by Sammy (@sam_thomas2) Where health, fitness, and real life collide. I am talking wellness, mindset, and what it actually takes to feel your best, plus unfiltered nurse stories, behind-the-scenes healthcare chaos, and the lessons no one teaches you. Raw. Relatable. A little unhinged. Expanding your horizons one episode at a time.

  1. 3d ago

    HYROX, Career Changes & Knowing When It’s Time to Move On w/ Hannah Smith

    This week on The Pulse Check, I’m joined by my friend and former Neuro Trauma coworker Hannah Smith! We just took on HYROX together on September 20th, so obviously we had to talk about the race, the training, what nearly killed us, and what we learned from pushing ourselves way outside our comfort zones. But this episode goes a little deeper too. Hannah recently made the move from Neuro Trauma to the NICU, and I’m getting ready to make my own move into Med/Oncology. We’re talking about knowing when a job, season, or situation just doesn’t fit you anymore, how to tell the difference between something that’s hard and something that’s no longer right for you, and why moving on doesn’t mean you failed. Basically… HYROX, nursing, big life changes, and figuring out what’s next.

  2. Sep 26

    The Whole Woman: Anxiety, Depression & Women's Health w/ Tara Udy, FNP

    Have you ever had that feeling of “I just don’t feel like myself lately”? In this episode of The Pulse Check, Sammy sits down with Tara Udy, FNP, to talk about anxiety, depression, hormones, women’s health, and why our mental and physical health are way more connected than we realize. Tara has spent years working in women’s health and recently co-opened Encompass, a practice focused on caring for the whole woman. We’re talking about the symptoms women often brush off, why so many of us are really good at saying “I’m fine,” how hormones can affect how we feel, advocating for yourself, and what to do when you know something feels off. This one is for any woman who has ever thought, “Something just doesn’t feel right.”

  3. Sep 19

    The Period I Lost: What My Missing Cycle Taught Me About Hormones, Food & Fitness

    What happens when your period just… disappears? In this episode, Sammy gets personal about her experience with losing her period and eventually getting it back. She’s breaking down the science behind the menstrual cycle and talking about how the brain, ovaries, hormones, nutrition, energy availability, exercise, stress, weight changes, and hormonal birth control can all play a role in menstrual health. Sammy also talks about Nexplanon, functional hypothalamic amenorrhea, RED S, why low estrogen can matter for bone health, what a healthcare provider may evaluate when periods disappear, and the things she wishes she had understood sooner. Most importantly, this episode is about changing the way we think about periods. Your period isn't just about fertility.
It isn't something you should automatically ignore when it disappears.
And it definitely isn't something you need to feel ashamed of. Your period is data. This is Sammy’s personal experience, not medical advice, but she hopes this conversation helps you understand your body a little better and feel more comfortable asking questions when something changes. 🎙️ The Pulse Check Podcast
Beyond the bedside. Into real life.

  4. Sep 12

    We're Married?!?! A Year One Pulse Check

    One year married and three years together. We're getting real about what marriage is actually like, from the biggest surprises and dumbest arguments to growing together, communicating, and finding quality time when one of us works night shift. No perfect marriage advice, just our honest first-year reality check. 🤍

  5. Sep 5

    Brain Attack: What Really Happens During A Stroke?

    Stroke sounds like something that happens to “old people”… until it happens to someone you love. This week on The Pulse Check, we're taking you inside the brain and breaking down EVERYTHING stroke related without making you feel like you're sitting through a 3-hour nursing lecture. What's actually happening when a blood vessel gets blocked? What's the difference between an ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke? What the heck is a TIA? Why does atrial fibrillation matter? What is the NIH Stroke Scale? What happens when you get to the ER? How do clot-busting medications and thrombectomies work? And why does everyone keep saying “time is brain”? We're also talking about the stroke symptoms people miss, why strokes don't always look like someone dramatically collapsing, how a stroke can affect speech, movement, vision, memory and personality, and why young people aren't automatically off the hook. BE FAST. Because knowing what a stroke looks like could genuinely save someone's life. 🎙️ Welcome to The Pulse Check — where we take complicated health topics and make them actually make sense.

  6. Aug 29

    Welcome to Cougar Puberty

    I went to Meno Fest and accidentally got a PhD in menopause. This week I’m spilling everything I learned about HRT, hormones, brain fog, sleep, stress, metabolism, nutrition, libido, and building muscle from some incredible women’s health experts. Basically, menopause is WAY more complicated than hot flashes and way more interesting than I thought. Come laugh, learn, and find out why your hormones might be the main character. 🎧 Press play and get your Meno Fest download!

  7. Aug 22

    Puffy, Bloated & Boarding

    Why does vacation make us feel like completely different people?! You eat amazing food, walk 20,000 steps, have a few drinks, sit on a plane for six hours… and suddenly you're bloated, swollen, dehydrated, constipated and wondering why your shoes don't fit. 😂 In this episode of The Pulse Check Podcast, we're breaking down what actually happens to your body when you travel and giving you our favorite realistic travel health tips. We're talking hydration, electrolytes, compression socks, circulation, movement, jet lag, sleep, digestion and the infamous post-flight puffiness. Then we're going deep on the lymphatic system what lymph actually is, how lymph moves through the body, why movement matters, what manual lymphatic drainage is, and who may actually benefit from it. We're also busting some of the biggest wellness myths surrounding lymphatic drainage: Does it detox your body?
Does it burn fat?
Can it make you lose weight?
Why is lymphatic massage so gentle?
Is post-vacation swelling something you should massage away? And because we're nurses, we're also talking about when swelling is more than just “vacation bloat” and when you should actually be concerned. Grab your passport, your compression socks and your water bottle, The Pulse Check is going on vacation. ✈️🩷

  8. Aug 15

    Patient said WHAT?!

    Life lately + the unhinged things patients say 😂 This week on The Pulse Check, we’re taking a break from the serious health and wellness conversations and giving you a REAL life update. We’re catching up on what’s been happening behind the scenes, talking about nursing life, and sharing some of the funniest, weirdest, and most unhinged things patients have said to us on the floor. From things that made us question reality to stories that had us trying not to laugh at the nurses’ station… this episode is basically a reminder that working in healthcare is never boring. You truly cannot make some of this stuff up. 🩺😂 Disclaimer: Patient stories are shared in a way that protects privacy and does not include identifying information. 🎙️ Press play, and prepare to ask yourself: “Did that patient actually just say that?”

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The Pulse Check Podcast 🎙️ Hosted by Sammy (@sam_thomas2) Where health, fitness, and real life collide. I am talking wellness, mindset, and what it actually takes to feel your best, plus unfiltered nurse stories, behind-the-scenes healthcare chaos, and the lessons no one teaches you. Raw. Relatable. A little unhinged. Expanding your horizons one episode at a time.

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  • Creator
    SammyBShroyer
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    27
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © SammyBShroyer
  • Show Website
    The Pulse Check Podcast