Happy Hour With Operation Happy Nurse Carley Baker and Lucio Arguijo

TW: Eating Disorder

For this episode of Mental Health Matters, we were so blessed to have Olumide Onajide on the podcast! As a mental health advocate with a passion for fitness, Olumide talks us through his personal journey to becoming an advocate, how fitness impacts his mental wellbeing, addresses the stigma that men have when speaking about mental health, and shares some of his own struggles and the support systems that helped him overcome them. He was such a joy to be around virtually, so we are so excited to have him in person for our Fitness for the Caregivers event launching November 19th in Washington DC, along with one of our amazing past guests, Riley Christian! For those caregivers in the DC area, you can stay tuned for further details on that exciting event!

For more of Olu, check out his Instagram @kingolu30 and follow him as he continues his work as an amazing mental health advocate!


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Happy Hour has another fantastic Mental Health Matters episode for you today. This week, we are joined by the lovely Lindsey Shelton. Lindsey is an ICU travel nurse, mental health advocate, and digital creator. As a nurse, she created @ScrubHacks on Instagram to provide advice and tips for ICU and travel nurses and to create an open space to talk about mental health. Lindsey shares her journey to becoming a nurse, influencer, and a mental health advocate with Carley and Joe, and chats about all things nursing and traveling in a really fun, honest, and engaging conversation. There's a little dog talk thrown in there as well, for fans of our four-legged friends! Thank you to Lindsey for joining us, check it out!

Make to sure to follow @ScrubHacks for more of Lindsey, she's a delight!


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That's it for our season's experience with Hypnotherapy! On this final episode, Carley, Joe, and special guest Chenedy break down their experiences with Hypnotherapy. Shout out to the self-hypnosis app Reveri, it was an excellent way to give Hypnotherapy a try for ourselves! From stress, to focus, to sleep, to eating well, we found out the multitude of ways hypnosis can help with mental health. Chenedy was such a joy to speak with, and we were so grateful to have her join us in the conversation! She shared her experiences as a nurse, influencer, and public figure, and she noted how hypnosis could help with the stresses that come with life. It was a surprising, relaxing, and fun experience trying out hypnosis, so let go of any preconceived notions you may have about it, it's definitely worth trying for yourself!

Also, make sure to check out Chenedy's content on TikTok @NurseChen and on Instagram @chenedyy_21 

If you have an idea for what we should try in future seasons in the world of stress and anxiety relief, and if you’d like to be featured on the pod, email your ideas to us at happyhour@operationhappynurse.org!


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Happy Hour continues our season's journey with Hypnotherapy this week by speaking with the incredible Katie Potratz. Katie is a Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist and a Medical Hypnotherapy Specialist, who is an incredibly effective advocate for Hypnotherapy. Trust us, if you have any reservations about trying Hypnotherapy, Katie will put those at ease. She does an amazing job explaining to Carley and Joe what hypnosis really is, how it actually works, how she uses it to help her patients, and how Hypnotherapy shares things with other healing modalities that this show has explored. It's just a super cool conversation for anybody interested in healing to check out. We were amazed hearing all that Hypnotherapy has to offer for both physical and mental pain. Katie was an honest, passionate, and overall cool guest, so listen to what she has to say about Hypnotherapy!

If our listeners want to see more from her, check out her website katiepotratz.com or her instagram @katiepotratz.


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Season 16 is here and it's a sweet one! This time, Carley and Joe will be learning all about hypnotherapy this season and exploring how hypnosis is used as a stress reliever and therapeutic practice. If you enjoyed some of our past Mental Health Matters episodes, you may remember mention of hypnotherapy, whether with a certified therapist or even self-induced. However, we wouldn't blame you if your first thought was a pocket watch and "You are getting very sleepy..." Rest assured, hypnotherapy is really nothing like you see in fiction, it's a mind-body intervention in a standard therapy environment, often used in conjunction with other practices! It leaves you fully aware and in-control for the whole experience, just more calm, relaxed, and ready to face your problems. It can call also attention, focus your mind, and suggest solutions to whatever ails you, in mind, body, or soul. We find that very fascinating, so come along with us on this journey into the world of Hypnotherapy!


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For our third episode of Ask a Nurse, the Happy Hour with Operation Happy Nurse team continues to tackle pressing questions in the nursing world. This episode's main question? How do nurses advocate for themselves? It's a more complicated question than at first glance, and there's no shame in not knowing how to ask for what you need, especially if you're relatively new to the profession or fresh out of school. With that in mind, Carley and Lucio's conversation covers questions like how to ask for PTO, how to deal with disagreements with coworkers or patients, and how to ask for help on the job when you need it! We hope you find some real value in these lessons Carley and Lucio have learned and leave with some new ideas to apply for yourself!

Please remember, that you, the listener, can send in topics for us to talk about! Just reach out to happyhour@operationhappynurse.org with your suggestions!


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