Timeless Topics

Timeless Topics
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Timeless Topics is an unscripted space for reflection, reckoning, and reconnection hosted by three neonatal nurses who show up first and foremost as people. In each episode, we dive into the real-world challenges, soul-level questions, and timeless truths that shape our lives inside and outside the NICU. From trauma-informed care and advocacy to vulnerability, burnout, and belonging, no topic is off-limits. We don’t come with scripts or solutions. We come with curiosity, compassion, and a shared commitment to care deeply and live fully. Because who we are is just as important as what we do.

  1. Jun 15

    030: Innovation, Sustainability, and Meaningful Contribution

    Welcome back to Timeless Topics! In this episode we discuss a little bit of everything it seems. We start with "we've always done it this way" and then go to innovation and then how to navigate turnover to supporting each other to contribute in meaningful ways while giving grace. Mary had to step away for some personal reasons, so Tracey and Jessi got together to round things out. We're grateful you're here with us. We look forward to hearing your thoughts! Reflection prompts for this episode: Reflect on a time where "because that's the way we've always done it" was the answer. How did you navigate that?How do you give grace to colleagues while still holding them accountable?Resources we mentioned during this episode: Laura van Dernoot Lipsky - The Trauma Stewardship InstituteDo you have feedback or suggestions? You can find us on social media as @TimelessTopicsNICU, and our email address is timelesstopicsnicu@gmail.com. Please share with your friends and colleagues! -Jessi 🖤, Tracey 💙, and Mary 💛

    030: Innovation, Sustainability, and Meaningful Contribution

  2. Jun 8

    029: Embracing the Complexity of Humanity

    Welcome back to Timeless Topics! In this episode we discuss everything from trauma-informed, family-centered care to the work needed by clinicians to support relationships in the face of trauma. We are joined by Morgan Kowalski, BA from the Family-Centered Care Taskforce. Morgan is the NICU parent of Thomas who was born at 25 weeks gestation and Director of Operations for the Family-Centered Care Taskforce. She is the Family Liaison for the American Academy of Pediatrics’ Committee on Hospital Care and a Parent Family Partner for New York State Perinatal Quality Collaborative. We even touch on a potential subject for a future episode towards the end of our discussion. Let us know your thoughts! We're grateful you're here with us. We look forward to hearing your thoughts! Reflection prompts for this episode: Reflect on a time where you may have extracted from someone's trauma or had your trauma extracted from. Would you do anything differently?  What are some ways that you help others to feel seen in your role? Resources we mentioned during this episode: Family-Centered Care Taskforce   Parental Presence Study Toolkit | Family-Centered Care Resources Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Belonging, and Justice    Do you have feedback or suggestions? You can find us on social media as @TimelessTopicsNICU, and our email address is timelesstopicsnicu@gmail.com. Please share with your friends and colleagues! -Jessi 🖤, Tracey 💙, and Mary 💛

    029: Embracing the Complexity of Humanity

  3. Jun 1

    028: Advocacy, Support, Intuition, and Respect

    Welcome back to Timeless Topics! In this episode we discuss everything from advocacy to role modeling slow, intentional change to intubation and leadership. We wrap the episode up with a discussion about supporting the nursing workforce and growing intuition. We're grateful you're here with us. We look forward to hearing your thoughts! Reflection prompts for this episode: What are some ways that you advocate for yourself, your peers, and your patients?  Reflect on times where your intuition played a large role in the outcome of a situation - clinical or not. Resources we mentioned during this episode: The 30-second rule: the effects of prolonged intubation attempts on oxygen saturation and heart rate in preterm infants in the delivery room - PubMed  Dr. Jean Watson   Do you have feedback or suggestions? You can find us on social media as @TimelessTopicsNICU, and our email address is timelesstopicsnicu@gmail.com. Please share with your friends and colleagues! -Jessi 🖤, Tracey 💙, and Mary 💛

    028: Advocacy, Support, Intuition, and Respect

  4. May 25

    027: Presence vs Performance

    Welcome back to Timeless Topics! In this episode we discuss everything from the rise in distrust in medical professionals and standards of care to building safe relationships and the importance of accountability. We are honored to be joined by Chantel Morin! Chantel is a nurse educator, adult born preterm, mother to three children born preterm, and co-founder of T.E.N.D.E.R. Services. We're grateful you're here with us. We look forward to hearing your thoughts! Reflection prompts for this episode: Reflect on a recent time where a patient has expressed distrust or declined a recommended treatment. How did you handle the conversation? Looking back, would you have handled it differently?  How do you practice being present and not merely performing your role? What is needed for you to do that consistently? Resources we mentioned during this episode: Practice Standards for Neonatal Nursing in Ontario  TENDER Services Paige Church Behavioural Phenotype Prematurity   Do you have feedback or suggestions? You can find us on social media as @TimelessTopicsNICU, and our email address is timelesstopicsnicu@gmail.com. Please share with your friends and colleagues! -Jessi 🖤, Tracey 💙, and Mary 💛

    027: Presence vs Performance

  5. May 18

    026: Building Community to Repair Broken Systems

    Welcome back to Timeless Topics! In this episode we discuss everything from how broken the healthcare system is to unit culture to the importance of belonging in all relationships -- including those between clinicians. In true Timeless Topics nature, we try to answer the question "How do we fix it?" Please let us know how you feel we did.  We're grateful you're here with us. We look forward to hearing your thoughts! Reflection prompts for this episode: Reflect on your relationship with where healthcare is culture-wise. How do you navigate its ups and downs?  What are some ways that you build community in and out of your workplace? Resources we mentioned during this episode: May 2026 FCC Taskforce Webinar Family Centered Care Taskforce          Identifying stigmatizing and positive/preferred language in obstetric clinical notes using natural language processing - PubMed    Stigmatizing and Positive Language in Birth Clinical Notes Associated With Race and Ethnicity - PubMed Toward equitable documentation: Evaluating ChatGPT's role in identifying and rephrasing stigmatizing language in electronic health records - PubMed  Do you have feedback or suggestions? You can find us on social media as @TimelessTopicsNICU, and our email address is timelesstopicsnicu@gmail.com. Please share with your friends and colleagues! -Jessi 🖤, Tracey 💙, and Mary 💛

    026: Building Community to Repair Broken Systems

  6. May 11

    025: Words Have Power

    Welcome back to Timeless Topics! In this episode we discuss everything from the compounding nature of trauma in the NICU to how an individual is shaped by their lived experiences - positive, negative, and neutral to how our words have power. We wrap up the episode with a bit of a soft launch, so be sure to listen until the end. We're grateful you're here with us. Tracey had some video issues, but we persevered! We are so grateful you are here with us. We look forward to hearing your thoughts! Reflection prompts for this episode: What are some ways you practice humility in your work setting?  Reflect on the way you show up in the face of someone else's trauma. What are your strengths and weaknesses? Resources we mentioned during this episode: Trauma and Violence - What Is Trauma and Its Effects? | SAMHSA         Identity-First Language - Autistic Self Advocacy Network   Sacred Instructions: Indigenous Wisdom for Living Spirit-Based Change - Sherri Mitchell         Do you have feedback or suggestions? You can find us on social media as @TimelessTopicsNICU, and our email address is timelesstopicsnicu@gmail.com. Please share with your friends and colleagues! -Jessi 🖤, Tracey 💙, and Mary 💛

    025: Words Have Power

  7. May 4

    024: Bookclub Recommendations and Gumbo

    Welcome back to Timeless Topics! In this episode we discuss everything from microaggressions to the insidious and pervasive nature of racism and other systems of oppression to gumbo. Yes, gumbo. We wrap up the episode with an introductory bookclub list, so stay tuned for that! We'd love to hear what other titles you would recommend. We're grateful you're here with us. We start out the episode hot talking about an experience one of us had with defining microaggressions. We are so grateful you are here with us. We look forward to hearing your thoughts! Reflection prompts for this episode: Have you ever experienced or committed an act of microaggression? Reflect on your experience(s).  Have you read any of the books we shared during this episode? If so, what lessons do you carry with you from them? Resources we mentioned during this episode: “Weathering” and Age Patterns of Allostatic Load Scores Among Blacks and Whites in the United States - PMC        Microaggressions are a big deal: How to talk them out and when to walk away   Full article: Who Gets to Be a Child? Clinical and Cultural Reflections on Racism, White Infantilization, and Kyle Rittenhouse   Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? by Beverly Daniel Tatum | Hachette Book Group Hood Feminism – MIKKI KENDALL Beacon Press: White Fragility How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi: 9780525509301 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books Decolonizing Therapy The Body Keeps The Score | Bessel van der Kolk, MD. My Grandmother’s Hands paperback – Central Recovery Press         Do you have feedback or suggestions? You can find us on social media as @TimelessTopicsNICU, and our email address is timelesstopicsnicu@gmail.com. Please share with your friends and colleagues! -Jessi 🖤, Tracey 💙, and Mary 💛

    024: Bookclub Recommendations and Gumbo

  8. Apr 20

    023: Collaborative Growth: Combining Technical Skill, Job Satisfaction, & Compassion

    Welcome back to Timeless Topics! In this episode we discuss everything from interspecialty collaboration to supporting the family's full experience to calling out that thriving in a high stress environment like L&D or the NICU isn't mutually exclusive to practicing with a foundation of compassion. We are honored to be joined by Rose Horton as our special guest! Rose is the founder and CEO of NotOnMyWatch Consulting Partners. Her work centers around empowering nurses to use their voices, roles, and power to fight for equitable outcomes for all pregnant people and their newborns. We are so grateful you are here with us. We look forward to hearing your thoughts! Reflection prompts for this episode: Reflect on your practices around informed consent and shared decision making.  How are they similar? How are they different? How could you grow your practice to be more affirming and trauma-responsive? Resources we mentioned during this episode: Interventions to address inequities in infant mortality and morbidity in the NICU and beyond: A focus on the mother-infant dyad - ScienceDirect       A Woman Asked To Be Saved Over Her Baby In Case Of Childbirth Complications  Pregnant persons and birth partners' experiences of shared decision-making during pregnancy and childbirth: An umbrella review - ScienceDirect  The importance of shared decision-making in the neonatal intensive care unit | Journal of Perinatology  Do you have feedback or suggestions? You can find us on social media as @TimelessTopicsNICU, and our email address is timelesstopicsnicu@gmail.com. Please share with your friends and colleagues! -Jessi 🖤, Tracey 💙, and Mary 💛

    023: Collaborative Growth: Combining Technical Skill, Job Satisfaction, & Compassion
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Timeless Topics is an unscripted space for reflection, reckoning, and reconnection hosted by three neonatal nurses who show up first and foremost as people. In each episode, we dive into the real-world challenges, soul-level questions, and timeless truths that shape our lives inside and outside the NICU. From trauma-informed care and advocacy to vulnerability, burnout, and belonging, no topic is off-limits. We don’t come with scripts or solutions. We come with curiosity, compassion, and a shared commitment to care deeply and live fully. Because who we are is just as important as what we do.

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  • Creator
    Timeless Topics
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    30
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