Catholic Nurse Coach: Recent Episodes
Nichole Haugen
When you're grieving, so much of your energy goes into simply surviving—or caring for everyone else—that you can lose touch with yourself.
Then someone asks, "What do you need?" and your mind goes completely blank.
In this episode, we're talking about why that happens and one simple exercise that can begin reconnecting you with yourself.
I'll encourage you to make a list of 20 small things you genuinely enjoy—from ice in your water, a favorite coffee, fresh flowers, a walk outside, getting your nails done, reading a good book, or wandering through your favorite store. None of these have to be big or expensive. The goal is simply to remember what brings you comfort and joy.
As you begin noticing these little things, you'll not only care for yourself better—you'll also be able to communicate your needs when the people who love you ask how they can help.
If you've forgotten what makes you feel like you, this episode is for you.
Grief Doesn't Take the Summer Off- get support here.
Have you ever finally found the courage to share your grief, only to walk away feeling even more alone?
In this episode, we're talking about the pain of opening your heart and receiving responses that minimize, dismiss, or try to fix your grief. We'll explore why these interactions hurt so deeply, why most people aren't trying to be hurtful, and how to discern who is safe to share your grief with. Most importantly, we'll remember that Jesus understands what it feels like to suffer—and He never turns away from your pain.
If you've ever thought, "Maybe I just shouldn't talk about my grief anymore," this episode is for you. Book a free consult call here.
The Fourth of July can bring unexpected waves of grief. Barbecues, fireworks, family gatherings, empty chairs, and traditions can all remind you of the person you love.
Instead of hoping you'll "get through it," what if you went into the holiday with a plan?
In this episode, I share why having a grief plan can lower anxiety, help you feel more in control, and give yourself permission to change course when emotions become overwhelming. I'll walk you through my own three-step approach:
Option A: If you're feeling emotionally and physically well enough to participate.
Option B: If grief begins to feel heavy and you need to make adjustments.
Option C: If you realize you simply need to step away and care for yourself.
There is no right or wrong way to grieve. There is only the invitation to listen to what your heart needs.
If you're looking for additional support throughout the summer, I also share my video series, Grief Doesn't Take the Summer Off, designed to help you navigate vacations, family gatherings, holidays, and all the unique challenges that summer can bring while grieving.
You don't have to figure this out alone.
I love you, and we'll take the next steps together.
Have you ever stared at a simple decision and felt completely frozen?
What should I do with their belongings? Should I go to the family gathering? Do I stay busy or rest? Do I say yes or no?
When you're grieving, even everyday decisions can feel exhausting. Your brain is already carrying the weight of loss, and if you're someone who tends to put other people's needs ahead of your own, decision-making can become even more overwhelming.
In this episode, we're talking about why grief affects your ability to make decisions, how people-pleasing adds another layer of stress, and practical ways to stop carrying everyone else's expectations while you're trying to heal.
You'll learn:
- Why grief creates decision fatigue
- How people pleasing shows up after loss
- The connection between guilt and decision-making
- How to tell the difference between kindness and self-abandonment
- Simple ways to make decisions when you're overwhelmed
- Why it's okay to disappoint others while caring for your grieving heart
If you've been feeling stuck, exhausted, or afraid of making the wrong choice, this episode is for you.
Struggling to give your children a fun summer while you are grieving? Get help here.
Miscarriage is more than a physical loss. It can bring a flood of emotions that feel confusing, contradictory, and overwhelming.
You may be wondering if you should tell people about your loss. You may feel guilty because you weren't excited when you first found out you were pregnant. You may be struggling with comments from others like, "You can always try again" or "At least you know you can get pregnant."
In this episode, we're talking about the emotional side of miscarriage that often goes unseen. We'll discuss guilt, anger, sadness, relief, jealousy, loneliness, fear, and the pressure to move on too quickly. Most importantly, we'll talk about how to allow your feelings without judging them and how to grieve this baby and this loss with compassion.
If you've experienced miscarriage, I want you to know that whatever you're feeling is welcome here.
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Miscarriage affects far more than a woman's heart—it affects her entire body. In this episode, we explore the science behind miscarriage, what happens to pregnancy hormones after a loss, why emotions can feel overwhelming, and what physical symptoms women may experience in the weeks that follow. If you've ever wondered why you still felt pregnant, exhausted, anxious, or emotionally raw after a miscarriage, this episode will help you understand the biological and emotional recovery process while offering compassion and hope through a Catholic perspective.
Grief Doesn't Take The Summer Off- find out more here.
Have you ever snapped at someone, avoided a difficult conversation, shut down completely, people-pleased to keep the peace, or tried to fix everyone's problems while carrying your own grief?
These aren't character flaws—they may be nervous system responses.
In this episode, we're talking about the five common survival responses that often show up during grief: fight, flight, freeze, fawn, and fix. When loss overwhelms us, our nervous system can move into protection mode without us even realizing it. The result is behavior that may leave us feeling confused, frustrated, or disconnected from ourselves and others.
You'll learn how to recognize these responses in your own grief journey, why they happen, and practical ways to begin responding with greater awareness rather than simply reacting on autopilot.
Healing starts with noticing. When you understand what your nervous system is trying to do, you can begin making choices that align with who you want to be, even in the midst of deep grief.
Book a free consult call here.
Grief can uncover deep wounds — not only from loss itself, but from the people who hurt, abandoned, judged, or failed us during our darkest moments. And sometimes the hardest person to forgive is ourselves.
In this episode, we talk honestly about forgiveness in grief: the resentment we carry, the guilt we replay, and the exhaustion that comes from holding onto anger. Forgiveness does not mean pretending the hurt did not happen, excusing painful behavior, or instantly feeling peace. It is often a slow and painful surrender we bring to God again and again.
We'll discuss:
- The anger that surfaces during grief
- How relationships can change after loss
- Forgiving people who said hurtful things or disappeared
- Self-forgiveness for regrets, mistakes, or things left unsaid
- Bringing bitterness, shame, and pain honestly before God
If you are struggling with resentment, guilt, or the weight of unresolved pain, this episode is a reminder that forgiveness is a journey — and healing often begins with honesty.
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Some days grief already feels unbearable — and then your cycle hits, and everything feels heavier. In this episode, we talk about the emotional collision of grief, hormones, exhaustion, irritability, sadness, numbness, and feeling out of control during your period.
For grieving women, hormonal changes can intensify emotions and make old wounds feel fresh again. This episode offers practical encouragement, validation, and faith-filled reminders that you are not "failing" at grief when certain days feel harder than others. Your body and soul are both carrying pain, and both deserve compassion.
We'll also talk about:
- Why grief can feel amplified during your cycle
- Practical ways to care for yourself during these harder days
- Giving yourself permission to slow down without shame
This episode is for the woman who feels emotionally exhausted and wonders why grief suddenly feels so intense again.
Book a free consult call here.
Grief can feel incredibly lonely. Even when surrounded by people, there can still be a deep ache of feeling unseen, misunderstood, or disconnected from the world around you. In this episode, we talk honestly about the loneliness that often comes with grief — the friendships that change, the silence from others, the feeling that life keeps moving while your heart is still carrying loss.
We also talk about how Jesus meets us in loneliness, why isolation can deepen grief, and practical ways to slowly reconnect without pretending you are okay. If you have felt forgotten, emotionally exhausted, or alone in your suffering, this episode is for you.
Book a free consult call here.
Guilt is one of the heaviest emotions grief can bring. The replaying. The second-guessing. The "I should have…" thoughts that keep circling long after someone we love is gone.
In this episode, we talk honestly about grief guilt and shame — the regrets, unanswered questions, missed moments, and impossible standards we place on ourselves after loss. We also explore how faith changes the way we carry those burdens.
God never asked us to be perfect. He asks us to bring Him the truth of our hearts.
If you've been trapped in guilt during grief, this episode will help you begin separating love from blame, regret from responsibility, and shame from truth. Book a free consult call here.
Grief is heavy on its own—but it often deepens when we're faced with the unknown. The unanswered questions, the "what now," and the fear of what's ahead can keep us stuck and overwhelmed. In this episode, we talk about how uncertainty can prolong our grief, and how gently turning back to God—even without clear answers—can bring peace in the middle of it. If you're struggling with the unknown, this episode will help you anchor your heart in faith instead of fear.
Book your free consult call here.
For many grieving people, nighttime is when everything feels heavier—lonelier, louder, and harder to manage. In this episode, we talk about why grief intensifies at night and how to create small moments of support during the hardest part of the day.
If nights have been especially difficult, you can schedule a free grief consult here.
Grief can be triggered by the smallest, most unexpected things—a song, a place, or a memory. In this episode, we talk about why triggers happen, how your body responds, and how to move through those moments with more understanding and less fear.
If you'd like support navigating triggers in your grief, you can schedule a free grief consult here.
Many people are surprised when grief feels heavier months after the loss instead of lighter.
In this episode, we talk about why grief can intensify over time, what happens when shock wears off, and why this stage is more common than people realize.
If you're navigating this season of grief, you can schedule a free grief consult here.
If you've ever felt like you were starting to "do better" in your grief—only to feel like you've taken steps back—you're not alone.
In this episode, we talk about why grief is not linear, what's actually happening when emotions resurface, and why this doesn't mean you're failing or starting over.
If you're grieving and want support, you can schedule a free grief consult here.
One of the most confusing parts of grief is when you think you're starting to feel better — and then suddenly the grief comes rushing back.
In this episode, we talk about why grief often comes in waves, what triggers those emotional surges, and why experiencing them does not mean you're moving backward in your healing.
Understanding the natural rhythm of grief can help you respond to these waves with more patience and less fear.
If you're grieving and would like someone to walk through it with you, you can schedule a free grief consult here.
You are loved. We'll take the next steps together.
If you've been grieving and feel like you can't think clearly, forget things easily, or feel like a different person, you're not alone.
Grief doesn't just affect your emotions — it affects your brain and nervous system. In this episode, we talk about what is actually happening in your body and mind after loss, and why many of the things that feel alarming are actually normal responses to grief.
Understanding the science behind grief can remove some of the fear and help you approach your healing with more compassion for yourself.
If you're grieving and would like personal support, you can schedule a free grief consult here.
Grief often brings shame---about emotions, anger, numbness, or doubt. This episode reassures grieving hearts of God's tenderness and presence, even in messiness. Book your free grief consult call here.
If prayer feels empty, painful, or impossible, you are not alone. This episode offers permission to stop striving and introduces gentle, Catholic ways of staying connected to God when words are gone. Book a free grief consult call here.
Forget advice that tells you to "be strong." This episode focuses on what truly supports grieving hearts in the early days- emotionally, physically, and spiritually.
Book a free grief consult here.
Grief can feel like a physical weight in your chest, shoulders, and body. This episode explains grief fatigue, emotional heaviness, and why rest - not effort- is often the most faithful response.
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This episode addresses one of the most painful beliefs grieving Catholics carry: that suffering means weak faith. We gently dismantle this lie and explore what trust actually looks like when everything hurts.
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Many grieving people say mornings are the hardest part of the day. We explore why grief hits so intensely upon waking and offer gentle ways to be in reality without forcing positivity or prayer you don't have energy for yet.
Get hope again, book a free 30 minute consult call- https://www.catholicgriefcoach.com
Sudden and unexpected loss brings shock, trauma, and deep disorientation. This episode explains why your body stays on high alert after loss, why disbelief lingers, and how faith can feel shaken - not because it's gone, but because everything familiar has changed.
Get help at www.catholicgriefcoach.com
Grief doesn't just affect your heart—it changes how your brain and body function. In this episode, we talk about why grief causes brain fog, overwhelm, emotional swings, and exhaustion, and why none of this means you're weak or failing God. You'll learn what's happening in your nervous system and how to meet yourself with compassion in the earliest days of loss.
Need someone to talk to? www.catholicgriefcoach.com
In moments of overwhelm, anxiety, despair, and disorientation, grief can make the world feel completely upside down. This can lead us to assume: If I trusted God more, I wouldn't feel this way.
This episode I explain the science behind what is happening in your body during grief. I also give an example of how we can know that grieving is not distrust in God.
Grab my grief guide at www.catholicgriefcoach.com
After an event we just start planning the next thing. We start looking ahead to the next day or weeks and depending on how this event went, we feel excitement or dread.
This episode I talk about what to do after an event. We rarely take time to pause and reflect on why it went well or ended poorly. I guide you through some easy questions to help yourself know what to do for next time.
Feel stuck in your grief? Get help at www.catholicgriefcoach.com
The holidays are just around the corner. There is pressure to make them special. What if you are not feeling it. How do you put on a happy face when you just want to crawl in bed and cry?
This episode I help you with those awful feelings. Get 20 tips on ways to make the holidays special and also honor your deceased loved one without having to fake it.
Peace in the Storm: Grace for the Grieving Heart- go to www.catholicgriefcoach.com
Self care is a good thing. We hear all the time how we need to have self care, but too much of a good thing can turn into a bad thing.
This episode I explain the difference between having self care and just trying to numb out so you don't have to feel anything.
Go to www.catholicgriefcoach to sign up for a free grief consult.
Everywhere you look is Christmas stuff. This started before Halloween. This can subconsciously trigger your grief during the holidays to happen earlier and earlier. You can start to feel more dread and sadness this time of year.
This episode I help you process through the grief and see it for what it is. You will learn three steps to help allow the grief instead of always trying to push it away.
Grab your free consult call at www.catholicgriefcoach.com
This time of year there are a lot of celebrations or gatherings. The thought of this makes your stomach drop. You might feel pressured to show up, smile, and pretend you are okay. Or you want to avoid it completely and stay home. You don't know what you want to do so you just spin in anxiety, stress, overwhelm, and grief.
This episode I lead you through how to discern if you want to attend celebrations or gatherings. You will know how to care for yourself and how to feel at peace with the decisions you have made.
Join my next Catholic group cohort, we start November 7th, 2025
You keep reliving those final moments or days of your loved one. It makes you feel awful, so why do you keep doing this.There is a driving feeling behind everything we do. You may not be aware of it, but it is there.
This episode I give you four steps to help find the feeling and to help you stop torturing yourself. Nothing has gone wrong, this is a natural thing to do, you just need to slow down to know what is happening.
Want to find hope and healing? www.catholicgriefcoach.com
You feel like you have a strong faith, but you feel like it's not working. That maybe you aren't as faithful as you thought. That you should be doing something different.
This episode, I talk about the ways that these lies sneak in. That we tell ourselves generalized statements. What does "it" even mean. What would it look like if it was working?
Get help with your grief while staying true to your faith. www.catholicgriefcoach.com
After the initial shock and numbness of death wears off, you may find yourself not only mourning the future moments with your loved one, but also past memories. You may find yourself thinking, ‘I wish I had told them thank you more’, ‘Why didn’t I appreciate all they did for me instead of snapping at them.’
This episode will help you recognize when you get stuck in a guilt and shame spiral and what to do about it.
Want a place to talk about your grief without having to defend your faith? Go to www.catholicgriefcoach.com and sign up for the next grief group cohort.
I have joined a new walking challenge. What I have realized is that I have a hard time pausing and being present. This is especially true when grief is spiraling around in our brain. Pausing feels scary. Pausing feels painful.
This episode I talk about pausing more. Resting in the Lord. Allowing it to feel scary. Allowing the Lord to heal.
Join my Catholic Grief Group. We start the next cohert Nov 7th. Go to www.catholicgriefcoach.com
You were just trying to survive and get through the day. It was too hard to say no to food, drink, scrolling, or shopping. So you didn't. Now you are starting to see that the thing that helped you cope is getting out of control. It doesn't make you feel good, it just makes you feel guilt and shame.
This episode, I talk about how those things can be helpful, but what do we do when they aren't. Learn how to cope without using a crutch anymore.
Want help with this? Go to www.catholicgriefcoach.com to find out more.
For those of us on the grief journey, there is always some element of guilt that comes in. Specifically if the relationship with the deceased was not what we hoped it to be.
This episode I show you how to handle the guilt that will come. I talk about how to heal the relationship, even though the person is no longer alive.
For help with your grief, go to www.catholicgriefcoach.com
There have been so many tragic losses this past week. Iryna Zarutska was brutally murdered on a train coming home from work. Charlie Kirk was assassinated. We had the anniversary of 9/11. We naturally look to why things like this happen. It feels senseless. It shouldn't be happening. Something needs to change.
This podcast episode I talk about what needs to change. How all can feel hopeless. What needs to change and what you can start doing immediately to help.
Looking for a place to talk. Feel like life is heavy and you are struggling alone with your grief. Go to https://www.catholicgriefcoach.com to start to feel hope again.
You are experiencing grief. Maybe it's the death of a loved one. Maybe it's the loss of a job. Maybe you child's best friend recently moved away and they are really struggling. As a Catholic, you hear that you should offer it up. So you try. You tell yourself that there are people experiencing war. You tell yourself that people are going through worse things than you are.
This is not offering it up as Jesus asks of us. This is guilting and shaming ourselves in the search to try and do what is right and true. This episode I walk through how to truly offer it up.
Looking for a community to help you in your grief? https://www.catholicgriefcoach.com
Most of the time when we think of grieving, we think someone died. Grief is a very intricate part of life. We experience grief when we didn't get the job we applied for. We experience grief when we have a falling out with friends or family. Often we don't recognize it for what it is; grief.
When our children experience grief we can sometimes dismiss it without realizing. Just like when things are painful for us and we want to feel heard, so do they.
This episode I walk you through how to hear your children's grief without dismissing them or having them dwell on it.
Want help with your grief? Go to www.catholicgriefcoach.com to get help.
There are so many things on your mind. Relationships have changed. There are things to take care of. There are the basic day to day things to get done. It all feels so heavy. It feels like you are walking through mud.
This episode I talk about all the other things that we focus on. In the reading of Luke 10: 38-42, Jesus tells Martha that she is "worried and distracted by many things; there is need of only one thing." What worries are you distracted by?
Looking for a way to feel better. Join my 6 week Catholic grief group. We focus on the one thing. The other things don't go away completely but life feels like it has hope again.
This summer has been amazing. I have been telling myself a lot that 'I love my life.' I have been practicing being present in the moment. I have been practicing enjoying the moment.
After the death of a loved one, it can often feel scary to enjoy life. It might feel like if you enjoy it, then something bad will happen. This episode I talk about 6 years later, how I am emotionally in a great place and how you can be too.
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When celebrities die, it can effect us. A lot. We may feel confused by this and wonder why we are so affected when we didn't even know them.
This episode I talk about how we may feel when celebrities pass away. You are having feelings about a relationship you didn't even know about!
Searching for community in your grief? Go to www.catholicgriefcoach.com to sign up for the next grief group.
The Catholic Mass is the highest form of prayer. For many grieving Catholics, this is a sacred but sometimes underappreciated tradition.
This episode I talk about how to have a Mass said for someone and the importance of this.
Longing for community? Go to www.catholicgriefcoach.com to sign up for my next grief group.
Grief is complex. We think if we can just understand it then we can fit it in a box and move on. That is not how it works. It feels frustrating that the stages are not one and done. That all the feelings can circle around and show up over and over again. It can feel like you are doing grief 'wrong'. Or that you are being punished.
This episode I talk about how complex grief is. Since it's complex, it can also feel lonely. Learn simple steps that you can do to start processing the grief. You will start feeling hope again.
Join my grief group here.
Not being able to sleep is a terrible thing. When you are grieving and unable to sleep, it is life altering. The thoughts just won't stop. You feel dread and anxiety in your body. This shouldn't be happening.
This episode I talk through what is happening and how to get some sleep.
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It often feels like it's never enough. There are never enough finances, there is never enough time in the day, there is never enough rest, and everyone wants something from us. This can cause you to spiral and feeling like nothing is going right. Especially if you are tired or hungry.
This episode I talk about how to recognize this for what it is. That your brain is made to look at all the negatives to keep you safe. This doesn't feel very good and sometimes can last for days or longer. Learn how to recognize this and how to feel better, faster.
Want more tips? Go to www.catholicgriefcoach.com to get help.
When you are taking care of others, you forget to care for yourself. You are so tired and overwhelmed that you turn to food, or other vices to numb those feelings. You forget about what it is that you enjoy and love and instead just try to check out at the end of the day.
This episode I talk about the first steps to take in caring for yourself. Starting small is enough. Instead of letting days, months, weeks and sometimes years go bye before we know something needs to change, I encourage you to start now. These tips are small, yet powerful.
Want to get 1:1 coaching to help you lose weight? www.catholicgriefcoach.com
If your grief was an image what would it look like? What would that image have looked like 2 or 3 years ago? What does it presently look like? What could it look like in 3 years if you invited God into that space?
This episode I walk you through an exercise to see what your grief looks like. How are you doing to heal yourself on your own? What ways does God want to be invited into that healing and you are turning away. Maybe you have invited him in, but his timeline looks different than yours.
Join a community that understands you to find healing. www.catholicgriefcoach.com
When someone dies, the immediate days that follow are consumed with death. There are arrangements to be made, and people to be notified. After a couple weeks all of that settles down.
What do you do after the tasks have all been completed. What do you do with the silence that now seems to creep in. At first you didn't have time for the emotions, now they don't seem to want to stop.
This episode I will talk through what to do next and what questions to start asking yourself.
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When you are grieving, you feel abandoned by God. You know that He is there but you don't feel Him. The pain is too great.
This episode I talk about why it's OK to question God, how to look to scriptures and the Saints, how to pray in the midst of suffering and where to find hope.
Join me for a Catholic grief group to find others going through the same struggles. The pain of missing your loved one is still there but you don't feel so alone.
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Your loved one was your support system. They were the person you called when life was hard. They always said the right thing to make you feel better. Now that they are gone you feel like you have no one to lean on. You feel so alone.
This episode I help you see the ways that you can support yourself so you don't need to feel alone. Everything isn't great. You still miss your loved one so much, you are sad, but you don't have that acute pain of loneliness to go along with it.
Looking for even more support. Join a Catholic grief group to get support. www.catholicgriefcoach.com
Grief is a tricky thing. Just when you think you have a handle on it, it does something else to throw you off guard.
This episode I talk about how there are grief triggers that feel unexpected but have a pattern, therefore, we can have a plan to expect them. Learn 3 tips to help you figure out and plan for the grief pattern.
Join a Catholic community that focuses on grief. Our next group starts June 6th. Go to www.catholicgriefcoach.com to find out more.
So often I hear people say "I am struggling with grief." You think you are being specific when you say this. The fact is that this is a very broad statement. When things are broad it tends to make us feel overwhelmed. When we are overwhelmed we tend to struggle more, which makes us feel miserable and stuck.
This episode I teach you how to break this broad statement into something very specific. Something that you can work on. Something that will help you feel better.
Stop struggling in your grief and start feeling better. Join my Catholic grief group at https://catholicgriefcoach.com/workwithme/
The weather really does affect our grief. A lot of times I forget this in the middle of winter. When the sun starts coming out and I can be outside more, I remember to give myself grace. Of course I was more sad. Of course I was more irritated. I felt like I was trapped in a pit of gloom and doom.
This episode I talk about how the seasons can affect us in big and little ways. I give you simple tips to give yourself grace and to get through this.
Tired of no one understanding you in your grief. Join my Catholic grief group at https://catholicgriefcoach.com/workwithme/
People will ask, 'have you processed their death?' Most of the time the response is "yes." We think that if we have gotten through the first days, weeks, and months, that we processed the death. We have moved on. We are fine. Until we aren't.
How do you know if you have really processed this? This episode I talk about how you know if you have done this. If you realize that you probably haven't done this, I walk you through some simple steps to do this.
Feel isolated in your grief? Go to https://www.catholicgriefcoach.com to join a group that will truly help you and support you in your grief.
It is easy in our grief to feel like someone or something is standing in the way of our happiness. If they would check in on me, then I would feel better. No one understands what I am going through, therefore I have to struggle alone.
This episode I talk about these sneaky beliefs that we have. We think if others changed then we would be happy. We want to take down anything that we feel is standing in our way of happiness.
Want to feel better in your grief. Go to https://www.catholicgriefcoach.com to join my grief group or for 1:1 coaching. Catholic. Compassionate. Convenient.
After our loved one dies everything is hard. You can start to feel like you are the one who is doing all the hard things. Your mind can get stuck there which adds to the pain and hurt you are feeling.
This episode I talk about why this is so natural for us to do. I walk you through how to get out of this pain spiral.
I help you with coping skills so you can get through a day with out breaking down and crying. Feel heard, seen, loved, and held. Go to www.catholicgriefcoach.com
After your loved one dies there are still things that remain. Especially now with social media, what do you do with that? Do you take it down? Do you leave it up to post occasionally? What is the right answer?
This episode I talk about social media. This is something that will only be growing more in the upcoming years. How do you navigate this when there really is no playbook to look at?
Want to get help with your grief? www.catholicgriefcoach.com
The past couple weeks have not been very good weeks. There has been a lot of things with grief that have made me feel despair, hopelessness, lonely, and abandoned. It's hard to remember that grief is not a one and done type of thing.
After reflecting back on this, there are a few things I would have done differently. There are a few things I now can do differently going forward.
One of the hardest things about grief is that it feels so lonely. I can help.
This week has not been a good week. It has been a very hard week. There was something that triggered me from my mom's death. Then it was my dad's birthday. My marriage was also not in a great spot.
Walk through this with me as I talk about the emotions an what I did to get out of that awful week.
You are not alone. https://www.catholicgriefcoach.com
The first couple weeks to month after someone dies is a blur. It's so many emotions. You don't know if this is 'normal'. You feel like you are looking through a fog. You are exhausted.
This episode I talk about the first weeks to month after the death of a loved one. Gain a few simple tips on how to care for yourself during this time.
Talking about all of this is one of the best medicines for grief. Talk with me at www.nursegriefcoaching.com
We see so many things that tell us we are grieving the wrong way. 'We should be over it by now.' 'So and so didn't struggle this much.'
How do you know when you are doing grief wrong?
This episode I give you 3 tips to help you know if you are grieving the right way. I also talk about the 'wrong' way to grieve.
Wondering which category you fall into? Book a chat with me at www.nursegriefcoaching.com
If your loved one died suddenly, you didn't get to say goodbye. You wish you could go back in time and do things differently. You feel so guilty.
This episode I talk about how to live with the guilt. You spiral on how things should have been different. If you had only know..
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You don't want to die, but you have no interest in anything either. Things that used to bring you joy, now make you feel nothing. It feels like you are walking through mud with your mind.
This episode I talk abou this feeling and what to do about it.
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The bills keep coming even if your world feels like it has ended. You know that you need to make money but you don't feel ready to go back to work.
This episode I talk you through how to know if you are ready to go back to work. If you aren't ready but the bills still need to be paid, I walk you through how to handle being back at work.
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When people die there are a lot of things left behind. Their clothes, jewelry, shoes, trinkets, and paperwork. This list could go on and on. When you start going through your loved ones things a lot of feelings come up. It feels like you are losing that person all over again.
This episode I talk about those feelings. You can feel like there is something wrong with you because everyone is telling you that you should do this. Or you feel like you should be doing this and be fine with it. It's ok not to be ok. I teach you how to process these emotions.
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After your loved one dies there are things to take care of and go through. So often we don't feel ready but there is a pressure to do this.
This episode I talk about how to know that you are ready and what to do if you are not. This is not a race that you need to hurry through.
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Relationships change after your loved one dies. People that you thought would be there for you are no longer there. You try to distance yourself from these people. You feel guilty and feel like you are failing your loved one.
This episode I talk about how relationships shift and change after a death. Sometimes it can be good. Sometimes it can be bad. I help you navigate this unexpected side affect of death of a loved one.
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It's your first birthday since your loved one had died. You don't feel like celebrating. People tell you that they would want you to be happy. You know that, but you just feel sad.
This episode I help you through your birthday or your loved ones birthday. You want to keep living but things feel harder and more lonely now. You feel like there is something wrong with you.
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You think that you shouldn't be as upset as you are because this isn't true grief. Other people are going through so much worse. You are fine.
This episode I talk about what happens when we believe that. Our grief comes out in other ways that we may not even realize. I help you know what to do about that.
Grief is a normal response to a major loss. It doesn't matter if others think it's major. What matters is that it's major to you. Book a free grief consult call to talk through your grief.
We think that the New Year should help our grief be better. We feel bad because we don't. Then after December people stop checking in. This feels so isolating and lonely.
This episode I talk about the new year and what that can mean for your grief.
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The guilt you feel after a loved one has died can be crushing. Others try to reassure you that there was nothing you could have done but you don't believe it. You feel this pressure that you should have saved them. You should have done more. You should have known.
This episode I talk about the different types of guilt after a loved one has died. This guilt is normal but we tend to get stuck in it.
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Grief can feel very isolating and lonely. How do you move on when you really don't have anyone else. What if your loved one was the only person in your life?
This episode I talk about what life can look like when you are the only one left.
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Grief makes us feel like we are out of control. We do or say things that we wouldn't normally do. This episode I break down what happens when we act like that. Usually if we back track we can pin point the moment that we first started to feel out of control or like a failure. We try to push it away until we no longer can, when then it comes out in a way we don't want it to.
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Grief can have many layers. Grief especially can have layers when you had a complex relationship with the person you are grieving. Maybe there was abuse or abandonment. You might feel like you aren't affected at all. Then you might wonder if you are heartless or if there is something wrong with you. People might tell you that you should be happy this person is dead, but you don't feel that way. You feel sad and don't know why.
This episode I talk through those feelings with you. It is normal to feel this way.
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Watching your loved one slowly fade away over time is it's own sort of torture. This is true with cancer. This is especially true with diseases such as Alzheimers, Parkinson's, ALS, and Huntington's disease.
This episode I specifically talk about Alzheimers because of the way the disease progresses. Your loved one can forget who you are years before they die. You want their suffering to stop. You want your suffering to stop. Then you feel guilty because you don't want them to die and can't believe you thought that.
This a natural response. Thinking this doesn't not make you a horrible person. In fact, I have found that often the opposite is true. You love so deeply and that makes you a wonderful, beautiful person. Book a free call to talk through this pain with someone who understands.
Sometimes the loneliest part of grief is that we don't understand that what we are feeling or experiencing. Something feels off, but it doesn't have a name. It just feels like a hovering, looming, broken feeling.
This episode I talk with Erin Whalen. She founded the company, Compassionate Coaching, where they use improv theater to help others through their grief. Erin lived with anticipatory grief for 40 years, not knowing or undertanding what it was. Her company host online group events where people come to share their unique grief experience. Erin and a variety of other actors play back your story through music, movement, and drama. It is a very powerful and moving experience. You see that you are not alone. You see that others have a common thread in their grief. You have community and don't feel so alone.
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After a loved one dies a lot of people reach out to offer prayers and well wishes. Then it seems like over night, people disappear. You are left alone. You want support but you don't know how to ask for it. Or you think people should just know what you need.
This episode I help you though the days when people stop showing up. You get easy, tangible steps to know what you need, when you need it.
I'll show you ways to feel better when others don't know how to help.
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Death makes people uncomfortable. You have a friend who just had a loved one die and you don't know what to say to them. You don't want to make them feel worse, so you say the clique things. This can leave the griever feeling like a burden, overwhelmed, isolated, and lonely. You want to help but don't know how.
This episode I walk you through what to say at a funeral. I give you a list of things you can do to help and support someone in grief. If you are the griever, I show you how you can get support from your family and friends instead of expecting them to know what to do.
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Grief doesn't always mean someone has died. Grief is a normal response to a major loss. Marriage betrayal or divorce is a major loss. The end of a relationship is a major loss. You can experience the normal grief stages and not even realizes this is happening.
This episode I talk about how to handle this kind of grief. This grief can cut as deep but not receive the support from others around you.
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When people are dying/die, there a lot of people that come out of the woodwork. This may feel comforting or it can make you feel selfish. You don't want to share your loved one with people that hardly knew them.
We can let this selfishness affect us mentally. It can also affect others around us who are trying to support us and care for us.
This episode I talk about how feeling selfish is normal. I walk you through what to do with that feeling so you don't take it out on others around you.
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After a loved one dies most people go through a stage where you feel numb. You feel like you can't grieve. Like the death is not real, or that it hasn't hit you yet.
This episode I talk about why that happens and how to handle that.
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When your loved on dies, you feel alone. You try to talk about your pain and people say things like "they are in a better place," or "they wouldn't want you to be sad." This does not help. You feel pushed away, isolated, and lonely. You try not to cry in front of people or you wait until you are in the shower to cry.
This episode I teach you how to allow those emotions. How to know exactly what to do to make yourself feel better in those situations. I teach you how to communicate with your family and friends so they know what to say and do to support you.
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This episode I talk about my grief journey and why I wanted to help people who are struggling with grief.
Grief is hard, but you don't have to go it alone. Book a free consult call. I will help you get through the hard days.
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Celebrate episode #100 with me! I have been reflecting on how far I have come since my first podcast. This summer I have been discerning the gifts and talents that God has given me and what he is calling me to.
This episode I talk about the first time I remember feeling grief as a nurse. How heavy that felt and how I just kept going and didn't process that. I cover the upcoming changes to my podcast and business. I have dealt with a lot of death in my life. With the loss of loved ones and also working as a hospice nurse. Moving forward I will be offering strategies and techniques on the grief that nurses go through. When a patient dies, often you feel alone and work offers no repreave. I will help you when you can't stop thinking about it.
I am so excited for this next chapter. You can book a free consult call here.
You rush through most days. You are busy taking care of others. At the end of the day you look back and realize that you didn't make good healthy choices. So you tell yourself that you will start tomorrow. Then tomorrow comes and the same thing happens. This can turn into months or years of unhealthy, often neglectful habits.
This episode I talk with Janna Kerr, she is an intagretive nutrition health coach. She has a free 10 day challenge starting September 9th, 2024. She helps you look at everything in your life that affects your health. Whether it be your faith, your career, or your home environment. She helps you implement simple doable steps to have a healthier life.
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We have all thought this at one time or another. When the nursing profession is so short staffed, we start to think that our employer needs us, more than we need them. That may be statistically true. However, the way we show up when we start to think this way, is usually not very kind or nice.
This episode I talk through a bridge thought. How to get from the thought you are currently having to one that makes you feel better. A thought can be the difference between dreading going to work every day and loving your job. A thought can be the difference between biting your tongue, or lashing out at someone.
Changing a thought can be so easy, and yet so difficult at the same time. A coach is the person who helps walk you through this process. You are able to more clearly discern if you are to stay in this job or follow a calling to another one.
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Your husband is going through a difficult time. Maybe it's his health and he seems depressed. Maybe his job is really at a difficult time right now and he is super stressed. You want to help but you don't really know what to do. He is on edge all the time and everything you say seems to make it worse.
This episode I go through 4 steps that you can take to help make the situation better. You are not trying to change him and his feelings. I guide you through being a supportive wife and how to listen.
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We hear about self-care all the time. What does it really mean? The world tells us that it should be a bubble bath and shopping. What if you don't like those things?
This episode I talk about what self care truly is. It's not as hard as you think. It doesn't take as much time as you think.
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You are very invested in your faith. Your Catholic faith is very important to you. It is so frustrating when you hear other Catholics say things that are really not what the Church believes. They base how they feel as the truth, instead of Church teachings as truth.
This episode I talk about when I encountered this recently and what I did. Here are some practical things you can do in those moments.
Do you worry about what is happening in the world? Does it feel like everyone is against the Catholic church and it's teachings? Does this make you spin in anxiety and stress. Book a call to see why you don't have to feel that way.
There are four temperaments; sanguine, choleric, melancholic, and phlegmatic. We often have 2 that are more prominant than the other two. This can lead to conflicts amongst siblings, amongst spouses, and amongst co-workers. It's not that they are doing it wrong or that you are doing it wrong. It's that you honestly just can't see the other side of it.
This episode I interview Kyle Hein, a fellow life coach, on the temperaments. She has taken courses and has experience in this area. She teaches you how to have more compassion for others and how to foster a relationship that works for both sides.
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I have to do everything myself. No one helps me. If I want something done, it is up to me. This is what I tell myself a lot. It leaves me feeling angry and frustrated. Some of it is true, but most of it is just me getting stuck on a thought.
This episode I lead you through the 4 steps to take to get others to help you. I help you get out of those panic, overwhelm, anger, and frustrated feelings. These four steps are very simple and easy and help you have more control in your life. You are able to vocalize what you need so others can help.
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There is a cost to everything. Especially when it comes to weight loss we want to quit. We don't like the cost that it comes with. We want it to be easy and simple. It can be easy and simple but it also comes at a cost. The cost might be not eating gummy worms and ice cream at 10 pm. The cost might be saying no to dessert when you go out with your friends.
Our brain likes to tell us that this is not worth it. First you need to see the cost and decided if it is worth it to you. If the outcome is going to be worth the cost, then go for it. If you decide the cost isn't worth it now or ever, then don't do it.
This episode I walk you through the process of first figuring out the cost. Then you get to decide if it's worth it or not.
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You consume so much. More than you are even aware of. You consume knowledge. You consume products. You consume sports, TV, social media events, and vacations. You consume physical things like food and drink.
This episode I talk about how consuming so much often leads us to feeling stuck, jealous, or trapped. You are made to create. We get dopamine from consuming but it is a dopamine that doesn't motivate. You also get dopamine from creating. The creative dopamine makes you want to create more. To do more.
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When Brianna was 26 weeks pregnant, her daugher, Reagan Valeria, was diagnosed with Congenital Diaphratic Hernia (CDH) in utero. Their life changed in that moment and she focused on finding the best possible care for their daughter. They moved to a different state to find a doctor that was experience with this diagnosis.
This episode Brianna talks about the challenge of advocating for her daughter. How the diagnosis was not delivered in a kind way, and what advice she has for healthcare workers in these difficult situations.
The Reagan Valeria Foundation helps families financially when their children are diagnosed with life threatening illnesses in utero. The foundation helps them navigate this stressful situation.
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We all want over night success. We want to believe that the commercials that talk about losing 14 pounds in 14 days work. We think that there is a secret thing that some people have and that's why they have overnight success.
This episode I talk about slow success. Slow success is success that lasts. We can all have quick success, but in order for something to last it needs to be permanent change. This takes time. The example I give is with weight loss. What would you do to have slow success, and a permanent change, instead of having instant gratification.
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You are going through life carrying around a secret pain. You know what I'm talking about. The one that keeps you from fully engaging in conversations. That keeps you in a fog and thinking about it all day long. The one that you are afraid if anyone finds out about it they won't like you.
This episode I talk about the secret pain that a lot of us are carrying. I give you the steps on how to start to heal this pain. It doesn't work to try and ignore it. This just helps it grow and fester.
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This episode I talk with Rose Folsom. Rose runs Virtue Connection. She helps Catholic professional easily find the time to connect with God in prayer and discover how to deal with distraction or obstacles. She provides some great tips for busy working moms. Her program helps you build your prayer life to find peace and confidence in every situation.
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Usually this time of year means a shift in the schedules. Kids might be at home more. There are different activities this time of year. Or it's just Sunday night and you are stressed from all the things that need to get done this week. When you work in healthcare those tasks and to do lists can mean the difference between life and death. It can mean the difference between a happy patient or an angry patient. You tell yourself that you can't fail or forget anything.
This episode I talk about what to do when you start to feel anxious about the upcoming days and weeks ahead. How you can plan for that. How you can stop scrolling on your phone. How to find little snippets of time that you can use efficiently and wisely. Most importantly, how to get your mind to stop constantly thinking about it.
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How do you handle the unexpected? What about when it involves a mess that you have to clean up and spending money? Do you get angry? Do you tell yourself how you should have seen this coming and beat yourself up (mentally)?
This episode I talk about what happened when our sump pump stopped working. How I still managed to fit in everything I had planned for the day. I was able to see the blessings of the day and problem solve. I kept my temper with my children. I solved the problem and moved on.
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You constantly have decisions to make. Some are big, some are small. When it comes to the ones that feel big you don't want to get it wrong. You struggle with making a decision because you want to make sure it's the "right" decision, so in the end you do nothing. Or you are on the other end of spectrum. Maybe you are always making quick decisions, jumping in head first without much thought or reflection. Then you realize you have taken on too much and are stressed and overwhelmed. This episode I talk about prudence. How it is a Cardinal Virtue that helps us use reason to make a decision and to follow throught with it. Or how to slow down before we decide.
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Caroline Strzesynski worked in the abortion industry for almost 15 years. She provided care in the recovery room after surgical abortions and then later transferred to a Planned Parenthood that did not provide abortions but focused on birth control and preventative pregnancy measures.
Caroline shares her incredible journey from working in a place of death to now working in a place of life, through midwifery. God was a persistent lover through it all working in different ways to guide her back to Him and to the Catholic church.
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This episode I talk about why most nurses I know have some sort of side hustle to bring in extra income. We want to hurry and have more money so we can have nicer things, fancier cars, go on nice vacations. The problem is that we make a habit of hurrying, we hurry through all of life. We don't take time to be present.
As a nurse I was always hurrying to the next thing. I will help you slow down and be present. Click here to visit with me.
I often get asked what is the difference between therapy and a life coach. This episode I break down the distinct difference between a therapist, a life coach, and a spiritual director.
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In nursing school you learn the ABC's of assessment. Airway, Breathing, Circulation. It gives you a starting poing and order of importance on how to care for the patient. This is a new version of that. This episode I walk you through these 3 simple steps.
I help you with step three. Coaching helps you get clear on what are the facts vs what the stories and once we separate those out, we make a simple plan. ... so you don't lose your mind. ... so you can cope with your job. Book a call
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You want to make and change but suddenly there seems to be so many choices and you want to make the right choice. This is how you get stuck in "I don't know" land. You start to spiral on all the choices instead of listing the facts and trying something. Instead you do nothing but think about this all the time, which is exhausting and gets no results.
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You have tried weight loss. Then as soon as the scale stops moving you throw in the towel. You get discouraged and then go the other direction and overeat everything. You feel like it doesn't matter and what is the point. This episode will help you keep going when it starts to get hard.
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We are so busy caring for our families and for others. When it comes time to do something that we want to do, we get stuck. We feel guilty. We don't know what we want to do. This episode I teach you how to find things that you enjoy without feeling guilty for taking time for yourself.
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We all encounter them. People that we don't want to be around. People that seem to suck our energy. Maybe it's a co-worker, maybe it's an in-law. Maybe it's someone at your church. This episode I talk about the four steps that you need to help you handle being around them with peace and clarity
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Working in healthcare is hard. You are short staffed all the time. You are so sick and tired of working for a corporation that doesn't care about you and puts more effort into the workers that never show up or care. This episode I talk about how to feel appreciated and valued at your job.
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This episode I talk about how you think one thing will solve all your problems. You think being a nurse is the answer to your problems. Then it sucks. You think finding a spouse will be the answer to your problems. Then it sucks. This episode I talk about how much we put our happiness in other things or people. This gives all of our control away and puts us in a victim mentality. This episode I give you 5 steps to learn how to have a positive ripple effect in your life.
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There are always so many ways that we are behind and failing. We are constantly telling ourselves that we could be better, thinner, more organized, a better friend, and a better mom. This episode I invite you to pause and sit in the loving gaze of Jesus. This is where you find your worth. This is where you feel complete and whole.
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We often decide our value and our worth based off of how people respond to us. As Catholics we know that we have value from the moment of conception. Often our heart has a hard time believing that God would love us that much. This episode I talk about ways to counteract that.
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You feel misunderstood. So you keep saying how you feel, or verbalize your stance on things. It still feels like you are not being understood or else your co- worker would stop treating you that way. They must not understand you. So you keep saying it more and louder. This episode I talk about what it means to feel heard. You will understand how to feel heard and understood.
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When we feel misunderstood that can lead to feeling rejected, unloved, and lonely. This episode covers what happens when we feel that way. We often get stuck in this, so how do we stop this? That is what I talk about this episode and will be covering in the upcoming month.
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You want to lose weight, yet there are always sweet around. You are so stressed from work that you stress eat every day. You tell yourself that you will start tomorrow. Yet, tomorrow never comes. This episode I have guest Denise Jelinek, Weight Loss with the Holy Spirit, life coach. She provides great tips on how to get healthy no matter what is going on around you.
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You set goals at the beginning of the year. That's great, however, you forgot that life happens. This episode I teach you how to continue to reach your weight loss goals and health goals even when your kids are sick, you get sick, have a really busy week of work, or go on vacation. It is easier than you think.
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You want to lose weight. You know that this is your year. Then slowly but surely, you start to lose interest. It feels hard and unobtainable. Your goal feels hopeless. This episode I talk about the one thing you need to lose weight.
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New Year means New Goals! This can be exciting but can also be overwelming. You get excited about a new goal, go all in, then two weeks later quit. You then feel guilt and shame because you failed again. Then get excited about a new goal and the cycle repeats itself. This episode you will learn the key to breaking this cycle.
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As 2023 I relfect on the lessons that I have learned. Stay tuned for upcoming changes for 2024. Thank you for listenting and supporting this podcast. Please like, subscribe, and comment to continue to share this podcast with others. God Bless, see you in 2024!!
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When you work outside the home you feel guilty that you aren't there for your child. When you are at home you worry that you aren't using your gifts or education that you invested so much in. The grass always looks greener on the other side. Comparison is the theif of joy. Even though you might know this, your heart says differently. This episode I show you how to discern if you should keep working or if you should quit your job.
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If you work in healthcare, chances are that you have had to work a holiday. This feels horrible. You start to think of all the ways that you could make money from home. You feel guilty because a good mom would be with her kids on every holiday. You feel resentful because you can't afford to quit. This episode I teach you how to work the holidays without all the horrible feelings. You will have a wonderful Advent and Christmas despite having to work.
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How do you break bad habits or tendencies that have been passed down through the generations? This episode we talk about how to teach your children about their feelings. I also give you tools on how to heal your past wounds.
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We all have worked with people who love the phrase "it's not my job." There is division amongst co-workers, shifts, and units. This episode I show you how you can make a difference and help promote teamwork.
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There are so many activities all the time. What happens when you can't make it to everything and people get upset. How do you know if you made the right decision? This episode is about how to handle this with less stress.
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Do you often find yourself lamenting about how many things you have around your house. It only becomes magnified this time of year, knowing just how many more items will be coming in your door for Christmas. This episode I teach you how to take steps to declutter, and eliminate the stress and overwhelm that comes with having too many things.
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This episode I talk about how busy the holidays can get. We get so focus on all the tasks that we don't leave much time for the true reason. We want to focus on Jesus, but so many things seem to come up. Things that we have to do. Things that we want to do. How do we fit it all in and still focus on Jesus during Advent, Christmas, or any time of year.
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You want to help people. So you say yes to many tasks. Then those tasks take up more and more of your time. So you stress out because you are just tapped out. You either run around in frantic, nervous energy, trying to get everything done. Or you completely check out and scroll on your phone and do things that are completely unrelated to the things you need to get done. The whole time you tell yourself 'you shouldn't be doing this', 'you really should be doing x.'
This episode I show you how of course this is how you respond. It's totally normal. You also learn steps on how to get out of those stress responses and actually get things done, while showing up with more peace and calm.
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How do you handle your kids not listening to you? Often times we yell, set extreme consequences, and then don't follow through. So then in turn you aren't even listening to yourself. What if this was a normal part of growing up? What if them not listening to you didn't mean that you are failing as a parent. That's what I cover in this episode.
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How many times have you started a new diet and your husband brings home pizza for supper. So you eat one piece, and that tastes pretty good so you have another, and another. Then, since your diet is blown for the day anyway you have dessert. This episode I talk about how to get your husband to stop sabotaging you.
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What if you love caring for people and serving people? Most people who have a job in healthcare got into that field to help others. So you want to do everything for everyone. Then since, you don't say no to anything you are burnt out and overwelmed. So you show up angry and resentful when those around you aren't helping you complete all the tasks that you want to do. How can you have a servant's heart and still be able to quiet all the drama in your mind so you can hear God's voice. I talk about this in this episode.
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This episode I talk about weight loss. There are so many things that we all tell ourselves about weight loss. What that means, how it should be, and why we are doing it wrong. Here are the easy simple steps I have learned to help you lose weight.
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Healthcare can be a very gossipy, angry, underappreciated, and resentful place to work. There is a saying that nurses eat their young, which isn't a compliment. So what difference can we make when this is the culture of healthcare. I give you 3 easy steps on how to handle this.
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This episode I talk about joy. How often do we feel joy? So often we are trying to complete the task that we forget to see the beauty along the way. We tend to focus more on negative emotions and forget what the positive ones feel like. Learn 3 tips to finding and discovering joy.
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This episode I talk about my recent trip to Dallas and the 5 things I learned from that. I don't like to fly, but I want to do the things that God is calling me to. I believed that this trip would help me learn what I needed to do that. I ended up learning different things along the way.
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This episode I talk about how the world feels unsettled right now. We don't have a word for it but we are all feeling it. How do we want to show up during these times? How did St. Ignatius show up? Or St. Joan of Arc? What kind of legacy do we want to leave our kids? Here are 3 tips on how to feel settled in an unsettled time.
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This episode I talk about how most of us have the victim mentality. We give all of our power to others when we place ourselves as the victim. This places us in the belief that since we are a victim, everything is out of our control. Therefore, this can happen to us at any job, or any circumstance in life. We have the belief that there are bad nurses and bad supervisors and we must save patients from them. This feels so heavy and hopeless. What if you stopped believing that?
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Back to school time. That means something different for everyone. Whether you have your kids in public school, private school, or you homeschool, this episode is for you. Back to school time includes forms, lists, and schedule changes. Most of the time the biggest obstacle is our own lists that we make up in our mind. I walk you through how to handle this time of year differently.
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Episode #46 How to focus at work when life is happening; St. John of God
Are you struggling to focus at work due to all the things that are happening in your personal life? You don't have the luxury to take time off, so you are just tryting to manage. You are tired and burnt out. This episode I give you 5 practical tips that you can do during this difficult time.
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Episode #45 Marriage Communication Struggles; Bl. Stanley Rother
This episode I talk about the recent struggles that my husband and I have been having with communication. What I say and what he hears are two completely different things! And vice versa. We recently celebrated our 14th wedding anniversary- you would think we have this all figured out. Learn tips that will help you if you and your husband struggle to communicate.
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Is it easy to find all they ways you are failing or messing up? If someone asked you what your wins were for the week would you know what to say? This episode I talk about how to celebrate a win no matter how big or small. Life is not easy, but how can you find wins through the struggle.
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This past week has been so painful, difficult, and heavy. There is a sadness that has been linguring around me and in me. It's hard to function. My marriage is struggling right now. I can't control my spouse so what does that mean for me? This episode you learn how to feel your feelings. Have this time to allow that for yourself and decide how you want to show up for yourself during difficult times.
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What happens when you are afraid? Do you pause and trust Jesus? Or do you sit in panic and overwhelm? This episode I talk about what happened recently with my kids. One of my biggest fears became a reality. How does our brain react in that moment? What can we learn from these situations were God allowed this to happen?
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This episode I talk about St. Maria Goretti and the man who killed her. If we feel we did nothing wrong is it still important to ask for forgiveness? What about if we are repentent and have gone to confession, is it still important to ask for forgiveness from the person we hurt? I answer these questions and give an example in my life when this has happened.
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This episode I talk about what to do when your work place is toxic. When it feels like everyone is out to get you. Your supervisor sides with your co-worker and you even get wrote up.
When this happens it is so painful. You feel betrayed, hurt, and lonely. How are you showing up when this happens. What can we do about this? I will teach you simple steps to take to help with this.
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This episode I talk about pride. What is pride exactly? What is the definition? What is pride according to the Catechism of the Catholic Church? How is pride showing up in our lives? I also talk about what the culture says celebrating pride is and the month of June. What can we do as Catholics? I give you tips on how to handle this.
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Don't you love when everything goes according to plan. When you make a list or schedule of the things you want to get done for the day. Which patients you are going to see. When you will take your break. What you will get cleaned around the house. Then life happens, there are interruptions, and changes, and patient admissions. So your brain starts having a temper tantrum. You show up in a way that you didn't want to. You wish you could do better. This episode I talk about how to show up better.
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This episode I talk about what communication is. It's such a broad term. We think that every one has the same view of the world that we do. I think that when we say "I am working hard" that everyone should know what that means. However, that phrase means something different to every person on the planet. Is it possible that we don't communicate as well as we think we do? What do we do about that?
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This episode I talk about love. Often our definition of love is based off our feelings that we have about something. Our feelings change over time and sometimes moment to moment. When are feelings change then we believe that is just how it is. That we are now out of love with something or someone.
Is that true though? If our thoughts create our feelings, can't we just change our thought to create the feeling we want? Do we want to do this? Most people have heard that love is a choice. It is, but what happens when it is not an easy choice for us to make?
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As Catholics we are told to forgive 70x7. What does this mean? What are myths that we believe about forgiveness? How do these myths stand in our way of truly forgiving?
This episode I talk about these myths and break them down with examples of how I have believed these in my own life. Once I saw the myths for what they were-lies- I was able to break free of them and peace and freedom around forgiveness. This has been a game changer for my marriage especially but also in all relationships in my life.
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This episode I talk about the struggle that my husband and I went through with his addiction and financial infidelity. The pain that I felt when I found out that my husband had lied to me, and hidden things from me. I felt so ashamed that this was happening and so alone. I also talk about how I was showing up in the marriage and how I realized that I can only control myself and how we were able to turn things around.
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This episode I talk about praying. Most of us don't know how to pray and we don't understand Who we are praying to. We usually fall into one of three categories-memorized prayer, desperate pray, or shy praying. I teach you how simple praying can be!
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When we have the thought-my husband is so stubborn, we end up being the ones who are acting stubborn. This episode I give you some tips on how not to get stuck in a stubborn spiral.
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This episode I talk about going back to work after having a baby. It's an emotional time, but we often add to our misery with the thoughts and beliefs that we have about us working outside the home.
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This episode I talk about how our brain wants to freak out when it thinks things are going too well. How to recognize that it's ok and to allow our feelings. Come and work with me. Book a free discovery call.
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This episode I talk about the distractions that the world offers and how we turn away from God. It is so obvious in the bible how the Isrealites keep turing away from God in the dessert. It becomes less obvious to us in the ways we are turning away from God. Want help getting rid of the distractions?
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This episode I talk about time managment. I often think, "there's not enough time" and "I'm so busy." Those thoughts don't serve me. I will break down how much time we truly do have and why we tend to waste it.
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This episode I have my first guest on the show. Wendy Blond founded Marian Mobile. Her business provides preventative dental care to those that are unable to leave their home enviroment easily, such as assisted living facilities. We talk about how God placed this on her heart and then said wait. We also talk about prayer and faith in the workplace. For more information about her mission go to www.theprayingrdh.com.
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This episode I conclude talking about self confidence. I give you some questions to reflect on and use to look at different areas of your life.
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This episode I celebrate my 25th episode!!! I continue to talk about self confidence. I tell a story about how much my self confidence has grown in a year. I give you some exercises you can do to increase your self confidence. Book your free discovery call here.
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I am going to teach you about self confidence. We often think if we change our environment or situation that we will have more self confidence. We think that having more experience will give us self confidence. Let's talk about what will really help build self confidence.
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This episode I reflect up on a reading from the book of Mark. Jesus loves up in all our humaness. Are you loving others or are you holding onto things and becoming resentful?
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How to we show up in healtcare when our patients are suffering? How about when we don't think co-workers are doing a good job and treating patients respectfully? How can we still live out what God is calling us to when we can't control others around us?
How do you show up for Lent? Do you use it as another way to prove that you are failing? This episode I talk about how I used to show up for Lent vs. how I show up now for Lent.
This episode I talk about how often we can look at how others should change, instead of looking at ourself. As a culture we have gotten good at casting judgement or jumping on a bandwagon without getting all the information or facts. As Catholics and Christians, how are we being called to show up differently?
This episdoe I talk about the ways that I didn't understand who God is, therefore I was believing lies about who He isn't. The ways that this misunderstanding then led me to believe that I had to earn God's love.
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This episode we continue to talk about money beliefs that we have. What if everything we thought about money is wrong? What would that open up in your life. How would you be able to rely more on God instead of yourself?
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This episode I talk about money! We all have a lot of thoughts about money. Some have become beliefs that we aren't even aware of.
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We have talked about Goal and outcomes, and obstacles and strategies, and now the last step is to actually plan. Plan it out, write it on your calendar. How to manage your mind about the planning process.
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This episode I continue to talk about your goals. Often we give up on our goals when the first obstacle comes along. Sick kids, when car is in the shop longer than anticipated, and when we are tired. I teach you how to overcome obstacles with setting strategies, and letters to write to yourself.
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This episode we continue talking about outcomes that you are looking to achieve in your life. How to break that down to really be intentional with your priorities.
It's that time of year again when everyone is setting goals for the new year. I teach you how to really prioritize how you want to spend your time. Wether for the new year or any time these are steps you will want to reach your goals.
Relationships are based solely on our thoughts about that person. How to show up even when you aren't crazy about the person you are going to be with.
This episode I talk about resting and what that looks like. We are often so busy being wives and moms that we have forgotten how to rest. How can you allow yourself to rest?
This episode I talk about how common mom guilt is and how to get out of it. When we look to the saints they are good examples of how to live in the current moment and not add on extra guilt, shame and overwhelm.
This episode I talk about grief. Grief is a natural part of our lives. Yet, we want to resist it. How are you dealing with grief in your personal life or professional life? catholicnursecoach.com
In nursing school we are taught not to show emotions. This episode I talk about why that is horrible advice. I teach you how important it is to feel our feelings and teach you how to do that.
This epidsode I talk about Mary the Mother of God and how she is a perfect model for us. I teach you a tool called the Model to really learn how to manage your mind and get different results in your life. catholiclifecoach.com
Nurses are often the hardest on each other. How we tend to make the bullying episode worse by ruminating on it for days, weeks, or even years.
This episode I talk again about Manuals as they are so common in our lives. I teach you how to start recognizing these and how they are not serving us.
In this episode I talk about my 13th wedding anniversary. How on the outside my husband did everything right for the day, yet I still woke up unhappy.
This episode I talk about nurse burnout and how we are adding onto our physical exhaustion by constantly showing up with emotional exhaustion.
This episode I share a big win that I had. Lets learn to celebrate our wins. It may not be perfect, but it's a win.
This first episode I introduce myself and tell you a little bit of my history. How I discovered life coaching and how it has changed my life.