Finding Happiness in Healthcare
Working in healthcare is hard. The documentation, back-to-back patient visits where you feel like a robot treating people on an assembly line, dealing with prior authorizations and insurance denials, the list goes on.
Many of us are burning out and feeling disillusioned about our careers.
As a nurse practitioner, you might truly believe in what you do. Perhaps you invested several years of your life and commonly a 6-figure student loan to do this. Or perhaps you genuinely can't imagine doing anything else with your life because you have a huge, noble heart and love helping people.
Each day is a chance to find happiness in healthcare.
This is the podcast for nurse practitioners and other medical providers who truly believe in what they do and want to create more meaning in their work.
Episodes
55 episodes
Every Reason You’re Feeling Disconnected From Patients Explained in 22 Minutes
“If you’ve ever sat with a patient and thought, ‘Why isn’t this working? Why can’t they see I’m trying to help?’—this video is for you. Because when your intention is pure but the connection just isn’t landing, it creates emotional ...
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Episode 52
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22:02
Stop Just Surviving and Do This Instead
Okay, tell me if this sounds familiar — you finish another crazy shift, sit in your car, and just stare at the steering wheel for a minute. You’re too tired to even think about dinner. You gave everything to your patients, charted until your br...
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Episode 51
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22:16
The New Way to Balance Work and Life as an NP in 2025
As a nurse practitioner, do you ever have days where you’re so exhausted at the end of the day, you think to yourself, “How do I find balance in my life if my work takes so much from me?”Do you ever hate how reactive your life feels?...
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Episode 50
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20:08
I Would’ve Found Happiness in Healthcare Sooner If I Knew This
If you’re a nurse practitioner, let me ask you a question:Do you stare at your 6-figure student loan, and think to yourself, “This will take forever to pay off!”Do you drive to the clinic or hospital every morning and think to you...
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Episode 50
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22:59
I Would’ve Connected With Patients Instantly If I Knew This Trick
If you’re a nurse practitioner, how would you like to have patients tell you, “I’d rather see you than the doctor!”?How would you like to have patients tell you, “I never understand what my doctors are telling me. But talking to you, for...
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Episode 50
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24:43
Want to Avoid Burnout? DON’T Just Take More Time Off
If you’re a nurse practitioner, are there days that your work feels hollow and meaningless, and you even question your career choice?Do you feel like you’re so exhausted and burned out from your work as a nurse practitioner, that even wh...
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Episode 49
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22:39
8 Lessons From 8 Years as a Nurse Practitioner
If you’re a nurse practitioner, then this video is for you.Eight years ago, I walked into my first day as a brand-new nurse practitioner with a stethoscope around my neck and a whole lot of fear in my heart. Here’s what no one tells you ...
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Episode 48
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26:04
How I’d Learn Time Management as a NP If I Had To Start Over
Have you ever walked into work with your coffee in hand, hoping today will be a good day, hoping that you’ll get through your day smoothly and happily. But your first patient is already waiting with a list of questions a mile long. Your medical...
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Episode 47
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16:28
You’re wasting time as a nurse practitioner (the truth you need to hear)
If you’re a nurse practitioner, do you ever wake up thinking, “Being a nurse practitioner is hard work. In fact, sometimes it seems like there are more days that I’m stressed out than I’m feeling happy and content with my work. And it feels ...
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Episode 46
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18:37
I made six figures but wasn't happy
I’ve been a nurse practitioner for over eight years. I make 6 figures a year. But I wasn’t happy. In fact, I was on the brink of feeling burned out, bitter, and broken. If you’re a nurse practitioner or a medical provider and you feel this w...
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Episode 45
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28:14
3 Habits You Need in 2025 If You're A Burned Out Nurse Practitioner
If you're a burned out nurse practitioner- then you’re in the right place. Today I’m going to tell you 3 habits you need to start in your life in order to be happier practicing in healthcare.
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Episode 45
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19:05
What I wish someone told me before I became a nurse practitioner
I’ve been a nurse practitioner for over 8 years. And today I’m going to tell you what I wish someone told me before I became a nurse practitioner. This would have saved me so much headache, heartache, and helped me from thinking I made a mis...
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Episode 44
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16:20
3 secrets that save me time as a nurse practitioner
Do you ever feel like there is never enough time in the day as a nurse practitioner?The average nurse practitioner sees 24 patients in a day. But depending on your specialty or acuity, you might see more or less. But no matte...
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Episode 43
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12:14
Navigating motherhood and medicine (How to succeed in life and your career)
If you’re a nurse practitioner or a medical provider, are you riddled with guilt in balancing motherhood and medicine?On a weekday morning when you have to get your toddler dressed, fed and ready to go so that you can drop him off at day...
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Episode 42
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13:38
How to save time in your day as a nurse practitioner
Do you wish you had more time in your day as a nurse practitioner?Do you struggle with navigating patient visits, dealing with people’s concerns and anxieties, educating patients, persuading patients to take a life-saving medication, the...
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Episode 41
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12:14
Medicine is not what it used to be
If you’re a medical provider, is practicing medicine what you thought it would be?Did you come into medicine or your training very green and doe-eyed and thinking you could spend a lot of time with each patient and everyone wou...
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Episode 40
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13:49
How to make practicing medicine meaningful (lessons from my mom)
Happy Mother's Day to all of my listeners who are mothers, grandmothers, soon to be mom, moms who wish they were moms, moms of children in heaven, fur baby moms... all of you. I hope you enjoy this special episode about how my mom in heaven tau...
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Episode 39
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18:10
What to do if your patients yell at you (Must listen!)
How many of you have more bad days than good days as a nurse practitioner or medical provider? If you said yes, this episode is a must listen for you!
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Episode 38
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18:53
3 Things I Wished Someone Warned Me About Being A Nurse Practitioner
On this episode of Making Medicine Meaningful, I share the top 3 things I wish someone warned me about being a nurse practitioner!
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Episode 37
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18:01
What medical providers can learn from Iron Man (hint: it's not we're superheroes)
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Episode 35
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14:17
Secrets To Socializing As Easy As Tying Your Shoes!
It can feel really scary to talk with people, whether it's at the grocery store or our own colleagues at work. We have this innate desire to avoid rejection or judgement. If this resonates with you, then this is a must-listen...
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Episode 32
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17:54
Supercharge your social skills and get people begging to be your friend!
What if I told you there was an easy way to go from socially awkward to socially awesome? What if I told you that it was absolutely possible for you to walk into happy hour, with excitement to converse and connect with other people?Woul...
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Episode 31
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16:23