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Hello and welcome! I'm thrilled to have you here. I'm Brit Stoeckel, your host for this brand-new podcast, "Life, Health, and Career (In That Order)".

Just like you, I'm a multi-faceted individual – a wife, a mom, a business owner, a critical care nurse practitioner, a yoga teacher, a lifestyle and career coach, and more. I love the beach, a good dirty chai, and have a major sweet tooth. If you're new to my world, welcome aboard! If you've been with us in my private Facebook group, some of this will be familiar, while to others, it'll be brand new.

What to Expect

This podcast is all about real-life transformations among high-achieving female healthcare professionals who refuse to sacrifice their well-being for their careers. Throughout my 10-year journey, I've experienced the highs and lows of healthcare, from adrenaline addiction to burnout and recovery. Now, I'm dedicated to helping others find balance and fulfillment in their lives.

Keep reading to eavesdrop a bit on what my clients and I do during our coaching calls! And then immediately put what you learned into practice!

Recently, one of my clients had a major breakthrough around the way she talked to herself in her head! 

She was DOING all the right self-care tasks thinking that should help her feel better but all along the voice in her head was CONSTANTLY criticizing her, judging her, and bringing her down. 

SIDE NOTE: NO AMOUNT OF SELF-CARE TASKS CAN MAKE UP FOR A CONSTANT BARRAGE OF NEGATIVE SELF-TALK!

So we got to work on rewriting her inner dialogue.

Here’s how we worked on this: 

1. Start with MINDFULNESS (of course ). Pay attention to all of the inner messages you get throughout the day.
   • Do you hear an actual voice?
   • Is it your voice?
   • Is it a parent’s voice (this is common)?
   • Any themes you pick up on?
2. Name your inner critic (ex: sassy Louise, bratty Patty, judge Judy ).
   • This...

Do you ever find yourself second (or third or fourth) guessing a decision?

"Should I go back to school? Or go part time? Or sell everything and move to Australia?"

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ahhh. I remember those days...the days before I learned how to trust myself, how to take a baby step, how to check in with my intuition, how to trust the universe!

Listen in on my chat with Diana Page (the Self Care Catalyst) below!

We drop our top tips for making powerful decisions without COMPLETELY overthinking every last thing!

Action builds confidence and sometimes we just gotta make a move and TRUST OURSELVES!

The ability to trust yourSELF and your decision-making skillz will help you create a calm, peaceful life that balances caregiving, freedom, rest, action, bliss, contribution, and adventure!

If we can create that kind of life, so can you!

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I spent numerous years in emergency medicine and 8 years in the cardiac cath lab, and I have been traveling for the past 3 years. I've always been in a fast-paced, high stress environment.

In 2021 it started to catch up with me- I was having physical symptoms from anxiety, burnout, and hypervigilance. I had forgotten how to relax and the meaning of self care, and I lost a huge amount of my support system through several unexpected deaths. Besides therapy, I knew I needed someone else's support who truly understood the nursing environment I was in. That's where Brit came in.

I found her through a podcast interview, and joined her group coaching, VIP days, and 1:1 coaching. Through these programs, I have had so much growth amidst the grief. Learning self care has helped me so much, especially with burnout. The bliss life is a true possibility for anyone. I am far from perfect, and I'm continuing to work of self talk and reframing stories in my head. I am looking forward to starting my...

I have been a nurse for over 30 years and have enjoyed all the different experiences that I have had. I obtained my masters in science and became certified as a Nurse Practitioner about 15 years ago. I have worked in cardiology for most of the past 15 years.

With the stress of the pandemic and losing one of our cardiologists to Covid, I realized that I wanted to do something different, but I just wasn’t clear what that would be. I spent some time deciding what that next thing would be and decided that I would go back to school to become a life coach.
I graduated from the health coach institute as a certified life and health coach. Kathy Streb Coaching, LLC became my business. Over the next few months I tried to figure out how to build my business so I could finally quit my 9-5 job. I just didn’t have the knowledge or resources to do that on my own, and I was looking for others who had done similar things.

I found Brittany on facebook. As I watched the content that she had...

During my eight-year career as a nurse in the Neuro-trauma ICU, I’ve experienced several cycles of caregiver burnout. It ultimately led me to delve into a very personal inner and spiritual journey. I was able to creatively explore how I can practice nursing in a way that aligns with my core beliefs and values. I became a Registered Yoga Teacher and Usui Reiki Master. I completed a MS in Complementary and Integrative Health and sought a Health and Life Coaching certificate.
 
After achieving all of this, I took a big, humble step back and was like, “Well now what?” How can I marry all my passions and education in a way that is meaningful?
 
We go to nursing school and seek higher education because we have an underlying pull to be in service to others. But nowhere along the way do we learn how to start a side hustle or run a small business. I felt wildly lost. I had a dream to start a business but no clue how to manifest it. I blindly started Third Eye Nurse,...

Supta Baddha Kanasana (supine bound angle pose)

To do this pose:

Sit down on your mat with a block, bolster, or pillow nearby. Bend your knees and put the soles of your feet together. Keep your feet far enough away from your pelvis that you make a diamond with your legs and there isn’t any pressure or stress on your knees. When you’re comfortable, lay back, placing either a block or your bolster on the floor between your shoulder blades. Relax your head, neck, and arms down by your sides. Close your eyes and breath into your hips and your heart, letting go of the day.

How this pose is especially beneficial for nurses: 

• It opens the hips. Stress is often carried in the hips, but nurses especially since we’re on our feet most of the day. Opening the hips and stretching them out helps release this stress, anxiety, and negative energy. Notice what thoughts and feelings are coming up for you during this pose.     
• It opens the...

Viparita Karani (legs up the wall pose)

To do this pose:

Start with the short end of your mat pushed up against the wall. Sit down with your right hip against the wall, then lie back on your mat as you swing your legs up the wall. Make sure your hips are flush against the wall (scoot forward if you need to), you can bend your knees as much as you need to, even placing the soles of your feet on the wall. Relax your arms out to your sides in a T-shape with your palms up and close your eyes, keeping your legs and feet relaxed.

How this pose is especially beneficial for nurses: 

• It restores sore, tired, and swollen feet. Sometimes as nurses, we may not sit down for more than a few minutes for 12 hours. This position after a long shift can help regulate blood flow through the whole body, decrease foot swelling, and help with general foot pain 
• It stretches the back of your neck. When we aren’t hunched over our charting, we’re most likely hunched over our...

Nadi Shodhana (alternate nostril breathing)

To do this pose:

Sit on your mat in any pose that is comfortable. Start with a slow and deep inhale followed by a slow and deep exhale to relax your body and close your eyes. Fold your index and middle fingers into the palm of your right hand. Use your right thumb to occlude your right nostril. Inhale slowly into your left nostril, briefly pause, remove your right thumb from your nose and occlude your left nostril with your ring and pinky fingers, and exhale slowly through your right nostril. Keep your fingers in that position and inhale again slowly through your nostril. Continue this pattern for 2-3 minutes. 

How this pose is especially beneficial for nurses: 

• This practice is thought to clear and purge the inner channels of the body and mind. If you’ve had a hard shift, this practice can help clear it from your mind before starting your evening wind down time so that the stress doesn’t carry into it. ...