Nursing the System

11: How Do You Balance Self Care and Systems Care?


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🎙 Episode Overview: In this season finale, I tackle the false choice between self-care and systems change, sharing why becoming a systems thinker is actually the ultimate form of both personal and organizational care.

🔑 In This Episode, You'll Learn:

  • Why separating self-care from systems work creates unnecessary tension
  • How systems thinking benefits both personal wellbeing and organizational change
  • My perspective on why personal development is crucial for effective change making

🧠 Key Ideas to Take With You:

  • The self work IS the systems work - they're inseparable
  • Compartmentalizing our work lives from personal lives often backfires
  • Becoming a systems thinker brings more peace, not less

🎧 How to Get the Most Out of This Episode: Reflect on how you might be creating false binaries between caring for yourself and working for change. Consider how these aspects of your life might actually support each other.

🛠️ Practical Actions You Can Take:

  • Notice where you're putting off self-work in service of systems change (or vice versa)
  • Examine how your personal development connects to your change making goals
  • Ask yourself: "How are my needs and system needs interconnected?"
  • Consider how becoming a systems thinker could serve both you and your goals

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Nursing the SystemBy Claire Phillips, DNP RN