🎙 Episode Overview

This week’s episode isn’t what I originally planned. After the ICE shooting of a Minneapolis mom, I shifted my focus. Instead of leadership strategies or business updates, I’m sharing something heavier: how we show up as leaders when the world feels deeply wrong. This episode is a reading of my System Sunday email—a message I spent the week crafting, revising, and grounding in real-life experience. If you're a nurse, a leader, or simply someone trying to navigate injustice while staying present at work, this message is for you.

🔑 In This Episode, You’ll Learn:

• What emotional regulation really means—and what it doesn’t
• How silence from leadership during crisis shapes team culture
• Ways to practice professional resistance inside healthcare systems
• Why naming injustice out loud matters more than perfect wording
• Specific leadership actions you can take when the world feels unstable

🧠 Key Ideas to Take With You:

• Transparency is not the same as emotional leakage. Regulated leaders hold space without handing off their overwhelm.
• Silence is not neutral. Naming what's happening—no matter how messy—builds trust.
• Your influence matters most when values are tested. Build it before you need it.
• Leadership isn’t about having answers. It’s about staying in the conversation when it would be easier to walk away.

🎧 How to Get the Most Out of This Episode:

Listen slowly. Reflect intentionally. This isn’t an action-packed, high-energy episode—it’s a grounded moment to sit with what’s happening and consider how you want to respond. Whether you’re leading a team or showing up for your community, this episode is about staying human in hard times.

🛠️ Practical Actions You Can Take:

• Check your nervous system before meetings. Are you regulated, or are you leaking?
• Say the quiet part out loud: “This isn’t normal.” It’s enough to break the silence.
• Make space for your team to process. It doesn’t have to be a meeting—just an acknowledgment.
• Revisit your “red lines.” What won’t you do, even if asked?
• Learn documentation strategies that protect your patients, not just the system.

📣 Special Announcements:

Nurse Leader HQ applications are open this week (starting Monday, January 12). If you want to be in community with nurse leaders doing healthcare differently, now’s the time to apply. I’d love to walk alongside you.

📲 Call to Action:

• Share this episode with someone who’s been navigating hard decisions in their workplace.
• DM me on Instagram if you have thoughts or reflections to add—I genuinely want to hear from you.
• Apply for Nurse Leader HQ if you're ready to do leadership in a new way.
• Subscribe to the podcast so you don’t miss the next episode.

👉 Resources Mentioned:

• Join the System Sunday email list
• Apply to Nurse Leader HQ
• Connect with me on Instagram