Beat Nurse Burnout | Holistic Health, Stress, Burnout, Christian Nurse

In this episode of Beat Nurse Burnout, Shan sits down with Susan Ro — creator of the Aligned Leadership Method, host of the Leadership for Busy Working Moms podcast, and a woman who knows firsthand what it looks like to rebuild your life around what actually matters.

Susan went from the high-energy world of New York City fashion to teaching, marriage, motherhood of four boys, and eventually to coaching and leading other women — and the thread running through all of it is a simple but radical conviction: that lasting leadership starts with leading yourself, in alignment with Christ, before it ever extends to anyone else.

This episode is for the nurse who is excellent at her job and exhausted in her life. It is for the woman of faith who has confused people pleasing with godliness. It is for the high achiever who has never once thought of herself as a leader — because she has spent her entire career following someone else's agenda.

In this conversation, Shan and Susan talk about:

If you have ever felt like leadership was something you did for other people and never for yourself — this episode is going to reframe everything.

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What happens when a nurse gives 14 years to the ICU, survives COVID on the front lines, fractures her spine, and battles PTSD... and still finds her way back to hope?

That's Ashley Chancellor's story. And she is telling all of it.

In this episode of the Beat Nurse Burnout Podcast, we sit down with Ashley Chancellor, RN, bestselling author of Just a Nurse: Memoir on the Heartbeat of Healing, Writing Coach, and Self-Empowerment Coach for nurses. Ashley spent 14 years in critical care, traveled as an ICU nurse for 9 of those years, and watched the healthcare system collapse from the front row. Then COVID broke more than just the system... it broke her physically and emotionally.

At 38, Ashley retired from bedside nursing. But she didn't stop caring. She started writing to heal, found God in the process, and now empowers other nurses to heal themselves first so we can heal the world together.

In this episode we talk about:

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You can assess a whole unit in thirty seconds... but when's the last time you assessed yourself?

In this episode, I'm breaking down the five signs of nurse burnout that don't look like burnout at all. They look like being reliable. Being the strong one. Being a good nurse. And that's exactly why so many of us miss them, or catch them years too late.

If you've ever wondered whether you're actually burned out, or if you're the nurse who's so deep in autopilot you haven't even stopped to ask... friend, this one's for you.

In this episode, we cover:

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In this episode, Lisa Ackland Carriere — founder of The Writing Well and writer at The Daily Calling on Substack — joins us to talk about the side of caregiving no one signs up for. When caregiving is forced on you by circumstance rather than chosen as a profession, compassion fatigue can quietly take root, leaving you emotionally shut down and disconnected from your own identity. Lisa shares her personal journey through years of layered crisis — parenting a son with ADD, developmental delays, and learning disabilities; a move that strained her marriage; the sudden loss of her mother; her brother's brain cancer diagnosis and death; and her husband's subsequent pancreatic cancer diagnosis. We talk about what compassion fatigue really looks like for caregivers — nurses and everyday women alike — how God reframes identity and purpose through the caregiving journey, and practical ways to support a caregiver both in the thick of crisis and in the aftermath, whatever the outcome.

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For years, achievement was the plan. Corporate success, leadership, recognition... it was supposed to add up to a fulfilled life. Instead it added up to exhaustion.

In this episode, I sit down with Anna Girgan, Founder of EPIPHANIES™ and host of the EPIPHANIES podcast, to talk about the belief her entire movement is built on... identity shapes reality. We get into what happens when high-achieving women (nurses, this is you too) spend years performing instead of living in alignment with who they were actually created to be, and what it took for Anna to walk away from a two-decade career to find out who she was without the title.

In this episode, we cover:

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This episode is for the nurse who is her own harshest critic — replaying the shift on the drive home, fixating on the one thing that went wrong instead of everything that went right.

In this episode, we talk about how the precision this job demands (because a small mistake really can mean someone gets hurt) can quietly turn into a critical inner voice that never clocks out. It follows you home. It shows up in how you parent, how you rest, how you talk to yourself about the small human moments — the late clock-in, the snoozed alarm, the donut from the breakroom.

We sit with Romans 8:1 and the truth that there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus — not "no condemnation if," just no condemnation. And we talk about the order that grace actually works in: we don't clean ourselves up to earn it, we receive it because of who He is — and once we know our worth, we can finally stop condemning ourselves.

Then we breathe it in, one truth at a time:

Inhale: I'm in Christ Jesus

Scripture featured: Romans 8:1

If this episode met you somewhere tender today, share it with a nurse who needs to hear it too.

Today we talk about the 4 unconscious anxiety autopilot behaviors nurses fall into on shift — conflict, distancing, over-functioning, and projection — and how to disrupt them.

Seven to nine seconds. That's how long before you're even consciously aware of it that a biochemical stress reaction has already set your autopilot into motion on shift. In this episode, I break down the Yerkes-Dodson stress curve and the four unconscious autopilot behaviors anxiety triggers in nurses — conflict, distancing, over/under-functioning, and projection — with real, specific nursing-shift examples for each one. You'll learn why these patterns exist, how to recognize your own default, and how to disrupt it in real time using the STAT Protocol, a simple in-the-moment tool you can use mid-shift, even in an emergency.

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Your body has been talking to you the whole time. The question is whether you've been listening — or reaching for the next quick fix instead.

In this episode, I sit down with Erica Ballard, Women's Health Coach and founder of her own integrative health coaching practice, to talk about what your body is really communicating when it shows up in fatigue, gut issues, flare-ups, and burnout symptoms nurses know all too well. We dig into the brain-body connection behind lasting habit change, why stress is so often the missing piece in the healing conversation, and the real reason so many high-achieving women — nurses especially — choose the harder path of managing symptoms instead of the shorter (but scarier) path of healing what's actually underneath.

If you've ever done "all the right things" for your health and still felt stuck, this conversation will change how you think about what healing actually requires.

Erica Ballard is a Women's Health Coach, mom of two, and self-described science nerd whose work has been described as "a beautiful blend of high performance habits, growth mindset, and woo woo." Erica helps women understand why cutting calories doesn't work and how to build habits that support real, sustainable health by decoding what the body is communicating physically, emotionally, and spiritually.

Erica holds a Master's degree from Tufts University School of Medicine and a Certified Health Coach credential from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, with additional training in NLP and sound healing. Before launching her coaching practice, she spent over 10 years in public health and healthcare, working across global HIV/AIDS initiatives and food tech. She has been featured in Forbes and Women's Health, and served as the Health & Wellness Contributor for WTHR Indy and CBS4 Denver. Erica lives in Denver with her husband, two daughters, and two dogs.

Connect with Erica: [email protected]

It starts with the WholeBio Insights™ bioresonance scan — a whole-body look at what chronic stress is doing inside you, not just the symptoms you can see. Then we sit together for a 90-minute 1:1 coaching session where we take what the scan reveals and connect it to your identity, your patterns, and your next steps.

This is not a sales call. It is a starting place. A real, honest look at what your body and soul are actually carrying — and what it would mean to finally put some of it down. Book your spot here: https://www.theshanwright.com/whollywell

Xx, Shan

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Disclaimer: Information given within the podcast is not intended for medical advice, rather advice and encouragement for developing wellness habits for healthy living.

HI Nurse friend,

In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Aaron Chapa, Doctor of Chiropractic and functional health expert, to have the conversation nurses desperately need to hear. Dr. Chapa specializes in hormones, metabolism, and whole-body wellness, and as the founder of Living Well Clinical Nutrition, he has helped hundreds of people find real answers to fatigue, hormone imbalance, and chronic inflammation.

He made one statement early in our conversation that set the tone for everything: nurses are his best and worst clients. And once you hear why, you won't be able to unhear it.

We get into the real, practical, science-based strategies that work even with a nurse's unpredictable schedule — and why your days off might be the most powerful health tool you're not using.

In This Episode We Cover:

Wholly Well Intensive

Are you tired of knowing what you should do for your health but never having the space, support, or clarity to actually do it?

The Wholly Well Intensive was designed for you.

This is my signature 1:1 experience that combines a WholeBio Insights™ bioresonance scan — a powerful tool that looks at what's happening beneath the surface in your body — with a 90-minute private coaching session where we take those results and build a personalized roadmap for your restoration. Spirit, soul, and body.

This isn't a group program. This isn't a course you'll never finish. This is you, getting focused, faith-grounded support to start moving from depletion to wholeness.

And here's the thing — everything we talked about in today's episode? The hormones, the energy, the inflammation, the burnout recovery? That's exactly the kind of territory we cover inside the Wholly Well Intensive.

If you're ready to stop surviving your schedule and start stewarding your health, I want to help you do that.

DM me the word WHOLLY on Instagram @theshanwright and I'll send you all the details or Get Started Here 

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If this conversation gave you language for what you've been feeling in your body, share it with a nurse who needs to hear it. Leave a review, subscribe, and come find me on Instagram .... I'd love to hear what landed for you.

Xx, Shan

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💖Anti-Aging Power 3!! 

🙌STEADY : group coaching program 

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Disclaimer: Information given within the podcast is not intended for medical advice, rather advice and encouragement for developing wellness habits for healthy living.

What if time isn't actually your enemy? In this episode, I flip the script on one of the most universal struggles for burned-out nurses and high-achieving women: the relentless feeling of not enough time. Drawing from a personal story, 20 years of clinical experience, and a faith-rooted perspective, I reveal why how you see time determines how you experience your day. And I offer three practical tools to help you stop surviving your schedule and start receiving your life.

What You'll Learn in This Episode

Grab The STAT Protocol™ — free 5-tool nervous system reset kit. Five tools to shift from fight-or-flight into parasympathetic mode (rest and digest) in 5 minutes or less — so you can actually be present in the time you have. 👉 The STAT Protocol

Xx, Shan

 ……CONNECT……

💖Anti-Aging Power 3!! 

🙌STEADY : group coaching program 

🎉Nurse Burnout Prevention group

Disclaimer: Information given within the podcast is not intended for medical advice, rather advice and encouragement for developing wellness habits for healthy living. 

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