Beat Nurse Burnout | Holistic Health, Stress, Burnout Prevention

By Shan Wright | Nurse Life Coach, Stress Expert, Christian Mom Mentor, Holistic Nurse, SpeakerAlternative Health Health & Fitness Religion & Spirituality Christianity Education Self-Improvement

Beat Nurse Burnout | Holistic Health, Stress, Burnout Prevention episodes

August 05, 2025 183/ Your Burnout Misconceptions : What it ACTUALLY Feels Like
Hey Intentional Wellness Warrior!

If you’re a nurse, healthcare provider, or full-time caregiver… I want to ask you something gently today:
Have you ever said, “I’m just tired.” Or maybe: “This is just a busy season.” Or even: “Everyone feels like this—it’s part of the job.”
Then this episode is for you. Because what if that exhaustion… is something more? What if you are believing misconceptions of what burnout is and you don’t realize you are in it?
Today, we’re breaking down the misconceptions of burnout—what burnout isn’t… and what it actually feels like.
And friend, if you’re not sure where you land, I’ve got a super helpful free quiz that will give you clarity. You can take the quiz after listening at: [www.theshanwright.com/quiz].

Shalom Shalom,
Xx, Shan
……CONNECT……

🎁 I’m offering a Free Stress Assessment Coaching Session.
Together, in 60 minutes, we’ll:
✔ Identify your current stress level
✔ Discover the root causes of that stress
✔ And map out your next best step to reduce it
No pressure. No shame. Just honest support and practical guidance. You don’t have to keep living in survival mode.
🗓 Click the link https://calendly.com/theshanwright/stress-coaching to book your free stress assessment.

Are you in burnout or just stressed??
Take the Free QUIZ

🙌The Bold Blueprint : group coaching program
🗓️FREE Stress Assessment
🎉 Join the Courageous Village
🥳 FREE Belief Poem for Kids

Disclaimer: Information given within the podcast is not intended for medical advice, rather advice and encouragement for developing wellness habits for healthy living.
15 min
July 29, 2025 182/ From Scrubs to Style: How to Get Dressed Without the Stress- Nikki Hinrichs
Hey Intentional Wellness Warrior!
If you’re a nurse, healthcare professional, or caregiving mama, you’re probably used to wearing scrubs or a uniform most days—and let’s be honest, when it’s time to get dressed for anything else, it can feel frustrating, overwhelming, or just plain exhausting.
In today’s episode, I’m sitting down with Nikki Hinrichs—a homeschool mom of 4 and personal brand stylist—who totally gets the juggle of motherhood, function, and faith. We talk about how what we wear affects how we feel, how to bring confidence back into your closet without stress, and why getting dressed can be a form of self-care and stewardship.
If you’ve ever said, “I don’t even know where to start when it comes to clothes,” this conversation will meet you with grace, practical tips, and maybe even some renewed joy in showing up as the woman God created you to be—outside the scrubs.
Shalom Shalom,
Xx, Shan
……CONNECT……
WITH NIKKI:
Website Link: CLICK HERE
Free Gift Link: CLICK HERE
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🎁 I’m offering a Free Stress Assessment Coaching Session.
Together, in 60 minutes, we’ll:
✔ Identify your current stress level
✔ Discover the root causes of that stress
✔ And map out your next best step to reduce it
No pressure. No shame. Just honest support and practical guidance. You don’t have to keep living in survival mode.
🗓 Click the link https://calendly.com/theshanwright/stress-coaching to book your free stress assessment.

Are you in burnout or just stressed??
Take the Free QUIZ

🙌The Bold Blueprint : group coaching program
🗓️FREE Stress Assessment
🎉 Join the Courageous Village
🥳 FREE Belief Poem for Kids

Disclaimer: Information given within the podcast is not intended for medical advice, rather advice and encouragement for developing wellness habits for healthy living.
39 min
July 22, 2025 181/ Reclaim Your Time: LIVE Coaching with Stressed Caregiver, Mom to 4
Hey Intentional Wellness Warrior!

As a Nurse or Healthcare pro, we learn in schooling how to keep time, how to prioritize our tasks in time. We know to always start with the ABC's in emergency situations. Even as a caregiver we get into routines that can help us prioritize our time. BUT, what happens in emergency life situations or just on your stressful Tuesday?? You aren't working and you are in charge of prioritized tasks for your own family's life. Your stress bucket is full and starting to spill over. How do you handle the everyday "I have too much to do with too little time?!"

Today,I have a LIVEcoaching treat for you from my experiential Find More Time Workshop. I coached a live guest in using the STOP method. And once you are through hearing this real life scenario, go check out the oldie but goodie episode on my ABC method for prioritizing time - Episode 52.

I know you will relate to this stressed Caregiver who is a mom to 4 and wears many hats. She wants to live well and make the most of her time.

Shalom Shalom,
Xx, Shan
……CONNECT……

🎁 I’m offering a Free Stress Assessment Coaching Session.
Together, in 60 minutes, we’ll:
✔ Identify your current stress level
✔ Discover the root causes of that stress
✔ And map out your next best step to reduce it
No pressure. No shame. Just honest support and practical guidance. You don’t have to keep living in survival mode.
🗓 Click the link https://calendly.com/theshanwright/stress-coaching to book your free stress assessment.

Are you in burnout or just stressed??
Take the Free QUIZ

🙌The Bold Blueprint : group coaching program
🗓️FREE Stress Assessment
🎉 Join the Courageous Village
🥳 FREE Belief Poem for Kids

Disclaimer: Information given within the podcast is not intended for medical advice, rather advice and encouragement for developing wellness habits for healthy living.
18 min
July 18, 2025 180/ Breathe & Be Still : Lose Control for True Freedom
Hey Intentional Wellness Warrior!

If you're anything like me, you're used to doing. Solving problems, staying busy, holding it all together—because if you slow down, it feels like everything might fall apart. You may just lose CONTROL.

But what if stillness wasn’t weakness? What if stillness was actually strength—because it allows God to step in and fight for you? What if letting go of control was POWERFUL.
This is for the high achiever, the fixer, the perfectionist, the one who’s always hustling to keep it all in control.

Verse: Exodus 14:14 " The Lord will fight for you, you need only to be still."
Inhale: God fights for me,
Exhale: so I can be still.

Press play to join me in deep breathing and being still.

Shalom Shalom,
Xx, Shan
……CONNECT……

🎁 I’m offering a Free Stress Assessment Coaching Session.
Together, in 60 minutes, we’ll:
✔ Identify your current stress level
✔ Discover the root causes of that stress
✔ And map out your next best step to reduce it
No pressure. No shame. Just honest support and practical guidance. You don’t have to keep living in survival mode.
🗓 Click the link in the show notes or go to https://calendly.com/theshanwright/stress-coaching book your free stress assessment.

Are you in burnout or just stressed??
Take the Free QUIZ

🙌The Bold Blueprint : group coaching program
🗓️FREE Stress Assessment
🎉 Join the Courageous Village
🥳 FREE Belief Poem for Kids

Disclaimer: Information given within the podcast is not intended for medical advice, rather advice and encouragement for developing wellness habits for healthy living.
9 min
July 15, 2025 179/ ⚠️Cortisol’s High & Life Feels Off Track? How to Care for Yourself in Trauma & Uncertainty- Kari Davis (Part 2)
Hey Wellness Warrior!

Nursing and health care is flexible. We can choose many different ways to do with that craft, and exercise those giftings. Maybe your story is like mine and you laid down nursing to be a stay at home mom, but still want to be in health and wellness in some way. Maybe you are burnt out on full time nursing and desire to go part time or per diem and use your gifting and calling in another stream of income. But how do you pursue your purpose with passion when things are chaotic?? What are the first steps, next steps and practical to do’s?

Lean in to part 2 of this conversation with Kari Davis, as we will not only talk about this, but also finish her traumatic testimony and how to overcome grief and trauma as a mom and live holistically well.
bit.ly/thewellpodcast www.thewellteam.com
Instagram @karidavis_thewell
Email [email protected]
Schedule free wellness consult at www.calendly.com/karidaviscoaching
Freebie- Peaceful Home Plan : https://www.thewellteam.com/peaceful-home-plan

Shalom Shalom,
Xx, Shan
……CONNECT……

Are you in burnout or just stressed??
Take the Free QUIZ

🙌The Bold Blueprint : group coaching program
🗓️FREE Stress Assessment
🎉 Join the Courageous Village
🥳 FREE Belief Poem for Kids

Disclaimer: Information given within the podcast is not intended for medical advice, rather advice and encouragement for developing wellness habits for healthy living.
31 min
July 08, 2025 178/ When the Helper Needs Help: Healing from Trauma & High-Stress Seasons with Kari Davis (Part 1)
Hey Intentional Wellness Warrior!

Have you ever walked through trauma, helped others through theirs, or found yourself completely drained from the weight of both?

In this episode, we’re asking the hard but healing questions—about boundaries, empathy, identity, and what it means to care for yourself when life feels uncertain, your cortisol is high, and you're not just the helper anymore—you’re the one who needs help.

Today, I’m thrilled to introduce you to Kari Davis! Kari is, host of the The Well Podcast, is founder of thewellteam.com and a certified Holistic Life Coach and an essential oils educator. Kari is passionate about empowering women with the tools they need to reclaim their life through self care and faith while embracing the idea of a natural and non-toxic lifestyle in their products and mindset. Kari and her husband, Bobby, live in Naples, Florida with their combined five children.

This is part 1 of our conversation and trust me you will want to come back for part 2 and hear the rest of her story!
bit.ly/thewellpodcast www.thewellteam.com
Instagram @karidavis_thewell
Email [email protected]
Schedule free wellness consult at www.calendly.com/karidaviscoaching
Freebie- Peaceful Home Plan : https://www.thewellteam.com/peaceful-home-plan

Shalom Shalom,
Xx, Shan
……CONNECT……

Are you in burnout or just stressed??
Take the Free QUIZ

🙌The Bold Blueprint : group coaching program
🗓️FREE Stress Assessment
🎉 Join the Courageous Village
🥳 FREE Belief Poem for Kids

Disclaimer: Information given within the podcast is not intended for medical advice, rather advice and encouragement for developing wellness habits for healthy living.
22 min
July 01, 2025 177/ 👩‍⚕️ Nurse Burnout Is Real: How to Lower Stress Even When the Job Won’t Change
Hey Wellness Warrior!
Let’s talk today about something I know hits home for so many of us nurses, healthcare pros, caregivers...
👉 “How do I reduce stress... when healthcare IS stressful?”
Because you might be thinking: “Shan, I don’t need a stress assessment—I KNOW I’m stressed. But I can’t exactly walk away from my shift, from charting, from patient care, or from my calling.”
And you’re right. You can’t change everything about the system or the chaos around you.
But you can begin shifting what’s happening inside you.
So today, I want to gently walk you through three ways you can lower your stress level even when your work won’t change right away.

Stay to the end for a very POWERFUL Invitation!!
bit.ly/stressassessmentcall

Shalom Shalom,
Xx, Shan
……CONNECT……

Are you in burnout or just stressed??
Take the Free QUIZ

🙌The Bold Blueprint : group coaching program
🗓️FREE Stress Assessment
🎉 Join the Courageous Village
🥳 FREE Belief Poem for Kids

Disclaimer: Information given within the podcast is not intended for medical advice, rather advice and encouragement for developing wellness habits for healthy living.
13 min
June 24, 2025 176 / From Stress to Support: Motherhood, Medical Anxiety & Finding Community with Erin Trier
Hey Wellness Warrior!

I’m bringing you a great conversation today that I believe will serve you right where you are! What we talk about in this convo can help you wherever you are in your wellness journey! Just 2 coaches sitting down talking from our lived experiences in order to encourage you.

Erin Trier is an expert women's wellness and empowerment coach revolutionizing the way moms prioritize their wellness and self-care. Specializing in women’s health, Erin focuses on helping moms cut through the overwhelm, simplify the health process and get intentional with tuning into their unique bio-individuality. She has her Masters in Social Work and certifications that include NASM-CPT, Pn1 Nutrition and SYNC for Women's Health + Hormones. She is the founder of the Empowered in Health Podcast and has positively impacted numerous individuals with her real, raw, insightful content. Her deepest passion is to work with women on all facets of health and continue creating coaching programs, community and brand partnerships that are by women and families, supporting women and families. Her mission is to empower moms to reclaim their identity and renew their strength by leaning into simple, sustainable systems and support. Through her unwavering dedication to growth and her innovative EMPOWER Method to coaching, Erin continues to leave an indelible mark on those she serves. Empowered in Health Podcast
IG: erinktrier
IG: empoweredinhealth
Website: www.erintrier.com
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Shalom Shalom,
Xx, Shan
……CONNECT……

Are you in burnout or just stressed??
Take the Free QUIZ

🙌The Bold Blueprint : group coaching program
🗓️FREE Stress Assessment
🎉 Join the Courageous Village
🥳 FREE Belief Poem for Kids

Disclaimer: Information given within the podcast is not intended for medical advice, rather advice and encouragement for developing wellness habits for healthy living.
42 min
June 20, 2025 175 / Breathe & Be Still: Relief For Your Stress Load, Caregiver
Welcome to another breath prayer episode, in the Breathe & Be Still series. Let's breathe and be still and know that He is Lord and you are safe, known, loved by Him.
So often in your life, you are the rock. You are other’s rock. They rely on you for strength, support, encouragement, love, help. You love to serve and you are dependable. BUT, you can not carry all of your cares and all the cares of everyone else too! Your patients, clients, friends, children, spouse, family....That's too much of a load to carry. The Lord wants to carry them and He is the only one able.

Verse:
Psalm 55:22 Cast your cares on the Lord and he will sustain you;
Get in a comfortable position, can do this anywhere at any time. but closing eyes is a good way to focus, unless driving.
Inhale.... deep breath.....expand chest and lungs... each one taking deeper... Exhale...breathe out audibly... let all the muscles and tension relax
Speak out, on the inhale and exhale for 3 min :
Inhale: Lord, I cast my cares on you
Exhale: you will sustain me

Caregiver, if your load is heavy, let’s unload your stress together on a free stress assessment call—a customized, personalized session where we’ll uncover:
💥 Your current stress level
💥 What’s actually causing it
💥 And your next best step to get relief
….of course, with Holy Spirit as our guide and Counselor.
You don’t have to carry it alone. Let’s lay it down and walk your life with more energy, joy and purpose! 💛
Shalom Shalom,
Xx, Shan
……CONNECT……

Are you in burnout or just stressed??
Take the Free QUIZ

🙌The Bold Blueprint : group coaching program
🗓️FREE Stress Assessment
🎉 Join the Courageous Village
🥳 FREE Belief Poem for Kids

Disclaimer: Information given within the podcast is not intended for medical advice, rather advice and encouragement for developing wellness habits for healthy living.
8 min
June 17, 2025 174 / THIS is Keeping You Stuck in Burnout!
Welcome Intentional Wellness Warrior!
Today, I want to speak to my nurse and healthcare mama friends—and really any caregiving mom—who’s said something like:
“I don’t think I’m burnt out from work… It’s probably just homeschool burnout.” Or, “No, I love my job. Getting out of the house actually helps!”
If that’s been you, I want to say two things up front:
💛 I hear you 💛 And... can we pause and look at the whole picture?
You are a holistic being and burnout is affecting your whole self, not just segments. This episode comes from experience and gives encouragement for practical burnout recovery!

Here’s your next step—and I made it simple:
🎁 I’m offering a Free Stress Assessment Coaching Session.
Together, in 60 minutes, we’ll:
✔ Identify your current stress level
✔ Discover the root causes of that stress
✔ And map out your next best step to reduce it
No pressure. No shame. Just honest support and practical guidance. You don’t have to keep living in survival mode.
🗓 Click the link in the show notes or go to https://calendly.com/theshanwright/stress-coaching book your free stress assessment.

Shalom Shalom,
Xx, Shan
……CONNECT……

Are you in burnout or just stressed??
Take the Free QUIZ

🙌The Bold Blueprint : group coaching program
🗓️FREE Stress Assessment
🎉 Join the Courageous Village
🥳 FREE Belief Poem for Kids

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

About Beat Nurse Burnout | Holistic Health, Stress, Burnout Prevention

From the publisher's feed

Are you an exhausted nurse running on empty? Do you feel irritable after every shift, emotionally numb, or like you're just surviving instead of thriving? Maybe you're a night shift nurse who can't sleep, a bedside nurse drowning in documentation, or a healthcare mom who feels like she's failing everyone.

You want work-life balance, but it feels impossible. You crave connection with God, quality time with your spouse and kids, and just five minutes of peace—but patience and presence seem out of reach after another exhausting shift. You know you need self-care, but you're so depleted from caring for everyone else that you don't even know where to start.

Sound familiar? You might not realize it yet, but you're experiencing nurse burnout—or heading there fast.

You're in the right place, and you're not alone.

I'm Shan Wright—wife, mom to 4, Registered Nurse, and Holistic Nurse Coach. I've been where you are: burnt out at bedside, struggling with postpartum anxiety, feeling disconnected from God and my family, and wondering if this exhausting cycle was just "how it is" for nurses. After burning out in bedside nursing, I realized I couldn't pour from an empty cup. I sought the Prince of PEACE and charted my way to whole-body wellness through simple, faith-based holistic practices—and I'm excited to share them with you!

On this podcast, you'll discover how to:

Overcome high-functioning fatigue and stop just surviving shift to shift

Set boundaries without guilt at work and home

Manage nursing stress so work doesn't hijack your home life

Process emotions through faith-based practices instead of suppressing them

Create sustainable self-care that doesn't feel like another task

Build emotional resilience to handle difficult patients and workplace drama

Find work-life balance that actually works for 12-hour shifts

Reclaim your energy, peace, and purpose beyond the badge

Experience joy by embracing your identity in Christ—not just as a nurse

Let's get our heads out of the medication cart and never-ending charting and courageously navigate this nursing journey TOGETHER!

Go ahead—heat up that coffee (again), clock out mentally, and let's chat, Nurse!

God's got this. New episodes every week.

CONNECT:
EMAIL: [email protected]
WEBSITE: www.theshanwright.com
INSTAGRAM: Instagram.com/theshanwright/
FB COMMUNITY: bit.ly/courageousvillage

DISCLAIMER: Information given within the podcast is not intended for medical advice, rather advice and encouragement for developing wellness habits for healthy living. As healthcare professionals, we know the difference—this is about YOUR wellness, not patient care protocols.