The Self Care Unit

The Self Care Unit was thrilled to have Tiera Skovbye return for another Mental Health Matters episode! Besides being an incredible actress, Tiera is a passionate mental health advocate and a lovely human being. She sits down with Carley and Sarah for a vulnerable conversation about careers, family, seeking help, being prescribed antidepressants, and more!

Make sure to follow Tiera @tskovbye1 on Instagram!

This week on the Self Care Unit, we learn about Hypnosis by speaking with Emilie Leyes! Emilie is a Hypnosis Practitioner, Brain Training Specialist, and an incredible content creator whose work is all about building self worth and confidence and ultimately helping others work towards their biggest goals. We chat about the basics of hypnosis, how it creates real change in our lives, and what sets it apart from meditation and other related practices. We also discuss simple ways to begin with hypnosis to get the most relief from the practice. Thank you to Emilie!

Make sure to check out Emilie's content on TikTok (@emilieleyes.hypnosis) or Instagram (@emilieleyes) and also their exciting new hypnosis app Doddle coming out!

For this week’s Ask a Nurse, Carley and Sarah get into the specifics of a topic that many nurses cite as their go to for stress and burnout relief. Traveling and taking a vacation! To help us, we are joined by Sarah Gaines! Sarah is an accomplished travel nurse, mentor, and online educator.

She talks with us about planning, scheduling, budgeting, and truly relaxing while traveling! We also chat about some classic mistakes to avoid, and how to have fun and keep yourself safe on those solo trips. As we head into the winter holidays, we hope this advice helps you get the chance to travel and relax!

Big thank you to Sarah, who can be found @sarah_gaines on Instagram!

It’s spooky season, so we have a very haunted episode of Ask a Nurse for you! We talk ghost stories, curses, the paranormal, and all things spooky in the hospital. What really happens on those late night shifts? Are some shifts cursed? Do healthcare workers really believe in ghosts? Let us know what scares you most!

Happy Halloween from the Self Care Unit!

This week, for Mental Health Matters, we were joined by Case Kenny @case.kenny, the author behind The New Mindset Journal and That’s Bold of You, as well as the producer of New Mindset, Who Dis podcast. We talked with Case about his approach to his life and his work, and we discussed the power of sharing our feelings to be kinder to ourselves. Case's work resonates with countless people for good reason; we were thrilled to have him join us!

Case's incredible work and content can be found @case_kenny on Instagram!

CW: Eating Disorders/Disordered Eating

For this week's Mental Health Matters episode, we are joined by Gracie Collis! Gracie is an athlete and a fitness and fashion influencer with amazing content found on TikTok and Instagram. She has an absolutely infectious energy, and it was such a delight to talk with her about the intersection of fitness and mental health, how to find motivation and confidence in the gym, and fighting back against unhealthy and downright dangerous body image messaging on social media.

Do yourself a favor and follow @Gracie.Collis on Insta and @gracie_collis on TikTok!

This week, on the Self Care Unit, we learned more about Autism (ASD) by speaking with Daniel Jones of @theaspieworld! Dan is a content creator, keynote speaker, social advocate, and the author of Autism for Adults: An Approachable Guide to Living Excellently on the Spectrum. We discuss how he has navigated life with ASD, his work, the history behind ASD, and how we can better care for our patients and our fellow healthcare workers with autism.

A huge thank you to Dan for joining us, his passion is absolutely infectious! For more of Dan, he can be found @theaspieworld or check out autismforadults.com!

This week on the Self Care Unit, our topic is ADHD, and our guest is Brooke Schnittman.

Brooke is an expert in the field of ADHD management and support and the founder of Coaching With Brooke. She has dedicated her career to helping thousands of individuals with ADHD who are meeting with chaos, frustration, and shame by providing them the tools and accountability to focus their attention and thrive.

She tackles all our questions and shares her personal experience with ADHD. We discuss the diagnosis process, management strategies, the emotional aspects of ADHD, and more! Thanks to Brooke for sharing her expertise!

Brooke can be found on instagram at @CoachingWithBrooke or https://www.coachingwithbrooke.com

On this week's important episode of Ask a Nurse, we talk about workplace violence. WPV is directly related to decreasing job satisfaction, burnout, humiliation, guilt, emotional stress, intention to quit a job, and increased staff turnover. Carley and Sarah answer questions about the factors that lead to it, discuss the reasons it goes unreported, and tell their own stories of facing it in their careers. We can't change anything if we don't have conversations like this, so let's talk about it!

This week, MMA fighter and self-defense instructor Chelsea LaGrasse joined us to talk about all things self-defense! As the expert, she breaks down the basics, explaining the importance of situational awareness to fostering smart habits. She also tackles (no pun intended) common misconceptions that you may believe about self-defense. A massive thank you to Chelsea for all of her advice, with it you can can all stay that much safer!

Please check out Chelsea on Instagram @chelseakyann, she has such amazing content to learn and improve your habits and self-defense capabilities!