56. Caring for Others Without Losing Yourself: International Nurses Day 2026

About this episode

Claudia discusses the importance of caring for others while maintaining one's own well-being in the healthcare profession.

Caring for others is at the heart of nursing and healthcare, but over time it can quietly lead to self-neglect, emotional fatigue, and the habit of putting your own needs last. In this episode, Claudia explores what it means to care for others without losing yourself in the process. She reflects on the emotional impact of healthcare work, the tendency to postpone self-care until life feels easier, and how easily rest and recovery get deprioritised in busy clinical environments. Rather than fo...

People in this episode

Host: Claudia

Topics covered

• self-care
• emotional fatigue
• healthcare work
• nursing
• self-neglect

Keywords

• nursing
• self-care
• emotional impact
• healthcare
• International Nurses Day

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