The Nurse Coach Collective

What if the change healthcare needs is already walking the halls? In this episode, Heather sits down with Nurse Coach Amanda Johnsen to explore how nurses are building new roles, programs, and departments from within their own organizations.Amanda shares real stories of Nurse Coaches who spotted a gap, started a conversation with leadership, and watched one idea grow into something much bigger. She breaks down what it looks like to bring Nurse Coaching into a system — from integrating it at the bedside, to supporting new grads through their first year, to creating oncology coaching programs that change patient outcomes.She also gets into the mindset shift required to walk into a leader's office and make your case. Remove the hierarchy. Approach it like a coaching conversation. Ask what their biggest challenges are and speak to how Nurse Coaching can help.The shift inside healthcare is happening. And it's being led by nurses like you🔊 Don’t miss this one. Tune in now.Want to know if Nurse Coaching is right for you? Take the QuizLearn About the #1 Nurse Coach Program Here.Connect with Amanda JohnsenCheck out Amanda’s Website: https://www.amanethwellness.com/ Check out Amanda’s Wellness Academy: https://amanethwellnessacademy.cohere.live/about----The Nurse Coach Collective is a podcast for nurses and Nurse Coaches who want to make a positive change in the world.Follow us on your favorite platform so you never miss an episode!

How much money can you make as a Nurse Coach?In this encore episode of The Nurse Coach Collective Podcast, Transformative Nurse Coach and Nurse Practitioner Karena Hammon shares how she earned $14K in coaching income before even graduating from The Nurse Coach Collective.In this conversation, Karena breaks down how she structured her coaching packages, found her confidence around pricing, and started turning early clients into paying clients. If you’ve ever wondered what Nurse Coaches actually charge—or whether people really pay for coaching—this episode offers a real-world example.Karena also shares how Nurse Coaching transformed her work as a Nurse Practitioner and allowed her to build a practice focused on deeper conversations around behavior change, mindset, and long-term wellness.If you’re curious about the income potential of Nurse Coaching—and the freedom it can create—this episode is a great place to start.🔊 Don’t miss this one. Tune in now.Want to know if Nurse Coaching is right for you? Take the QuizLearn About the #1 Nurse Coach Program Here.Connect with Karena Hammon:Check out Karena’s website: https://themindfulnp.org/ Join Karena’s Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/600973195070759 Follow Karena on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_mindful_nurse_practitioner/ ----The Nurse Coach Collective is a podcast for nurses and Nurse Coaches who want to make a positive change in the world.Follow us on your favorite platform so you never miss an episode!—

In this episode, Heather reconnects with board-certified Nurse Coach Sally Davidson for a deeper conversation about burnout in nursing and stepping into conscious leadership.Sally once worked as a director of nursing in critical care, where she put in long hours and carried immense responsibility. But at one point, it became clear she was “not growing, just working.” She believed the system was the problem. And in many ways, it was.But over time, she began to see something else.Even after leaving the hospital, the same hustle patterns followed her. The overachieving. The fixing. The need to prove herself. She realized her old “operating system” was still running the way she lived and worked.Through Nurse Coach training, breathwork, somatic work, and deep self-reflection, she started to understand her nervous system, and see how her own patterns were shaping the way she led. She came to understand that conscious leadership is about staying open, getting curious, and actually listening before reacting.Today, she runs masterminds, one-on-one immersions, and international retreats in places like Costa Rica and Peru. She’s intentional about creating spaces that feel genuinely safe, not performative, so leaders can grow at a pace that actually feels sustainable and true to who they are.Last time, Heather and Sally just scratched the surface. This time, they go deeper into the missing connection in healthcare culture, the anger nurses feel toward the system, and how meaningful change begins with individual awareness.🔊 Don’t miss this one. Tune in now.Want to know if Nurse Coaching is right for you? Take the QuizLearn About the #1 Nurse Coach Program Here.----Previous conversation with Sally Davidson ----Connect with Sally Davidson:Website: https://sallydavidsoncoach.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sallydavidsoncoach_breathwork/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100082406424764 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sally-davidson-14641586/ ----The Nurse Coach Collective is a podcast for nurses and Nurse Coaches who want to make a positive change in the world.Follow us on your favorite platform so you never miss an episode!

Did you know that nurses have been at the absolute forefront of psychedelic healing since the 1950s, long before it became a modern wellness trend?In this fascinating episode, host Heather sits down with Angela Ward, a board-certified holistic nurse coach and certified psychedelic practitioner, to discuss the intersection of nursing, coaching, and psychedelic-assisted care.She argues that the nursing framework is uniquely suited for this work today because nurses have a long history of walking alongside people through profound transformations such as birth, death, and healing crises.By blending clinical expertise with a coaching model, nurses possess the specific capacity to monitor a client’s physical safety and medication responses while simultaneously holding space for transpersonal or non-ordinary human experiences.This approach allows nurses to move away from a prescriptive medical model and instead empower clients to discover their own definition of wholeness and actualize their personal visions for well-being.🔊 Don’t miss this one. Tune in now!Want to know if Nurse Coaching is right for you? Take the QuizLearn About the #1 Nurse Coach Program Here. Connect with Angela WardWebsite: https://guardianatthegateway.com Email: angela@guardinggateways.com Instagram: @guaradian_at_the_gateway LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/angelawardnursecoach ----The Nurse Coach Collective is a podcast for nurses and Nurse Coaches who want to make a positive change in the world.Follow us on your favorite platform so you never miss an episode!

What does a life of freedom as a Nurse Coach look like, and how do you create it? Think work-life balance, time with your family, and complete financial freedom.In this episode, Heather is joined by Nurse Coach Meg Laidlaw, a former RN with 20+ years of experience who transformed her career by stepping into holistic Nurse Coaching and heart-centered entrepreneurship.Meg shares her experiences of building a successful coaching practice, highlighting the importance of aligning one's career with personal values and aspirations - and how it all rewards her with more time with her kids and $19,000 months.She has quadrupled her prices, built time freedom into her schedule, and found deep purpose by helping others remember they are whole, enough, and worthy.🎧 You’ll also hear how she reframed sales from something scary into something joyful and how you can, too.Tune in!Want to know if Nurse Coaching is right for you? Take the QuizLearn About the #1 Nurse Coach Program Here. Connect with Meg LaidlawWebsite: profoundwellness.netEmail: meg@profoundwellness.netFacebook: facebook.com/megan.fikseInstagram: instagram.com/m.laidlawRooted & Rehumanizing Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rooted-rehumanizing/id1831495307----The Nurse Coach Collective is a podcast for nurses and Nurse Coaches who want to make a positive change in the world.Follow us on your favorite platform so you never miss an episode!

If you're a nurse stuck in a cycle of burnout or disconnected from your purpose, this episode will be a breath of fresh air.Heather is joined by Danaysi Castañeda, a Nurse Coach and spiritual leader whose approach blends energy healing, mindset work, and lunar rhythms.Danaysi shares how her journey from burnout to bliss led her to develop the Lunar Cycle Program. This is a 30-day detox of mind, body, and spirit.Unprocessed pain and cluttered energy often block the change we need. Danaysi explains how releasing them opens the door to spiritual alignment and new patterns of leadership and love.Danaysi also reveals her daily rituals and how her journey as a mother and nurse informs the healing work she offers now.🎧 Ready to experience the new way of nursing? Hit play and explore what it means to detox your energy and reclaim your truth.Want to know if Nurse Coaching is right for you? Take the QuizLearn About the #1 Nurse Coach Program Here. Connect with Danaysi CastañedaIG: danaysi_lunarcycleprogramTikTok: danaysicoachYouTube: lunarcycleprogram----The Nurse Coach Collective is a podcast for nurses and Nurse Coaches who want to make a positive change in the world.Follow us on your favorite platform so you never miss an episode!

Learn more about our program: https://thenursecoaches.com/program/ In this deeply moving episode, we connect with Nurse Coach Lauren Jefferson, a Board-Certified Health and Wellness Nurse Coach who works with patients facing a challenging medical journey, such as cancer, traumatic injury, end-of-life care, and grief following loss.Her personal story of loss and transformation now fuels her powerful work supporting patients through life-altering medical journeys.Lauren specializes in working with individuals facing terminal diagnoses, traumatic injuries, end-of-life transitions, and grief.Her role isn't to fix, but to walk alongside, to witness, and to empower. From her own experience navigating her father's cancer diagnosis, she shares how grief cracked her open and led her to Nurse Coaching, a path that helped her rediscover her purpose.In this conversation, Lauren reveals what truly changes when patients feel seen, heard, and supported. Her clients are learning how to really live again, even in the midst of dying.🎧 Listen now for a dose of hope, healing, and what it means to be truly alive.----Want to know if Nurse Coaching is right for you? Take the QuizLearn About the #1 Nurse Coach Program Here. ----Check out Lauren’s website: https://www.laurenjhealth.com/ ----The Nurse Coach Collective is a podcast for nurses and Nurse Coaches who want to make a positive change in the world.Follow us on your favorite platform so you never miss an episode!

Fear is a powerful force that can hold you back from building your dream practice and hold your clients back from transforming their health and well-being. But what if you could fight back and learn to become the fearless warrior and Nurse Coach we know you are?You will finally have the freedom to build the life and practice you want.Want to learn more about this?Tune in now and discover simple, actionable Nurse Coaching strategies to reframe fear as desire and overcome it for good. 👉 Want to join the movement? Learn more about our program.

Nurses, we need to talk about burnout—and how to actually break free from it.In this powerful conversation, Peter sits down with Christina Bosworth, a board-certified nurse coach, mom of four, and true trailblazer. Christina shares how a single late-night scroll changed the course of her career, and how she's now helping nurses stay in healthcare—without losing themselves in the process.This one is for the nurse who’s ever thought: “There has to be more than this.” (There is. And Christina is living proof.)👉 Want to join the movement? Learn more about our program.

Ever feel stuck in your nursing job and wonder if there's something more aligned, more energizing, and more you? In this episode, we break down the 5 reasons why Nurse Coaching is hands-down the ultimate side hustle.From simplicity and low start-up costs to the freedom to build at your own pace, we’re talking about real-life reasons this path just makes sense — especially for nurses craving impact, income, and integrity.If you’ve ever wondered if it’s really possible to start your own practice while still working your day job… the answer is YES. And in this episode, we’ll show you exactly why Nurse Coaching is the perfect place to start.👉 Want to join the movement? Learn more about our program.

Let’s talk about legitimacy. Board certification in Nurse Coaching isn’t just another set of letters—it’s a professional milestone that sets you apart.In this episode, we’re diving into why board certification matters so much in the world of Nurse Coaching—and how it’s helping transform our entire profession. We’ll walk you through the two certification options (Nurse Coach and Holistic Nurse), explain what they mean, and share how The Nurse Coach Collective prepares you to sit for both—confidently.We’ll also unpack the deeper “why” behind board certification—how it boosts your confidence, opens doors for jobs and higher pay, and strengthens the Nurse Coaching movement at large.Tune in now to find out how you can do it.👉 Want to join the movement? Learn more about our program.

Nurses, ever wondered what it actually feels like to go through the Nurse Coach Collective program? This week, Heather sits down with Crystal Lander—a home care nurse from Northern Minnesota who went from total burnout to total breakthrough.She hadn’t even heard of Nurse Coaching when she stumbled on a video mid-walk on a treadmill—but something clicked. Now, just months later, she’s preparing to launch her own LLC, partner with her mom (also in the program!), and radically shift how healthcare is delivered in her community.This is an unfiltered, inspiring look at what happens when a nurse finally says “yes” to a new path—and herself.👉 Want to join the movement? Learn more about our program.