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8th Jun 2020

006: Reconnecting with Ourselves Through Lessons from Animals and Nature with Jo Courtney

Over the years, humans have done tremendous work teaching and preparing horses for a variety of entertainment and work purposes. Horses can be seen working with and for people in a number of activities such as horseback riding, barrel racing, and polo. But what we don’t realize is that humans have a lot more to learn from horses and every other animal than what we teach them. From learning how to reconnect with ourselves, understanding the importance of letting go, and grounding ourselves, Jo sheds light on what humans can learn from animals and nature. They hold a frequency that helps us align ourselves back to an equilibrium. We can apply these learnings to how we work and live our everyday lives. By simply taking a pause in between tasks throughout the day, we are able to be more present in each moment. It’s so easy to get lost in our day-to-day activities, focus on everyone else and forget ourselves. Jo shares how we can give ourselves the same love and care we show others. TOPICS WE DISCUSSED INCLUDE: Being present in every Mmoment (04:26) Indulgent Self-Care is what brings you joy and lights you up (06:57) Animals and nature can be our best teachers (10:22) Letting go and allowing cycles to end for another to begin (11:25) Advice for Healthcare Professionals to help cope with the crisis (12:45) The importance of re-adjusting and balancing the body in between work (14:49) The simple yet powerful effect of closing your eyes to re-adjust (16:54) Check-in with yourself regularly throughout the day (19:47) Offering yourself the same care you give your patients (20:55) Looking after yourself first (23:15) Dogs can be the little nurses we need (24:40) For full show notes and links visit: https://happynurse.com.au/?post_type=podcast&p=412 (https://happynurse.com.au/podcast/6-reconnecting-with-ourselves-through-lessons-from-animals-and-nature-with-jo-courtney/)
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The Happy Nurse
Winner — APAC Insider Australian Enterprise Awards 2024 | Most Empowering Self Care Provider for Nurses. Burnout, compassion fatigue, and stress are rising in healthcare. This podcast exists to change that — one practical, honest conversation at a time.
Nurses are the backbone of the health system — always there to care for a stranger as if they were one of their own, forsaking precious moments with their own families to ensure others' loved ones are in good hands.
Compassion fatigue, stress, and burnout are rising across healthcare. Self care has never been more important — or more overlooked.
Elaina Mullery McDonald RN has 25 years of clinical nursing experience, a Postgraduate Certificate in Psychology, and a Master of Business Psychology in progress. She is a certified NLP Practitioner, hypnotherapist, and mindfulness practitioner — and the founder and host of The Happy Nurse podcast. Having experienced burnout firsthand, she is passionate about equipping nurses with practical, evidence-informed strategies to protect their wellbeing and sustain the career they worked so hard for.

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Elaina Mullery RN has spent 25 years working across some of nursing's most demanding clinical environments — orthopaedic trauma, operating theatre, endoscopy, recovery, and day surgery. She knows firsthand what it feels like to run on empty, and it's that lived experience of burnout that drives everything she does.
Elaina holds a Postgraduate Certificate in Psychology and is completing a Master of Business Psychology at Edith Cowan University. She is a certified NLP Practitioner, hypnotherapist, and mindfulness practitioner, and has developed the 3R Framework — an original evidence-based methodology for building sustainable human performance at individual, team, and organisational level.
Through The Happy Nurse podcast, her online courses, and her white paper No Margin for Error, Elaina is on a mission to change the way healthcare treats its most valuable resource — the people who show up every day to care for others.