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Episode 19

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7th Sep 2020

019: Finding Your Balance with Tracie Kelly

Are you an introvert or an extrovert or somewhere in between? Perhaps an ambivert who is someone who has a balance of both introvert and extrovert features in their personality. Ambiverts are more able to adapt to a lot of people across the personality spectrum. Having an insight into what your personality type is can help you know the right self-care you need.  In this episode, we learn how understanding what your personality is plays a fundamental part in creating balance in your life. We deep dive into the different techniques on how to bring back your balance in different areas of your life.  The best relationship starts with yourself. So the more you know yourself, the better your external relationships are going to be.  TOPICS WE DISCUSSED INCLUDE: Having strong boundaries (2:52) Know what your values are (3:49) Micro-moments for ourselves (5:02) Being the role model for your kids (7:58) Respect and manners (8:18) Monkey see, monkey do (9:12) It’s okay to make mistakes (9:55) Ambivert personality (10:23) Extroverts (12:00) Introverts (12:15) Being more aware of who you are (15:02) Start with auditing your life (18:10) Understanding what your personality is (18:23) Techniques on bringing back your balance (19:30) The power of your thoughts (19:43) Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (20:10) Acceptance Commitment Therapy (20:16) Ho'oponopono: The Hawaiian Forgiveness Ritual (20:56) Mindfulness (21:19) Know what your triggers are (21:48) Becoming more aware of your emotional responses (23:30) The only control we have is over our thoughts (24:37) Self-awareness brings about positive change (25:42) Taking emotion out of the memory (26:00) We’re all a work in progress (28:45) Your thinking is related to how out of balance we are on a cellular level (30:18) It all starts with your thinking (32:30) Changing “should” to “could” (35:39) Turning negative energy to positive energy (39:50)   CONNECT WITH TRACIE KELLY Connect on LinkedIn  Connect on Facebook CONNECT WITH ELAINA MULLERY HappyNurse.com.au Connect with me on Instagram and Facebook Connect with me on LinkedIn Subscribe to my Youtube channel
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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


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.