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Episode 23

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5th Oct 2020

023: Core Values with Michelle Powell

Your core values are your GPS coordinates that guide you on your journey in life. Through these values, you are more aligned to get to your end goal. The better you know what your values are, the easier you can live in alignment with them. It is also through these values that one is able to traverse the challenges life throws at us with more grace and resilience.  In this episode, we are joined once again by Michelle Powell and we unpack the importance of core values and why living and constantly refining them greatly affects who we are today. As we continue to evolve as individuals, our core values evolve and change as well. People who know their core values by heart are able to show up as their true and authentic self and live a more meaningful life.  What are your core values? TOPICS WE DISCUSSED INCLUDE: Humans need connection and community (4:05)  Finding your tribe (4:25) Having a sense of understanding and compassion with your tribe (5:09) Our different personas (6:14) Exploring our different selves (7:20) Childhood plays a huge part of your adolescence (8:00) Values and belief from our childhood (8:40) Code of conduct as our inner blueprint (9:00) Picking up mannerisms and beliefs from our environment (9:35) Nature vs Nurture (9:50) Parents’ impact on our lives and values (10:17) Beliefs and values are learned and adapted (10:58) Being someone different for different people (11:46) Having space to invite the right people by being who you truly are (12:13) Surrounding yourself with like-minded people (13:21) Your core values are your GPS coordinates (14:51) Honouring what’s true for you and understanding yourself (17:48) There’s no such thing as right or wrong for everyone (18:09) The biggest killer of joy (18:50) All judgements are unmet needs (21:00) Self-exploration (22:20) Setting standards for yourself (27:15) Authenticity and being real (28:35) Having the courage to be authentic (29:30) Compassion for self (30:31) Keywords as reminders of your core values (37:15) You aren’t everyone’s cup of tea (42:00) The danger of people-pleasing (44:00) Self-sabotaging yourself when you don’t allow yourself to be who you truly are (45:10) Knowing your partner’s love language (50:12) Having true and real conversations (54:35) CONNECT WITH MICHELLE POWELL Connect with Michelle on Facebook and Instagram Subscribe to Michelle’s Youtube Channel 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.