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Episode 61

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8th Oct 2025

061: Building Sustainable Nurse Wellbeing with Mark Carter, founder of MACH Health

In this episode, Mark, founder of MACH Health, shares his extensive healthcare journey from Australia to Singapore, China, and the UK, and his transition from clinical nursing to creating innovative solutions aimed at reducing nurse burnout and promoting sustainable nurse wellbeing.

Mark discusses the current international nursing workforce crisis, the critical need for proactive and evidence based approaches to nurse health, and his digital platform designed specifically for nurses’ physical, emotional, and professional wellbeing. He reflects on the importance of community, personalised support, and education tailored to nurses' unique needs, while addressing the systemic challenges contributing to workforce attrition and burnout.

Key Highlights:

  • Mark’s journey across healthcare systems internationally and his focus on sustaining nurses careers.

  • Insights into the global nursing shortage, exacerbated by the pandemic and ongoing systemic challenges in healthcare.

  • Discussion on the unsustainable pressures facing nurses, including shift work, staffing shortages, and the impact on patient care.

  • Introduction to MACH Health, the digital health platform created to support nurses health through personalised interventions related to sleep, nutrition, emotional wellbeing, and more.

  • How the app tracks nurses' daily shifts, wellbeing indicators, and offers tailored exercises, meditations, recipes, and health tips.

  • Plans for community building within the app to connect nurses globally and provide peer vetted educational resources.

  • The goal of the platform to be accessible worldwide and to evolve to support other healthcare professionals and high stress industries.

  • Emphasis on non blame, systemic approaches to supporting nurses that empower individuals and engage organisations with real time data insights.

  • Mark’s personal experience with burnout and his motivation to build sustainable solutions for nurses to thrive in their careers and lives.

The MACH Health app is available in the Australian and UK app stores.

About Mark:

Mark is a registered nurse and healthcare innovator with over 22 years in clinical and executive roles across Australia, Singapore, China, and the UK. Named one of the WHO's Top 50 under 50 Global Change Agents for Healthy Aging in 2022, he leads MACH Health in pioneering scalable, evidence based solutions to nurse burnout and workforce sustainability. Proud husband and father, Mark is passionate about creating systemic change in healthcare through personalised, practical interventions.

Connect with Mark on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/markcarter15/

I do want to acknowledge: while Mark’s audio is clear as a bell, you might notice a few minutes of crackling on my end, a wild storm decided to join our recording session outside! Thanks for sticking with us through the weather; the conversation is worth it.

Disclaimer: The views, opinions, and experiences shared by guests on this podcast are solely their own and do not necessarily reflect those of the host. This podcast is intended for informational and educational purposes only and should not be considered a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. If you are seeking support for your mental health or wellbeing, we strongly encourage you to reach out to a qualified mental health professional. If you are in crisis, please contact your local emergency services or a crisis hotline in your area immediately.

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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.