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Call the Nurse
by Call The Nurse Podcast with Mindie Antebi
Call the Nurse is your go-to podcast for practical advice and soul guidance from Mindie, a critical care nurse with 15+ years of experience. From navigating family dynamics and raising a neurodivergent child to setting boundaries and healing old wounds, Mindie brings real, raw, and relatable wisdom. You’ll walk away from each episode feeling inspired, empowered, and ready to tackle whatever life throws your way. Whether you’re searching for answers or just need a compassionate voice to guide you, Mindie is always on call. When life gets messy, sometimes you just have to Call the Nurse!
Episodes
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Episode 24- Midlife is a Calling, Not a Crisis
One year ago, Call the Nurse was just an idea — a quiet knowing inside me that there was something more I was meant to say beyond the walls of the hospital. In this deeply personal anniversary episode, I sit down with my coach, mentor, and dear friend, Liz Svatek — the woman who helped me finally...
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Episode 23-Through the Eyes of a Surgeon & the Heart of a Husband: Hormones, Bone Health, and Supporting Women Through Midlife
In this deeply personal episode of Call the Nurse, Mindie sits down with her husband, orthopedic trauma surgeon Dr. Alon Antebi, for an honest conversation about bone health, hormones, aging, and the reality of navigating perimenopause together. From what Alon sees firsthand in surgery to what...
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Episode 22- Healing Within: The Power of Your Own Breath
In this episode of Call the Nurse, Mindie sits down with Vaughn Pierro—Breathwork healer, Creator of the Holy Breath Method™ & Host of The Cosmic Healing Podcast—to explore the connection between breath, the nervous system, and emotional healing. With over 23 years of experience as a massage...
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Episode 21- From Bedside to Building a Business: A Nurse's Reinvention
What happens when a nurse walks away from the bedside… and builds something entirely her own? This week on Call the Nurse, I’m sitting down with my longtime friend and former coworker, Amy Springer. We spent over a decade working side by side in the hospital—long shifts, endless chaos, and a…
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Episode 20- 100 Years of Wisdom- and What We All Need to Know
This episode almost didn’t happen. Five years ago in Florida, I gave up my seat to a woman waiting outside a restaurant. We started talking, and something about her stayed with me—but I almost left it at that. Instead, I went back to find her. That woman is Faith. What began as a simple moment...
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Episode 19- Dads, Daughters & Divorce | An Honest Stepmom–Stepdaughter Conversation
In this episode of Call the Nurse, I’m stepping into this conversation not as a nurse or a host — but as a stepmom. I’m sitting down with my stepdaughter, Emily, for an honest and vulnerable dialogue about what it was like experiencing her parents’ divorce as a teenage girl — almost 14 — and as…
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Episode 18- Reclaiming Your Voice: From Holding Space to Taking Up Space
For years, Candis Melamed built her career helping others be seen. As the founder of a public relations firm, The Spotlight Agency, she has shaped stories from behind the scenes — holding space, amplifying voices, guiding others into visibility. But at some point, she realized something powerful:...
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Episode 17- Holding Grief, Choosing Joy
In this deeply moving episode of Call the Nurse, Mindie sits down with Jennifer Osler-Bolton — a mom, a widow, and a woman who knows firsthand that love and loss can coexist. After losing her husband, a firefighter, Jen was thrust into a season of unimaginable grief. And yet, less than two years...
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Episode 16- Hope for Secondhand Suffering: When Your Loved One’s Pain Becomes Your Own
What does it mean to love someone so deeply that their pain begins to feel like your own? In this episode of Call the Nurse, Mindie sits down with Camille Block, author of Hope for Secondhand Suffering: Tools for the Heart When You Can’t Fix Your Loved One’s Pain, for a tender conversation about...
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Episode 15- Assessing the Side Effects of Divorce: An Honest Conversation with a Stepmom & Her Stepson
In this episode of Call the Nurse, Mindie sits down with her stepson, Adin, for an honest and thoughtful conversation about growing up, family change, and finding your footing through divorce. We talk about what it was like being raised by a successful, surgeon dad, how their father-son...
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Episode 14- Aging Beautifully, Leading Boldly with Beverly Hills Beauty Expert, Ashleigh Ignelzi
Ashleigh Ignelzi joins Call The Nurse for a powerful conversation on beauty, aging, and bold female leadership. Ashleigh is the Practice Director for NassifMD Plastic Surgery & Med Spa in Beverly Hills, working alongside world-renowned facial plastic surgeon, Dr. Paul Nassif. Before entering the...
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Episode 13- A Surgeon’s Hands, A Husband’s Heart: Navigating His Wife’s Early Onset Alzheimer’s
This week on Call the Nurse, Mindie sits down with Dr. Donald Wiss — a world-renown orthopedic surgeon whose career has shaped hospitals, trained future surgeons, and changed countless lives. Known for his skill, precision, and decades of leadership in orthopedic trauma, Dr. Wiss built a…
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Episode 12- Laughter is Medicine with Cedric the Entertainer
In this episode of Call the Nurse, Cedric the Entertainer takes us on a journey from Cedric Kyles to the icon the world knows today. Mindie & Cedric dive into the science of laughter, the art of healing through humor, and his inspiring story becoming an unstoppable force in entertainment. He’s...
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Episode 11- Taryn: The Nurse Who Fought for Her Own Life
When the caregiver becomes the patient, everything changes. In this powerful episode of Call the Nurse, Mindie sits down with her friend and coworker, Taryn — a dedicated nurse, mother, and cancer survivor — to talk about the kind of strength you don’t learn in nursing school. Diagnosed with…
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Episode 10- From the ER to the Iditarod: A Nurse's Story of Grit, Grace & Going the Distance
In this powerful and inspiring episode, Mindie sits down with fellow Arkansas native and ER nurse Bridgett Watkins, author of Marker to Marker. Bridgett’s story is one of extraordinary resilience — from navigating trauma and motherhood to finding healing through faith, endurance, and the courage…
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Episode 9- Beautiful Tragedy: Turning Pain into Purpose with Judy Thureson
In this powerful and deeply personal episode, Mindie sits down with her friend, Judy Thureson — a mother whose world changed forever when she lost her 18-year-old son, Jacob aka Hella Sketchy, to an opioid overdose. Out of unimaginable grief came Beautiful Tragedy:How to Build Strength and...
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Episode 8- Love, Loss & Legacy with Dana & Leah Pump
In this episode of Call the Nurse, Mindie sits down with Dana & Leah Pump to talk about the unlikely joining of two very different people. Leah once prayed for the man she would marry, but she never imagined it would be someone so culturally different from herself. Yet love has a way of…
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Episode 7- Emotional Discharge Instructions From a Nurse: Let Her Fly!
In this heartfelt solo episode, Mindie RN, BSN reflects on the surprising life lessons learned from Gigi, the duck who waddled into her world and changed the way she sees motherhood, fear, and freedom. 💫 From the emotional challenge of letting her daughter fly, to the realization that she’s...
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Episode 6- Part 2: Love Heals What Life Has Broken
If Part One traced the fractures of the past, Part Two explores what it means to build something lasting from the pieces. After finding each other in the middle of heartbreak, Mindie and Alon open up about the challenges of blending families, the importance of respect, and the fears that almost...
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Episode 6: Part 1-The Anatomy of Us: When Surgery Can't Fix What's Broken
In this deeply personal episode, Mindie sits down with someone she knows intimately—her husband. Dr. Alon Antebi is an orthopedic trauma surgeon who has spent his career repairing shattered bones. But when it came to the fractures in his own life—his difficult divorce, the unraveling of a family,...
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Episode 5- Before the Crisis: How to Prepare for End of Life with Grace, not Fear
In this deeply meaningful episode of Call the Nurse, Mindie is joined by not only an incredible physician, but a cherished friend and colleague—Dr. Marwa Kilani. A board-certified specialist in Hospice and Palliative Medicine and the Medical Director of Palliative Care at Providence Holy Cross...
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Episode 4- Built-in Rapid Response Team: Liane V on Raising A Family, Chasing Dreams, & Staying Grounded in the Chaos!
What happens when a viral superstar and a soulful nurse meet as next-door neighbors? You get a friendship rooted in faith, family, and fierce realness. In this heart-opening episode of Call the Nurse, Mindie sits down with the incredible Liane V (Benjamin)—a multi-hyphenate talent, entrepreneur,...
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Episode 3- You are the Medicine! Liz Svatek on the Power of Internal Healing
Mindie sits down with her coach, mentor, and friend Liz Svatek—the woman who has walked with her through some of the biggest transformations of her life. Together, they launched Mindie’s podcast, Call the Nurse, now in the top 10% globally. But what really changed everything? Healing the woman...
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Episode 2- Part 2: Divorce Diagnosis: When the End is the Real Beginning
Family triage, bonus dad breakthroughs, and the call that says it all… Part 2 of 2! In this powerful continuation of Episode 2, Mindie goes even deeper—this time into the layered dynamics of blended family parenting and what happens when co-parenting meets step-parenting in the real world. She…
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Episode 2- Part 1: Divorce Diagnosis: When the End is the Real Beginning
What if your breakup didn’t have to break everything? When Mindie and her ex-husband Armando realized their marriage was over, they made an unusual decision: no drama, no war, just love—for their daughter and themselves. In this deeply honest episode of Call the Nurse, they share how they ended...
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Episode 1-My Why: The Breakdown That Became the Beginning
In this powerful premiere of Call the Nurse, Mindie opens her heart and takes you behind the scenes—not just of her podcast, but of her healing journey. She shares the raw truth of what it means to rise from divorce, rewire generational patterns, raise a neurodivergent daughter, and choose love...
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Call The Nurse Trailer- The Nurse You Didn't Know You Needed
Call the Nurse! Trailer – The Nurse You Didn’t Know You Needed Episode Description: Welcome to Call the Nurse!, the podcast where practical advice meets soul guidance from a nurse who’s seen it all. Hosted by Mindie, a critical care nurse with over 15 years of experience, this show dives deep…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Call the Nurse is your go-to podcast for practical advice and soul guidance from Mindie, a critical care nurse with 15+ years of experience. From navigating family dynamics and raising a neurodivergent child to setting boundaries and healing old wounds, Mindie brings real, raw, and relatable wisdom. You’ll walk away from each episode feeling inspired, empowered, and ready to tackle whatever life throws your way. Whether you’re searching for answers or just need a compassionate voice to guide you, Mindie is always on call. When life gets messy, sometimes you just have to Call the Nurse!
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