Episodes
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Trusted Voices, Proven Care: Why the Nurse Practitioner Profession Matters More Than Ever | NP Week Special
What does it really mean to be a Nurse Practitioner? It's more than earning advanced credentials, carrying a new title, or reaching another career milestone. It's about making critical decisions, expanding access to quality healthcare, changing lives, and becoming a trusted voice when patients…
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🇵🇭🇺🇸 Rooted in Heritage. Driven by Purpose. Transforming Care
As we close Filipino American History Month, Mindful Moments celebrates the stories of Filipino nurse practitioners and healthcare leaders whose journeys reflect resilience, compassion, and the power of purpose. From starting over in a new country to breaking barriers in mental health, nursing...
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Beyond Symptoms: The Next Frontier in Psychiatric Care
What does meaningful recovery look like beyond symptom reduction? And how can psychiatric care better address the challenges that affect a person's everyday life? In this episode of Mindful Moments with Pedro Morante, host Pedro Morante, DNP, PMHNP-BC, welcomes Justin Ray, MSN, PMHNP-BC—a...
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Nurse Practitioners Are MORE Than You Think! Mindful Moments
Nurse practitioners are MORE than you think. And their impact goes far beyond the exam room. They challenge misconceptions, expand access to care, amplify the voices of those who need to be heard, and change lives in ways that often go unseen. Here on Mindful Moments with Pedro Morante, we’ve had...
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Leading Beyond the Title: Dr. Valerie Fuller on Nursing, Leadership & the Future of NPs
What makes a leader? Is it the title you hold, the credentials after your name, or the difference you choose to make? On this special episode of Mindful Moments with Pedro Morante, we welcome Dr. Valerie Fuller, President of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners® (AANP), for an…
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The Heart Behind the Nurse: A Conversation with Dr. Selena Gilles
What does it really mean to care for others—and how do we make sure we don’t lose ourselves in the process? On this episode of Mindful Moments with Pedro Morante, we sit down with Dr. Selena Gilles, a Practice Professor and Associate Dean at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, nurse...
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Pinoy DNA Module 2: Filipino Heritage, Culture, and Genomic Diversity
🇵🇭 What does it really mean to have “Pinoy DNA”? Being Filipino isn’t a one-size-fits-all story. In this episode of Mindful Moments with Pedro Morante, we continue our Pinoy DNA educational series with Dr. Maria Reila Molina, exploring Filipino genetics, genomics, and what our DNA can—and...
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You Don’t Practice Alone: The Power of Mentorship, Networking & Community in Mental Health | Dr. Daniel Wesemann
What does it really take to build a meaningful and sustainable career in mental health? In this episode of Mindful Moments with Dr. Pedro Morante, we sit down with Dr. Daniel Wesemann, psychiatric mental-health nurse practitioner, clinical social worker, educator, leader, and host of Peplau’s...
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Beyond the Clinic: Building a Business, a Brand & a Legacy in Mental Health
Join the Learn at Pinnacle app to earn FREE CE/CME credit for listening to this episode! What does it really take to build a meaningful career in mental health—one that goes beyond treating patients? On this episode of Mindful Moments with Pedro Morante, Pedro sits down with Dr. Gabrielle…
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🧬 Pinoy DNA: Precision Health. Innovation. Nursing. Omics. Your Discovery, Networking & Advancement.
What can our DNA—and our family history—tell us about who we are and how we care for our health? In this special Mindful Moments conversation, Dr. Maria R. Molina and Dr. Pedro E. Morante explore Pinoy DNA, genomics, family health history, and the future of precision health—and why understanding...
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Speak Up, Start Now: Finding Your Voice When You Don’t Feel Ready | Mindful Moments with Rosa Hart
What keeps us from speaking up—even when we know we have something valuable to say? In this episode of Mindful Moments, we sit down with Rosa Hart, Stroke Certified Registered Nurse, author, podcaster, speaker, and healthcare media consultant, for a powerful conversation about finding your voice...
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Beyond Success: Finding Purpose Through Faith, Growth, and Life's Challenges | Mindful Moments with Lorena Frey
What does it truly mean to live a successful and fulfilling life? Is it about the career we build, the goals we achieve, or something deeper? On this episode of Mindful Moments, Pedro Morante welcomes Lorena Frey, entrepreneur and real estate professional, for a meaningful conversation about...
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The Power of A Nurse's Voice: Advocacy, Mental Health, and the Future of Influence with Lucky Longoria
What does it mean to use your voice to create meaningful change? In this inspiring episode of Mindful Moments, Pedro Morante sits down with nurse, advocate, writer, activist, and proud Tia Lucky Longoria to explore the power of advocacy, storytelling, mental health, and leadership in today's...
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From Nurse Practitioner to Executive Leader: Shaping the Future of Advanced Practice
What does it take to go from caring for patients at the bedside to leading healthcare transformation at the executive level? In this inspiring episode of Mindful Moments, Dr. Pedro Morante sits down with Michelle Duane, a respected nurse practitioner, healthcare executive, mentor, and leader…
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Building a Psychiatric Career You Don't Need to Escape From
Building a Psychiatric Career You Don't Need to Escape From Planting Seeds for Better Mental Health 🌱 What does it take to build a career in psychiatry that is both meaningful and sustainable? In this episode of Mindful Moments, we kick off Year 2 with Paige Oliver, a dual board-certified...
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We're Training Excellent Nurse Practitioners—But at What Cost?
Behind every healthcare professional is a human being. As healthcare systems face increasing demands, we're training exceptional nurse practitioners to meet the needs of tomorrow—but are we doing enough to protect the wellbeing of the people we're preparing to serve? In this powerful episode of...
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Leading with Purpose: Preparing Globally Competitive and Mentally Resilient Filipino Nurses
In this powerful episode of Mindful Moments with Pedro Morante, host and nurse leader Pedro Morante welcomes Dr. Jordan H. Llego, RN, MSN, PhD, LPT, Dean and Full Professor of the College of Nursing and Midwifery at the University of Luzon in Dagupan City, Philippines. Together, they explore what...
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🎙️ Mindful Moments | The Missing Vital Sign: Connection, Mental Health & the Loneliness Crisis in Healthcare
What if one of the most important vital signs isn't measured in the clinic? In this powerful episode of Mindful Moments, host Pedro Morante, DNP, PMHNP-BC sits down with Dr. Chrystene Nguyen, Family & Lifestyle Medicine Physician, entrepreneur, and founder of White Coat Romance and White Coat...
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🌈 Nurses Out Loud: Pride, Purpose & LGBTQ+ Advocacy | Mindful Moments
As we close out Pride Month, we celebrate the voices that are shaping a more compassionate, inclusive future for nursing and healthcare. In this special episode of Mindful Moments: Nurses Out Loud, host Pedro Morante is joined by an inspiring panel of LGBTQ+ nurse leaders and advocates—Benjamin...
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Behind the Spotlight: A Conversation on Men’s Mental Health and Fatherhood with MJ Racadio
What does strength really look like for men today? In this special Men’s Mental Health Awareness Month and Father’s Day episode of Mindful Moments, Pedro Morante sits down with multimedia personality, podcaster, author, and new dad MJ Racadio for an honest conversation about mental health,...
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Who Am I Beyond the Scrubs? A Journey from Bedside Nursing to Healthcare Innovation
Who are you beyond the title, the credentials, and the role you play every day? In this episode of Mindful Moments, Pedro Morante sits down with Joseph de Veyra for a powerful conversation about identity, resilience, leadership, and what it means to continually reinvent yourself without losing...
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Who Gets to Care? The Fight for Mental Health Access in Georgia
What happens when qualified mental health providers are ready to help—but the system won't let them? In this powerful episode of Mindful Moments, host Pedro Morante sits down with award-winning holistic psychiatric nurse practitioner Dr. Joanne Patterson and author, entrepreneur, and motivational...
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Making Nursing Bold Again: Confronting Bullying, Burnout, and the Future of Nursing
As we close out National Nurses Month, this episode of Mindful Moments highlights the voices helping reshape the future of healthcare — nurses who are speaking up, advocating for change, and bringing humanity back into the profession. In this powerful conversation, Pedro Morante sits down with...
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Healing the Healers: Mental Health, Nursing & Resilience in Today’s World
In honor of National Nurses Month and Mental Health Awareness Month, this episode of Mindful Moments opens an important and heartfelt conversation about the emotional realities healthcare professionals face every day and why caring for caregivers has never been more important. Joining us is...
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From Survival Mode to Authentic Living: Grief, Purpose, and Mental Health in Modern Healthcare
In this powerful and deeply human conversation, we’re joined by Dr. Dwayne Alleyne, Acute Care Nurse Practitioner and Independent Legal Nurse Consultant with over 20 years of experience in critical care, hospital medicine, and legal consulting. As healthcare continues to navigate burnout, moral...
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Nurses Week Special “Still Becoming: From Bedside to Boards to PMHNP”
In celebration of Nurses Week and Mental Health Awareness Month, this special episode of Mindful Moments brings together an intimate and reflective conversation on what it truly means to grow in the nursing profession. Joined by host Peter Morante and his former students, Tejon Woods and Ledi...
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From Lived Experience to Published Truth
What does it take to turn lived experience into meaningful change—and ultimately, into published truth? In this powerful episode of Mindful Moments, we sit down with Michelle DeCoux Hampton, RN, PhD—nurse leader, educator, and advocate for health equity—to explore how nursing goes far beyond the...
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Grief at 12, Strength for Life: A Story of Resilience
What happens when loss comes too early—and how does it shape the person you become? In this deeply moving episode of Mindful Moments with Pedro Morante, we sit down with Dr. Jonathan Gapilango—award-winning nurse leader, educator, oncology expert, and Fellow of the New York Academy of…
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Not Your Average Nurse: Confidence, Resilience, and Rewriting the Rules
In this episode of Mindful Moments, we sit down with Dr. Farah Laurent — nurse, career coach, and mentor — to explore what it truly means to break the nursing script. From facing bullying and self-doubt in her early nursing journey to becoming a voice for confidence, resilience, and career...
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From the Philippines to Global Impact: Jaypee Landingin's Leadership with Presence
What does leadership really look like when no one is watching? In this episode of Mindful Moments, we sit down with Jaypee Landingin, RN, MN—a Senior Nurse Leader, educator, and global nursing advocate whose journey spans from the Philippines to leading hospital operations in Australia. But this...
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How Artificial Intelligence Could Change the Future of Mental Health
In this episode of Mindful Moments, we explore a question that doesn’t get asked enough: Why has mental health fallen behind in medical innovation—while fields like cancer care continue to rapidly advance? Joining us is Erwin Estigarribia, CEO of Headlamp Health and a healthcare technology leader...
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Kabalikat: You Don’t Have to Carry It Alone
Kabalikat: You Don’t Have to Carry It Alone The Story of KEWP and the Emotional Wellness Movement for Filipino Nurses In this episode of Mindful Moments with Dr. Pedro Morante, we sit down with Dr. Riza Mauricio, the driving force behind the PNAA Kabalikat Emotional Wellness Program (KEWP). Born...
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Building a Practice That Travels With You: Freedom, AI, and Therapy
What if your therapy practice didn’t have to tie you to one place—or burn you out? In this episode of Mindful Moments, we sit down with Kym Tolson, LCSW, CSAC—therapist, digital nomad, and founder of The Traveling Therapist—to explore how AI and innovation are transforming the way therapists…
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Redefining Life, Resilience, and Healing: A Single Mother’s Journey to Love, Growth, and Purpose
In this deeply moving episode of Mindful Moments, we sit down with Anna Ruby Maramba, a nurse manager, mother of two, and woman whose life story is a testament to resilience and reinvention. Anna Ruby opens up about the childhood trauma of losing her mother at just four years old and how growing…
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Seen, Heard, Leading: The Transformative Vision of Dr. Danielle McCamey
In this episode of Mindful Moments, we sit down with Dr. Danielle McCamey, nurse leader, mentor, and founder of DNPs of Color, for a heartfelt conversation about leadership, mentorship, and the power of creating spaces where others can thrive. With more than 20 years in nursing and over a decade…
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Holding It All Together: Rural Health Nurse, Mom, Leader
What does it really mean to hold it all together? In this episode of Mindful Moments, we sit down with Marilyn Doster, Nurse Practitioner and President of the Philippine Nurses Association of Colorado, for a heartfelt and honest conversation about life beyond the title. From the realities of…
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Eating Disorders Beyond the Stereotype | You Don’t Have to Look Sick to Be Struggling
When people think about eating disorders, there’s often a certain image that comes to mind—someone very thin, visibly struggling, and easy to recognize. But the truth is, many people who are struggling don’t look that way at all. In this episode of Mindful Moments, we sit down with eating…
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LOVE IN THE ER: Identity, Advocacy & Finding Love on the Frontline
This February on Mindful Moments, we’re celebrating love—not just the kind we see in grand gestures, but the kind that shows up in quiet understanding, shared purpose, and choosing each other even after the hardest shifts. In this special Love Month episode, we sit down with Luis Caso Vega and...
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From the ED to Executive Leadership: Carving Your Own Nursing Path with Rayne Soriano
What does it really take to grow from surviving the Emergency Department to leading at the executive level—without losing yourself along the way? In this episode of Mindful Moments, we sit down with Dr. Rayne Soriano for an honest, reflective conversation about mental health, leadership…
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Holding Space & Making History | Black History Month Special
In this special Black History Month episode of Mindful Moments, we are honored to sit down with Dr. Anyi Atabong—a doctorally prepared, dual board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health and Family Nurse Practitioner, educator, community leader, and advocate for culturally affirming mental health…
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Bold Notes: Garth Garcia on Family, Music, and Building Dreams
What happens when music, caregiving, fatherhood, and entrepreneurship collide? In this powerful episode of Mindful Moments, we sit down with Garth Garcia—musician, founder of Doctors on The Go, caregiver-turned-entrepreneur, and devoted father—for a conversation that goes far beyond the stage....
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Bridging Cultures, Breaking Stigma: A Mental Health Conversation with Dr. Williams
Bridging Cultures, Breaking Stigma features an open and refreshing conversation with Dr. Michael Williams, APRN, DNP—a bilingual Internal Medicine and HIV-PrEP specialist, educator, and community advocate. Dr. Williams begins by candidly sharing that nursing wasn’t always a clear path for him.…
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Rewiring Hope: Healing, TMS, and Building Better Mental Health Care
In this episode of Mindful Moments, we sit down with Robbie Westermann, PMHNP, DNP—clinician, innovator, and entrepreneur—for an honest and deeply human conversation about healing, resilience, and reimagining mental health care. Dr. Robbie opens up about his own journey through addiction and...
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From Cocoon to Clarity: A Mindful Conversation on Healing, Transformation, and Conscious Love
We open 2026 with this deeply human episode of Mindful Moments, we sit with Celeste Friedman—author, entrepreneur, and film producer—for an honest conversation about what it truly means to heal. Celeste opens up about her journey through depression, seeking support through medication, and...
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Crossing Oceans, Rebuilding the Self with Kim Delos Santos
What happens when the life you once knew no longer fits—and you’re asked to begin again? In this powerful episode of Mindful Moments, we sit down with Kim Delos Santos, a former Philippine actress who crossed oceans after heartbreak, navigated body image struggles shaped by life in the public…
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Emotional Intelligence in Practice: Elevating Clinical Competence and Leadership in Nursing with Dr. Tracy Hicks
In this powerful Mindful Moments episode, we sit down with Dr. Tracy Hicks — President of Texas Nurse Practitioners, Associate Professor at the University of Texas at Tyler, Doctor of Nursing Practice, national board leader, and advocate for inclusive, equitable healthcare. Together, we explore…
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Calming the Body, Naming the Feeling — with Dr. Sonia Luckey
In this Mindful Moments episode, Dr. Sonia Luckey helps us understand two powerful practices that anyone can start today: calming the body through simple coherence techniques, and naming our emotions to create clarity and inner safety. We explore why the heart and mind sync when we slow down, why...
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Equity in Action: Racism, Mental Wellness, and Leadership for All Communities
In this powerful episode of Mindful Moments, Dr. Peter Morante sits down with Dr. Sheldon D. Fields — Associate Dean for Equity and Inclusion at Penn State Nese College of Nursing and President of the National Black Nurses Association — for a raw and timely conversation on equity, leadership, and...
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Finding Fortitude: Music, Mental Health, and the Power of Authentic Representation
In this powerful episode of Mindful Moments with Pedro, we sit down with Ranella Ferrer—award-winning singer, FilAm trailblazer, and widely known as The National Anthem Queen. From performing on iconic stages across America to becoming a voice for the voiceless, Ranella opens up about the…
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Beyond the Spotlight: Billy Crawford on Fame, Faith, and Finding His Light
In this deeply personal episode of Mindful Moments, world-class performer and the Voice Kids Philippines coach Billy Crawford steps out from behind the spotlight and shares a raw, honest look at the battles he once hid from the world. From global fame to silent struggles, Billy opens up about his...