Scrubs in the Trenches

What a Truly Raw episode that shows how 2 Nurse Coaches from the 2 Nursing specialties that deal with the most death look at people's body's and soul's...  We may come from different backgrounds, but We can't help but see death more clearly than most.  And when a loved one is dying, who actually talks you through letting them go?Nobody. That's the problem.This is why I truly believe that people need a space to safely talk about End of Life Decision making because sometimes sons and daughters have a hard time dealing with Moma or Daddy’s inevitable ending and unfortunately it’s the person who's time on earth is up that’s suffering while the one’s fighting over the Life and Death decision feel like their killing Mama for letting the Natural occur…And the Feelings that people are experiencing aren’t the Problem, Your feelings are the Natural response for living in an Unnatural Environment… and by unnatural I mean that the normal dying process is not just all of a sudden being halted once you come through the ER and we slap a rubber hose up your nose…  NO , WE are systematically creating a landscape that I deem Pillgatory and we are using Chemistry and Technology to achieve it…NOW a DAYS We have a pill or injection that can alleviate almost any symptom but very rarely are we given anything that cures the ROOT CAUSE.  We also do studies to measure how many more years a studied individual may live but never does it reveal the Quality of those quote unquote EXTRA YEARS…So I want to start by making conversations around EVERYONE's inevitable Endings, well, I guess less painful for everyone.  So be on the lookout for my new app Enlightened Endings that's creating a community that can communicate around something REAL and Create True Communion.Stay tuned for more from your 3rd favorite Medical Podcast... Scrubs in the Trenches!!!Support the showThanks for listening!  To Find out more about Scrubs in the Trenches check out my website at www.scrubsintheTrenches.com and if you want to book a call to find out more about Nurse Coaching and how it can help you check me out at www.higherreflectioncoaching.com 

As I get closer to hosting my 1st Enlightened Endings Roundtable, I wanted to finally release this episode I recorded way back before my wife and I moved our family of 7 + 1dog into a new home...  It feels great to once again have the opportunity to highlight how different Nurse Coaches and Holistic Nurses are serving the world in unique and patient centered approaches.Jessica Ann was basically born a Nurse and spent a lot of time in the Hospice role so I think it's the perfect time to release this Episode prior to my Workshop/ Roundtable coming up on May 6th, 11:00am EST.  Most Nurses are Naturally Intuitive Beings, but Jess is Next Level and her Insights are Incredible so Enjoy this long over due episode and I hope to see you soon!Support the showThanks for listening!  To Find out more about Scrubs in the Trenches check out my website at www.scrubsintheTrenches.com and if you want to book a call to find out more about Nurse Coaching and how it can help you check me out at www.higherreflectioncoaching.com 

Here's my 1st official Medical Rap Song....  Hope y'all ready!!!Support the showThanks for listening!  To Find out more about Scrubs in the Trenches check out my website at www.scrubsintheTrenches.com and if you want to book a call to find out more about Nurse Coaching and how it can help you check me out at www.higherreflectioncoaching.com 

This was such a fun episode as I snuck into my wife's espresso prior to conducting this interview!!!This season is focusing on Medical professionals turned professional coach and Tiffany is definitely taking this new profession of Nurse Coaching and running with it!She is big into Somatic Healing and it was Pure Joy listening to her journey to becoming a Nurse Coach.So join us as we help you gain a better understanding into how Nurse Coaches are changing the World!!!Support the showThanks for listening!  To Find out more about Scrubs in the Trenches check out my website at www.scrubsintheTrenches.com and if you want to book a call to find out more about Nurse Coaching and how it can help you check me out at www.higherreflectioncoaching.com 

Join me as I host another Board Certified Nurse Coach Kathleen!!!  Like every episode from season 4 Racheal is a Medical Professional who is now a Professional Coach!Find out how she started her Nursing career and how her journey has led her to where she is now!  She uses her training to be a Holistic Nurse Coach Writer and like last weeks guest, helps people Heal through writing.So join Us as we share how there’s more to Nursing than just the Bedside…Support the showThanks for listening!  To Find out more about Scrubs in the Trenches check out my website at www.scrubsintheTrenches.com and if you want to book a call to find out more about Nurse Coaching and how it can help you check me out at www.higherreflectioncoaching.com 

Join me as I host a Board Certified Holistic Nurse and Nurse Coach Racheal Dick Plonka!!!  Like every episode from season 4 Racheal is a Medical Professional who is now a Professional Coach!Find out how she started her Nursing career and what happened to her during the pandemic that woke her up to Nurse Coaching.  I don’t go into these episodes planning on talking about the pandemic but so many Nurse Coaches had a crisis of identity during this time so it naturally comes up during our conversation.Hear about her program The Write Way to Heal and how she uses Somatic Writing to help heal her clients!  She also goes over Self Love and how her business and life has changed 💚I also have a writing session with her that I couldn’t help but have some fun with the silence 😁Support the showThanks for listening!  To Find out more about Scrubs in the Trenches check out my website at www.scrubsintheTrenches.com and if you want to book a call to find out more about Nurse Coaching and how it can help you check me out at www.higherreflectioncoaching.com 

I'm super excited to introduce another first time Podcast Guest, amazing Human Being, and Medical Professional now turned Professional Coach... Gabriel RN NC-BC!!!  She's  a Holistic Anxiety & Nervous System Coach that also shares a lot of similar medical conditions and genetic mutations as me and we had more in common than we realized than when we first started recording this episode...So hear how she fell into nursing in April of 2020 while the world was temporally losing its mind and what it was like to enter the nursing field in the middle of all that craziness!Thank you for listening and Find out more about what a Nurse Coach does and how they can help you 💚Support the showThanks for listening!  To Find out more about Scrubs in the Trenches check out my website at www.scrubsintheTrenches.com and if you want to book a call to find out more about Nurse Coaching and how it can help you check me out at www.higherreflectioncoaching.com 

After a week off for spring break your used to be 5th but now your 3rd favorite Medical Podcast is back!!!Join your host ICU Isaac and his latest Medical Professional turned Professional Coach Sammi NC-BC.  And still not sure how these Board Certified Nurse Coaches are helping people, well listen up to Sammi and how she helps mostly Medical Professionals deal with stress and burnout...As a former ICU RN herself Sammi understands the long hours and demanding work conditions because she's been in the Trenches and she's done the self work to be able to support others in a way that only Nurse Coaches can.So join me on another episode of Scrubs in the Trenches and Enjoy!!!Support the showThanks for listening!  To Find out more about Scrubs in the Trenches check out my website at www.scrubsintheTrenches.com and if you want to book a call to find out more about Nurse Coaching and how it can help you check me out at www.higherreflectioncoaching.com 

Happy April Fools!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!??!?!??!??!?!?This Episode is sooo Gooood because you can just see Kerri's Huge Heart from start to finish and she was a pleasure having on the show!!!Only problem was her internet went down in about the 38th minute or so and things get a little Darth...  HHHuuuuhhhhhhhhhSupport the showThanks for listening!  To Find out more about Scrubs in the Trenches check out my website at www.scrubsintheTrenches.com and if you want to book a call to find out more about Nurse Coaching and how it can help you check me out at www.higherreflectioncoaching.com 

A fairly new Nurse Coach and first time podcast guest Cicily NC-BC is opening up bout her journey into Nurse Coaching!  She, like a lot of Nurses in the medical profession, are getting back to our Florence Nightingale roots and trying to help people actually get HEALTHY!!!We talk about how even though we are trying to leave the MAN and his paycheck, we also appreciate our bedside role even more now that we have gone through this specific training.She’s passionate about a Mind, Body, Spirit approach that we feel is missing from the traditional medical model.  People hear Holistic and automatically think WooWoo crystal healing but Holistic really just means Whole.Her bedside nursing has mostly been on the cardiac floor and she’s bringing her heart centered approach into her coaching space!  Listen till the end of this episode to get a heart centered mindfulness session as well!!!Support the showThanks for listening!  To Find out more about Scrubs in the Trenches check out my website at www.scrubsintheTrenches.com and if you want to book a call to find out more about Nurse Coaching and how it can help you check me out at www.higherreflectioncoaching.com 

There's a bunch of Medical Professionals becoming Professional Coaches and RN's are the only Licensed Professional in any field that has a Board Certification in the Professional Coaching Industry!!!So what better way to know that the Coach that you are hiring is a real adult with actual Life experience in one of the most demanding fields out there... than to hire a RN NC-BC to help you on your own personal journey to Health and Growth!!!Megan has Nursed in some of the same areas as I have such as ICU and Cath Lab but really has a passion for technology.  She's part of a company developing an AI ring that can let you dip your toe (if that's where you where your rings) in the coaching world before you go out and hire a real life Coach.This is a juicy episode that lets you hear our Nurse Coaching influenced OPINIONS on Ozempic and the Pandemic  along with her passion for AI in the coaching space…She’s also the host of her own podcast “It’s your Story to Tell” so go check out her amazing work as well!!!You don't want to miss this potentially controversial episode (depending on how you feel about other people's opinions) or any of my other episodes this season that highlights the amazing people trying to make this World a better place.Be Blessed!!!Support the showThanks for listening!  To Find out more about Scrubs in the Trenches check out my website at www.scrubsintheTrenches.com and if you want to book a call to find out more about Nurse Coaching and how it can help you check me out at www.higherreflectioncoaching.com 

On this episode I go into the 3 different stages of Lyme and how my symptoms lined up with its progression.  Early localized Lyme is the first stage and the bacteria stay within the skin.Early disseminated or stage 2 of Lyme disease is when it has spread throughout your body and more serious complications begin to emerge.Stage 3 or Late disseminated Lyme is when the Lyme Bacteria has never been fully eradicated and will cause issues in cycles for the rest of your life if left untreated.I hope sharing my story can shine a little light and let people know that even if your not getting any better through traditional medicine, there are medical professionals who want to hear you and help heal you.I'm also advertising a new Unground Mushroom Coffee, If a more Robust Mushroom Coffee is what you are looking for then Shitakee Coffee may be right for you!!!Support the showThanks for listening!  To Find out more about Scrubs in the Trenches check out my website at www.scrubsintheTrenches.com and if you want to book a call to find out more about Nurse Coaching and how it can help you check me out at www.higherreflectioncoaching.com 

Since PhizaDerna pulled my sponsorship for the week you get to meet my Russian Reflection Ivan in the beginning of this episode and I quickly lock him back up before he gets me into Siri US trouble!!!In this episode I share my insights and how I believe the Borrelia bacteria works inside my body.  I don't only have the bacteria that causes Lyme but I also have tested positive for things like mycoplasma and Epstein Barr Virus.  I don't mind being walking Petri dish but mainstream medicine isn't really equipped to help people like myself.I highly recommend the Book Unlocking Lyme and go into the author's,Dr. Bill Rawles, theory on Stealth Microbes.  I see parallels between his journey and mine since we are both medical professionals that couldn't find help from mainstream medicine.  He also groups Fibromyalgia and Lyme under the same umbrella and I give my opinion on how hypocritical Western medicine is when dealing with a Fibromyalgia patient vs a Lyme pateint.I also give a brief history lesson on the term know as the Herx reaction and explain Syphilis and Borrelia are both spirochetes and how two dermatologist in the late 1800's treated Syphilis with Mercury.  It's interesting how their research has helped people understand whats happening to them after starting antibiotics with Lyme.Next I go into the Life cycle of Lyme and how its not beneficial for the bacteria to kill its host since it requires an infected tick to bite a host and then another tick needs to attach to the infected host before falling off and now being infected and ready to spread its Lyme Love...I also tell a short story from the Unlocking Lyme book about a iceman that was found preserved and in his cells and joint tissue were arthritic and positive for some type of spirochete bacteria.Spirochete bacteria are corkscrew shaped and are designed to drill and hide in tissues like the heart so its very crafty in staying hidden from Dr.'s and your immune system.  I currently use low dose doxycycline daily and don't claim that that's the best solution out there but it is a workable solution for me.It wouldn't surprise me if a lot of people that have health issues that aren't being addressed by Western medicine don't have some sort of stealth microbe or microbes that are affecting their Health and Wellbeing.So if you or anyone you know doesn't feel Heard or Seen by the Western Medical Model, then please reach out to me at [email protected] if I am not the best fit for your personal Health and Wellness needs, I promise to find the right Nurse Coach for your unique needs.  My personal experience with Lyme may be the support your need but if you need help in menopause or other health issues I can point you in the direction of a Nurse Coach that has extensive experience in that field.  Nurse Coaching is slowly building an army and the results are speaking for themselves.  Support the showThanks for listening!  To Find out more about Scrubs in the Trenches check out my website at www.scrubsintheTrenches.com and if you want to book a call to find out more about Nurse Coaching and how it can help you check me out at www.higherreflectioncoaching.com 

On this episode I talk about the different treatments I have used and my understanding of how they work against Lyme disease.  There's no one size fits all treatment plan that cures Lyme but I have found a few different treatments that have helped me maintain a Healthy Quality of Life that allows me to enjoy my family instead of feeling like a burden to them.Follow me as I go over how I.V. antibiotics, the Doug Coil Rife Machine, Herbal antibiotics, Anaerobic exercise, supplements, and proper diet have all played a role in allowing me to Live with Lyme.Also check out the latest Power couple move by Phizaderna and the FAD on the latest creation by your favorite corporate fascist...Support the showThanks for listening!  To Find out more about Scrubs in the Trenches check out my website at www.scrubsintheTrenches.com and if you want to book a call to find out more about Nurse Coaching and how it can help you check me out at www.higherreflectioncoaching.com 

In this episode I give a glimpse into how I started losing my own faith in the Western Medical Model after dealing with the confusion of being diagnosed with Lyme.  I share how even as a medical professional I wasn't equipped with the knowledge to be able to shake this chronic infection which wasn't even viewed as a chronic infection by the CDC when I was attacked by 3 Ticks in 2011...I began to realize that if I didn't have a flavor of disease that mainstream medicine acknowledged, then I would have a difficult time feeling better unless I took command of the situation myself.I briefly touch on the different healing treatment routes I used the first couple years of dealing with Lyme and I also tell you about one of the absurd things an Infectious Disease Dr. said I had to experience in order to receive IV antibiotics.  Needless to say I found a medical group that is no longer open that offered IV antibiotics for cash prices and I gladly paid them to feel better.I may be a little repetitive this episode since I recorded it unscripted but I wanted to practice telling experiences from my life to help others find Healing by just going within myself and sharing it from the Heart.  I don't claim to have any secret formula for healing Lyme but I have been able to find unconventional ways to keep myself Healthy enough to work enough hours and still have the Energy to enjoy the Time I have with my growing Family.So join me as I Share some of my experiences within the LYME LIGHT!!!Support the showThanks for listening!  To Find out more about Scrubs in the Trenches check out my website at www.scrubsintheTrenches.com and if you want to book a call to find out more about Nurse Coaching and how it can help you check me out at www.higherreflectioncoaching.com 

Amy Colombo Is A Board Certified Nurse Coach, Transformative Emotional Mastery Coach, EFT Practitioner And Single Mother To 3 Boys.  She Utilized The “Pause” Of The Pandemic To Deep Dive Into Her Own Healing Of Childhood Trauma, Depression & Rage.  This Changed Her Life And Led Her To Her Purpose & Calling.  She Has Since Resigned From Her 23 Year Career In Hospital Nursing And Now Coaches Nurse Coaches- People-Pleasers, Perfectionists And High-Achievers To Break Free Of Their Self-Sabotaging Patterns And Live A Life Of Confidence & Courage.  Amy’s Gift In Guiding Her Clients Deeply To Their Own Power Creates A Profound Transformation Like No Other.  Amy guided me through my first EFT session ever and it was quite the experience.Even though Nurse Coaches don't necessarily only work with other Nurses or Nurse Coaches, Amy mainly focuses on helping other Nurse Coaches find their calling and confidence in this growing field.Support the showThanks for listening!  To Find out more about Scrubs in the Trenches check out my website at www.scrubsintheTrenches.com and if you want to book a call to find out more about Nurse Coaching and how it can help you check me out at www.higherreflectioncoaching.com 

This Episode Highlights the growing profession of Nurse Coaching and interviews a Board Certified Holistic Nurse Coach Laura Alessio.  She is also trained in functional medicine and has a passion for Meditation as a healing tool.Laura will be the first of many Nurses being interviewed this season who have gotten into the profession of Nurse Coaching.  Nurse Coaching is still in its infancy stages but much like Therapy/Counseling in the 80's, the benefits received by individuals who work with Nurse Coaches are hard to ignore.So join Laura and I as we discuss the sequence of events that led us down our own personal Health journeys and forced us to think outside of the traditional medical box that failed us.Support the showThanks for listening!  To Find out more about Scrubs in the Trenches check out my website at www.scrubsintheTrenches.com and if you want to book a call to find out more about Nurse Coaching and how it can help you check me out at www.higherreflectioncoaching.com 

Hope y’all are ready for another Season of Scrubs in the Trenches!!!This season will focus on Medical Professionals turned professional Coaches and highlight the growing profession of Nurse Coaching…But before I do that I want to bring back on one of my favorite previous guest… PA Hope Cook!!!  She’s recently finished a book on Medical Burnout and brings some of the best perspectives that so many amazing Life Coaches like herself bring to working with their clients.Support the showThanks for listening!  To Find out more about Scrubs in the Trenches check out my website at www.scrubsintheTrenches.com and if you want to book a call to find out more about Nurse Coaching and how it can help you check me out at www.higherreflectioncoaching.com 

Finally!!!  A episode that has ALL of the best commercials from the company that made all of this possible... PhyzaDerna!!! Hope y’all are ready for another Season of Scrubs in the Trenches!!!This season will focus on Medical Professionals turned professional Coaches and highlight the growing profession of Nurse Coaching…And since I want to bring Focus to my Podcast this is last call to check out my previous episodes that don't focus on Medical Professionals turned Professional Coaches. Previous episodes will soon only be available through my Patreon page that will easily be found on my New and Improved Scrubs in the Trenches website coming at the beginning of March 2025!!!And if you are curious to find more episodes of Scrubs in the Trenches or want to  listen to the Origins of my Podcast then go to my Patreon page and find the Covid Chronicles when things were getting really weird inside of hospital walls around the end of 2021…Enjoy the Season 4 Teaser and be on the lookout for NEW EPISODES COMING SOON!!!Support the showThanks for listening!  To Find out more about Scrubs in the Trenches check out my website at www.scrubsintheTrenches.com and if you want to book a call to find out more about Nurse Coaching and how it can help you check me out at www.higherreflectioncoaching.com 

I'm going to spend this season laying out my passion for helping people feel empowered by their Medical and Personal Health choices.  I became a Board Certified Nurse Coach last year and I have to admit, it's a little confusing understanding exactly what a Nurse can offer you outside the traditional medical model.  I'm excited to bring some clarity on the profession of Nurse Coaching by diving into the profession of Life Coaching a little bit. This season is going to get straight to the point and deliver you an entertaining perspective on what's really happening inside our complex medical machine.  And even though I might touch on some Heavy topics such as dying, I'll always STRIVE to help you THIRVE!  So give me around 10-15 minutes every week to bring some JOY into YOUR LIFE...Support the showThanks for listening!  To Find out more about Scrubs in the Trenches check out my website at www.scrubsintheTrenches.com and if you want to book a call to find out more about Nurse Coaching and how it can help you check me out at www.higherreflectioncoaching.com 

I'm super excited to have long time friend Owen Hunt joining me on the show and sharing some of his insights into the coaching world.  I'm currently on a journey to understand more about the profession of coaching while I myself am training to become board certified in nurse coaching and holistic nursing.  I worked with Owen after his training in becoming a Life Coach and without him your favorite podcast wouldn't be here today, wink wink.  But seriously, most of us talk a big game but rarely do we actually take the steps necessary to follow our passion.  Nurse Coaching can get you from where you are to where you want to be healthwise through accountability, support, and by leveraging what's really important to find personal purpose to motivate you to make better lifestyle choices.Owen was gracious enough to allow me to be one of my practicum patients for nurse coaching.  I appreciate his growth mindset and really allowing me to dive deep into the Nurse Coaching modality of healing.  If you enjoy today's episode please check out Owen's Blue Collar Mystics content all overs the Internets! Support the showThanks for listening!  To Find out more about Scrubs in the Trenches check out my website at www.scrubsintheTrenches.com and if you want to book a call to find out more about Nurse Coaching and how it can help you check me out at www.higherreflectioncoaching.com 

This episode dives into the coaching world and gives the listener an inside look into coaching.  I'm super excited to be able to sit down with my former Dermatology PA Hope Cook and discuss her career choice to cut back on PA hours and focus on working with clients as a Life Coach!  It is the perfect time for me to talk about this topic since I'm currently working on my Practicum to become board certified in Nurse Coaching.  I have felt really aligned with the principles presented to me thus far and it was nice to sit down with Hope and get an inside look into her journey to coaching.I really enjoyed recording this episode and learning some coaching tools from my amazing guest who has her own Podcast, Recharting your Life with Hope!Support the showThanks for listening!  To Find out more about Scrubs in the Trenches check out my website at www.scrubsintheTrenches.com and if you want to book a call to find out more about Nurse Coaching and how it can help you check me out at www.higherreflectioncoaching.com 

I sit down with Nurse Practitioner Barbara Pruitt to get an inside look at what exactly Palliative Care services provide for the patients and their loved ones.  From Goals of Care for chronic conditions, to coordinating getting people Home with Hospice, providing them an opportunity to pass on to the other side surrounded by loved ones with the tools and resources to minimize pain and suffering at the inevitable end, Palliative Care really does a little bit of everything.  I’m grateful to Barbara for coming on the show to share her experiences both Professional and Personal to help shine a light on what’s really important in both Life and Death.Support the showThanks for listening!  To Find out more about Scrubs in the Trenches check out my website at www.scrubsintheTrenches.com and if you want to book a call to find out more about Nurse Coaching and how it can help you check me out at www.higherreflectioncoaching.com 

I sit down with RN Tyler and we share some of the experiences we have had working within the Hospital system.  Crazy things happen within hospital walls and Tyler did a great job explaining the absurdness that we bear witness to every day we show up to work.This episode was a lot of fun to make and big Thanks to Tyler and Owen for making this episode possible💚Support the showThanks for listening!  To Find out more about Scrubs in the Trenches check out my website at www.scrubsintheTrenches.com and if you want to book a call to find out more about Nurse Coaching and how it can help you check me out at www.higherreflectioncoaching.com