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Your Nurse Voice Matters
by Wendy Trevarthen
Feeling the Pressure? Wondering what’s next for your nursing career?Take 20 minutes to be inspired and empowered!Welcome to a podcast designed for nurses like you—navigating challenges, seeking fulfillment, and exploring new opportunities. You’ll hear real stories from nurses across diverse fields who’ve faced the ups and downs of this demanding profession and come out stronger.We’ll also feature experts sharing practical tips to help you prioritize your well-being and thrive in your career. This is a raw, unfiltered space for nurse advocacy and meaningful change.Don’t just listen—join a movement to reshape what it means to be a nurse.Your journey starts here. Tune in today!
Episodes
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Episode 39 - Jodie Moar - Nursing, Storytelling and Parenting Through Big Emotions
In this episode of Your Nurse Voice Matters, Wendy Trevarthen welcomes paediatric nurse, children’s author and parenting support coach Jodie Moar. Jodie helps parents understand their child’s brain, behaviour and big emotions, offering calm, practical support to navigate everyday parenting...
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Episode 37 - Wendy Trevarthen - Dear Nurse Me, Reflections - A Passionate Purpose
In this solo episode of Your Nurse Voice Matters, I take you back to where my nursing writing journey began with my first nursing book, Dear Nurse Me: Reflections. The book brought together six experienced nurses, each sharing their own stories and perspectives on something I felt nursing was at...
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Episode 36 - Sally Foley - Lewis - Like a burger, the best is in the Middle!
🍔 Middle management is one of the toughest jobs in nursing... but it can also be the most influential. Middle managers are often described as the "meat in the sandwich"—caught between the expectations of senior leaders and the realities of frontline staff. In this engaging episode of Your Nurse...
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Episode 35 - Wendy Trevarthen - MidLife Mojo - You're 50 Cut the Crap!
In this special solo episode of Your Nurse Voice Matters, I take you back to where it all began by reading the introduction and first chapter of my first book, MidLife Mojo: You're 50, Cut the Crap. Inspired by my own journey as a nurse, my family's experiences with illness, and my personal...
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Episode 34 B Alicia Hyland - The Midwifery Mafia
⚠️ Trigger Warning: This episode discusses workplace bullying, psychological injury, suicide, mental health, patient safety, whistleblowing and systemic challenges within healthcare. In Part Two of this powerful conversation, Alicia Hyland continues sharing the deeply personal impact that…
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Episode 34 A Alicia Hyland - The Midwifery Mafia
What shapes a healthcare professional who refuses to stay silent when patient safety and workplace culture are at stake? In this first episode of a compelling two-part conversation, Wendy sits down with experienced midwife and healthcare leader Alicia Hyland, whose career has taken her from…
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Episode 33 – Ella King -Standing Firm: A Nurse's Journey Through C%$ID -19 Mandates and Career Loss
What happens when your professional values, personal convictions, and career collide? In this powerful and deeply personal episode of Your Nurse Voice Matters, Wendy Trevarthen sits down with registered nurse Ella King to discuss her extraordinary nursing journey—from securing a graduate position...
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Episode 32 - Helen Zahos - What Nurses See in War Zones: Helen Zahos Shares the Reality
In this powerful episode of Your Nurse Voice Matters, Wendy Trevarthen sits down with emergency nurse, paramedic, humanitarian volunteer, and PhD candidate Helen Zahos to explore what it truly means to serve on the front line of global disasters and humanitarian crises. From the Bali bombings and...
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Episode 31 - Alan Ramsey - Finding Your Voice In A Broken Healthcare System
In this powerful episode of Your Nurse Voice Matters, Wendy sits down with nurse academic, researcher, and advocate Alan Ramsay for a confronting and deeply honest conversation about the realities of modern nursing. Alan challenges the idea that nurses need more resilience training, wellness...
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Episode 30 - Anne Jones - One Voice Against the System: A Nurse’s Fight
Some nursing experiences aren’t just experiences… they’re wake-up calls. ⚠️ (Warning: this may trigger some listeners. If this affects you, seek trusted, professional support.) What happens when a nurse does the right thing—and everything falls apart? When speaking up leads to isolation,...
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Episode 29 Kylie Long - How Kylie Built a Second Career Without Letting Go of Her First
In this episode of Your Nurse Voice Matters, Wendy sits down with Registered Nurse and Workplace Health & Safety expert Kylie Long to explore what it truly means to expand your nursing career — without walking away from it. With over 30 years of experience in cardiac and emergency nursing, Kylie...
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Episode 28 - Wendy Trevarthen - Nursing career paths; options that are not mainstream.
Are you feeling stuck in your nursing career… or wondering what else is out there? In this eye-opening episode of Your Nurse Voice Matters, Wendy Trevarthen dives into the world of non-traditional nursing roles—and there are far more opportunities than you might think. From digital health and...
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Episode 27 Rob Timmings - Are we caring for each other enough?
In this powerful and honest conversation, Wendy sits down with Nurse Rob Timmings — known to many as Nurse Rob from ECT4Health — a nurse educator with 37 years of experience spanning ICU, emergency, flight retrieval, rural and remote nursing, hyperbaric medicine, and now international nurse...
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Episode 26 Wendy Trevarthen - The Hidden Cost of Staying Too Long & When Frustration Signals Growth.
In this powerful two-part solo series on Your Nurse Voice Matters, Wendy explores two closely connected themes that many nurses experience but rarely pause to examine: the hidden costs of staying in the same role too long, and how frustration can actually be a signal for growth. In the first...
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Episode 25 Toni Hoffman - Her journey with patient advocacy - The Dr. Death/Patel nightmare.
Trigger Warning: This episode discusses patient harm, medical misconduct, death, and systemic failures within healthcare. Some listeners may find the content distressing. Please take care while listening and seek professional support if needed. In this powerful and confronting episode of Your…
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Episode 24 Wendy Trevarthen Is this all there is? Let's explore Role Stagnation
Many nurses reach a point in their career where they quietly ask, “Is this all there is?” And yet, they often carry guilt for even thinking it. In this episode of Your Nurse Voice Matters, I continue the nursing application and career mindset series by unpacking career restlessness — particularly...
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Episode 23 - Wendy Trevarthen - Part 1 Outgrown your role, Part 2. Bullying or Misalignment/
🎙️ In this solo episode, Wendy brings together two powerful live recordings from the Your Nurse Voice Matters (previously known as Healthy Options Now) Facebook group to explore a question many nurses quietly ask themselves: Is this burnout, or have I outgrown my role? In the first half, Wendy...
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Episode 22 - Dr. Sue Gledhill - A Nurse's Unstoppable Journey
In this inspiring episode of Your Nurse Voice Matters, host Wendy Trevarthen speaks with Dr. Sue Gledhill, registered nurse, midwife, academic, researcher, community volunteer, and lifelong learner. Sue shares her extraordinary journey, beginning with a turbulent childhood and no high-school...
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Episode 21 - Wendy Trevarthen and Natasa Denman - From Nursing to Sales - It's Not Icky!
After 36 years as a Registered Nurse, I never imagined my path would lead to helping aspiring authors bring their stories to life 📚. My journey with Ultimate 48 Hour Author began back in 2018, when I published my very first book with the amazing Natasa Denman. Since then, I’ve gone on to publish...
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Episode 20 - Kerri Anne Dooley - When nursing experience meets politics, real change happens
In this inspiring episode of Your Nurse Voice Matters, host Wendy Trevarthen sits down with Kerri Anne Dooley, Member of Parliament for Redcliffe and CEO of MyCare Enterprises. With a career spanning decades in nursing, community care, and palliative services, Kerri Anne shares her remarkable...
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Episode 19 - Kelli Zakharoff - The MidWife Crisis - Trust to Trauma
In this powerful and deeply personal conversation, I sit down with home birth midwife Kelly Zarkaroff to explore the challenges, heartbreak, and resilience that come with working in one of healthcare’s most demanding roles. Kelly opens up about a critical moment in her career—losing a baby during…
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Episode 18 Tammy Copley - Standing Up Against Bullying in Nursing
In this episode of Your Nurse Voice Matters, Wendy Trevarthen sits down with Tammy Copley, a nurse and midwife with 44 years of experience across hospitals, communities, universities, and leadership roles. Tammy is also the founder of Nurses and Midwives Against Bullying Australia, and together...
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Episode 17 Wendy Trevarthen - Ageism in Nursing: Respect Across Generations
In this episode of Your Nurse Voice Matters, Wendy Trevarthen takes on the important and often unspoken topic of ageism in nursing. Drawing on her own career experience, Wendy explores how age-related assumptions can impact both younger and older nurses, sometimes in subtle but damaging ways....
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Episode 16 – Marianne Hyness - Psychological Safety, Power Dynamics, and Respect in Nursing
This episode features Marianne, the founder and CEO of Quantum Leap Global, an organization she created in 2020 to transform how individuals and teams thrive through psychological safety 🌱. With over 20 years in large corporations—rising from office junior to COO—Marianne brings deep expertise…
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🎙️ Episode 15 Di Riddell - Confidence, Courage, Stories, and Nursing Wisdom 🎙️
This week, I’m thrilled to introduce the incredible Di Riddell — confidence coach, speaker, author, and proud retired nurse. With a career spanning decades, Di brings heart, humour, and wisdom to our conversation about nursing then and now. ✨ Key takeaways from our chat: Nursing in the '60s was...
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Episode 14 – Joanne Glover - Leadership. Fast Clarity, Real Impact
In this high-value episode, we chat with Joanne Glover —a senior management executive with a powerful story and a clear passion for supporting nurses. Jo breaks down big leadership lessons into fast, relatable insights that will shift your thinking. You'll hear about: The defining moment that...
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Episode 13 - Joff Ylarde. Beyond Burnout. Health, Courage, and Taking Control
Burnout, shift work, metabolic chaos—sound familiar? In this eye-opening episode of Your Nurse Voice Matters, we chat with RN and health coach Joff Ylarde, who takes us behind the scrubs and into the heart of a personal health transformation. Jof shares the raw reality of being a nurse who gave...
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Episode 12 - Sue Cosgrove. Leading with Heart. Unfolding a nursing legacy.
In this inspiring episode, we sit down with Sue Cosgrove—a nurse whose leadership journey began not in a boardroom, but in the heart of her rural community. With decades of experience across clinical care and executive roles, Sue shares how values like compassion, advocacy, and connection have...
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Episode 11 - Kylie Craven. Raw, Real, Resilient Leadership
In this powerful episode, we meet Kylie Craven—The Real and Raw Nurse Mentor—whose journey from burnout to breakthrough is nothing short of inspiring. From failing high school to becoming a respected clinical leader in fast-paced emergency departments, Kylie's path proves that where you start...
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Episode 10 Wendy Trevarthen - It takes Courage to be a Nurse
In this final episode of the current series of Your Nurse Voice Matters, Wendy reflects on the courageous stories shared by guests throughout the season. Episodes covered topics from personal transitions, burnout recovery, and wellness advocacy, to advancing nursing roles and addressing…
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Episode 9 - Sandi Hadden - Journey to Nurse Practitioner/Advocate for Voluntary Assisted Dying/Patient Choice
Sandi Hadden’s Journey to Nurse Practitioner & Advocacy for Voluntary Assisted Dying, Courage, Palliative Care, and Advocating for Patient Choice. In this episode, we sit down with Sandi, a dedicated Nurse Practitioner specializing in Aged and Palliative Care. Sandi takes us through her inspiring...
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Episode 8 Celeste Cleary - Thriving in Work and Life, Boost Well-Being, Build Resilience, and Thrive at Work
Are you feeling overwhelmed, burnt out, or struggling to find balance in your work and life? In this episode, we sit down with Celeste Cleary, a powerhouse in emotional intelligence, well-being, and workplace transformation. With over 30 years of experience as a Registered Nurse and health coach...
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Episode 7 - John Rosenberg - Compassion and Connection
Welcome to today’s episode, where we dive into the heart of nursing—compassion and connection. I’m Wendy Trevarthen, and joining me is the incredible John Rosenberg, a nursing leader whose career has been defined by his deep commitment to caring for others, through direct clinical work, research...
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Episode 6 - Toni Simpson - A Lifelong Advocate for Dementia Care – Toni’s Story
With over 40 years in nursing, Toni has dedicated her career to improving care for older adults and people living with dementia. As the first Nurse Practitioner in Aged Care and Delirium within the acute hospital system, she pioneered new ways to support some of the most vulnerable patients. From...
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Episode 5 - Claire Kelly - Tranisitioning Life after Cancer
Claire Kelly is a highly experienced specialist cancer nurse, HCANZA Accredited Health & Wellness Coach, and Cancer Wellness Coach's founder. With over 3 decades of clinical experience, specialising in cancer, women’s health, and evidence-based health and wellness. With an extensive career in...
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Episode 4 - Christine Boucher - Wellness Worx
Christine Boucher spent over 20 years working in the healthcare industry as a Registered Nurse, specialising in Cardio-thoracic Intensive Care, travelling internationally working in England, France and the USA. Transitioning from nurse to health coach she is the CEO of her company Wellness Worx,...
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Episode 3 Michelle Gordon - From Burnout to Thriving
Michelle is a registered nurse with almost 3 decades of experience in Australia's busiest emergency and critical care units. Alongside her demanding career, she faced the challenges of managing a new family business and raising three young children, which brought about stress and anxiety.…
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Episode 2 Anne James -The Heart of Transition. Reflections from a Nurse's Journey
Join host Wendy Trevathan from Brisbane, Australia, on 'Your Nurse Voice Matters' as she interviews her sister, Anne James, a retired Registered Nurse with over four decades of experience. Anne shares her extensive nursing journey, from her initial training in 1978 to her pioneering work in...
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Episode 1 Wendy Trevarthen -Who Are You?
Welcome to Your Nurse Voice Matters, the podcast where inspiration meets education, and advocacy drives transformation. I’m Wendy Trevarthen, your host and a proud retired nurse with over 36 years in public health. My journey began when my father’s battle with a life-threatening illness inspired…
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Your Nurse Voice Matters Introduction
🎉 Welcome to the very first episode of my podcast! 🎉 This is a space where we celebrate nurses—the heart of healthcare. You’ll hear inspiring stories from nurses across all walks of life, each with a unique journey that often hasn’t been easy but is always impactful. Together, we’ll uncover the...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Feeling the Pressure? Wondering what’s next for your nursing career?Take 20 minutes to be inspired and empowered!Welcome to a podcast designed for nurses like you—navigating challenges, seeking fulfillment, and exploring new opportunities. You’ll hear real stories from nurses across diverse fields who’ve faced the ups and downs of this demanding profession and come out stronger.We’ll also feature experts sharing practical tips to help you prioritize your well-being and thrive in your career. This is a raw, unfiltered space for nurse advocacy and meaningful change.Don’t just listen—join a movement to reshape what it means to be a nurse.Your journey starts here. Tune in today!
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Wendy Trevarthen
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Feeling the Pressure? Wondering what’s next for your nursing career?Take 20 minutes to be inspired and empowered!Welcome to a podcast designed for nurses like you—navigating challenges, seeking fulfillment, and exploring new opportunities. You’ll hear real stories from nurses across diverse fields...
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