🎙️ Episode Title:

Transformational Leadership Is the New Medicine

What if the real cure for what’s broken in healthcare isn’t in a pill bottle… but in how we lead?

In this bold and truth-telling episode of Roots of Change, Diane Gudmundson pulls back the curtain on why burnout, bureaucracy, and broken systems won’t heal with more top-down strategies or hollow policies. Instead, she makes the case for a new prescription: transformational leadership.

With personal stories from the field, grounded insights, and her signature grassroots wisdom, Diane invites you to explore how real change happens—from the inside out.

Whether you're a clinic owner, policy shaper, or rebel-spirited nurse looking for something more, this episode will challenge, inspire, and call you to lead differently.

• Why the system is tired—and so are the leaders in it

• What most healthcare leadership gets wrong (and how to fix it)

• The hidden epidemic of moral injury and spiritual fatigue

• A real story of grassroots leadership in action

• Why listening is the first step to truly leading

• What Diane will be sharing LIVE at the CCHL conference in Victoria

• 📬 Read the full October Newsletter: Roots of Change – October Edition

• 🎤 Join Diane LIVE at the CCHL Victoria Conference (must be a CCHL member)

• 💌 Subscribe to the Newsletter: Roots of Change – Never Miss a Drop of Truth

• 📲 Connect with Diane on LinkedIn: @DianeGudmundson

“You can’t lead people you haven’t listened to.”

Are you a healthcare leader who's tired of surface-level fixes?
What does transformational leadership mean to YOU?

Share your thoughts with Diane on LinkedIn or tag her with the hashtag:
#RootsOfChangePodcast

🎙️ Death by Dismissal: How Disconnection Is Costing Lives

Make Healthcare Great Again – Episode 12
Hosted by: Diane Gudmundson, Health Warrior & Transformational Coach

We didn’t just stop listening—we started dismissing. And in healthcare, that silence is deadly.

In this powerful solo episode, Diane cracks open the uncomfortable truth about the real crisis in healthcare: disconnection. Not lack of funding. Not policy gaps. But something deeper and far more dangerous. Something human.

You’ll hear the raw truth behind what Diane calls “death by dismissal”—how patients are dying emotionally, spiritually, and even physically, simply because no one is truly listening.

And it’s not just patients. It’s providers. Leaders. Entire communities.

This is not about blaming individuals. It’s about exposing the cultural conditioning that leads good people to stop caring, stop connecting, and start coping instead of healing.

If you’re a leader, provider, or changemaker in healthcare who’s tired of the noise and ready to reconnect to why you started this work in the first place—this episode is your wake-up call.

• Why disconnection is the silent killer behind system failure

• The moment Diane realized listening was more life-saving than a prescription

• How system-wide dismissal is breaking the spirit of both patients and providers

• Why grassroots leadership—and soul-level connection—matters more now than ever

• A challenge to reflect: Where have you stopped listening? And what has it cost?

• Healthcare leaders feeling like they’re drowning in policy but starving for purpose

• Providers who went into this work to heal, not just manage systems

• Changemakers craving a deeper, more human approach to transformation

• Anyone who believes that real medicine starts with connection—not compliance

If this episode stirred something in you, don’t ignore it.

You’re invited to book a 1:1 call with Diane—not just to talk about healthcare, but to explore the kind of transformation you’re ready for as a human, a leader, and a healer.

👉 Book your connection call here: calendly.com/dianegudmundson1
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If you believe we need to make healthcare more human, please:
💬 Share this episode
🧠 Tag a colleague
💡 Start the conversation
Use the hashtag: #DeathByDismissal to keep the ripple going.

Episode Summary:
In this episode, I get real about something that’s been breaking my heart for years: why so many passionate, hardworking healthcare leaders are being ignored… even when they’re the ones trying to fix the system.

I open up about my own story—what it felt like to lead inside a broken system, why I finally had to walk away, and how that pain birthed the LISTEN Framework. This isn't just another leadership chat. It's a wake-up call.

If you’ve ever felt like you’re yelling into the void, fighting for transformation while drowning in bureaucracy, this episode is for you. You’re not alone. And you’re not crazy. You’re just awake—and it’s time to be heard.

🔍 What You’ll Hear In This Episode:

• The real reason healthcare leaders feel invisible

• How systems silence the very people trying to heal them

• My “hell moment” that led me to create the LISTEN Framework

• The magic that happens when leaders are finally heard

• Why collaboration—not competition—is the key to true transformation

• A loving but loud call to rebel-spirited changemakers like you 💥

🎯 Call to Action:
✨ Ready to be part of the solution? Join my next Healthcare Leadership Unfiltered Pop-Up Party where we drop the masks, get real, and finally feel heard.
🔗 Register here (updated link will always go to the next event)

💜 And if you haven’t read the blog that sparked this episode, check it out here:
🔗 Why Are You Being Ignored?

🎧 Listen, share, and tag a leader who’s tired of shouting into the void. Let’s make some noise.