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In this solo episode, Laura delivers one of the most honest and confrontational conversations the Successful Nurse Coach Podcast has ever held. After a behind-the-scenes moment with mentors that shook her perspective, she unpacks a core issue holding nurses back from real impact: the inability to receive. This episode explores how nursing culture conditions martyrdom, why under-earning is not ethical, and how learning to receive money, praise, and support is essential for leadership, sustainability, and changing healthcare. If this episode makes you uncomfortable, that is the point. Discomfort is where deconditioning begins.

In this episode, Laura shares:

1. Nurses do not have a money problem. They have a receiving problem.
2. Nursing culture rewards overgiving, endurance, and martyrdom while discouraging receiving.
3. Impact in private practice is not based on hours worked but on outcomes created.
4. Underearning does not make nurses more compassionate. It makes them exhausted, resentful, and exploitable.
5. Learning to receive is an ethical responsibility if you want to lead and create change.
6. Money creates safety. Safety creates clearer thinking. Clearer thinking creates better care.
7. Private practice and nurse coaching force growth by requiring nurses to receive without guilt.
8. Martyrdom is not moral high ground. It is a business model, and nurses have been the product.
9. Receiving allows you to give from excess, alignment, and regulation instead of depletion.
10. You cannot heal healthcare while financially depleted and resentful.

If nurses want to lead the next evolution of healthcare, they must unlearn martyrdom and master receiving. Receiving is not greed. It is regulation, capacity, and leadership in action.

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After the excitement of becoming a Board Certified Nurse Coach, many coaches hit an unexpected wave of uncertainty. In this episode, Laura and Shelby break down the messy middle that happens right after certification: the “am I doing this right,” the fear of visibility, and the pressure to suddenly have everything figured out. They share what actually matters in these early stages, why slow and steady progress builds long term success, and how to create momentum without burning out or expecting perfection. This conversation is grounding, practical, and a permission slip to breathe, soften, and take the next small step instead of trying to leap into a fully formed business overnight.

Things to remember:

• Certification is the beginning, not the final destination. Feeling uncertain afterward is completely normal.
• You do not need a perfect plan. You just need consistent action and willingness to learn as you go.
• Wobbliness is part of the process. Confidence comes from reps, not readiness.
• Visibility grows slowly. You do not have to show up everywhere at once.
• Community support matters. You build faster and stay grounded when you are not doing it alone.
• You already have what you need to start. The next step is always small, doable, and right in front of you.

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In this week’s episode, Shelby is interviewed by the lovely Meghan Ruttan, sharing all about the inner workings of the successful nurse coaches, and learning some fun facts about Shelby’s personal life.

Shelby shares what she endures behind the scenes every day: the patterns, the breakthroughs, the wobbliness, the resistance, and the moments when everything finally clicks. Her perspective is both grounding and validating, especially for anyone who is in the messy, uncertain, or stretchy season of becoming a nurse coach.

• The behind the scenes experience of supporting new nurse coaches
• Common fears and mindset obstacles students face in their first months
• Why discomfort is not a sign something is wrong
• How to move through overwhelm without shutting down
• The difference between consuming information and actually embodying the work
• Why being coachable matters far more than being confident
• What Shelby wishes every new nurse coach understood at the start
• How NLCA blends emotional support, skills practice, and business strategy
• The power of community and why it accelerates growth
• Real stories of breakthroughs, pivots, and unexpected wins inside the program

Success as a nurse coach is not about having it all figured out. It is about staying connected, staying coachable, and allowing yourself to grow into someone you have not yet met.

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