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Nursing the System

Claire Phillips, DNP RN

The Nursing the System Podcast is for nurses who want to change the healthcare system—but are tired of bandaid fixes and ‘just try harder’ advice. This podcast delivers practical tools, real-world case studies, and systems thinking strategies to help you drive meaningful change—without burning out in the process. Brought to you by Nursing the System and your host, Claire Phillips, DNP RN.

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52: 2025 Reflections

Nursing the System ·

2025/12/22

🎙 Episode Overview:This episode is part reflection, part reality check. I'm sharing how 2025 really played out—what changed in my corporate life, my business, and my personal world—and what those shifts taught me. You’ll hear how I set the foundation for a life that feels more stable and aligned than it has in years, and why I’m not setting huge overhauls for 2026 (even though I still have big goals). If you want to use systems thinking to reflect on your own year, this one’s for you.🔑 In This

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00:22:08

51: How to Catch Burnout Before It Catches You

Nursing the System ·

2025/12/17

🎙 Episode Overview This week’s episode is a vulnerable one. I’m sharing what it looked like when I hit the early warning signs of burnout this fall and what I did to swerve before it turned into a full-blown crash. This isn’t a theoretical lesson. It’s a real-time reflection on what burnout actually feels like, what it taught me, and how I’m doing now. If you're starting to feel that low hum of stress in your own life or work, this episode is for you.🔑 In This Episode, You’ll LearnThe specific

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00:43:32

50: How Perfectionism is F*cking up your Projects

Nursing the System ·

2025/12/01

🎙 Episode Overview In this milestone 50th episode, I’m bringing you a very real-time reflection on a common mindset trap, one I’ve personally wrestled with and one I teach in Changemaker Essentials: the belief that we must get it right the first time. This episode started with me on the couch doing my year-end planning, spiraling into perfectionism, and then remembering, oh right, this is myth #7. Whether you're planning a project, launching a new initiative, or setting goals for the year ahead,

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00:21:08

49: The 5 Public Speaking Do’s and Don’t’s

Nursing the System ·

2025/11/25

🎙 Episode OverviewRight after watching my team present during a company-wide session, I hit record. I couldn’t help but reflect on how many times I’ve coached others (and myself) through the basics of giving an effective presentation-whether it's on Zoom, in a meeting room, or from a keynote stage. In this episode, I’m sharing the quick, practical mindset shifts and strategies that help presentations actually land, whether you're speaking to staff nurses or hospital execs. I also explain how my

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00:36:04

A Transparent Look at My Team’s Feedback for Me

Nursing the System ·

2025/11/20

🎧 Episode Overview:After receiving upward feedback from my team, I tried something a little meta and surprisingly effective. In this episode, I walk you through exactly how I used ChatGPT to synthesize, share, and build on the feedback my team gave me. You’ll hear the full behind-the-scenes on the activity I created, why I think it’s a must-try for leaders, and how it’s already transforming the way we work together.🔑 In This Episode, You’ll Learn:A simple but powerful feedback activity any leader

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00:25:25

47: The Culture Change “Cheat Codes”

Nursing the System ·

2025/11/03

🎧 Episode Overview:This week we’re talking about culture. Not as a vague workplace buzzword, but as something you’re constantly shaping through your behavior, your feedback loops, and your presence. Whether you're a formal leader or not, you're feeding data into your system every single day. This episode is about how to do that more intentionally.🔑 In This Episode, You’ll Learn:What makes up a workplace culture (hint: it’s not your policies)The three most powerful levers you can pull to shift

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00:23:58

How to make any process less painful (even dating!)

Nursing the System ·

2025/10/27

🎧 Episode Overview: Yep, we’re talking about dating today. Stick with me.In this very fun (and surprisingly strategic) episode, I’m walking you through a little experiment my friends and I did this summer: we turned dating into a game. From point systems to profile prep nights to tracking rejection resilience, we gamified the entire experience. And it got me thinking about how any unsavory or tedious process, whether it’s finding love, job searching, or leading change can be made better with

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00:08:33

Dealing with the Consequences of my own actions- Why...

Nursing the System ·

2025/10/16

🎧 Episode Overview:This week’s episode is part confession, part coaching. I recorded this late at night after one of the roughest work weeks I’ve had in a while. I had planned to read you my most recent System Sunday email… but as I was preparing, I realized I was living through the exact lesson I’d written about. So instead, I’m sharing the email and the messy reality of what happens when we don’t follow our own advice.If you’ve ever found yourself skipping your reset rituals, stacking your

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00:32:04

Is Taylor Swift secretly a systems thinker 👀

Nursing the System ·

2025/10/06

🎧 Episode Overview:Yes, you read that right- we’re talking about Taylor Swift on the podcast today. Specifically: what we can learn from her about systems thinking, leadership, emotional regulation, and culture change. Whether you’re a full-blown Swiftie or just Swiftie-adjacent, this episode is a creative, thoughtful deep dive into five leadership lessons I pulled from her lyrics, interviews, and approach to impact. This one was just plain fun to make—and I hope it gets you thinking about your own

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00:27:29

When your Ambition becomes the Problem

Nursing the System ·

2025/09/29

🎧 Episode Overview:If you’re a high-achieving, impact-driven nurse who’s juggling ten different projects and wondering why you still feel stuck or overwhelmed, this episode is for you.Today I’m talking about how ambition (yes, even the well-meaning kind) can quietly sabotage our impact. I’m walking you through the concept of leverage points from systems thinking and how applying this lens to your career, leadership, and daily work can help you stop spinning your wheels and start creating real

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00:33:53

How to challenge the system without getting burned

Nursing the System ·

2025/09/22

🎧 Episode Overview:There’s a myth in healthcare that speaking up will get you shut down. And while it’s true that how your voice is received depends on power, politics, and identity...what I’ve seen again and again is this: You don’t get burned for speaking up. You get burned for speaking up without understanding your environment.In this episode, I’m walking you through how to assess your position in your organization, what most workplaces actually value, and how to speak up in a way that aligns

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00:44:30

Facing a Career Decision? Choose Wisely with this...

Nursing the System ·

2025/09/15

🎧 Episode Overview:If you’ve ever found yourself paralyzed by indecision, whether it’s about applying for a new job, enrolling in a course, or saying yes to a leadership opportunity—this episode is for you.I created the Aligned Action Audit after several powerful conversations with nurses on the CME waitlist. Many of them weren’t struggling with motivation, they were struggling with decision clarity. This tool will help you assess professional opportunities (big or small) in a way that’s grounded,

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00:29:10

What U.S. Gun Violence Reveals About Our Myths of...

Nursing the System ·

2025/09/08

🎧 Episode Overview:This episode is a little heavier because I’m talking about something both personal and systemic: how we talk (and think) about big, broken problems like gun violence.I’m walking you through three common myths that hold change makers back—not just around policy, but in our teams, organizations, and careers. These myths come from the broader Nine Change Myths framework I teach in Change Maker Essentials, and today we’re applying them to a real-world challenge so you can see how

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00:40:37

Evolve or Die-Online Business Version

Nursing the System ·

2025/09/01

🎧 Episode Overview:This week’s episode is a peek behind the scenes. I’m walking you through how I’m rethinking the way we run and grow Nursing the System, especially how we launch Change Maker Essentials. It’s part systems lesson, part business reflection, and fully rooted in the idea that iteration is key to sustainability.If you’ve ever wanted to launch something of your own, or if you’re just curious how I think about testing, prototyping, and scaling this work, come on in.🔑 In This Episode,

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00:31:32

How to be a Follower

Nursing the System ·

2025/08/25

🎧 Episode Overview:This episode was inspired by a DM I got from a nurse named Jessica, who asked about a topic I don’t hear discussed nearly enough: followership. We talk a lot about leadership in nursing—and for good reason—but we rarely explore what it means to be a great follower.In this episode, I’m diving into how following is actually a critical leadership skill, what it looks like to move between leading and following in real-world changemaking, and how honoring the work that came before us

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00:29:42

The Overwhelm Protocol

Nursing the System ·

2025/08/11

🎧 Episode Overview:This episode is a little different. I didn’t plan it. I didn’t prep it. I sat down on my lunch break in the middle of a very real, very messy Tuesday and hit record. Because I was overwhelmed and I remembered that I built a tool inside Changemaker Essentials specifically for moments like this.So I decided to walk myself through the framework I teach for navigating overwhelm and regaining clarity when your brain feels like it’s short-circuiting. I talk through the mental chatter,

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00:23:17

I Want to Change Healthcare… But I Don’t Know Where...

Nursing the System ·

2025/08/04

🎧 Episode Overview:This week’s episode is inspired by a DM I received from a nursing faculty member who said, “I want to set the nursing world on fire—but I don’t know where to start.” If that resonates with you, you’re not alone.Whether you’re a student, an educator, or a practicing nurse, if you know you want to make change but don’t yet know what your contribution will look like—this episode is for you. I’m walking you through why you don’t need a perfectly defined mission to get started, and

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00:35:01

2025 Reflection- 6 Months In — How is it going 👀

Nursing the System ·

2025/07/28

🎧 Episode Overview:We’re back—and not exactly how I imagined. My summer sabbatical didn’t go the way I planned. I got sick, lost energy, and had to put a lot of things on pause. But the time away gave me unexpected clarity. In this episode, I’m reflecting on a post I shared at the start of the yearand I’m revisiting what’s held true, what’s shifted, and how I’m applying (or re-learning) those lessons now.This is a vulnerable one. If you’ve been navigating your own version of plans-gone-sideways, I

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00:07:02

School’s Out for Summer! (We’re Going on Sabbatical)

Nursing the System ·

2025/06/09

🎙 We’re Taking a Summer Sabbatical (But Here’s What’s Coming)🎧 Episode Overview:This is a quick update to let you know what’s happening behind the scenes at Nursing the System and what’s coming your way this fall. After 6 months of showing up every week with new episodes, Taylor and I are taking a short sabbatical to rest, realign, and focus on some exciting projects we’re building for you. In this episode, I’m sharing why we’re pressing pause, what we’ll be working on this summer, and how you can

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00:34:45

Breaking the Cycle of Disempowerment: Why You Stopped...

Nursing the System ·

2025/06/02

🎙 The Cycle of Disempowerment: Why Nurses Stop Speaking Up (and How to Start Again)🎧 Episode Overview:In this episode, I’m walking you through a pattern I’ve seen over and over again—not just in healthcare, but across all kinds of systems: the cycle of disempowerment. It’s what happens when we bring up ideas or try to push for change, and we keep hearing “no” until we eventually stop speaking up. I’ll break down why this cycle happens, how to recognize it, and what you can do to break out of

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