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035: Anniversary Episode of High-Performance Nursing
Liam Caswell Liam Caswell

035: Anniversary Episode of High-Performance Nursing

As clinicians, we put a lot of work and preparation to be able to go in and perform at our highest level. Always remember that it will be worth it. You'll have a new job. You'd be really happy in this new role because it's what you want to do. Make the preparation and nail those interview questions with confidence!

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034: 2021 Reflection - What Are You Proud Of?
Liam Caswell Liam Caswell

034: 2021 Reflection - What Are You Proud Of?

As clinicians, we put a lot of work and preparation to be able to go in and perform at our highest level. Always remember that it will be worth it. You'll have a new job. You'd be really happy in this new role because it's what you want to do. Make the preparation and nail those interview questions with confidence!

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033: Top Tips for Nailing Interview Questions!
Liam Caswell Liam Caswell

033: Top Tips for Nailing Interview Questions!

As clinicians, we put a lot of work and preparation to be able to go in and perform at our highest level. Always remember that it will be worth it. You'll have a new job. You'd be really happy in this new role because it's what you want to do. Make the preparation and nail those interview questions with confidence!

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029: Beating Stress and Burnout - with Elaina Mullery and Lauren Bell
Liam Caswell Liam Caswell

029: Beating Stress and Burnout - with Elaina Mullery and Lauren Bell

In this unique episode of High Performance Nursing, I have a fabulous conversation with Elaina Mullery and Lauren Bell.

Elaina is the founder of The Happy Nurse. When Elaina noticed that there was a rise in fatigue, stress, and burnout in healthcare workers, it prompted her to launch her advocacy.

While Lauren is a Wealth and Wellness Coach committed to helping professionals gain meaning, understand their purpose, and know their value. She helps clients acknowledge the barriers holding them back from well-being including financial wellbeing.

Lauren directs her clients to the path that allows them to realize their true potential and embrace goals and dreams.

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028: Healing and Empowering Carers With Nurse Jacqui O’Connor
Liam Caswell Liam Caswell

028: Healing and Empowering Carers With Nurse Jacqui O’Connor

In this week’s episode of High-Performance Nursing, I speak with Nurse Jacqui O’ Connor of Heart Place New Zealand. Jacqui is an advocate of healing and empowering carers.

It is Jacqui’s mission to offer the kind of care that has long been missing. Through this, caring professionals feel supported and develop their self-confidence and self-worth.

In this episode, Jacqui shares her lifelong belief that in order for carers to become and offer the best version of themselves, they have to heal from within. When carers become advocates for themselves, they continue doing what they love.

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027: Developing A Resilient Mindset With Hannah Sawyer
Liam Caswell Liam Caswell

027: Developing A Resilient Mindset With Hannah Sawyer

In this episode, Hannah shares the importance of doing the inner work and developing a resilient mindset to continue thriving in any healthcare practice. When nurses feel empowered, they offer the best kind of service to others and to themselves.

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026: Saving Humans from Bad Leaders with Tim Ferris (Private Strategic Advisor to CEOs & Leadership Expert)
Liam Caswell Liam Caswell

026: Saving Humans from Bad Leaders with Tim Ferris (Private Strategic Advisor to CEOs & Leadership Expert)

In what I think is the most exciting episode yet, I chat with Tim Ferris, a private strategic advisor to CEO's and CEO of Leadership genius.

Tim is one of Australia’s leading strategic advisors to CEOs having had particular success in leading, coaching, and developing CEOs who are new to their role to unlock their leadership genius. He has served as a business advisor for the past 15 years, along with leading companies and large mission-based not-for-profits.

Tim specialises in saving humans from bad leaders and in this episode we talk about all things leadership, culture mindset and how they apply to healthcare.

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025: Wealth and Mindset Mentoring for Heart-Centred Professionals with Lauren Bell (RN & Author)
Liam Caswell Liam Caswell

025: Wealth and Mindset Mentoring for Heart-Centred Professionals with Lauren Bell (RN & Author)

In this episode of HPN, I interview the amazing Lauren Bell, Wealth Mindset Mentor who helps heart centred professionals make a difference in the world by overcoming burnout and helping professionals understand what they are truly worth.

Lauren has over 30 years of clinical experience and throughout this time has amassed exceptional coaching, counseling and mentoring skills to assist and support professionals in the move from surviving to thriving within their careers.

In this episode, we talk about common mindset challenges faced by clinicians, the victim blame/shame cycle, money mindset and amassing more wealth as a clinician and so much more!

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024: Nursing Careers, Education and Nursepreneurship with Cynarra (Health Insight HQ)
Liam Caswell Liam Caswell

024: Nursing Careers, Education and Nursepreneurship with Cynarra (Health Insight HQ)

In this episode, we have a good laugh and bust some common myths that come up when we coach nurses throughout their career lifespan.

Furthermore, we tackle the challenges faced by nurses when setting up their own business and how they can navigate such challenges! You are not alone!

Make sure you stick around to the end, where we unpack how to position yourself for success in the current job market!

I trust that you will love this episode and learn heaps from Cynarra.

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023: "Your mess is your message" with The Breakthrough Nurse Hannah Sawyer
Liam Caswell Liam Caswell

023: "Your mess is your message" with The Breakthrough Nurse Hannah Sawyer

In this episode, we talk about all things self care, self-limiting beliefs, how to manage your thoughts, how your subconscious is where the gold lies and how to live your best life as a self aware and conscious nurse.

We talk about how any nurse can step into nurseprenuership and create their own wealth and shape their own career trajectory.

This is a fabulous episode, with the amazing Hannah, I am sure you will gain so much from this conversation!

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022: What does the future of nursing look like post pandemic? Liam Caswell
Liam Caswell Liam Caswell

022: What does the future of nursing look like post pandemic? Liam Caswell

On this episode of High Performance Nursing, I share my thoughts, concerns and genuine worries for the future of the nursing workforce.

Over the last 2 years we have as a profession faced some unprecedented challenges not seen for over 100 years.

I unpack some of the challenges we face in our day-to-day work, our career sustainability, our progression as nurses among many other key challenges.

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021: From the bedside to the Boardroom, how uPaged founder Zara Lord is modernising on demand work in Australia!
Liam Caswell Liam Caswell

021: From the bedside to the Boardroom, how uPaged founder Zara Lord is modernising on demand work in Australia!

On this episode of High Performance Nursing, I catch up with Zara Lord (RN), the founder of uPaged an on-demand healthcare marketplace solution to connect healthcare facilities, nursing agencies & compliant clinicians in a single, fully integrated ecosystem.

Zara was first and foremost a proud ICU and shares her career experiences whilst working in a busy tertiary hospital ICU. Zara's discusses how by stepping back and getting innovative within her spare time, she was able to identify a significant gap in the market for on-demand work to be streamlined, cost less for the hospital whilst improving the nurse's experience! Genius!

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020: I Quit! Why I left my >160K per year nursing job & what I learnt in the process!
Liam Caswell Liam Caswell

020: I Quit! Why I left my >160K per year nursing job & what I learnt in the process!

In this week's episode of HIgh-Performance, Nursing Liam gets deep as he talks about quitting a very high-paying dream job( >160K per year) after being in the role for 4 weeks!

Liam talks about the challenges of finding a role that is in alignment with your personal values and professional career goals. Chasing your dreams doesn't always result in happiness, especially if you are chasing the wrong thing! This has been ongoing learning that Liam wants to share within the High-Performance Nursing Community.

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019: High Performance Nursing Mindsets - Fixed vs Growth
Liam Caswell Liam Caswell

019: High Performance Nursing Mindsets - Fixed vs Growth

In this episode of High-performance Nursing, Liam unpacks the two common types of mindsets that exist and how we can navigate them within a clinical nursing context.

Drawing upon his personal learnings, studies, and experiences Liam dives into what affixed mindset is, how it may present, and how to spot it on your peers and self. Liam explores how you can coach someone with a fixed mindset to move on the mindset continuum towards growth. Furthermore, Liam unpacks what it means to adopt a growth mindset and how this will propel your personal and professional development forward in your home and work lives.

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018: Caring for the Carer, with Nurse Jacqui O' Connor (HeartPlace NZ)
Liam Caswell Liam Caswell

018: Caring for the Carer, with Nurse Jacqui O' Connor (HeartPlace NZ)

This week on the High Performance Nursing Podcast, I was lucky enough to interview the amazing Nurse Jacqui O' Connor from Heart Place New Zealand.

Jacqui dives into her backstory, where she courageously shares her episode of burnout and her "aha moment" of realizing she was "Unhealed" prior to joining the nursing workforce and how that need for healing became a central component of her self discovery journey and in founding Heart Place.

If you are a carer who feels out of alignment, has lost their passion for their career, and/or is beginning their own self-discovery journey, this episode is not to be missed!

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017: How to save time and prepare your job application
Liam Caswell Liam Caswell

017: How to save time and prepare your job application

In this episode of High Performance Nursing, I share with you the top tips that I have tried and tested to ensure that you have all the information and more required, prior to putting pen to paper and applying for the role!

In this episode, I talk about how doing your research about the role you are interested in (yes even if you are a graduate nurse) can make a huge difference and potentially save you from the dreaded toxic healthcare workplace.

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016: Using STAR to write Selection Criteria
Liam Caswell Liam Caswell

016: Using STAR to write Selection Criteria

In this episode of High Performance Nursing, Liam gives us insight into the tips, tricks and tools he shares with his nurses to tackle the dreaded selection criteria and cover letter.

Liam dives into how to utilise the STAR approach to tackling complex Selection Criteria questions to ensure you brand yourself optimally, to increase your chances of securing a nursing interview!

This episode is an excellent FREE resource for grads, established nurses and nurses seeking a promotion to help them put their best application forward.

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