Episode 9 – Full Transcript
In today’s episode, we’re talking about energy and its importance on health
Michelle: Hey, everyone. My name is Michelle.
Lindsay: And I’m Lindsay. And you’re listening to nurse verse. Hi, guys. In today’s episode, we’re going to be talking about energy and its importance on our health.
Michelle: Yes. And we don’t want to talk about energy in terms of the physical energy. You have to do things to accomplish a task, to get up out of bed, to go for a run. Not that type of energy. We’re talking about the energy that you give off of your body, your human, and your person.
Lindsay: It’s the energy that you can feel.
Michelle: Yes. And not see.
Lindsay: And not see. Yeah. And before you say, oh, I don’t wanna listen to this one, because it sounds like frou frou or whatever, like, give us a second and you’ll relate 100%. You will.
Michelle: Yeah. Cause I think modern medicine has kind of written off this type of discussion about energy because it’s not something that you can see and easily study and have a lot of good research on because of that. But it doesn’t mean it’s not based in science. And for, those who are a little bit more interested in the scientific part of it, we’re not going to talk about this today. But if you want to delve a little bit further, look at some quantum physics, quantum mechanics, or Einstein’s quantum theory, this is where a lot of this is stemming from. But, of course, you know, the modern world has taken it as well. We can’t quantify it. We can’t measure it that easily. And so it becomes kind of this, like, mysterious realm of science. And so that’s how it kind of got pushed off into, like, spirituality, I feel. But a lot of people are going to have so many opinions about this, and I respect anybody’s opinion about it, but just before anybody writes it off, because it can help people make positive changes in their life. And I. There’s a lot of research now being done showing. Demonstrating the positive effects if we actually start to learn more and apply things in regards to our energy. and so that’s what we want to talk about more.
Joseph Dispenza says quantum physics proves we are the placebo effect
So today.
Lindsay: Yes.
Michelle: but we’re not going to get into the nitty gritty quantum mechanics here.
Lindsay: But for those of you that are interested, there’s a few books that you have read, and there’s also.
Michelle: There’s tons of, like, if you really, really want to get into it, you can pick up, like, research articles and textbooks on quantum theory and quantum mechanics and all the like. Yeah, a lot of it is theory, of course. it’s hard to be nailed down. But, somebody who has been doing a lot more research in this field is, Joe Dispenza. He wrote the book you are the placebo, and becoming supernatural. And basically, like his title of his book, you are the placebo. His argument is that, this realm of quantum physics or mechanics is proof that we are the placebo effect. That placebo effect is our own doing, like our own thoughts and beliefs is what caused a healing or a recovery of some sorts. That’s kind of what he’s getting at. And, I know some people might write it off, but if it is going to help one person, then I think that it should very much should be taken into consideration.
Lindsay: And also it should be known that he’s also a doctor as well.
Michelle: And he started inner science research fund, which is super cool. Well, him and a bunch of other people. But his work was the, like, precipice of this research fund. And so they are trying to measure and gather physical evidence and data of the work that they’re doing in the field of energy. but we’re going to take a much more simplified approach today.
Lindsay: And again, we just want to take a step back.
Michelle: Just step back and just be like, we can all use this. We don’t have to get existential about it, but we can use it to benefit us.
Lindsay: Absolutely.
Energy is an extension of our last podcast on mindset and self talk
And like, this is going to be a discussion, kind of like an extension of our last podcast as well. If you guys didn’t know what we talked about on the last one, we talked about mindset and self talk.
Michelle: Yeah, yeah. And this is like a good segue into energy. And a lot of our episodes, I feel like, bleed into one another and are all intertwined. So basically, energy is an extension of our discussion on mindset and self talk, because mindset, your mindset, your self talk, your thoughts lead to your emotions, and your emotions lead to your behaviors, and your create your energy field around you. And that energy field dictates a lot how your life is going to unfold, in many different ways and can impact the people around you. And so we have lots of fun examples to jump through today to take that sentence and put it into just like real world experiences. I mean, just like the first and most obvious examples, like, has anybody ever noticed somebody walks into a room and it’s like they light up the whole room, like they bring this high vibrational frequency, this like happiness, excitement. And you can see without them doing anything, saying anything. It’s almost like they lighten the mood or they like, lift everybody up a little bit or make everybody kind of happy.
Lindsay: And that’s how I met you and what attracted me to you.
Michelle: And then literally same goes to you as well. Lindsey has this very calming aura. and a lot of people are extremely attracted to that and are drawn to you because of that, because don’t we all just want a little calm in our life?
Lindsay: But then don’t we want, like, somebody like you who’s, always so happy and your energy is contagious, and it’s so, like, infectious, so happy and positive. It’s so uplifting. It’s like a sunny day always, and.
Michelle: You’Re like a starry night.
Lindsay: Oh, peaceful.
Michelle: It’s yin and yang, guys.
Lindsay: It’s ying and yang.
Michelle: you need the balance of. Of both worlds. And so that is just one example. And this can go for even if somebody walks in the room and they’re like, they’re really angry or mad or whatever it might be or sad. It’s like you can feel it sometimes. Like, there have been people that walk in the room, and it’s like. It’s like they suck the air out of the room.
Lindsay: And we’ve all experienced that.
Michelle: Yeah, I think everybody has one of.
Lindsay: Those also at work. Yeah. Especially in healthcare, when you have somebody that’s in a position of power and they come in to do the procedure or lead the activity or whatever, and they are in a bad mood or they’re rushed, and meanwhile, the whole room was fine. Like, totally ready and, like, prepared, ready. Look, like just waiting for that person of power to give the green light or start and they’re in a bad mood, I ruins everything, and it could potentially even ruin the patient’s experience.
Michelle: Oh, thousands. Ah. There were so many deliveries that I went to that, like, everything was, like, great. It was just the nurses in the room and, as a nICU nurse, I got to go, as, you know, to care for the baby at times if there was any risks. And, so I got to witness, like, the beautiful bonds that happens between the labor nurse and the parents. And, you know, everything is great until the doc walks in. This is not all cases. This is very few, very, very rare. But I’m just using it as an.
Lindsay: Example because they’re notable.
Michelle: Yes.
Lindsay: They stick with you.
Michelle: Yes. It’s like, my gosh, why did you have to come in and, like, dump on this happy parade?
Lindsay: Like, exactly.
Michelle: Like, the doc was in a bad mood and just, like, pissy and, like, you can feel it, and it. It actually impacts how that birth then unfolds yeah.
Lindsay: because you could see it in their actions.
Michelle: Yes. Versus if it’s the other way around. Like, doc comes in super happy and excited because now this is a person that, like you said, they’re in a position of power or leadership or a position where everybody is, like, looking to them for whatever it might be. And so they hold, like, their energy almost has even far greater of an impact at times. And so they come in, in a great mood, and it’s like, it just maintains that, you know, shine in rainbows.
Lindsay: Momentum of, like, energy. Like, good energy in the room.
Michelle: Yes.
Lindsay: And, it obviously will go be felt by the patient and everybody in the room.
Michelle: Yeah, yeah. 100%. It is such a huge domino effect, and it’s like, you don’t, you never know how far that ripple is going to carry.
Negativity versus a positive domino effect is like paying it forward
So whether it’s you are on the road and somebody cuts you off and you get really mad at them and you honk at them, and now, like, you honking at them now made them pissed off and in a bad mood, and now you don’t know if, like, they’re gonna go home and they’re gonna be pissed off and they’re gonna maybe snap at their spouse or their kids or. Because it had nothing to do with that person, but just because somebody else pissed them off. And, like, it’s like, you don’t know how the dominoes could just, like, keep going. That, like, negative impact can just, like, you keep pissing more people off or, you know, just causing, spreading that negativity. Negativity versus a positive domino effect is like paying it forward. You know, whether you hold the door for somebody or you help somebody carry their groceries to their car or whatever it might be, you don’t know how far that ripple effect is going to go either. Like, you just did something really nice for them and now they’re in a better mood, they’re feeling really happy, and you don’t know, maybe they’re going to give money to, somebody who’s struggling on the street, a homeless person on the street, or they’re going to be more likely to help out another stranger or be nicer to their family members or friends or something like that. Like, that can keep going as well. and so just simple things like that just goes to show how much of an impact we have on one another, but might not always be aware of it. And it’s like that, what was that movie? Crashed.
Lindsay: Oh, my gosh.
Michelle: so devastating, but such an impactful movie.
Lindsay: It really is.
Michelle: Like, I know, that’s an exaggeration. Or, like, it says, extremes, but at the same time, it’s not that extreme. It’s not that much of an exaggeration. Like, if you really think of it about it, like, just how interconnected that we all are and how much we impact one another and how much our.
Lindsay: Energy, like, does have an impact. How you treat somebody or how you look at somebody.
Michelle: Yeah.
Lindsay: Even.
Michelle: Yeah.
Lindsay: Passing glance. Like a smile.
Michelle: Yeah.
Lindsay: Maybe that’s the only smile they’ve seen in, like, the last three days. Who knows?
Michelle: Yeah. And even if it’s somebody who, like, already isn’t in a good mood and you still do something nice, it just, like, compounds their energy even more. Like, like, I was going for a run the other day, and I was at Juno beach on the sidewalk, and there was a guy riding his, and I was like, I must have looked like I was struggling because this really nice man, he held his hand out to give me a high five, and he was smiling, and he was like, you got it. He was like, you got it. And I high fived him. And I think I had a smile on my face for the rest of the run, and I think it really did help me finish out the rest of that run, because it just. I don’t know, it made me feel even better. Maybe I was really struggling. Maybe I had, like, the face of pain.
Lindsay: Is that everybody’s face when they’re run?
Michelle: Yeah. yeah. Seriously. And at least for me, I feel that the awareness of the impact and, like, the gravity of your energy field really hit me when I was working in the NICU. If one domino falls, if hits the fan, so to speak, in any scenario, or one baby starts to act up, they all start acting up. It is, like, catches, like, wildfire. Like, they feed off of one another. And this is more so, like, if you’re in a small NicU and they’re not, like, separate rooms, and so they’re all closer to each other, less prevalent and bigger nicus, but, it was, like, so frequent. And that’s why when you’re in a hospital, it’s like you never use the q word. You never say the word. Oh, it’s so quiet, because then it’s like the opposite that happens. The van, and everything gets crazy. But I think a lot of that, too, is just the energy. When you say, when somebody says a quiet word, it’s like, jinxing it. And so everybody gets nervous and stressed, and it’s that energy. It’s not the fact that anybody said the key word, it’s the fact that it’s this, It’s like this myth. Myth. It’s this myth that’s been created so every. And, and because people get nervous whenever that word is used, and their energy now almost creates this, like, storm, then it further confirms that myth. With babies, especially, they’re very sensitive to energies because, you know, they’re not rationalizing. They can barely see. Like, their communication is just through crying. They eat, sleep, poop, and, so for them, energy is more intense. It’s way more intense. And in the NICU, I started to notice that if my energy was really stressed and super, like, nervous and uptight, I didn’t have as lovely of a shift, so to speak. Like, it was a difficult shift. If I was, it almost, like, just perpetuated itself. but if I could bring myself to calm down enough and to be peaceful and comforting to these babies, I noticed it was just like, if you come in with a calm mood and you’re really relaxed, like, so are the babies. The babies, like, relax around you, and they’re super calm. And so I started to experiment more and more with this, and so I started to, like, actively try to, like, like, comfort the babies by, like, exuding that calm energy that, like, calming down my body, calming down my thoughts, being super quiet, being super still. Like, even though you have a million things you have to do, you have to just, like, block that out for ten minutes and be very still and hold the babies. I would get them all nice and comfy, swaddle them, hold them, and rock them, and. And, you know, talk softly to them, say, positive things, be very calming. And I feel like nine out of ten times it worked. Like, if I could. If I could successfully and emotionally get to that place, like, if I could calm myself down and be that for them, then they would calm down, to the point where, like, I started going and holding other people’s babies, because for me, like, it was very. It was very satisfying to know that, like, okay, you have this baby that’s extremely worked up, and you can get them to calm down. Like, that, to me, is so cool, and it’s also extremely therapeutic. Like, holding a baby is so therapeutic. So. But it feeds into itself. Like, if you’re calm, they’re calm, then they get calm, you get more calm, and it’s like this wonderful thing. It just goes to show how much we feed off of one another. And that’s just the nicu. I’m sure every nurse and every specialty can say the same.
Lindsay: Yeah. When I worked in postpartum, breastfeeding was a huge, area of chaos because a lot of parents, like new parents, come into the hospital thinking, oh, it’s gonna be such a seamless experience breastfeeding my baby. It’s gonna be so nice, and everyone’s gonna know what to do. Exactly. Like, right off the bat, like, what they’ve seen on Tv.
Michelle: Yeah. Like, Instagram versus reality.
Lindsay: Yeah. Breastfeeding is nothing like that. Like, it is so far from, like, what you see on Tv, especially, like, the first or second time.
Every time a baby breastfeeds, it’s like an adult running a marathon
Like, it’s.
Michelle: And supposed to be too.
Lindsay: And it’s supposed to be.
Michelle: Yes.
Lindsay: That’s so normal. Totally normal. Because a, mom has never done it if it’s her first kid, and b baby has never done it. Baby’s just. Just. Was just born. Like, it’s just minutes old, seconds old, really. But,
Michelle: And, like, think about it as a baby. Like, you were just in this, like, nice little warm sack of water, and.
Lindsay: You didn’t have to do anything, and now you have to feed yourself. Like, what?
Michelle: And it’s.
Lindsay: You have to work for it.
Michelle: Literally equivalent to an adult. Every time a baby breastfeeds, it’s like an adult running a marathon. I might be an exaggeration, but pretty close.
Lindsay: Yeah. Because when the baby’s breastfeeding, they’re like, like, suckling and stuff. Like, it’s a lot for them. Yeah. It’s, burning calories.
Michelle: Yes, yes.
Lindsay: And babies aren’t even like that, heavy to begin with, so, like, it’s hard work for them.
Michelle: Yeah.
Lindsay: So I’d have a new mom beveridgesthe very upset that they’re unable to feed their baby, and they’re so worked up that it’s. The baby is inconsolable. The mom is inconsolable, and you’re like, you’re the nurse stuck in the middle, and you just have to not freak out like this in your head or out loud or in front of them. You could go like this in your head, but in front of them, you just have to take a step back, be the calm amongst the noise, and tell them to breathe.
Michelle: Ah.
Lindsay: And refocus their energy and say, like, this is normal. This is okay. It’s gonna be fine. We just need to relax, maybe put on some calming music, and start again. And then I would always take the baby, calm the baby down, and rock him or her. And then the mom would, like, get herself together, and we’d start again. And once everybody was calm and consoled, we’d start again, and it would work out.
Michelle: Exactly.
Lindsay: And I would tell the mom, like, as much as I know you want to do this, you are going to do this. It just. The baby feeds off of your energy.
Michelle: Yes.
Lindsay: And if you are, like, chaotic, the baby’s gonna be chaotic, and nobody’s gonna be happy.
Michelle: Yeah.
Lindsay: Yeah.
Michelle: And they’re really, like, mom and baby are one and the same. Like, I don’t want to get too much off on a tangent of mom and baby.
Lindsay: We’ll do a whole other. Just the energy there. Like, there’s just. There’s just a lot of. A lot of energy exchanged, and it just needs to be put in the right place for it to work.
Michelle: Yeah.
Lindsay: Like, synchronous in a synchronized way.
Michelle: So I have a kpism for that.
KP had some great advice about leadership when he was playing rugby
another shout out to KP. So many words of wisdom. Thank you, KP. when I was playing rugby and I was playing scrum half, which, for those of you unfamiliar with rugby, it is like the quarterback, the ball distributor. I was the one passing the ball. And so he used to say, if the team is at 150%, you have to be at 100%. If the team is at 50%, you have to be at 100%. And what he meant by that is that if the team is 150%, like, they’re losing their minds. They’re freaking out. They’re, like, overshooting it. You got to be at 100%, and you got to bring everybody back down to that level. And if the team’s at 50%, let’s say they’re like, not. The energy is not there. They are slacking, whatever it might be. You got to bring everybody up to the 50. 50%. So another wise words about energy is that, like, especially if you’re in a position of some type of leadership, you have to be the even keel. You have to be the energy that you need that moment to be at. You know, it’s like, if you got to be a hype woman, your energy’s gonna be up here. Like, you gotta be at the energy that you need the situation to match, too. And, that stuck with me clearly into adulthood, and it is very fitting, and especially in healthcare. Like we talked about, when the doctor walks into the room or when there’s, like, somebody of, like, a higher position walks into the room, any type of leader, it has such a massive impact. And then the, you know, same thing goes with moms and babies and with any nurse, truly, the nurse is at the bedside. In any situation, the nurse very often has to be the one to be the even keel. Like, I mean, if you’re a patient, your nurse loses their head. Like, I’d be my pants.
Lindsay: Yeah. I was really good at keeping my cool, under pressure. Like, I’d be inside freaking out, but I wouldn’t exude that energy. Not at all.
Michelle: You were like a duck on top of the water. Cool as a cucumber, but underneath, pedaling as fast as you can.
Lindsay: Yeah.
Michelle: That’s what you had to be.
Lindsay: Yeah.
Michelle: And I’m sure this can relate to any type of job. I don’t mean to stick to just healthcare, but I’m sure. Oh, my gosh. Teachers.
Lindsay: Yeah.
Michelle: Travis, I know you can speak to this. I would love to hear some of his stories about how, his impact on his students or athletes or teams, you know, classrooms. Like, one kid, one troublemaker, and they just, like, rile everybody up and then.
Lindsay: Even working at Trader Joe’s. Yeah.
Michelle: Yeah. How?
Lindsay: so, like, when I would ring people up, I’d ask about their day because I was literally so interested. Cause you were bored? Because I was bored. I would want to know what other people are up to. Okay. So I would ask these people, and most of them would be like, this is my first time out of the house. This is so exciting. This is my time away from my kid, or this is my time to me time. So thank you for asking. It was really nice talking with you. If I didn’t. Their only time out of the house was with, just a random person just ringing them up. And that’s it.
Michelle: Yeah.
Lindsay: Like, they didn’t have a nice conversation. Yeah. We didn’t get to talk about, you know, their organic cans of beans that they’re ordering, like. Or that they got and what are they gonna make for dinner, you know? I really wanted to know.
Michelle: Yeah.
Lindsay: Okay.
Michelle: Like, oh, my gosh. Like, when we go to Costco, too.
Lindsay: Yeah.
Michelle: I feel like we always go to Costco at the end of the day, and so it’s like closing time, basically. But we do it on purpose because we have to limit ourselves to 30 minutes and Costco. But when we get to the checkout line, usually the person that’s doing the checkout is they’re exhausted. They probably just worked, like, 6 hours straight of chaos in Costco. And, like, a lot of people in Costco can kind of get a little nasty, but, yeah. Hello. It’s Costco. It’s, like, one of the best places ever. How can you be so mean? But anyways, like, we will very often ask the person checking us out. We’ll play the prices, right. Like, Lindsey and I will pay. We’ll pick a price of what we think the cart’s gonna come out to. And we always, like, ask the checkout person because they’re doing it all day, like, they gotta win. And so the last time we did it, I feel like she was so pissed because the people before her, before us, were rude or something. But then when we were playing this game, she, like, I feel like she was really getting into it. And then, as we’re scanning things, we’re all losing because it was, like, going up and up and up, and we were all wrong.
Lindsay: And then she, like, joked with us. Because you got a pair of pants.
Michelle: Yeah, exactly.
Lindsay: And, like, a bottle of wine.
Michelle: Yeah, the bottle of wine really threw it over. Yeah, exactly.
Lindsay: Copper and thief.
Michelle: Yeah.
M.K.: Positive self talk can make all the difference in life
Seriously. But it’s just, like, little things like that.
Lindsay: Yeah.
Michelle: As much as the repple effect will have an impact at any point in time, the cool part is that you can of, like, interrupt that ripple effect. You know what I mean? M. Like, if, somebody is in the bad mood, like, it’s so cool to just interrupt that for them and be like, no, I’m gonna sprinkle a little nice, like, friendliness into your day. Like, you deserve it.
Lindsay: Yeah. Like, turn that frown upside down.
Michelle: it’s so satisfying. It’s like.
Lindsay: It is.
Michelle: Brings me more joy to see them, you know?
Lindsay: Yeah. And we, One of my coworkers really likes to. If she knows that there’s some patients that, like, just don’t smile or are just, like, hard on the outside, it’s her goal to get them to smile.
Michelle: you guys should be keeping tally and notes of this. Yeah, yeah.
Lindsay: And it’s like a huge w. When we get them to smile, that’s awesome.
Michelle: Yeah, it’s an end. It’s pun intended. This is a win win. It is win win for everybody involved.
Lindsay: It is, for sure.
Michelle: We can also attract our vibrational matches. And this is kind of, like, how your life can play out in the way that you think it’s going to play out. like KP said, whether you think you’re going to win or you think you’re going to lose, either way, you’re right. and it all starts with that thought process and that belief system that is going to create the domino effect and create the energy that is either gonna. If it’s created a negative energy, it’s gonna attract more of that negative energy, or if it’s a positive energy, you’re gonna attract more of that.
Lindsay: Yeah. Like when we’re younger, we always choose the wrong person for, us because we’re so chaotic.
Michelle: Yes, we’re chaotic and a lot of us have negative self talk.
Lindsay: Yeah. So that’s why we go through those things that we go through. But if you could hear this, like when you’re a preteen and know all of this stuff, like, that would be incredible to see how my life would have, would have unfolded had I known all this stuff when I was like twelve or 13. But anyways, there’s still hope for so many people out there.
Michelle: No, I do think every generation gets a little bit more advanced. They do stuff earlier and earlier on.
Lindsay: Yeah. And just to sum it up.
Michelle: Yeah.
Lindsay: It all comes back to, like, positive self talk.
Michelle: Yeah.
Lindsay: And. Which leads to a positive mindset and exuding positive, uplifting energy.
Michelle: Yes.
Lindsay: Because happy energy goes a long way.
Michelle: Pay it forward.
Lindsay: Thanks for listening on that note.
Michelle: Okay, thanks. Bye.
Lindsay: Okay, thanks. Bye.