Transcript
A (0:01)
Welcome to the Amazing Authorities podcast, where game changers, visionaries and category leaders share how they built their brands, platforms and global influence. Your host is Mitch Carson, international speaker, media strategist, and creator of the Instant Authority system. If you're ready to learn from those who've done it and want to become the go to expert in your space, you're in the right place.
B (0:30)
Jen Johnson is in the house. Welcome, Jen.
C (0:35)
Oh my gosh, Mitch, thank you so much for having me.
B (0:38)
Yeah, well, I'm, I'm looking forward to our conversation. We chatted a little bit before we went into record mode just to break the ice, and the ice has been broken and we jumped right in. With your background being an ER nurse, emergency room nurse, you have some stories. You shared a brief one that I hadn't heard that's still making my knees quiver just a moment ago. And you know, but your topic is intuition as a nurse and maybe if we have time, you can share one of those bold topics, for lack of a better descriptor, 100%.
C (1:17)
Are we PG 13? Are we R rated? How far we can go?
B (1:21)
Let's keep it PG13 for now, but we can go. You know, I, I, well, when I say when I think are for me content of R is highly sexual and I don't think we're going to go there and, or, or violence, I think is where it goes, those two things. So, yeah, yeah, I don't think we're going to go down those paths on this call. I, I don't think I ever have an interview. But we can certainly go on to what humans do that will evoke the emotion and the laughter we're both experiencing at the moment when you ask about our content. We can delve into that later. But let's get right into. Tell us about your book because I love interviewing authors. Why don't you show the group your book and tell us about it. Nursing intuition.
C (2:11)
Okay. Nursing intuition. How to trust your gut, save your Sandy and survive. Your career was born out of COVID So Covid happened and I broke 100%, shouldn't have been nursing, completely out of my mind, sleep deprived, anxious, depressed. The whole gamut of emotions as many of us, if not all, faced during that time. So when the attorneys came around because everybody was offering services and gifts and this kind of thing, the attorneys came around, at least in Ontario, and said, hey, we'd like to offer our services, we'd like to do everybody's wills for free. And at the time, you couldn't help but think, oh, I'm not expected to survive this Gotcha. If I wasn't already in a bit of a spiral, that really kicked it into overdrive. And so I got to thinking. I chose to continue to go into work day in, day out. Everybody had the option of not going in. And, you know, thinking about it, my kids were four and five and a half when everything started. And I thought, okay, well, if something happens to me, if I'm intubated or I die or whatever else, how do you explain to kids that mom chose to continue to go to work? So I went into it and I thought, well, why don't I write down my good stories for them? You know, those times that I really helped and I was where I was supposed to be and all these kind of things, you know, had been about 14 years at that point. So started writing down the good stories, had a good couple ones, and without me realizing, I slid very quickly into the deep dark, Never discussed things that I'd seen and done through the years also. And after about six weeks of nonstop writing, I kind of took a step back and went, what am I going to do with this? I don't know if I want my kids to hear any of these stories now, but there's got to be something to this. And was listening to a pot or so Llewellyn, who's a metaphysical publisher in the States, was having online book fairs and the authors would come on and talk about their books. And the one that I happened to catch was intuition at work. I thought, intuition at work. I use my intuition every day at work. And it was just such this light switch moment going, I need to go back and look at those stories. And sure enough, every single story had some sort of element of intuition as to, did I trust my gut? Did I not? Did I say something? Did I not? And was I believed or was I not? And so I kind of thought, all right, well, what are the chances that there's actually science behind this, you know, peer reviewed evidence based within the last five years, the whole kit and caboodle. And sure enough, there's not just a ton of information on intuition, but specifically intuition in nursing. And so I thought, well, I think I was led down this path for a reason. So if somebody's going to be the one to ring the bell and kind of put this forward, let it be me. And that's what's been the push for all of this since. So it's kind of been me going on podcasts and teaching and sharing my horrific stories and just kind of letting the conversation be open to being able to teach intuition to new nurses.