Oct 5, 2023
This episode is the cosmic reminder of the power of grace,
vulnerability and doing what's aligned with your values and
ethics.
My guest this week is Kristen Nagle -- a woman
my family celebrated a lot over the last few years. What an honour
to have her on the podcast.
Kristen is a former NICU nurse of 14 years turned holistic,
homeschooling, faithfilled mama.
There is a long pause right in the middle of the episode where I sat in my emotions. There ended up being so much energy for me in
this conversation with Kristen.
Kristen is a woman who stood up for her values and risked it all
by questioning the "status quo" as a Registered Nurse in an Ontario
NICU. As a mom, health practitioner, Registered Holistic
Nutritionist and passionate advocate for true health and wellbeing
she has a lot of knowledge to share with those who are interested
in understanding health, immunity and whole body healing at a
deeper level.
In this episode we touch on:
- Life as a Registered Nurse pre-pandemic.
- Becoming a Registered Holistic Nutritionist. Learning and
sharing so much about holistic nutrition and feeding and nourishing
infants and children.
- Sharing her information with nurses and feeling supported.
- Diving into the routine immunization schedule for
children.
- Questioning the lack of informed consent and wanting more
information.
- Feeling the tides turning as she talked about the lack of true
scientific information.
- The Freedom rally and Kristen's involvement at Canada's
capital.
- What it feels like to have the media turn against you. Being
vilified for your beliefs.
- Unifying in protests and rallies at hospitals across
Canada.
- Being suspended as a Registered Nurse.
- College of Nurses of Ontario investigation.
- Eventually terminated as a RN and resigning her license with
the College of Nurses of Ontario.
- The transformation from pain to purpose.
- What Kristen is now doing and what this means
in her life and future right now.
- What's lighting her up in the work she's doing.
- Hosting a recent one-day birth conference that was wildly
successful.
Quotable Moments in this Episode:
On The Importance
of Challenging Medical Conventions: "And now I know that
critical thinking just means as long as you stay within the box
that is provided and don't go outside of what we are telling you to
do."— Kristen Nagle
On False Accusations and
Resilience: "At that point, I was placed under
investigation by the College of Nurses of Ontario. I was put under
indefinite suspension. And I saw the disclosure, and I saw some
letters that came in, one being a very close family member, that
wrote in a three page letter about how apparently I was a QAnon
leader, I was leading Trump supporters or doing something, and I
should be terminated and my license revoked immediately. I remember
where I was in that moment, and I collapsed on the floor. And I
don't think I've ever cried so hard in my life. And there was this
moment where after the tears and the crying and lots of kind of
fallout from other things, I remember thinking I could stay in this
spot on the floor or I could pick myself up and keep going because
otherwise everything that's already happened would be all for
nothing. And so I kept going because I knew there was another nurse
in Toronto that had been speaking up. We had already been
connected."— Kristen Nagle
On The Power of Hospital
Rallies: "And then we knew that we were onto something,
because out of all the things that had happened along the way, the
most hate we received was after the hospital rallies, right? And
it's because the media had to put an end to it, because they were
seeing that how successful it was becoming.'"— Kristen
Nagle
On Media Hate and the Power of Unity
During The Freedom Convoy: "But it was that moment after
the media hate. At that time, it was so heavy, and then it was like
we're getting so burnt out. And just when we were getting burnt out
and done and kind of giving up, the trucks rolled in, and I had to
go [be a part of the Freedom Convoy in Ottawa]."— Kristen
Nagle
On The Power of Love at the Freedom
Convoy: "And we didn't fight evil back with evil, and we
didn't fight back hate with hate. And we remained the most
peaceful, loving group I'd ever witnessed in my life. And I don't
think there's anything more powerful than that."— Kristen
Nagle
On Her Initial View of Home
Births: "I have done so many 180s in my life, and
that was a huge one where I actually would fight with people and
say that home birth should be illegal. I thought they were
dangerous. I thought those people were reckless. And I went back
and apologized to every single one."— Kristen Nagle
On The Power of Showing
Up: "Showing up in that moment helps somebody else
continue to show up in those moments. I can only imagine how you
became a lifeline for so many people."— Laura
Foster
Time Stamp:
[00:01:46] Emotional
conversation with brave nurse impacts world.
[00:07:11] Parenting
changes perspective; different lens now.
[00:13:20] Grateful for
unvaccinated sons, understanding illnesses.
[00:21:45] Shift from
indifference to preparation amidst pandemic.
[00:27:43] Spoke up for
children, video went viral, hate started, connected with
supporters, took action, inspired by friend, protest grew.
[00:31:34]
Investigation, suspension, false accusations, emotional breakdown,
resilience.
[00:35:16] Kristen's
impact is unimaginably profound and transformative.
[00:40:34] Media hate,
burnout, friends joined, powerful experience.
[00:50:01] Birth
conference with Billy Harrigan at Adley's birth. Moment of doubt,
encouragement, strength, birthing position.
[00:54:08] "Empowering
conversations ripple, inspire women worldwide."
[00:59:45] Motherhood,
children, and profound impact on life.
[01:01:20] Please share
your inspiration with us via DMs; thank you for listening.
More About
Kristen Nagle:
Kristen Nagle is a former Nurse -- just trying to live
her most authentic life while raising wild kids at home, out of the
system, immersed in plants, nature and helping others to learn how
to trust their bodies and remove fear.
KRISTEN NAGLE - WEBSITE: WONDERFULLY
MADE
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