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What Burnout Trauma PTSD and Grief Can Teach Us About Healing and Purpose with Nurse Janna Holterman
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In this episode of Biggest Best Life, I sit down with CVICU nurse and burnout coach Janna Holterman, whose story is one of heartbreak, healing, and fierce transformation.
Jannah opens up about nurse burnout, PTSD after COVID, and her personal devastating loss —all while showing us what true courage looks like when life shatters and you’re left to rebuild piece by piece.
We talk about what it means to lose yourself in caregiving, how to start finding your way back, and why intuition is the quiet voice that can save you when logic can’t. From EMDR therapy and trauma healing to nervous system regulation, self-care, and reclaiming your identity beyond the nurse label, Janna shares powerful insights for anyone walking through grief, burnout, or emotional exhaustion.
If you’ve ever felt like you’ve given so much of yourself that there’s nothing left, this conversation is your permission slip to start over. You’ll learn how to reconnect with your intuition, find strength in the darkest moments, and rediscover who you are underneath the labels, roles, and expectations.
We talk about:
- Healing from trauma and PTSD through EMDR therapy
- Nurse burnout and compassion fatigue during the pandemic
- Finding purpose after loss and grief
- How intuition can guide recovery and emotional healing
- Practical ways to reset your nervous system and recharge your energy
- Reconnecting with your identity and power after losing yourself
This episode is a love letter to every nurse, caregiver, or woman who’s ever whispered, “Who am I now?”
You are not too late. You are right on time.
And you are stronger than you think.
Listen now and share this episode with someone who needs to hear that healing is possible and that they, too, can live their biggest, best life.
Connect with Janna:
Instagram: @jannaholterman
Website: www.jannaholterman.com
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Chapters
1. Losing Self And Asking Why (00:00:00)
2. Show Opening And Guest Intro (00:00:34)
3. Childhood And Choosing Nursing (00:02:39)
4. Intuition Leads To Nursing School (00:04:37)
5. ICU Work And Early Burnout Tools (00:05:18)
6. COVID ECMO And PTSD On The Unit (00:07:34)
7. Marriage, Long COVID, And Paranoia (00:10:59)
8. Caregiving Exhaustion And Burnout At Home (00:16:31)
9. The Day Everything Changed (00:18:26)
10. EMDR And Beginning To Heal (00:20:06)
11. Rebuilding Identity And Purpose (00:22:24)
12. Practical Steps To Exit Burnout (00:26:08)
13. Intuition Training And Root-Cause Coaching (00:28:42)
14. Where To Find Jannah (00:32:01)
15. Defining Happiness And Biggest Best Life (00:33:20)
16. Closing And Listener Invitation (00:35:02)
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