When the caregiver becomes the patient, everything changes.
In this powerful episode of Call the Nurse, Mindie sits down with her friend and coworker, Taryn — a dedicated nurse, mother, and cancer survivor — to talk about the kind of strength you don’t learn in nursing school. Diagnosed with cancer at just 32, she was a newlywed caring for a newborn, and then later enduring the heartbreaking loss of her mother to the same disease, Taryn’s story is one of heartbreak, hope, and unshakable resilience.
Through it all, she’s maintained a positive spirit and a sense of humor that became its own kind of medicine — proving how much attitude can shape the healing journey. She also shares powerful advice on advocating for your own health, listening to your intuition, and speaking up when something doesn’t feel right.
Because sometimes, life support doesn’t come from machines or medicine. It comes from courage, connection, and the will to keep fighting.
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In this powerful and inspiring episode, Mindie sits down with fellow Arkansas native and ER nurse Bridgett Watkins, author of Marker to Marker. Bridgett’s story is one of extraordinary resilience — from navigating trauma and motherhood to finding healing through faith, endurance, and the courage to keep moving forward.
Raised in a family of championship mushers who raced the Iditarod, Bridgett learned early that survival isn’t about speed — it’s about perseverance, checkpoint by checkpoint, marker by marker. Now, she brings that same mindset to both her life in emergency medicine and her own journey of restoration.
Together, Mindie and Bridgett explore what it means to run the race of life with grit, grace, and a heart that refuses to quit — even when the trail gets rough.
Because sometimes healing isn’t found in the finish line…It’s found in the strength to keep going.
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In this powerful and deeply personal episode, Mindie sits down with her friend, Judy Thureson — a mother whose world changed forever when she lost her 18-year-old son, Jacob aka Hella Sketchy, to an opioid overdose.
Out of unimaginable grief came Beautiful Tragedy:How to Build Strength and Resilience During Life’s Greatest Challenges, Judy’s bestselling book and the foundation for her life’s mission to help others heal. She shares how she transformed her pain into purpose through her G.I.V.E. Principle — Grounding, Intention, Visualization, and Expressing Gratitude — a framework that’s helping countless others navigate loss, trauma, and life’s hardest seasons.
This conversation is raw, real, and filled with truth — about motherhood, resilience, and the strength it takes to keep living when your heart has been shattered. She also opens up a conversation about mental health and the judgment that comes along with it in this generation and in the medical world.
Judy’s story reminds us that even in tragedy, beauty can still rise from the ashes — and that healing, though hard, is possible. Today, Judy is a trusted voice for grieving families, a mentor to entrepreneurs, and a catalyst for community transformation. She is building a global brand that integrates fitness, coaching, retreats, and The Ultimate Experience events, reminding people that even life’s hardest seasons can become portals to growth, abundance, and divine alignment.
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In this episode of Call the Nurse, Mindie sits down with Dana & Leah Pump to talk about the unlikely joining of two very different people. Leah once prayed for the man she would marry, but she never imagined it would be someone so culturally different from herself. Yet love has a way of surprising us. 💞
Together, Leah and Dana have built not just a marriage, but a mission—raising millions of dollars, changing hundreds of lives, and leaving a legacy that will one day inspire their twins. This is a story about faith, love, resilience, and the unexpected ways life brings us exactly who and what we need 💫
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In this heartfelt solo episode, Mindie RN, BSN reflects on the surprising life lessons learned from Gigi, the duck who waddled into her world and changed the way she sees motherhood, fear, and freedom. 💫
From the emotional challenge of letting her daughter fly, to the realization that she’s clipped her own wings with doubt, Mindie explores the parallels between nurturing others and healing ourselves. With a nurse’s lens and a mother’s heart, she shares powerful lessons about adaptability, emotional triage, and embracing your wild, wandering spirit. ✨
We don’t always choose our teachers. Sometimes, they choose us & leave us forever changed. 💞
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If Part One traced the fractures of the past, Part Two explores what it means to build something lasting from the pieces. After finding each other in the middle of heartbreak, Mindie and Alon open up about the challenges of blending families, the importance of respect, and the fears that almost kept them from walking down the aisle. They discuss the vulnerable and difficult topics, such as a PRE-NUP, that couples do not want to talk about!!
This chapter isn’t just about the obstacles — it’s about the deeper commitment that came from facing them head-on. Their story shows that love is not the absence of struggle, but the choice to keep moving forward together.
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Connect with Dr. Antebi! 🩺
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In this deeply personal episode, Mindie sits down with someone she knows intimately—her husband. Dr. Alon Antebi is an orthopedic trauma surgeon who has spent his career repairing shattered bones. But when it came to the fractures in his own life—his difficult divorce, the unraveling of a family, and the emotional toll of it all—there were no tools or textbooks to guide him.
He takes us through his journey of becoming a surgeon, building a highly successful medical practice, and then facing the painful realization that not everything broken can be fixed in an operating room. As he navigated a years-long divorce, he began the slow process of prioritizing his own health and rebuilding his relationship with his children as a single father.
Mindie and Alon open up about how they met—not in a romantic whirlwind, but in the middle of the wreckage— his and hers. As a nurse, Mindie had her own scars, her own divorce, and her own story of healing. What unfolded between them wasn’t a love story at first. It was a human one—marked by honesty, humility, grief, and quiet rebuilding.
This is Part 1 of a two-part series that explores what happens when two clinicians—trained to save others—finally turn inward, face their own brokenness, and begin to rebuild something neither of them saw coming! 💫
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IG: @antebiortho
www.avorsmedicalgroup.com
🎗️Learn more about the Harold & Carole Pump Foundation at haroldpumpfoundation.com & join us in the fight against cancer! 🎗️
In this deeply meaningful episode of Call the Nurse, Mindie is joined by not only an incredible physician, but a cherished friend and colleague—Dr. Marwa Kilani.
A board-certified specialist in Hospice and Palliative Medicine and the Medical Director of Palliative Care at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center, Dr. Kilani has dedicated her career to helping patients and families navigate the most vulnerable moments of life with compassion and clarity.
Together, Mindie & Dr. Kilani explore what palliative care truly is, how it differs from hospice, and why so many people misunderstand it. They dive into tender but necessary conversations about getting affairs in order, advance directives, and how to approach end-of-life planning without fear or stigma—even across cultures where it’s rarely discussed.
Dr. Kilani shares how she guides families who aren’t always aligned on healthcare decisions, and what she wishes every family knew before a medical crisis hits. This conversation is both eye-opening and soul-stirring, with reflections on what this work has taught her about love, legacy, and what really matters most.
Whether you’re a healthcare professional, a caregiver, or simply someone wanting to prepare with love and grace—this episode will leave you with wisdom, perspective, and peace.
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What happens when a viral superstar and a soulful nurse meet as next-door neighbors? You get a friendship rooted in faith, family, and fierce realness.
In this heart-opening episode of Call the Nurse, Mindie sits down with the incredible Liane V (Benjamin)—a multi-hyphenate talent, entrepreneur, and beloved figure in the Filipino community and beyond—who skyrocketed to over a million followers in just six months. But it’s not the numbers that define her—it’s her heart.
Together, Mindie and Liane get real about what it means to raise a family, chase dreams, and stay grounded in the chaos. Liane shares how she leans on her "built-in backup"—her tight-knit, extended family that makes it possible to do it all. They dive into:
✨ How transparency and humility have fueled Liane’s impact
✨ The gift of having a rapid response team you can call in moments of overwhelm
✨ Why taking breaks, protecting your peace, and living in “the now” matters
✨ The importance of sharing what you’re learning as you go—it helps others and heals you
✨ What Liane would tell her younger self about people-pleasing, stress, and letting go
✨ The sweet moment she made Mindie’s daughter feel seen with a spontaneous photoshoot
✨ And the deep truth: You don’t have to care what everyone thinks. Just honor what your inner girl needs.
This episode is a celebration of sisterhood, self-trust, and the power of presence. Whether you’re a mom, a dream-chaser, or just trying to keep it together in a loud world—this one will land in your heart.
🩺 Tune in to Call the Nurse now. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, and you’ll leave feeling more connected to what really matters.
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Mindie sits down with her coach, mentor, and friend Liz Svatek—the woman who has walked with her through some of the biggest transformations of her life. Together, they launched Mindie’s podcast, Call the Nurse, now in the top 10% globally. But what really changed everything? Healing the woman behind the role, and finally choosing herself.
Liz shares how, at 49, she felt numb, exhausted, and drowning in the “shoulds” of life—watching women dread turning 50 and deciding she wouldn’t be one of them. From that moment, she began her own healing journey, found Rapid Transformational Therapy (RTT), and built a movement that helps women heal first—because legacy comes through healing, not before it. They discuss boundaries, identity, and the freedom that comes when you stop doing everyone else’s emotional homework and finally do your own.
You’ll hear how Mindie’s healing became the ripple effect for her family—how she transformed her relationship with her daughter and husband by starting with herself. Liz explains the power of “little girl work,” releasing trauma we’ve minimized for decades, and the sacred work of helping women remove the heavy rocks they’ve carried for far too long. The Warrior Women community, masterminds, and retreats become the space where women don’t just change—they remember who they are.
This episode is for any woman who’s ever thought, “This can’t be it.” It’s for the woman who wants to feel alive again, trust herself again, and know it's never too late.
Healing is a choice. Legacy is waiting. And you—yes, you—are the medicine.
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Family triage, bonus dad breakthroughs, and the call that says it all… Part 2 of 2!
In this powerful continuation of Episode 2, Mindie goes even deeper—this time into the layered dynamics of blended family parenting and what happens when co-parenting meets step-parenting in the real world.
She and her ex husband Armando open up about what it meant to co-create continuity of care for Haylie, Mindie’s daughter, after her divorce. From resistance to reverence, this episode explores how Haylie’s dad, Armando, made the courageous decision to invite Alon into fatherhood—to fill in the gaps when he couldn’t be there, and to co-parent from a place of trust, not ego.
💬 And yes… Haylie calls right in the middle of the episode (because of course she does)! A full-circle moment that proves: this family doesn’t just talk the talk—they live it.
You’ll hear how Alon’s role as a stepdad turned into a spiritual classroom, where Haylie—neurodiverse, out-of-the-box, and full of wisdom—became one of his greatest teachers. Compassion, patience, and deep healing emerged as the unexpected rewards of this wild, beautiful ride.
Whether you're navigating a divorce, a blended family, or just trying to figure out how to love big while letting go—this episode is for you.
Because sometimes… the end of one story is just the beginning of the most powerful chapter yet.
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What if your breakup didn’t have to break everything?
When Mindie and her ex-husband Armando realized their marriage was over, they made an unusual decision: no drama, no war, just love—for their daughter and themselves.
In this deeply honest episode of Call the Nurse, they share how they ended their marriage but not the mission—choosing peaceful partnership over pain, and co-parenting from a place of compassion, not conflict.
It’s not always easy, but it is possible.
This conversation is for anyone navigating heartbreak, healing, or hard decisions—and wondering if there’s a more human, heart-centered way forward.
💔 ➡️ 💗 Tune in to hear how love can look different—and still be powerful. Not all breakups have to be battles. Mindie and her ex chose a peaceful partnership for their daughter after their divorce.
Mindie walks us through the moment they made the call to end their marriage but not the mission. Like any difficult diagnosis, it came with grief but also a treatment plan of coparenting with empathy and compassion.
Make sure you tune in for Part 2!
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In this powerful premiere of Call the Nurse, Mindie opens her heart and takes you behind the scenes—not just of her podcast, but of her healing journey.
She shares the raw truth of what it means to rise from divorce, rewire generational patterns, raise a neurodivergent daughter, and choose love over fear—again and again.
This episode is for the woman who's been holding it all together, wondering if she's the only one unraveling. It’s for the moms doing their best, the wives healing through the mess, and the women daring to find their voice.
Mindie speaks not as an expert—but as a witness. To life. To love. To what happens when we stop waiting for permission and begin living out loud.
If you’ve ever doubted yourself, feared your story was too messy to matter, or questioned if it was too late to try… press play.
This is how healing begins.
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Call the Nurse! Trailer – The Nurse You Didn’t Know You Needed
Episode Description:
Welcome to Call the Nurse!, the podcast where practical advice meets soul guidance from a nurse who’s seen it all. Hosted by Mindie, a critical care nurse with over 15 years of experience, this show dives deep into navigating life’s toughest moments with grace, humor, and a little southern charm. From conflict resolution in the hospital to raising a brilliant neurodivergent daughter and navigating a busy, blended family with her surgeon husband, Mindie’s life is a roller coaster—and she’s here to help you ride yours.
In this trailer episode, Mindie shares the heart behind Call the Nurse! and what listeners can expect—real, raw conversations about parenting, marriage, overcoming fear, setting boundaries, and healing old wounds. Whether you’re dealing with complicated family dynamics, looking for guidance, or just need a compassionate voice to support you, Mindie is always on call.
Subscribe now and get ready to laugh, cry, and heal. Because when your life starts to flatline, sometimes you just have to Call the Nurse!
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