Default to YES! Your Extraordinary Self
by Juli Reynolds, Nurse Coach
Think Like a Nurse: A New Season
About this podcast
Default to Yes: Think Like a Nurse is for women over 40 who are ready to get curious about their health, question the noise, and let go of the pressure to get everything exactly right.
So you can stop spending so much of your life trying to fix yourself—and get about the business of what you are meant to be about.
Juli Reynolds—a nurse, nurse coach, and lifelong believer in asking better questions - learned that clarity rarely comes from having more information. It comes from knowing how to make sense of the information you already have.
Here, we take the critical thinking, curiosity, science, and whole-person perspective of nursing and apply it to the health and wellness questions women are navigating every day.
Instead of telling you what to think, I’ll help you learn how to think about it.
Together, we’ll Notice, Narrate, Nurture, and Navigate—looking at the evidence, understanding what it can and cannot tell us, asking better questions, and considering what actually makes sense for you.
Because Default to Yes is ultimately about saying yes to your extraordinary self.
Less second-guessing. Less self-judgment. Less energy spent trying to do health perfectly.
More curiosity. More clarity. More creativity. More trust in your ability to learn, adapt, and make informed decisions.
So you can stop spending so much of your life trying to fix yourself—and get about the business of what you are meant to be about.
Stay curious. Think like a nurse. And Default to Yes.
Each episode delivers:
Science-backed strategies for nervous system regulation, brain health, resilience, and sustainable performance in healthcare
Holistic practices like aromatherapy, breathwork, and lifestyle medicine designed specifically for real nursing life
Stories, reflection, and coaching questions that build courage, boundaries, confidence, and clarity in your day-to-day work and life
If you’re ready to move beyond surviving shifts and start saying YES—
YES to your calling
YES to your health
YES to ethical boundaries
YES to your extraordinary self
This show will guide you—step by step—from regulation to reinvention.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 167 episodes
- Think Like a Nurse: A New Season · 14 min · Season 2 Episode 158Share Your Tips and Take-aways with me! Default to Yes Is Growing Up: Welcome to Think Like a Nurse There has never been more health and wellness information available—and yet it…
- Part 6 of 6 - Default to Yes: Designing Your Extraordinary Life · 16 minShare Your Tips and Take-aways with me! In the final episode of the “Default to Yes: Your Extraordinary Self” series, we are bringing the tools together to focus on designing the…
- Part 5: Default to YES! Who Are You Becoming? · 15 minShare Your Tips and Take-aways with me! In episode five of six, we explore identity, values, and the foundation of an aligned life, building on earlier episodes about the nervous…
- Part 4: Default to YES! The Power of Sensory Grounding · 12 minShare Your Tips and Take-aways with me! Unlocking the Power of Scent: Aroma Cognition and Sensory Grounding Welcome to episode four of our six-part series. I'm thrilled that…
- Part 3 Default to YES! - Breathe, Feel, Reset: How somatic practices accelerate change · 14 minShare Your Tips and Take-aways with me! Breath, Somatic Awareness, and Nervous System Reset: The Missing Piece for Lasting Change (Episode 3) In episode three of a six-part…
- Part 2 Default to YES! - The Clarity Loop: Thoughtful Transformation · 20 minShare Your Tips and Take-aways with me! The Clarity Loop: Retrain Your Mind for Nervous System Regulation and Emotional Control In episode two, we cover how thoughts shape…
- Part 1: Default to YES - A Regulated Nervous System · 16 minShare Your Tips and Take-aways with me! Support the show When you are ready, there are a few ways we can connect—each designed to meet you where you are: CLICK HERE and get The…
- Navigating Life's Seasons: Embracing Curiosity and Creating Space for Growth · 26 min · Episode 147Share Your Tips and Take-aways with me! Over the past few months, I’ve been paying attention. Not just to my own life—but to the cultural moment we’re all living in. And if I’m…
- When Something Holy Brushes Past the Soul (and the Nervous System Notices) · 17 min · Episode 146Share Your Tips and Take-aways with me! This episode explores what happens in the brain and body when something holy brushes past the soul—and why witnessing moral beauty may be…
- You Don’t Need Fixing: The Power of Becoming a Compassionate Observer · 15 min · Episode 145Share Your Tips and Take-aways with me! In this episode, we explore: Why self-judgment keeps the nervous system stuck in threat modeThe difference between awareness and…
- Stop Waiting to Be Understood: The Lie Nurses Are Taught About Self-Sacrifice · 24 min · Episode 144Share Your Tips and Take-aways with me! Nurses are taught—directly and indirectly—that self-sacrifice is part of being “good” at this work. Work through breaks. Stay late. Carry…
- Building Capacity: When Your Nervous System Can’t Absorb One More Thing · 29 min · Episode 143Share Your Tips and Take-aways with me! Lately, many of us are feeling it more—the anxiety, the tension, the emotional weight of the world. And for nurses, this isn’t abstract…
- Anxiety Relief: A Practice for Post-Crisis Recovery · 11 minShare Your Tips and Take-aways with me! This was created for a "Post-Storm Recovery" This episode offers a practical guide for recovering after a crisis or prolonged stress…
- Inner Peace for Nurses: Daily Regulation Practice · 15 min · Episode 142Share Your Tips and Take-aways with me! What if the exhaustion you’re feeling isn’t because you’re doing life wrong—but because you’ve been carrying too much internally for too…
- Optimizing Health of Mind, Body, and Spirit in an Age of Noise · 20 min · Episode 141Share Your Tips and Take-aways with me! What does it mean to pursue health of mind, body, and spirit when the world feels loud, polarized, and oversimplified? In this episode…
- Release What Is in the Past: The Neuroscience of Letting Go & Beginning Again · 19 min · Episode 140Share Your Tips and Take-aways with me! Release What Is in the Past: The Neuroscience of Letting Go & Beginning Again What if the reason you struggle to let go of the past isn’t…
- Before You Set Another Goal: Try This Instead · 16 min · Episode 139Share Your Tips and Take-aways with me! Every January, we’re encouraged to set new goals, create resolutions, and push ourselves toward change. And yet, so many well-intentioned…
- “For the One Who Feels Like She Does Everything” · 15 min · Episode 138Share Your Tips and Take-aways with me! For the One Who Feels Like She Does Everything: Burnout, December Brain, and the Shift Toward a Healthier Year Episode Summary: In this…
- How to Find Hope Again: Neuroscience, Faith, and Practical Tools for Hard Seasons · 14 min · Episode 137Share Your Tips and Take-aways with me! Hope — The Science and the Soul of Beginning Again When hope feels distant, fragile, or hard to hold, this episode is for you. In today’s…
- Transform Your Mindset: From Holiday Chaos to Peaceful Living · 16 min · Episode 136Share Your Tips and Take-aways with me! Get your guide here: BREATHE in the Season: Aroma Advent Guide In this episode, we explore the often overwhelming holiday season and how…







