Default to YES: From Regulation to Reinvention — For Nurses Ready for More
Default to YES is your weekly coaching session for nurses ready for more.
More clarity. More confidence. More capacity.
More freedom to move from regulation to reinvention—without losing yourself in the process.
Hosted by Board Certified Nurse Coach and Clinically Certified Aromatherapist Juli Reynolds, this podcast blends neuroscience, holistic health, and soul-centered coaching to help nurses and healthcare leaders rise above burnout, regulate their nervous systems, navigate career and life transitions, and live the life they were created for.
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
166 episodes
Part 6 of 6 - Default to Yes: Designing Your Extraordinary Life
In the final episode of the “Default to Yes: Your Extraordinary Self” series, we are bringing the tools together to focus on designing the life you’re called to live by training your brain to cooperate through understanding, compassion, and pra...
Part 5: Default to YES! Who Are You Becoming?
In episode five of six, we explore identity, values, and the foundation of an aligned life, building on earlier episodes about the nervous system, thoughts, body, and sensory environment without encouraging overwhelm or “working harder.” Why id...
Part 4: Default to YES! The Power of Sensory Grounding
Unlocking the Power of Scent: Aroma Cognition and Sensory GroundingWelcome to episode four of our six-part series. I'm thrilled that you're still here with me. Whether you're incorporating these insights into your daily life or di...
Part 3 Default to YES! - Breathe, Feel, Reset: How somatic practices accelerate change
Breath, Somatic Awareness, and Nervous System Reset: The Missing Piece for Lasting Change (Episode 3)In episode three of a six-part series, we take a look at how lasting personal change happens in the body, not just the mind, and how ner...
Part 2 Default to YES! - The Clarity Loop: Thoughtful Transformation
The Clarity Loop: Retrain Your Mind for Nervous System Regulation and Emotional ControlIn episode two, we cover how thoughts shape overall wellbeing and nervous system regulation, building on last week’s focus on how body state affects c...
Navigating Life's Seasons: Embracing Curiosity and Creating Space for Growth
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 honest, something feels different. People are tired.Burnout remains high.Information overload is...
When Something Holy Brushes Past the Soul (and the Nervous System Notices)
This episode explores what happens in the brain and body when something holy brushes past the soul—and why witnessing moral beauty may be one of the most regulating experiences we have.An interaction with another, observed or experienced...
You Don’t Need Fixing: The Power of Becoming a Compassionate Observer
In this episode, we explore:Why self-judgment keeps the nervous system stuck in threat modeThe difference between awareness and compassionate observationHow thought downloads help process emotions and reduce mental...
Stop Waiting to Be Understood: The Lie Nurses Are Taught About Self-Sacrifice
Nurses are taught—directly and indirectly—that self-sacrifice is part of being “good” at this work.Work through breaks. Stay late. Carry the emotional weight. Don’t complain. Don’t ask for too much.
Building Capacity: When Your Nervous System Can’t Absorb One More Thing
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. We hold stress, fear, urgency, and responsibility every single day. “You will keep in perfect p...
Anxiety Relief: A Practice for Post-Crisis Recovery
This was created for a "Post-Storm Recovery" This episode offers a practical guide for recovering after a crisis or prolonged stress, particularly addressing the body's lingering alert state after a storm or any crisis. It introduce...
Inner Peace for Nurses: Daily Regulation Practice
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 long?In this episode of Default to Yes, we explore the idea of spiritual hygiene—the...
Optimizing Health of Mind, Body, and Spirit in an Age of Noise
What does it mean to pursue health of mind, body, and spirit when the world feels loud, polarized, and oversimplified?In this episode, Juli reflects honestly on the anxiety of meaning-making in a culture addicted to certainty. She explor...
Release What Is in the Past: The Neuroscience of Letting Go & Beginning Again
Release What Is in the Past: The Neuroscience of Letting Go & Beginning AgainWhat if the reason you struggle to let go of the past isn’t weakness—but wiring?As we step into a new year, many of us feel pressure to “move ...
Before You Set Another Goal: Try This Instead
Every January, we’re encouraged to set new goals, create resolutions, and push ourselves toward change. And yet, so many well-intentioned resolutions quietly fade by February.In this episode, I’m sharing a different approach—one t...
“For the One Who Feels Like She Does Everything”
For the One Who Feels Like She Does Everything: Burnout, December Brain, and the Shift Toward a Healthier YearEpisode Summary: In this heartfelt and evidence-based episode, Juli speaks directly to the woman who carries ...
How to Find Hope Again: Neuroscience, Faith, and Practical Tools for Hard Seasons
Hope — The Science and the Soul of Beginning AgainWhen hope feels distant, fragile, or hard to hold, this episode is for you.In today’s conversation, we explore hope in a way that honors both the brain and the...
Transform Your Mindset: From Holiday Chaos to Peaceful Living
Get your guide here: BREATHE in the Season: Aroma Advent GuideIn this episode, we explore the often overwhelming holiday season and how the practices of Adven...
The Prefrontal Protocol: Daily Practices That Actually Change Your Life
In today’s episode of the Default to Yes™ Podcast, we’re looking at the real purpose of morning routines, evening reviews, and journaling—and why these practices are not about “me time” or aesthetic ritual.They are the ...
We Don’t Always Know What It’s Going to Take (But We Keep Striking Anyway)
When King Joash struck the ground only three times, he didn’t know what it would take for victory — or how close he was to breakthrough. In this episode, Juli Reynolds, Nurse Coach and founder of The Yes Society, explores the ancient s...
The Morning Shift: The One Thing You Can Do Each Morning to Change Everything Else
What if one simple shift in your morning routine could change everything else in your day—your focus, your energy, your peace, your purpose?In this episode of Default to Yes, Nurse Coach and Aromacognition founder Juli Reynol...
Choosing Your Perfect Planner: Even If You Think You Are Not a Planner
Every fall, the planner aisle starts calling. Fresh covers, empty pages, endless potential.And yet — if you’re like most of us — by March that shiny new planner is sitting somewhere under a pile of laundry, half-filled and fully forgotte...
The Science of Peace as a Practice: Why We Lose Our Calm and How to Get It Back
In this week’s episode of Default to Yes, Nurse Coach Juli Reynolds explores the intersection of neuroscience and soul — teaching how to train your brain and body for calm in a world that constantly pulls you out of it....
When You Just Don’t Feel Like It: The Science of the Blahs and How to Reset
In this episode, Juli shares what really happens in your brain after a big trip, project, or event — that strange “blah” feeling when motivation and joy take a dip. Learn about the dopamine-restoration cycle, why your nervous system need...