Megan Moody

Coyote has been one of my greatest teachers this past season.

Coyote Medicine is sly, wise, and unafraid to use life’s curveballs as lessons. 🐺
It shows up in the trickster moments — when life flips upside down — not to punish, but to invite growth, self-awareness, and a deeper connection to our own truth.

It feels like most situations in my life are currently teaching me through “contrast” — reflecting the “opposite” so that I may learn to cultivate the medicine within myself.

And really, the reflection is showing me the deeper level within myself where I am able to make a conscious choice to BE the medicine instead of playing into old patterns.

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Sometimes the path of mastery feels like living in an upside-down world — and the test is to not get caught up in the contrast.
Instead, the choice to be the remedy is presented through invitation.

✨ The “jerk” that cuts you off on the freeway is inviting you to choose patience, kindness, and grace.
✨ The “energetically draining” individual you work with is inviting you to be sovereign in your energy and set loving boundaries.
✨ The unexpected physical ailment slowing your “progress” is inviting you to slow the heck down and finally rest/care for yourself so you don’t actually burn out.

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And if I’m honest, this past year has been full of these invitations.
I’ve been shaped by the edges — by chaos, grief, and wild grace.

The contrasts have been loud, sometimes painful, but always purposeful.
They’ve carved me open, deepened my roots, and reminded me that even in the most disorienting moments, there is a choice:
to lean into the medicine I carry, and to live wildly, sovereignly, and close to the earth. 🌿🪶

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What contrasts are inviting YOU to rise, root, or soften right now?
Share your wild lessons below — I’d love to hear. 🐺✨

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I had other plans for today —
but my body guided me in a different direction.

Right as we returned home from our trip,
an unavoidable call to rest stirred within me…
asking me to pause.

The reminder?

I don’t need to rush.
I don’t need to conquer the to-do list.
I don’t need to prove anything.

I can choose to slow down.
To ground.
To simplify.
To return to my own rhythm.

🌀 I reclaim balance, harmony, and ease.
🌀 I reclaim my right to a sustainable life.
🌀 I reclaim power rooted in presence.
🌀 I reclaim a natural flow that carries me gently.

This isn’t falling behind —
it’s softening.
It’s choosing alignment over urgency.

So today, I sit with my tea and journal.
I breathe.
I listen.

Because sometimes the medicine is in the pause.
In the slowness you embrace.
In the quiet questions you ask yourself.

✨ If you’re navigating your own return,
you’re not alone.

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✨ Which of these reflections speaks to you most today?

📌 Feel free to save these for a moment when you need to return to yourself.

Such an important thing to remember- as a nurse, a parent, just about any role or relationship in our life.

In case you were curious about me… You can call me Nurse Megan. 🩺❤️

I have been a pediatric nurse for over 18 years and have worked with a wide range of different children (and their families) in both the hospital and school setting. I have worked with medically fragile children, children with no medical conditions, children with diabetes, children with cancer, children with blood disorders, children at the end of their life, the list goes on… I have mentored student nurses and newly graduated nurses, as well as participated in different projects/councils and various forms of research and shared leadership. I have absolutely learned a lot of lessons and gained a lot of experience in this field, and I feel like this all speaks for itself. And over the course of my journey as a nurse, I have also learned A LOT about myself as a human expanding in consciousness…

My nursing career has very much overlapped with my own personal, inner journey of healing, growth, and evolution. Up until about 5 years ago, I was on a crash course to total burnout. I was a chronic people pleaser and found it just about impossible to say “no”. I was always putting others’ needs before my own in the name of “service”. I was on an unsustainable path… 😵

Through a process of deep inner reflection, support from various healers and mentors, and devotion to my daily practice and path, I have learned to truly balance work with my personal life, to work in a mindful and sustainable way, claim my authentic expression even in the workplace, and transform my work into an offering to Spirit. 🌹🌿

If you are a newly graduated nurse who is looking for support and guidance as you begin your career, and would like to learn tools to build the foundation of a sustainable and fulfilling career, I’m your gal. ❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹

Weekend photo dump… ❤️🥰

I was able to enjoy a beautiful weekend away in Lake Arrowhead with my hubby (Adam) and my now 11-year-old daughter (Leah). We had THE BEST time together, doing what we love to do the most- being together and spending time in nature. 🏔️🌳

A picture says a thousand words. And this is so true. These photos encompass the people and experiences that are nearest and dearest to my heart, what some people might call my “why”. These photos also serve as a grave reminder to me of all the things I’ve previously missed out on. 🤳

At a certain point on my journey as a nurse, I had hit a MAJOR wall with overwhelming burnout. I had become a slave to my job. I was EXHAUSTED, irritable, and pretty much wanted to spend every minute of my days off work alone. I had become completely disengaged from my family. I had even come to a place of turning to substances in order to let off steam and “have a good time” (hello, terrible coping strategies). My relationships with my daughter and husband were starting to deteriorate. I was missing out on A LOT of moments like the ones you see in these pictures.

That’s about the time when I knew something had to change. I began the long process of really looking at and unraveling all of the beliefs and patterns that were keeping me a slave to my job and working/living in ways that were completely unsustainable.

It’s been a long journey, and I’m still working on a lot of these patterns (especially people pleasing 🤦🏻‍♀️), but I’ve come A LONG way. I’m starting to really glean the fruits of my labor. It’s become SO MUCH easier to say “no” and not overextend myself, to “fill my own cup up” so that I can fully show up in my family (because it’s just as important to be present with your family as it is your patients and co-workers), to self-regulate so that I’m not a ticking time bomb of stress, and to connect with something bigger than myself that reminds me of my greater purpose here on Earth (that I get to live out in my role as a nurse AND in my role as wife and mother).

If you are a brand new graduate nurse (or have less than 1 year of experience in the field of nursing) and would like to receive some extra practical and holistic support as you embark on your journey of being a nurse…

I am starting a What’s App chat!

If you are interested in receiving this type of support or know of someone who might be interested in receiving this type of support, please comment/tag someone below.

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P.S. Even if you have 20 years of experience as a nurse and would like support, I will gladly receive you into this group. 😉

STORY TIME…

It was circa 2017. My daughter was 4 years old, and I was working full time on a pediatric oncology unit. I was in the early stages of my “awakening journey”.

I was becoming painfully aware that life felt really challenging- almost unbearable at times. I really struggled with saying “no” to my boss and co-workers because I was afraid it would make me a “bad employee” or worse- I wouldn’t get what I “needed” (money, vacation time, etc.). It was hard to set boundaries and give myself permission to slow down, because there was so much pressure to get it all done.

And “work” never stopped after I left my job. I also had a young child to tend to. The demands seemed to just continue at home. I had very little energy left over. I was cranky a lot, because I quite frankly felt like crap- exhausted, headaches, and always wanting to be left alone.

I struggled with a caffeine addiction and would frequently stress eat at work. I had become deeply disconnected from (and even neglected) my body because I was constantly putting other people’s needs before my own. Deep down, I felt like I was living completely disconnected from my soul. This all led to an eventual burnout that left me realizing something had to change.

It was at this point in life when all the red flags were flying, that I began to really commit myself to…. me. To my healing. To my well-being. To my mental health.

One big lesson I’ve learned is that it ALL begins with a choice. We can choose to surrender and to heal and grow, or we can resist and choose to continue on as we always have and perpetuate our suffering.

Where are you at on your journey right now? Are you finding ease in choosing to tend to yourself as much as you tend to everything and everyone else? Or have you put yourself at the bottom of your priority list?

I would love to hear in the comments.

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To all my caregivers who are at the end of their rope… ❤️‍🩹

It was 2019, and I was 2 years into my “awakening journey.” I had been self-navigating my process through tarot cards, journaling, and scrolling through content that I had found on social media. Energy wasn’t a completely foreign concept to me, but I really didn’t know how to work with it. 🕯️

That was the year I was introduced to “inner child healing”. This was an entirely new concept for me, and I had no idea that I even needed this work. 💕

What I did know, though, was that life felt really challenging- almost unbearable at times. I was working as a nurse and really struggled with saying “no” to my boss or co-workers because I was afraid it would make me a “bad employee” or worse- I wouldn’t get what I “needed” (money, vacation time, etc.). It was hard to set boundaries and give myself permission to slow down, because there was so much pressure to get it all done. At home, I was so drained that I had ZERO energy to interact with my family. I missed out on a lot of moments because I just wanted to be in my cave to recover. I drank a lot of coffee to get by and would frequently stress eat at work. Over time, I became deeply disconnected from (and even neglected) my body because I was constantly putting other people’s needs before my own. Most of all, I had a sense that I had gifts to share with others yet felt like I wasn’t fully doing that. This all led to an eventual burnout that left me realizing something had to change.

Through these early phases of inner child healing, I began to realize that so many of the patterns that I was living out in my job and relationships actually stemmed from things I had learned or been exposed to as a child. 🕊🌹

If this sounds familiar, your inner child might just be calling out for some TLC.

Have you noticed any of these playing out in your life? Let me know in the comments. 🌿🪶