About Healing Tapestry: The Collective Stories of Nurses
Healing Tapestry is a podcast created by nurses, for nurses—sharing real stories of struggle, resilience, recovery, and growth. Hosted by Kristin and Jenny, each episode weaves together voices from across the profession, tackling substance use, mental health, burnout, and the path to healing. This is more than a podcast—it’s a movement toward a nursing culture where wellness thrives, stigma fades, and every story matters. Together, we flourish.
Beyond the Headlines: RaDonda Vaught on Systemic Failures, Accountability, and Healing
In this powerful episode of Healing Tapestry, we sit down with RaDonda Vaught for an honest, deeply moving conversation about the human side of healthcare, medical errors, and the urgent need for systemic reform.
RaDonda opens up about her personal journey, the reality of technology and staffing workarounds at the bedside, and what it takes to find healing and purpose after trauma.Together, we explore how healthcare leadership can build environments of psychological safety, why criminalizing medical errors hurts patients and clinicians alike, and how peer support can serve as a lifeline when the system falls apart.
An essential listen for nurses, healthcare leaders, and anyone passionate about a safer, more compassionate future for medicine.
28 Jul 2026
The Unraveling and the Re-weaving: A Story of Nurse Recovery
Is vulnerability a weakness or a skill? 🩺
In this episode of Healing Tapestry, we sit down with Steph Shannon Kelley to explore the power of lived experience and why storytelling is one of our most effective tools for breaking down stigma and fostering resilience in healthcare. If you’ve ever felt like you had to "leave your humanity at the door," this conversation is for you.
🌟 Episode Sponsor
Healing Tapestry is brought to you by the Wisconsin Center for Nursing (WCN). Since 2006, WCN has been dedicated to ensuring a healthy, well-prepared, and diverse nursing workforce for Wisconsin.
Learn more at wicenterfornursing.org (https://wicenterfornursing.org/), or join them at the WCN 2026 Nursing Workforce Summit on August 7 at the Glacier Canyon Conference Center in Wisconsin Dells.
Join WCN in Leading Today for the Nursing Workforce of Tomorrow.
4 May 2026
The Turning Point Rebuilding Identity After Professional Loss
In honor of Nurses Week 2026, this moving episode of Healing Tapestry features nurse Ruth sharing her transformative journey through polysubstance use disorder and recovery.
Ruth opens up about the "spiritually transforming" moment she lost her job, reframing a professional rock bottom as a vital new beginning. We dive into the barriers that keep nurses from seeking help and the resilience required to rebuild an identity beyond the license.
This episode includes:
Resilient Hope: Ruth’s current mission of giving back through the Nurses Peer Support Network (NPSN).
The Mask of Strength: Overcoming the "triple stigma" and the fear of vulnerability in nursing.
Navigating Recovery: Ruth’s firsthand experience with professional monitoring programs and boards of nursing.
Identity & Boundaries: Learning that your career doesn’t define you and how "self-sustainable care" creates a better clinician.
This episode is proudly sponsored by Tennessee Professional Assistance Program ~ TNPAP.
25 Feb 2026
Stitched in Courage: Mental Health, Boxers, and the New Grad Life
What does it look like to transition from a student to a new grad while carrying a decade of personal growth? This week, we sit down with the remarkable Sammie Jo. Having faced mental health challenges since her early teens, Sammie Jo brings a "full-self" approach to her nursing identity that is both inspiring and necessary in today’s healthcare climate.
In this episode, we discuss: The Transition: Moving from the classroom to the floor as a new grad.
The Network: Why a strong support system is a non-negotiable for nurses.
The Identity: How Sammie Jo uses her personal journey to fuel her professional passion.
The Joy: A look into her life outside the hospital (hint: there are a lot of Boxers involved!).
21 Jun 2025
Recovering out loud: April's journey from silence to strength
Dr. April Lenzmeier bravely recounts her journey through alcohol use disorder and recovery, highlighting the impact of childhood trauma and the importance of peer support in nursing, in an interview with hosts Kristin and Jenny.
14 Jun 2025
Beyond the Stethoscope: Kristin & Jenny's Story of Hope & Recovery
Hosts Kristin and Jenny, both nurses, share their experiences with substance use and recovery, creating a supportive community for fellow nurses to find hope and healing in this interview.
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