S4E2: Mindset Nurse: Break Free Today with Regina Sloan

What if the biggest thing holding you back isn’t your circumstances but your mindset?

In this episode of Diary of a Dreamer, I sit down with mindset coach and nurse Regina Sloan to talk about overcoming people-pleasing, procrastination, overwhelm, and limiting beliefs.

We discuss:
✔️ Therapy vs. coaching
✔️ The “Fishbowl Mindset”
✔️ Why asking for help is powerful
✔️ How to stop repeating old patterns
✔️ Practical tools for lasting personal growth

Connect with Regina: info@reginasloancoaching.com

Instagram: @YourMindsetNurse

Facebook: @ReginaSloan

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00:00 | Welcome to Diary of a Dreamer

Welcome to Diary of a Dreamer, where resilience unlocks your potential. I’m Tasha Eizinger, and each week I bring you powerful stories and practical insights from my own experiences and inspiring guests.

Whether you’re facing challenges or chasing dreams, this podcast is your go-to for motivation, confidence-building, and practical strategies to transform obstacles into opportunities.

Be sure to visit TashaEizinger.com.

00:35 | Meet Regina Sloan, The Mindset Nurse

Today’s guest is Regina Sloan—also known as Your Mindset Nurse.

Regina helps women who feel stuck, overwhelmed, trapped in people-pleasing, procrastination, and self-doubt—women who know what they should do, but need help learning how to actually do it.

01:10 | From Nurse to Coach

Regina shares her 13-year nursing journey—from med-surg to palliative care to critical care—and explains how those experiences prepared her for coaching.

Her biggest takeaway?
People need to feel heard before they can heal.

03:57 | How Coaching Changed Her Life

Regina explains how discovering coaching as a client transformed her life.

After years of therapy, she realized she needed something different:

  • less revisiting the past,
  • more building the future.

That became the catalyst for her coaching career.

06:36 | Why Nursing and Coaching Fit Together

Both roles require:

  • deep listening,
  • emotional presence,
  • difficult conversations,
  • and helping others find clarity in chaos.

As Regina says:
“A coach helps you see what you can’t see.”

09:13 | Therapy vs. Coaching

One of the most valuable parts of the conversation:

Therapy helps unpack the past.
Coaching helps build what comes next.

They can work beautifully together—but they serve different purposes.

16:29 | When Therapy Comes First

Regina explains when therapy may be the best first step—especially when unresolved trauma needs deeper healing.

Then coaching becomes the bridge toward growth and action.

20:44 | Favorite Personal Development Books

Regina’s recommendations:

  • You Were Born Rich
  • Everything Is Figureoutable
  • Essentialism
  • The Untethered Soul

Tasha’s additions:

  • The Compound Effect
  • Do Hard Things

30:33 | The Fishbowl Mindset

Regina introduces the Fishbowl Mindset:

We all see life through our own beliefs, experiences, and assumptions.

A coach helps you step outside the fishbowl—so you can see what’s actually possible.

36:43 | Free Gift for Listeners

Regina is offering listeners a free Life Assessment, where she helps you:

  • evaluate every area of your life,
  • identify your biggest growth opportunities,
  • and create a clear plan forward.

Contact:
📧 info@ReginaSloanCoaching.com
📱 Instagram: @YourMindsetNurse

38:48 | Closing

Thank you for listening to Diary of a Dreamer.

Remember: every challenge is an opportunity to grow and move closer to your dreams.

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