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From Dismissed to Determined: Breaking the Silence on Invisible Conditions and Leading Systemic Change
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In this powerful episode of Growing Tall Poppies, Dr. Nat Green is joined once again by Nichole Morrin, clinical psychologist, author, founder of the Invisible Health Network, & The Invisible CEO and creator of the revolutionary COMPASS-5 Model. Together, they unpack Nichi’s harrowing and inspiring journey—from life-threatening illnesses and diagnoses to her 17yo daughter’s shocking heart attack, and the medical dismissal that nearly cost her life.
This episode is a must-listen for anyone navigating life with invisible illnesses, burnout, chronic fatigue, autoimmune conditions, or trauma. Nichi shares how lived experience, medical gaslighting, and systemic failures ignited her mission to transform the healthcare system from within.
💡Key Takeaways:
✅ The link between trauma, invisible illnesses, and nervous system burnout
✅ Medical gaslighting is trauma. Patients deserve to be heard, believed, and treated holistically.
✅ Advocacy fatigue is real—especially for parents and professionals advocating over and over again in broken systems.
✅ Your dreams are still possible, even with a complex health condition. But the strategies must be different.
✅ Burnout is not weakness—it’s often a symptom of deeper, ignored stressors in the nervous system.
✅ Nichi’s COMPASS-5 framework – a trauma-informed, validation-based model that supports both patients and professionals
✅ Healing includes both body and soul: meditation, nervous system work, movement, and creative expression all matter.
✅ Professionals with lived experience have the power to lead the future of trauma-informed, sustainable care.
🔥 Episode Highlights:
🌿 Nichi recounts her daughter’s near-fatal heart attack at 17—initially dismissed as anxiety by paramedics.
🌿 How Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, POTS, endometriosis, and autoimmune disease shaped Nichi’s life and work.
🌿 The creation of COMPASS-5: a model that changes how invisible and complex conditions are supported systemically for patients and professionals.
🌿 Why most coaching/consulting programs fail those with chronic or fluctuating health—and how The Invisible CEO fills that gap.
This episode offers inspiration and practical advice for anyone looking to thrive after adversity and includes a candid, emotionally raw conversation about burnout, vicarious trauma, and letting go of shame for needing rest due to Invisible Conditions.
🌐 Connect with Nichi:
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Intro and Outro music: Inspired Ambient by Playsound.
Disclaimer: This podcast is intended for educational purposes only. It is not intended to be deemed or treated as psychological treatment or to replace the need for psychological treatment.
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