How to Fix your Bodyclock with Royan Kamyar, MD, CEO of OWaves

How to Fix your Bodyclock with Royan Kamyar, MD, CEO of OWaves

What if the key to better mental health wasn't a new medication or therapy technique, but something already hardwired inside you? In this episode of Nurse Rosa's INsights, I sit down with Dr. Royan Kamyar, physician, MBA, and founder and CEO of Owaves [www.owaves.com], a circadian wellness app used by over one million people worldwide. Dr. Kamyar shares the raw personal story behind why he built it, including his own rock-bottom moment after medical training, and the science that changed everything for him. If you've ever felt like you're running on empty no matter how hard you try, this one is for you. IN THIS EPISODE: 0:48 – AI Med Shark Tank: Owaves wins 3rd place 1:30 – What is Owaves? Digitizing lifestyle medicine & circadian biology 2:15 – Royan's background: MD + MBA, from medicine to entrepreneurship 3:32 – Growing up entrepreneurial in a family of physicians 4:37 – The intern year revelation: ignoring prevention in medicine 5:25 – The "24-hour formula" insight that sparked Owaves 5:46 – Discovering UC San Diego's Circadian Biology Center 6:04 – Wearable integrations: Oura, Apple Watch, WHOOP 7:03 – Why Owaves is a planner, not just an activity tracker 8:08 – The forward-looking approach to lifestyle change 8:35 – Dean Ornish's lifestyle medicine pillars & the calendar as the core tool 9:40 – Being honest with yourself: planning vs. reality 10:27 – Hours & minutes as a more accessible health metric than lab values 12:18 – Gen Z & health culture: why they're the ideal audience 13:03 – Gen Z, mocktails, and the shift away from alcohol 14:04 – Owaves' traction with college students: ADHD, time blindness, and mental health 14:57 – The billion-dollar question 15:24 – A nationwide lifestyle medicine course for college students 16:13 – Yale's Happiness Course & the student wellness movement 17:23 – N=1: students as citizen scientists of their own health 18:24 – YouTube vs. university: where health education actually lands 19:25 – The mental health crisis on campus & lifestyle psychiatry as prevention 20:40 – Chronotherapy, peer support, and the Blue Zone campus effect 22:03 – Rosa's APSU 1000: why every college already has the format 22:50 – UW's "quantified self" course: students analyzing their own wearables data 24:05 – Obesity, pre-diabetes, and why we must get in front of it early 25:27 – Proving the endpoints so students want the course (no mandate needed) 26:23 – Chronotype & GPA: aligning your schedule with your biology = 0.4 GPA boost 27:24 – Relationships as a lifestyle pillar: why eye contact matters 28:05 – Planning date nights: Jordan Peterson's 90-minute life management session 28:52 – Owaves helps you see if your time matches your stated values 29:55 – Bridging the delta: what you planned vs. what actually happened 30:56 – Where to find Owaves: owaves.com / bodyclock.ai / "My Body Clock" in the App Store 31:33 – How to connect with Royan: royan@owaves.com [royan@owaves.com] / LinkedIn 31:42 – Closing & Rosa's book: Speak Up, Start Now at nurserosaspeaks.shop CONNECT WITH DR. ROYAN KAMYAR: Email: royan@owaves.com [royan@owaves.com] LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/royankamyar [linkedin.com/in/royankamyar] RESOURCES MENTIONED: Owaves [www.owaves.com] CONNECT WITH NURSE ROSA: Website: nurserosaspeaks.com [www.nurserosaspeaks.com] Book: Speak Up, Start Now available at on Amazon Kindle and Audible

When Nurses Build in Health Tech ft. Susan Grant, Symplr

What happens when a critical care nurse becomes the executive building the tools she once struggled with? Susan Grant, DNP and Chief Clinical Officer at Symplr, has lived both sides. She has navigated 3 a.m. staffing crises, chased credentialing deadlines, and wondered if the systems she used were built with nurses in mind at all. Now she builds those systems, and she is doing it differently. In this episode, Rosa Hart sits down with Susan to unpack how AI-driven staffing tools, smarter scheduling, and nurse-led technology decisions can reduce burnout and bring predictability back to the bedside. If you have ever felt like the tools you use every day were designed without you in the room, this one is for you. In this episode: * From critical care nurse to C-suite: Susan's leadership journey * What Symplr does and why frontline nurses should know * AI and predictive staffing: what nurses need to understand * How to advocate for a seat at the tech decision table * Credentialing, compliance, and cutting administrative burden Burnout as a systems design problem. When technology works the way nurses actually work, the burden lifts. Susan and Rosa challenge the idea that burnout is only a staffing issue. About Susan Grant Susan Grant [https://www.linkedin.com/in/susan-grant-dnp-rn-nea-bc-faan-3361214/], DNP, is the Chief Clinical Officer at Symplr, a healthcare operations software company specializing in workforce management, credentialing, compliance, and scheduling. She brings decades of clinical and executive experience to the mission of building technology that works for the people delivering care. About Nurse Rosa's INsights Nurse Rosa's INsights is a nurse-led healthcare leadership and innovation podcast hosted by Rosa Hart [https://www.linkedin.com/in/rosa-hart-scrn/], BSN, RN, SCRN. Each episode features evidence-based insights, expert interviews, and actionable strategies for nurses, healthcare professionals, system leaders, and advocates. Topics covered include AI in nursing and health tech, clinical innovation, workforce sustainability, nursing leadership, healthcare policy, and the future of patient care. Subscribe on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, and all major platforms.

Nurses building a Business of Hope ft. Matt Harless & Ashley Chancellor on Nurse Rosa's INsights

What happens when burnout breaks you open, and you decide to build something from the wreckage? In this episode, Rosa sits down with Ashley Chancellor and Matthew Harless, co-founders of The Business of Hope, to explore why burnout in healthcare goes far deeper than exhaustion, and what hope, as a functional tool, can actually do for clinicians on the front lines. Ashley Chancellor, RN spent 14 years as a nurse, much of it traveling the country as an ICU nurse. A fractured spine and severe PTSD during COVID took her off the floor indefinitely. What came next was a memoir, a coaching practice, and a mission: reminding the helpers of the world that they are worthy of the same compassion they give. Matthew Harless, RN brings over twenty years of clinical experience across psychiatric care, emergency medicine, rehabilitation, and hospital leadership. He's the creator of the Harless Method and the Hope Assessment, tools designed to help burned-out clinicians measure where their hope actually stands and start moving toward recovery instead of self-blame. Together, they're making the case that hope isn't a soft skill or a poster slogan. It's infrastructure. And it can be measured, built, and protected. In this conversation, Rosa, Ashley, and Matt dig into the real difference between burnout and moral injury, walk through the Hope Assessment live on air, talk about what it looks like to use hope-informed care in real clinical settings, and ask the hard question: what would it actually take to fix this? Resources mentioned in this episode: hopeassessment.org [hopeassessment.org] ashleymchancellor.com [ashleymchancellor.com] mattharless.com [mattharless.com] nursesshiftchange.org [nursesshiftchange.org] Just a Nurse by Ashley Chancellor Medicine Under the Mango Tree by Ashley Chancellor (upcoming) Transition to Care by Matthew Harless Ashley on TikTok and Instagram: @justanurse_rn Rosa on all socials: @nurserosaspeaks

Aphasia Recovery Resources You Need with Angie Cauthorn

Meet Angie Cauthorn, a two-time stroke survivor and host of the Brain Friends podcast as she shares with Nurse Rosa Hart about gaps in stroke and aphasia aftercare and the community-based solutions she has built. Angie describes developing aphasia after working in finance and realizing survivors are discharged medically stable but unprepared to navigate recovery. She shares her work as co-founder and president of the Aphasia Resource Collaboration Hub (ARCH), the R.O.S.A. symposium (Resource Orientation for Stroke and Aphasia) convening at Temple University - now in its fifth year -with panels, keynotes, and activities like line dancing, plus quarterly Science of Aphasia sessions. Angie also discusses creating an Aphasia Fantasy Football League to reduce isolation through shared interests. Both explore scaling these models and answer a “$1B grant” question, emphasizing standardized post-discharge navigation, community access, survivor-centered research, early stroke recognition, improved EMS, vocational rehab awareness, and the non-linear reality of stroke recovery. Connect with Angie Cauthorn: LinkedIN [https://www.linkedin.com/in/angie-cauthorn-4a4a92311/] Learn more about ARCH: https://www.aphasiaresource.org/ [https://www.aphasiaresource.org/] Connect with Nurse Rosa: Follow in the Health Podcast Library Get the Book:   ( Nurses Week Gift of the Year) On social media:  Nurse Rosa's INsights is part of the Health Podcast Library. Subscribe, share with a colleague, and leave a review to help more healthcare professionals find this conversation.

Invisibly Allergic with author Zoe Slaughter

Invisible doesn't mean harmless, and Zoë Slaughter is done letting people pretend otherwise. Zoë Slaughter joins Nurse Rosa for a candid conversation about living with food allergies, navigating a complex healthcare system, and building an advocacy movement through storytelling and policy action. Zoë shares her personal journey from childhood food allergies to adult advocacy, breaking down how community support groups form, why misconceptions about food allergies persist, and what the latest research on early food introduction means for prevention. She also gets into the real financial burden of managing food allergies, including what she calls the "food allergy tax," and makes the case for free, universal access to epinephrine. The conversation also touches on the power of documentary film and graphic content in health education, and how everyday people can move from awareness to action, locally and at the federal level. In This Episode: * Zoë's background in healthcare claims and subrogation * Childhood vs. adult-onset food allergies * Coping strategies and lifestyle adjustments * Recent research breakthroughs in allergy prevention * Her book Invisibly Allergic and its advocacy mission * The "food allergy tax" and the "pink tax" on allergen-friendly products * Using documentary film and storytelling to shift public perception * How to get involved in allergy advocacy, from local meetups to Capitol Hill Resources Mentioned: * Invisibly Allergic by Zoë Slaughter (Amazon) * invisiblyallergic.com * May Contain My Life documentary * congress.gov Connect with Zoë: Instagram @invisiblyallergic Nurse Rosa's INsights is a nurse-led healthcare leadership and innovation podcast hosted by Rosa Hart, RN, available on the Health Podcast Library, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and all major platforms.