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When Conscience Costs Everything: Healthcare, Integrity, and Courage with Svetlana Rilkoff
Episode 113th February 2026 • The divine decode Podcast • divinedecode
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What happens when following your conscience means losing your career, stability, and certainty? On Divine Decode , host Saima sits down with Svetlana Rilkoff, a former Registered Nurse, to explore what it truly means to stand by your ethics in times of systemic pressure.

This episode is for healthcare providers, advocates, and anyone torn between safety and inner conviction. Svetlana shares her journey from public healthcare to founding Ezra Healing, and reflects on integrity, informed consent, listening deeply, and building values-driven care. If you’re navigating moral tension in your own life, this conversation offers perspective, courage, and clarity.

About the Guest:

Svetlana Rilkoff is a former Registered Nurse with 25 years of healthcare experience in Canada. She is the founder of Ezra Healing, a values-driven health platform focused on client-centered care and informed choice.

Episode Chapters:

00:00 – When conscience challenges stability
04:30 – Vaccine mandates and ethical conflict
09:10 – Listening to instinct in rigid systems
14:20 – Integrity and personal cost
18:40 – Building a values-driven care model
23:30 – The power of listening in healing
27:00 – Creating a new healthcare movement

Key Takeaways:
  • Personal integrity often requires difficult trade-offs.

  • Listening to intuition can guide ethical decision-making.

  • Being fully present and listening deeply is healing in itself.

  • Healthcare should empower patients, not reduce them to numbers.

  • Long-term change begins with personal responsibility and alignment.

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Website:  https://www.ezrahealing.com
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