Be Healthy, Well, & Inspired

Hello and welcome to my blog.  Thanks for visiting.   My name is Anna and  I am a registered nurse, nurse informaticist, and a trained life coach. I am a former Intensive Care Unit nurse and worked in the Medical Intensive Care Unit before deciding to move to corporate America.  I traded in: my stethoscope for a laptop, my scrubs for a suit and working 3 twelve hour rotating day/night shifts to working 9 – 5, Monday through Friday. If you would like to know what a nurse informaticist is, read this article.   I also write for Masters in Health Informatics.  I write about what health informatics is and resources people can go to if they are interested in the field.

I am still employed in the corporate world but in order for me to survive and stay sane, I apply my own spiritual beliefs in my day to day setting. 

Six years ago,  I embarked in a self-discovery journey where I read and researched many personal growth and development books.  I realized reading all of those books will not help me unless I applied the principles to my life.  There is  a saying that “the teacher will appear when the student is ready”. At the end of 2009, I was ready.  My own personal teachers are Don Miguel Ruiz, Wayne Dyer, Louise Haye, Cheryl Richardson, Summer McStravick, and Marianne Williamson and often reference them in my blog postings.  These people have inspired me in many ways than one and incorporate some of their teachings into my own life. 

I first started this blog in October 2009 where I would write about my own personal journey to search for my purpose through creativity and living with authenticity and simplicity.  My blog has evolved into my passion holistic health – integrating the body, mind, and spirit.

  We are all made up of layers:  physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual.  The physical is our bodies where we can see and touch.  The emotional is our feelings.  The mental is our mind and thoughts.  The spiritual is our soul representing your Higher self or Greater you.   Hence the name for my blog, Be Healthy (body), Be Well (mind), Be Inspired (spirit).

 In 2010, my blog evolved even more and I also write about green living, natural, and organic topics.  I am also fortunate enough to write for other websites  and blogs such as Todays Mama – NYC, My Bodycology, Naturally Savvy, Yahoo, Wellsphere, and RoSoGoGo. 

My purpose for this blog is to share my wealth of knowledge about health and wellness to my readers. I am also a wanna be crafter.  In my spare time, I dabble in photography, sewing, collages, art journaling, paper crafts, and other artsy endeavors.  I will often post my own pictures  and crafts to see the evolution of my creativity.   If you have any questions or would like to contact me, please feel free to use the contact form.