Hello and welcome to my blog. Thanks for visiting. Just a little bit about me. I am a registered nurse and a life coach. I have been a registered nurse for 14 years and worked in the Medical Intensive Care Unit for seven years 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. In the beginning, I loved the change and the challenge. But after running in the rat race and climbing up the corporate ladder, I found corporate America too draining for me and needed to find more meaning in my life. Four and a half 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. But, working full -time and being a student part -time did not allow me much time to put another project on my plate. There is a saying that “the teacher will appear when the student is ready”. At the end of last year, I was ready. I started this blog where I write about my own personal journey to search for my purpose through creativity and living with authenticity and simplicity.
I studied with the International Coaching Academy for two years and recently obtained my certificate in Life Coaching, specializing in health and wellness. I have a passion for health prevention and promotion. I believe in taking care of your body before you get diagnosed with chronic and acute diseases. The body, mind, and soul are all interconnected. John Holland wrote in his book, Power of the Soul, “Our anatomy is engineered by a complex network of etheric wiring to aid the flow of energy, and the chakras are the organizing centers for both the reception and the transmission of life energies (chi/prana) which are essential to the development of our body, mind, soul, 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.
As a registered nurse, I help my clients with their body (exercise, weight loss, disease management), mind (teaching clients about prevention, changing their mindset), and spirit (inspiring them). As a life coach, I am a cheerleader for my clients and inspire them to be their BEST self and help them achieve their goals. Hence the name for my blog, Be Healthy (body), Be Well (mind), Be Inspired (spirit).
My original reason for this blog is for individuals to find information on health events, disease management, fitness, and nutrition information. I found writing about those topics mundane and found my blog evolving. Earlier this year, I was inspired to write about my own journey. How does this relate to health? If we love ourselves then we are loving our body. As we heal our life, our physical body does too.
