Integrative Nurse Coaches in ACTION!

"I need to be bold and empower myself to this too!  And Nurses are uniquely positioned to do that, and I really think through empowerment and being a bit more bold I can transform healthcare in many different ways." ~Elise H. Peterson MS, MPH, BSN, RN, CPN, AMB-BC, AHN-BC, NC-BC Ah-Ha Moments Integrative Nurse Coaching empowers nurses to lead with courage, and to be bold. Elise shares ho...

 Celebrating 100 episodes of Integrative Nurse Coaches in ACTION! with a special “What Is On Your Heart?” edition featuring heartfelt reflections from past guests across episodes 49–75.  This milestone honors 100 Integrative Nurse Coaches from around the world who have shared wisdom, vulnerability, compassion, and inspiration over the last five years.  This episode also includes special reflection...

"...when you can get yourself and that parasympathetic nervous system in a calm place, that is when you start healing.   That is when you heal your nervous system, and to calm that nervous system is such an important part of Nursing. And that helps us do our self care, that helps us to regenerate who we are, so we can function day to day. It helps us so that we can love ourselves and each oth...

"Nurse coaching, as we know, is not only about coaching others, but it's also about self development of the Nurse and helping the Nurse to transform and into greater health and well being for themselves. And how did we think of it?   Well, we certainly have been in the space together in certain conferences and listening to certain programs, and we realize that Nurses have an awful lot of...

“I've never seen this type of healing in the conventional healthcare system. Never. It's so profound and so fast and long lasting, and it's just absolutely mind blowing every time. Not always, though, isn't this effective for everybody, right? It's not a magic pill or a cure all or anything like that.  But for the people that it does work for, they say that everything they...

"...we sell hope, because lots of times patients will come to us, they've got the med list this long, and they just think it's going to keep getting longer. We let them know that this is not what it has to continue being. We can actually make changes, and lifestyle medicine providers will, as appropriate, de-prescribe or decrease the dose on these medications.  And from the Nursing...

"A lot of what we do is give patients hope. Give patients hope and listen to them. And that, in itself, is so healing. I think it's so healing and transformative, ...even if they don't get to where they were before, they become the best version of themselves that they can be." ~Elizabth Sult BSN, RN, NC-BC "In conventional medicine, the question is, what's the diagnos...

"W hat is homeopathy? I think a lot of people confuse it with home remedies. And it's not necessarily home remedies. It is, not garlic and using turmeric and herbs. Rather, it's its own subset of medicine.  It's an energetic medicine. So everything is ultra diluted in homeopathy. So they do take a mother tincture, or a natural substance, and will dilute that to the point where...

Wellness Nurse Revolution: Alison Boser RN  “Everybody wants their employees to be healthy, but being healthy…What does that mean? And that means different things to different people. It's not one size fits all.  It's a really flexible, definition based on your stage of life, where you are. And I think an awareness of wellness as this sort of amorphous different things at different times...

The Daring Power of Two: Midlife Women Entrepreneurs Enhancing Health Care- Jen Schroer BSN, RN, NC-BC and Angie Maguire BSN, RN, NC-BC Highlights Ah- Ha Moments Meet the Nurse Coach Duo: Jen Schroer and Angie Maguire as they share why they chose entrepreneurship and the Integrative Nurse Coach path to serve midlife women through preventative, actionable lifestyle care. From “do it perfect” to “do...

Ah Ha Moments We have our own pharmacy inside Movement in your body is a powerful tool for whole health Communities are an imperative piece of any healing journey Everything and anything you do to advance wellness, collective joy, health and whatever it is YOU want to do will benefit our world Diversifying your revenue streams may help you find more joy in your work We need each other! Links and R...

From Patient to Purpose: A Nurse Coach’s Mission to Transform Organ Donation Support- Taylor Byrer BSN, RN, NC-BC Highlights “I was telling these two about my story and about how I needed a liver. And it was the most moving, most like chilling experience, like every single hair on my body was standing straight, because then the next time that we met, one of them had shared that she had lost her da...

“I find that people make the changes best when they uncover the information themselves. I can offer them information, but unless they come up with that solution, that's where real magic happens. That's where change happens when they come up with their own solution.  And I find through the subconscious work with hypnosis and yoga nidra, that sometimes you just really need to be in that re...

Inspiring Collective Community: Christine Gilchrist PhD, MPH, RN, NC-BC, CH Highlights "To each of you— to ask, at this point, 'what is it you're hoping for'?  And then when you have that, when you've reflected on that, to go back inside and ask, 'what is your deeper hope'? I think, to be able to connect with feelings of hope through difficult times that certainl...

Menopause Insights from a Nurse Coach-Suzanne Greiner BSN, RN, NC-BC Highlights “Yes, I'm going through perimenopause. And what do I want my perimenopause story to look like? Do I want to be a victim to going through this? Or do I want to be that victor? I went through perimenopause, and I was able to do this, and I was able to find solutions for my own health. And I think the kicker for me a...

86: Building a Meditation App- Ann Adams, MS, RN Highlights "Two supportive practices that are accessible to anybody is their breath— that can help regulate their nervous system, just by learning different ways to breathe. And gratitude. So a gratitude practice is free, and that helps you not ignore what's negative, but helps you scan the horizon for also what's good.   If we have a...

85: Celebrating Integrative Nurse Coaching: Karen Avino EdD, RN, AHN-BC, HWNC-BC Highlights "The trend word out there is well being, right? We want Nurses, everyone, to feel like they are in the state of well being.  We know that well being is really static. It's like in the present moment, I'm feeling well, whereas really, self development is about well becoming, because it's...

"In the Nurse coaching certificate course, we definitely learned about mindfulness. And you know, that sounds maybe trivial to somebody who's not familiar with Nurse coaching. Sure, we know mindfulness is research fact and very effective, but it just goes so much deeper than that. You know, we don't often as Nurses, allow ourselves enough time, time with our patients, time with ours...

“…the problem and what is driving Nurses from the profession in droves like never seen before— please don't talk to me about attrition, well, yes, that's a factor—the world is hemorrhaging Nurses. And that's a quote from Dr. Terrance Hill, medical sociologist, the world is hemorrhaging Nurses and the root cause for that, it's not about burnout. And please stop gaslighting Nurse...

82: Uplifting Messages from the Universe! Annie Jones PhD, MBA, MSN, RN, AOCN, NC-BC Highlights “I thank the universe and have much gratitude. I think what's on my heart is that community is so important.   And it's our own responsibility for ourselves, and to remember that when we see another member of our community— so in other words, our Nursing group, our Nurse coaches in particular—...

81: Building a Business as a New Nurse Coach- Whitney Distefano BSN, RN, NC-BC  “As a new business owner in the community, it's just been one learning opportunity after another, and truly just like a practice of vulnerability, of showing up and putting yourself out there and really doing the best I can to be detached from the outcome, which is what they teach us as Nurse Coaches as well.   Sh...

"Nurses are so well suited for psychedelics, and we bring so many skill sets that other disciplines don't, and I don't think any one discipline has it all, but I think we bring a really important piece of the puzzle. And if you think about it, Nurses are with patients in non ordinary states of consciousness, sometimes every day.   If you're a hospice Nurse or working in labor a...

Together We Can Stop Shame and Blame in Nursing-Kristy Meyer RN, BSN, NC-BC Highlights “I feel like self-care is often discussed in a way like, well, you're burned out, it’s because you're not doing self-care, or you're burned out, that means you're not resilient. And I feel like there's a lot of shame and blame in there, when really, we work in really tough environments,...

“There's this movement to improve more wellness, more lifestyle approaches. And our body was designed to heal itself, if we can only learn to listen to it. And to be able to go out there and help one another and make a difference.” ~Linda Coogan BSN, NC-BC, MSHA, FACHE Ah Ha Moments Lifestyle practices like tai chi, contemplative prayer and more can help you move through the challenges of gri...

77: Invigorate Your Joy for Nursing- Dena Alberti PhD, RN, NPD-BC, HN-BC, HWNC-BC Highlights “It's okay to find balance, and to go to different areas and explore... so we can continue to have peace within ourselves, so you can have joy. If you're feeling angst or feeling physically ill and your mind isn't at rest, we can't find joy.” ~ Dena Alberti PhD, RN, NPD-BC, HN-BC, HWNC-...