Inspiring Nurses!

My Story

“God, I don’t know what I need but I need something.

I need help.

Please help me.”

That was my prayer a little over 10 years ago.

I’ll never forget this moment at my sister’s house in TN.

I was:

Overweight

Unhappy

Hopeless

Burned Out

I knew something had to change but didn’t know where to start.

I’d just been cheated on… again! Simultaneously, I was burned out with work.

Being a nurse almost 15 years at this point, I didn’t want to go to bed the night before work because I dreaded going daily.

I’d get sick to my stomach and count my sick time so I could calculate how many times I could call out before I’d get in trouble.

Counting sick time didn’t last long because it got to the point I just didn’t care.

The desperation in my prayer was real.

I had reached a point and I didn’t know where to go, or what to do. I felt lost.

Do you currently feel this way?

As if you’re drowning at work, looking for an escape?

Finding that the burnouts and frustrations don’t stop there?

**One thing no one ever tells you is that when you’re in burn out: you may not even realize that’s what it is.**
Even though I look okay on the outside, I was incredibly burned out in this picture.

In fact, it was so bad at work one night a patient stood up from her bed at 430am and prayed for me.
That was my light bulb moment.
**Do you dread going to work?**

Are you racking your brain thinking of what else you could do?

I was there. My brain would constantly think:

Do I go back to school?
Get a higher degree or change careers completely?
What would I even do?

Travel nursing was a band-aid because it only helped for so long.

Eventually I met a woman who’s still a dear friend of mine today.

She told me about this great opportunity where I could make an amazing amount of money, make my own hours, not have to go back to school, and use things I’m already doing every day to build my own business.

The multi-level marketing scheme struck and I jumped right in!

(I know, I know the company you’re looking at hired their attorneys and checked it out. It’s been investigated and it’s not really an MLM, right?)

What things have you tried to escape the pain of burnout or moral injury only to realize it wasn’t what you thought?

After a few months, my business venture was a flop.
I’ll never forget driving down I-65 in Nashville.
Although it was sunny outside, the mood
inside my little black eclipse was melancholy.

**I was hopeless.**
Up to this point, I **couldn’t make a relationship work.**

I’d think: “there must be something wrong with me.”

I hated my job but everyone else seemed “fine.”

I was exhausted and drained.

It was shortly after that drive ended up I sitting in my sister’s house, about to get lost in a world of online gaming and pizza, when I said that prayer.

Two weeks later, just before my 30th birthday, I found my own coach and breathworker.

I sat on a couch in front of her desperate for something to be different. (Not how I envisioned life at 30!)

My life was a hot mess and my attempts to change failed.

I felt stuck…..defeated…..like I had something incurable.

During my journey, I learned how much **my negative mindset and guilt affected me.**

I realized how my patterns were shaping life in a way I didn’t want!
**I was getting in my own way and didn’t even know it!**

Through coaching and breathwork, I was able to change my mindset and create more of what I want out of life.

In fact, I’ll never forget another drive through the backroads of Nashville when I realized it was the first time in over 30 years, I didn’t feel guilty about something! I felt so free, so light.

I was still working in nursing at the time, but it had become less painful.

I was able to move through the burnout, not just mask it with travel assignments or another job.

I took my power back and began living “nurse-life” on my terms.

I was no longer dependent on the healthcare system changing to determine my worth as a nurse or as a person.

I didn’t need a person or healthcare system to give me permission to thrive or be empowered because I found it on my own journey.

Let me tell you a secret about finding empowerment through your journey:

No person or entity can ever take it from you. It doesn’t matter where you work or what you do, once you step into your own power you can be unstoppable!

I stepped into my own power. My career significantly improved and so did my love life.

I’m married to a wonderful and loyal man.

Although I have this business, I still work in nursing because I found a part of it that I love.

I couldn’t have done those things staying where I was.

Can you imagine:

**What would it be like to enjoy your work again?**
**How would it feel to be in a supportive, healthy, loving relationship?**
**Having enough energy and being able to calm your mind and body at the end of the day?**
The more I healed, moved forward, and grew the more I looked around and **realized this is an epidemic in nursing.**

Although I briefly started DNP school, I realized I love helping other nurses find their power and create more of what they want in life.

That’s when I withdrew and started this business serving nurses.

The nursing profession elevates when nurses become personally empowered. It’s easier to uplift other nurses as well when you’re not hating nurse-life.

Empowered Nurses Empower Nurses!

Guiding my fellow nurses is a passion of mine because I understand nurse-life.

I know what it’s like, how bad it can get, and how to get to the other side.

Having a coach in my corner helped me move through things faster. She was able to point out patterns and barriers that I didn’t even notice were holding me back.

In fact, breathwork and coaching is something I still use to this day because it’s so powerful and effective.

It can be hard to see when we’re standing in our own way.

Every famous athlete has a coach, not because they’re weak or bad at their sport but to help them continue to move forward and strengthen their game.

Another secret: Even your healthcare c-suite executives have coaches!

Having someone guide me through gave me more clarity than I was able to have on my own.

In fact, it gave me more insight in the long run because I learned what to look for.

I don’t know where I’d be today without my breathworker and coach.