Lifestyle Medicine: A Foundational Tool for Nurse Practitioners in Private Practice Jun 30, 2025

 As a nurse practitioner, you know the frustration of trying to manage chronic illness with short appointments, limited tools, and a growing sense that you’re putting out fires rather than helping patients truly heal. If you’ve ever felt like the traditional model doesn’t align with your calling, yo...

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A Patient’s Guide to Integrative Medicine transformation Jun 25, 2025

What it is, how it works, and why it might be exactly what you’ve been looking for

Have you ever left a doctor’s office feeling like you weren’t really heard? Maybe your labs came back “normal,” but you still don’t feel like yourself. Or maybe you’ve been prescribed medications without much discuss...

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Opening Your Own Practice: It Doesn’t Have to Look Like Everyone Else’s integrative medicine Jun 23, 2025

When most nurse practitioners imagine opening a practice, they think of a standard primary care clinic: several exam rooms, a receptionist, insurance billing, and a full schedule of back-to-back patients. That model works for many, but it’s far from the only option.

Owning your own practice means y...

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🌈 The Rainbow Diet: Intuitive Eating, Colorful Healing transformation Jun 18, 2025

Have you ever stood in front of your fridge, unsure what to eat, wishing there were a simple way to make nourishing choices that felt good in your body and looked beautiful on your plate? Enter the Rainbow Diet—an intuitive, visually satisfying way of eating that’s rooted in both ancient healing tra...

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Private Practice for Nurse Practitioners: Where You Can Work Independently integrative medicine Jun 16, 2025

One of the most common questions I get from other nurse practitioners is:

“Can I start my own private practice in my state?”

The answer depends on where you live. State laws around nurse practitioner (NP) practice authority vary—some states give NPs full independence, while others require a formal...

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What Is Your Pelvic Bowl Trying to Tell You? transformation Jun 11, 2025

Most of us were never taught that our pelvic bowl holds wisdom. But it does—and it speaks.

This deep, powerful space within you isn’t just physical—it’s energetic. It’s the foundation of your nervous system, your sense of belonging, your boundaries, your creativity, and your intuition. It’s where w...

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Burnout in Nurse Practitioners: Why Private Practice Might Be the Antidote integrative medicine Jun 09, 2025

Burnout is becoming more common in healthcare—and nurse practitioners are feeling it, too. A 2024 Medscape survey found that 37% of NPs reported feeling burned out, and another 28% said they were both burned out and depressed. These aren’t just numbers—they’re real people trying to do meaningful wor...

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The Space Between Doing and Being transformation Jun 04, 2025

So many of us are wired to believe that healing happens through effort. That if we just do more—take the right supplements, follow the perfect routine, push a little harder—we’ll finally feel better.

But over and over again, I meet people who are doing everything “right” and still don’t feel like t...

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Your Nervous System is a Business Tool (Yes, Really) Jun 02, 2025

Let’s talk about something that doesn’t show up on your business plan, but affects everything you do: your nervous system.

If you’re building or growing your own practice, you’re probably juggling marketing, client care, scheduling, documentation, finances—and maybe even a few late-night Google sea...

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You’re Probably Dehydrated (And Don’t Even Know It) May 28, 2025

Most people think they drink enough water—but research suggests that up to 75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated. And the symptoms aren’t always obvious. Dehydration can show up as fatigue, brain fog, dry skin, headaches, irritability, muscle cramps, or trouble focusing.

It’s one of the simpl...

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Resistance Isn’t the Problem. It’s the Map. May 21, 2025

If you’re like most of the people I work with, there’s something in your life you really want to change.

Maybe it’s a habit, a health pattern, a relationship, or a dream you haven’t fully said out loud yet. You want the change… but every time you move toward it, resistance shows up.

You feel tired...

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From Employee to Entrepreneur: Making the Mental Shift May 19, 2025

When I left my job to start my own practice, I thought the hardest part would be logistics—figuring out business licenses, payment systems, where to see clients. And sure, those things took time. But honestly? The hardest part was shifting how I thought about myself.

I was used to being the “good e...

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