Are You Being a Chameleon? Jul 09, 2025

Have you ever found yourself shrinking to fit in? Saying yes when you really wanted to say no? Laughing along when something didn’t sit right? Or staying silent because speaking your truth might ruffle feathers?

It’s something I’ve been reflecting on a lot lately—the ways we unconsciously shape-shi...

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Cash Pay, Insurance, or Hybrid? Choosing the Right Model for Your Practice Jul 07, 2025

One of the biggest decisions you'll make when starting your own practice is how to get paid. Should you accept insurance? Go fully cash pay? Or find a balance between the two? There's no one-size-fits-all answer—just the one that fits your goals, values, and the patients you want to serve.

Let’s br...

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Fixed vs. Growth Mindset: What’s Holding You Back? transformation Jul 02, 2025

One of the biggest shifts I’ve seen change lives—my own included—is learning the difference between a fixed mindsetand a growth mindset.

A fixed mindset says, “This is just how I am.” It believes that your habits, personality, intelligence, and even your health are stuck the way they are. If someth...

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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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