🌿 About Me

A nurse, a mother, a survivor of chronic pain — and a guide for women ready to reclaim their wellness.

Hi, I’m Kim — a BSN, RN with nearly 12 years of nursing experience, a former peritoneal dialysis nurse, a wife, and a mother of three young adults. My path into holistic wellness wasn’t linear or easy. It emerged from years of pain, frustration, and feeling voiceless in a system that was meant to assist me.

🌙 My Nursing Roots

I began my nursing journey while navigating my own unresolved symptoms. I moved through nursing school while raising my family, often studying, working, and caring for others while quietly managing pain and uncertainty. That experience — being both a patient and a student nurse — shaped me early on. It taught me empathy, resilience, and the importance of truly hearing someone’s story. It also sparked a deep curiosity in me — a desire to understand why symptoms happen and what lies beneath them.

I have spent most of my career as a Peritoneal Dialysis Nurse, supporting patients living with end‑stage renal disease. I walked alongside them through some of the most vulnerable moments of their lives — teaching, advocating, and helping them navigate the emotional and physical weight of living on dialysis.

Those years deepened my understanding of what compassionate care really means. My patients showed me the quiet strength people carry as they place their trust in the healthcare system and in those who care for them. That experience reinforced my commitment to seeing the whole person, not just the diagnosis. My own health challenges continued during this time, and that dual perspective — nurse and patient — strengthened my belief in looking beyond symptoms, asking deeper questions, and searching for the root causes of what someone is experiencing.

🌼 My Personal Health Journey

In my 30s, my own body began to unravel.

I struggled with:

• hormonal imbalances

• debilitating pelvic pain

• endometriosis that controlled my life

• exhaustion that no amount of rest could fix

For 10 years, I lived in pain — trying to be a present wife, a loving mother, and a dedicated nurse while my body felt like it was working against me.

Eventually, the pain became unbearable. Major abdominal surgery and a hysterectomy followed. And overnight, I was thrown into menopause.

I felt lost. I felt dismissed. I felt like no one was connecting the dots.

The conventional healthcare system provided me with procedures and prescriptions — but not answers, support, or hope.

🌱 Finding Functional Medicine Changed Everything

When I discovered functional medicine, everything shifted.

For the first time, someone looked at my whole story — not just my symptoms. I learned that nutrition, stress, sleep, hormones, and lifestyle are all interconnected. I learned how to support my body instead of fighting it. And slowly, I began to heal.

This experience didn’t just change my health. It changed my purpose.

🌸 My Professional Training & Credentials

My journey led me to pursue advanced training so I could support women in a deeper, more integrative way.

I am:

• BSN, RN

• Graduate of the Integrative Nurse Coach Academy (INCA)

• Certificate in Functional Medicine for Nurses

• Certificate in Nutrition for Nurses – A Holistic Approach

• Currently enrolled in the Institute of Functional Nursing

This blend of clinical nursing experience and functional, holistic training allows me to bridge the gap between conventional healthcare and whole‑person wellness.

🌤️ Why I Became a Nurse Coach

I became a Nurse Coach because I never wanted another woman to feel as alone, dismissed, or confused as I did.

Women deserve:

• to be heard

• to be supported

• to understand their bodies

• to have a plan that makes sense

• to feel empowered, not overwhelmed

Holistic Wellness by Design was born from that mission — to help women reclaim their energy, balance their hormones, reduce stress, and feel like themselves again.

Not through quick fixes. Not through shame. But through compassionate, root‑cause, personalized support.

🌿 My Approach

I blend:

• 12 years of nursing experience

• functional wellness principles

• holistic lifestyle support

• nervous system + stress resilience

• evidence‑informed coaching

• compassionate, client‑centered care

Together, we create a plan that fits your life — not the other way around.

🌙 A Final Note From Me

I know what it’s like to feel lost in your own body. I know what it’s like to be dismissed. I know what it’s like to want more for yourself and your family — but feel held back by pain, fatigue, or imbalance.

You deserve support. You deserve clarity. You deserve to feel well again.

And I’m here to walk that journey with you.