"...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 perspective, it's about being very specific, so making the recommendations instead of saying, you know, eat more fruits and vegetables. You know, well, what's realistic for you at this time? What are you ready to do? So Nurse Coaches are the best at this because we're already used to being able to assess where the client is and what they're ready to make a move on." ~Karen Laing DNP, APRN, AGPCNP-BC, DipACLM, HWMC-BC, CHES, FPCNA

Ah-Ha Moments

• Explore how Lifestyle Nursing and Integrative Nurse Coaching blend the art and science of Nursing to prevent, and even help reverse chronic disease with evidence-based lifestyle interventions.
• Learn the six pillars of lifestyle medicine: sleep, stress, movement, nutrition, social connection, and avoiding risky substance, and how Lifestyle Nursing makes them practical and doable for real patients and real Nurses.
• Hear how Nurses can use a Lifestyle Nursing framework to “sell hope,” collaborate with patients, and confidently stay within scope while talking about food, movement, and behavior change.
• Discover how Integrative Nurse Coaching + Lifestyle Nursing give Nurses structure, language, and heart-centered tools to support patients, communities, and themselves.
• Feel inspired as Karen reminds us that Nurses are powerful, trusted advocates who can model lifestyle change and help transform a broken healthcare system from the inside out.

Links and Resources

• Integrative Nurse Coaches in ACTION! podcast
• Lifestyle Nursing: A Lifestyle Medicine Framework for Nurses course
• Functional Nursing: A Functional Medicine Framework for Nurses course
• Functional Nursing + Lifestyle Nursing Dual Certificate Pathway
• Lifestyle Nursing book
• Health Promotion and Disease Prevention for Advanced Practice book
• Karen's email

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"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 diagnosis? And once you know the diagnosis, then there's sort of these algorithms that, you try to see if they help. But in functional medicine, once you understand what's the diagnosis, the question is, really, why? Why do you have the diagnosis?

And that's where these antecedents, triggers, mediators, all these kinds of ideas come from— to get to the why. But I like to say that the antecedents, triggers and mediators are kind of like Einstein's Theory of Relativity, right? Because an antecedents from one frame might be a trigger from another frame.

And so, you know, getting to the real root cause. You might think, Oh, I got to the molecular medicine cause. But actually, it was a spiritual mal-alignment that caused the biochemical issue, because it caused all this stress and strain and all that trickles down to the molecular medicine." ~Dr. Tom Sult MD, IFMCP

Ah-Ha Moments

• Functional Nursing asks a different question: Not just what’s the nursing diagnosis? But, why is this happening? And what does this body need to heal? It’s about raising wellness so illness has less space to take hold
• The Functional Nurse listens for patterns, stories, and turning points. Elizabeth and Tom highlight how powerful it is when Nurses can really listen, and help patients connect the dots in their own health journey
• Functional Nursing and Integrative Nurse Coaching are a natural fit. When Nurses combine root-cause thinking with coaching presence, patients feel seen, supported, and empowered to take steps that fit into their busy lives
• The nervous system matters deeply. Functional Nurses learn about how long-term stress and fight-or-flight affect digestion, immunity, hormones, and healing, and why joy, safety, and regulation are essential parts of care
• This work restores dignity and hope for patients and nurses.

Links and Resources

• Functional Nursing: A Functional Medicine Framework for Nurses
• Functional Nursing + Lifestyle Nursing Dual Certificate Pathway
• Just Be Well website
• Book: Just Be Well by Thomas Sult
• Email for questions:

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"What 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 it's only the energy left of that substance. So we are talking about only the energy, and the way that it works is these ultra dilutions are going to help us to heal the body.” ~Lauren Briggs BSN, RN, HWNC-BC, HN-BC

Ah-Ha Moments

• You can redefine nursing on your own terms. Lauren’s journey from bedside burnout to Integrative Nurse Coach shows that Nurses can create meaningful, holistic careers that light them up.
• Homeopathy is more than herbs. Discover how this energetic form of medicine works with the body’s natural healing response using the principle of “like cures like."
• Acute vs. chronic care — there’s a remedy for that. Learn the difference between quick, short-term symptom support and deeper, long-term healing approaches
• Education is empowerment. Nurses can confidently integrate homeopathy within their scope through safe, evidence-informed education and client teaching
• Holistic nursing is evolving. Explore how Integrative Nurse Coaches are expanding the definition of care — weaving together compassion, intuition, and science to support whole-being healing

Resources and Links

• Integrative Nurse Coaches in ACTION! podcast
• Practical Medicine LLC website
• Homeopathy for Nurses: Acute Care course
• Lauren's email

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