You’re the captain of your life, let me be your lighthouse for awhile.

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.
- Jeremiah 29:11

Hi, I’m Andrea,

I help nurses discover more job satisfaction from the career they dreamed of and worked so hard to achieve.

The First Year

The first year of Nursing means A LOT of learning for new nurses: your new role, new relationships to navigate, new responsibilities (including financial), and tons of new knowledge to acquire. How can you make your strengths and values help you amidst all this? 

I went into Nursing at 19 because it seemed like a good idea at the time. I had no clue really what all nurses do…  I did not understand the moral and emotional tolls we take. After I graduated and went to work in a NICU, my 21-year-old friends were definitely not dealing with dying babies and their distraught parents, as I was. 

Night shift was kind of fun because we had a little more autonomy and less supervision, but I also felt awful physically, as I switched from days to nights and back again in short order. I realized that I was lonely, because my friends sure weren’t doing these kinds of crazy work shifts. 

For many years, I hoped that I could find a better workplace and more fulfilling work… somewhere else. But what I needed, really, was to learn to roll with the punches better wherever I was, and be true to myself - no matter what. 

I needed to come to grips with things like figuring out my career goals and sustaining my motivation to work towards them, how to improve communication with a tired and difficult person higher up the food chain, how to be gentle and patient with someone who has absolutely no respect for themself… 

I was getting pulled in a million directions, and I was now responsible for my growth, confidence, peace of mind, job satisfaction, and finding my way in the world. 

I needed someone to help me make sense of it all. Let’s talk about me supporting you as you navigate your career. 

Now, I’ve been a nurse for a very long time, and I know what qualities help nurses survive. I’ve worked in management and in Nursing education. I’ve worked in several patient care specialties, including NICU, PICU, Adult ICU, Pedi and Adult Open Heart Recovery, telephone triage, and home health and hospice. 

I’ve moved to other countries to try working in another culture - and loved it. From the Arctic Circle to the deserts of Saudi Arabia, from caring for 350-gram babies to wondering if I needed to tackle a disoriented hospice patient who ran out into a busy street, I’ve seen some stuff. Now it’s time to help others in a different way.

As far as organizational culture, a healthy workplace environment and interpersonal relations, I’ve hoped the grass might be greener somewhere else - and realized it often is not. 

Life’s ultimate truths lie within us; as Luke 17:20 says, “the kingdom of God is within you.”

I’ve been told I needed to be a better communicator. I’ve felt at a dead end in my career and felt invisible. I’ve neglected my health and my adorable young children because I was too fatigued to care to do differently. 

But I’ve always known that our chosen career is incredibly flexible and wonderful at times.  

So, I’ve worked to improve care, I’ve searched my soul, and I’ve become more outgoing, decisive, knowledgeable, and educated … and I want to help you know yourself better, to use your skills and strengths better, be confident, and enjoy your work more. 

We will use the power of positive psychology and the presence of the Holy Spirit to guide our work together to honor the power of healing one’s soul. You know you deserve this.