Why work with Karista?

I began to practice nursing in Texas in 2006, spending most of my years of practice with a primary focus in promotion of wellness and prevention of illness, with the hope to guide people to live healthier, happier lives.  Early in my career, society was beginning to understand how much we are affected by the energetics of the food we consume and the “health movement” was just beginning to take hold. I started seeing a rise in people being more health conscious and becoming interested in this idea of “holistic” health.  This was exciting for me, as I had developed an appreciation for varieties of fresh produce and a deep connection with Mother Nature at a young age. 

I completed a health coaching certification through Institute of Integrative Nutrition in 2014, thus beginning my deeper dive into understanding how unique each person’s needs are and how to guide them into connecting with and listening to their bodies to better understand their individual energetic needs. I then completed a personal training certification through National Academy of Sports Medicine,in 2016, to advance my knowledge of the energetic exchanges, needs and movement within, and by, our physical structure. 

As I continued my work in the nursing field, I started to provide private health coaching to clients on the side.  As I worked in two similar but different paradigms of care, I started to see greater limitations within the views of a person receiving treatment within the Western healthcare system versus a more holistic style of care.  Western medicine training teaches to treat the body as a machine with parts that sometimes break and need repair.  I began to explore teachings of Eastern medicine for alternative perspectives and found myself more aligned to the idea that we are to tend to ourselves as a garden, building habits that foster life and growth, and pruning that which is not promoting life.  All things within us are connected; anger causes our blood pressure to rise, stress causes inflammation, fear causes chest pain. So, we must treat and care for ourselves as such.

It’s important to look at the whole person, not limiting care to just the physical expression of a person, and thus we must consider our connection with our mental, emotional, and spiritual selves.  These past 2 years I have provided telehealth nursing care to those that are needing support in recovering from illness.  I was blessed with this opportunity as I was able to utilize a more holistic coaching approach in caring for the person as a whole; body, mind, and spirit.

As a coach, I will be dedicated to you, as a whole person, and as the unique individual that you are. I believe that if you begin to look within and create space to “listen” to Self, you will discover that you’ve truly had all the answers you’ve needed within you.   Through coaching, I will guide you in a process of empowerment through self-reflection, self-discovery, and rebuilding a deeper connection with who you truly are!