Christy Moore for Nurse Life Coach Academy Video Testimonials

Speaker: Christy Moore, Patient & Community Clinical Educator

Christy Moore: The first thing that I think of when um thinking about why a nurse should join this program is the quality of life.

Christy Moore: What was going on in my career before deciding to join NLCA was that I actually had enrolled into a master's degree program in nursing education. My intention with joining, um, or trying to earn a master's degree in nursing was to advance my career. In my current job, I do a lot of patient education and I get a lot of joy from that. So I figured a natural progression, uh, to advance my career would be to get a master's nursing education. And find a teaching position. Um, I was all set to enroll. I had gotten my classes for the entire program, um, and then I came across, uh, someone who had, um, made a post about looking for a pro bono client for her nurse life coaching program, and that really piqued my interest. So I. Look a little bit further into that because I also know that in my career and in my life I'm experiencing some things where I would need a lot more autonomy, freedom of flexibility in my career and the hours I work, where I work, how I work, and for some reason I'd never thought of life coaching before and I didn't know anything about nurse life coaching, but um the thought of going through a master's degree in nursing, um. The amount of tuition, the debt that I would incur, um, and what types of jobs I can get afterwards, the idea of nurse type coaching really appealed to me and it appealed to kind of where I am in my life right now, and it appealed to me because of the similar things that I do in terms of kind of like coaching with my job now where I educate patients on. A rare disease and condition and the medication that they use and also talk about other lifestyle things with them. So I've gotten a lot of joy out of that. Um, so I figured, well, I probably can get a lot of joy out of that as well, out of um nurse life coaching as well. Um, so I thought I would just take a closer look.

Christy Moore: I currently work a 9 to 5 job Monday through Friday, and so I have limited availability after work on the weekends, but those are the times that I have been utilizing in order to get my coursework done and my pro bono coaching done. It has required me to not do certain things, so not scroll on Instagram so much, not watch so much TV, um, make some changes in the plans I have in order to get my coursework done. But I have to say that um it's been doable because the main bulk of the program is self-directed, um, the main part of the course, um, where I'm learning about the philosophy and um practices of nurse life coaching are in a portal that I can access at any time from anywhere from my phone or from my computer, so I can read that and take care of that in my own time. And in terms of doing the pro bono hours, um, I've just made a commitment to schedule time after work each day, Monday through Friday, and to make myself available on the weekend so that I have the time and the space, the opportunity to be able to work with um individuals and complete my uh training for nurse side coaching.

Christy Moore: I see a really bright future ahead as a nurse life coach, and I say that because um I'm just getting so much out of the program myself and the pro bono clients I've been able to help have been amazing, and they've taken amazing steps and had amazing accomplishments, um, through coaching. So I just really see myself as being able to um do this independently on my own. Um, for the time being, I'd like to fit it around my work schedule, so continue doing, um, coaching, um, after work in the evenings and on the weekend. And I just see that I have so much, um, freedom to set up my nurse life coaching practice the way that suits me the best. Um, I'm getting along in my career in nursing. I've been a nurse for a long, long time, and pretty soon I'm gonna be thinking about retirement. Um, but that doesn't mean necessarily that I wanna quit doing something that I find enjoyable. So for me, I am pursuing, um, becoming a nurse side coach to really carry me forward into the rest of my career, and as I retire from one position, um, being able to do this, um, full time or part time, um, as well is something I'm really, really looking forward to.

Christy Moore: I've grown personally through nurse life coaching in a couple of different ways. First, being a client, um, and being coached by my peer clients, I really learned how to search within myself for the answers, to show up for myself, to advocate for myself. I've learned the self, the importance of self-care, and how to make sure that that is a part of my everyday life, and that's something that I just reserve for every now and then or for the random massage or manicure pedicure. Um, in terms of other people, it just helps me to just see that people are whole. Uh, no one needs fixing, no one needs my advice. Um, within everyone is the ability to find their answers and they come up with their solutions with a little bit of support. So I'm grateful to have learned a skill that helps me to see people differently and to interact with people differently in a way that uplifts and supports people, um, while not giving them advice or trying to fix them, but just helping them to step into that next best version of who they are and whatever it is they'd like to accomplish.

Christy Moore: The first thing that I think of when um thinking about why a nurse should join this program is the quality of life. Um, think about the quality of the life that you have now in your career and where it's going, and if you don't make any change in the next 5 or 10 years, where will you be? versus doing something like this for yourself where you can create autonomy and amazing income. Great relationships, flexibility, freedom in your life and your career, and think about how creating that could serve you in your life in the next, you know, 5 or 10 years, and I'm sure that the outcomes between both options are pretty stark and different. So if you're thinking about doing this program, um, I absolutely would encourage you to do it. It is something that um even in your current career can serve you well. You might find that you're able to take nurse side coaching into your organization where you're currently working, or you might want to do this independently on your own, um. I derive a lot of satisfaction from being able to make that decision, to know that I have something that I can do for myself on my own. And so if that's something that's important to you as well, I definitely would encourage you to consider joining this program.