I help nurses fight burnout, and build the  lives they want to live.

“I just want to love being a nurse again!”

 

These are the exact words I screamed to the sky, hoping that God would hear me. After almost 20 years of nursing, I was looking for a way out. I didn’t want to leave nursing. In fact, I wanted to rediscover the joy I once had in nursing, but I didn’t think that was possible.

I was wrong.

This began a journey in my own life towards rediscovering who I was, outside of nursing, overcoming the burnout I was feeling, and beginning to build a live that I actually wanted to live. 

Several years have passed since then. I’ve now been a nurse for 24 years and for many of those years I’ve also been a pastor. Now I use all that experience, as well as the lessons I’ve learned on my own journey help nurses do exactly what I’ve done, rediscover who they are, overcome burnout, and begin to build lives that they actually want to live.

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PROGRAMS

The 6 Pillars of the Life You Want to Live

Nurses dedicate their entire lives to caring for the health and well-being of others, often to the detriment of their own well-being. I am committed to helping nurses build the lives they want to live.

Through these programs, participants will:

  • Reconnect with their identity.
  • Understand what the 6 Pillars are and how they affect their life.
  • Get a place to start and a steps to take to move towards the life they want to live.

What I Do, Not Who I Am

In nursing, as with many other professions, our job tends to take over our identity. Most of us would not say that our identity as a nurse is more important than being a parent or spouse, yet, we live as if it is.
 
It’s not the sort of thing that we try to do. Most of us don’t even think about it till we find ourselves considering leaving our job or even our field. In that moment many will be faced with the frightening question, “Without this, who am I.”

Early in my working life, I swore that I would never let my job identify me. Then it happened. I was miserable in my job and considering no longer working as a nurse. I felt empty at the very thought of no longer being a nurse. If Matt’s not a nurse, then who is he?

In this talk, listeners will be challenged to take a look deep within themselves to consider who they really are. They’ll be led on a journey to:

  • Connect with their true identity.
  • Consider what parts of themselves are most important
  • Identifying what matters most to them
  • Learn how to build healthy boundaries to protect those things.