Self-care is needed for you and our healthcare system – it is the answer to your health and well-being.
~ The toxicity of 24/7 stress will cause disease, both physical and mental. It is vital that we have an awareness of this. We need to find ways to prevent or release the stress, such as the relaxation response. How are you dealing with your own stress?
~ Although the toxicity of stress is known by some, knowing how to manage one’s stress level is not a focus for most. What new strategies have you added lately?
~ Are you looking to improve your well-being? Maybe a new relationship? A career change? Improve your health situation? Have you tried working with a coach?
~ Remember happiness happens when you are progressing or working towards a goal, when you enjoy the little moments in your life, and when you know your life purpose. Tweaking one’s mindset is the KEY!
Book your first session today. YOU ARE WORTH IT!!!
The Practice
The practice of self-care means knowing the power and criticality of your actions and healthy lifestyle behaviors: sleep is when your body is healing and recovering; nutrition fuels our bodies; cognitive restructuring or reappraisal, allows one to understand the positive to what one typically might view as negative; social connection with others is vital to your well-being; mindfulness practices, teaches oneself to be compassionate through self-compassion. Self-care is not only the traditional behaviors typically associated with what our fingers, feet, and our forks do, but rather, IT IS THE WAY WE SPEAK TO OURSELVES when we are challenged or stressed!
“Why are all these self-care behaviors not a part of mainstream healthcare? Shouldn’t self-care be part of the our healthcare system, improving both the cost and quality of health in our nation?”
— NICOLE, MGH-IHP GRADUATE STUDENT
The Benefits of Self-Care
~ When we practice various forms of mindfulness, positive psychology, and cognitive reappraisal, we can learn to see the positive in our life situations and allow new opportunities to unfold.
~ Exercise and meditation are two of the greatest ways improve our level of stress and anxiety thereby enhancing our feelings of happiness!.
~ Learning to prioritize your self-care and learning the research which supports it will have lasting effects on your life forever.
Our Approach
EMPOWERMENT
Individuals are empowered to look at all areas of one's life in determining where improvements are needed. We all have the ability to heal ourselves through our intuition, insight, and experience of self-care practices.
SCIENCE + RESEARCH
Clients are taught the latest science and research of various modalities of self-care and mindfulness. This knowledge enhances one’s belief about the power of such a new opportunity or technique of self-care.
MINDFULNESS
Clients learn mindfulness strategies YOU feel comfortable with. These practices teach you to see the good in yourself and in your world as well as the ability to feel joy in your life everyday.
My Background
My background is unique because I too am a nurse and nurse practitioner, and have been there — right where you are now! Trying to give compassionate care to my acutely ill, medically complex patients and knowing there is not enough time to complete all the tasks at hand! AS NURSES, we know how you are feeling. Tiny shifts in the way one approaches situations can provide an entirely different and positive outcome. {Read More}
— Catherine Calisi
“Cathy was amazing to help me when I was stuck and not able to move my life forward in a positive direction. Cathy has shown me ways to make sustainable changes in my life, one goal at a time. Working with her, I realized that like Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz and her red slippers '…I always had the power within me!' Cathy helped remind me of this inner strength thus achieving my goals!"
— MICHELE, CLIENT
Our Services
1:1 COACHING
I will work with you one-on-one to identify goals and develop an individualized plan specific to you, based upon a review of the many areas of your life. Typically, follow up meetings are scheduled every two weeks allowing ample time for you to work towards your goals, so that you are successful in reaching your individual goals in your pursuit of happiness. Sessions can be done in-person or virtually.
REIKI
Reiki is a touch therapy that aids in moving energy which may be blocked promoting more balance in one’s body and allowing for self healing. Pain and disease are manifestations of blocked energy. Reiki has reported effects on decreasing stress and pain and enhancing relaxation, well-being, and wound healing, etc. Reiki can be done in person, or can be done at a distance, called distance Reiki.
WORKPLACE WELLNESS PROGRAMS
We offer wellness sessions for staff consisting of sharing the science and research of various modalities of stress reduction, mindfulness, and self-care. Focusing on relaxation and mindfulness allows for staff to have more ease and focus as well as the longterm effects of have improved morale, enhanced vitality, and empowerment. These programs offer both a short term solution to daily stress of the job and a long term solution for work-life balance.