Welcome to Wholesome Touch Blog!

My name is Kathy. I'm a Registered Nurse with over seventeen years of experience and contributed the last thirteen years providing direct care, health promotion, and prevention education services to individuals living in the Bronx, New York! Giving back to a community that raised me was a blessing and an eye-opener to the lack of access to quality and compassionate care, the health disparities that are crippling, and the shortening of the lives of minorities and the financial and physical burdens experienced by the older adults.

I walked into homes with tables full of medications, but one thing they lacked was education. I quickly realized the pills were like a band-aid covering the surface but failed to treat the roots of where the symptoms originated. People's sugar level, blood pressure readings remain high, and labs will show little response to the medications. Off to the doctor for a routine visit only to return with a new medicine or increase dose to their current medication. Often the individual will stop all medications because it becomes overwhelming! The taught of popping more drugs was exhausting. This exhaustion unknowingly creates additional stress and more health issues. I started to spend more time addressing the whole person, including discussions about nutrition, emotional health, physical activity, spirituality, and surroundings. More time was given to education, and this is when a change started to occur. There is an interrelationship between environment and lifestyle and a person's hereditary disposition. This interrelationship influences the development of the disease. A holistic approach focuses on a person's mind, body, spirit, and emotions to attain optimal health. If one area is out of balance, it will offset illness due to imbalance.

My goal is to enhance your state of wellness by offering health education and wellness coaching. I will use the wellness inventory assessment to explore the 12 dimensions of wellness and create an action plan and goals to address areas needing attention. Health education will provide you, the client, the necessary information to make informed health decisions and create permanent and sustainable lifestyle transformations.

I will focus more on lifestyle, health tips and topics, skincare, recipes, and healthy food choices, mental health, especially stress and anxiety!

I hope you enjoyed this long introduction.

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