Nancy G. Regan
Hiking Guide, Certified Integrative Nutrition Health/Wellness Coach, A.S. of Science, Breathwork Techniques, Certified Reiki Practitioner - Level III, Certified QPR Gatekeeper, Nationally Certified Wilderness First Aid/CPR, Motivational Interviewing (trained 12 hrs.), Author, Ordained
Hello Brite Future!
My passion as a Spirit-Inspired Empowerment Coach and Hiking Guide has led me to combine both modalities as I have personally witnessed and experienced for myself the transformation that nature has on the mind, body, and spirit.
My journey began at the young age of ten when I became my mother's therapist as she battled depression. While I supported her, nature became my escape, keeping me centered through activities like riding my bicycle, climbing trees, and exploring the woods.
In my teens, and into my early forties, I struggled with low self-esteem and emotional eating. Using junk food as a crutch to make me feel better about myself. It was a vicious cycle with no resolve.
I married in my early twenties and had two children before I was thirty. I was working, taking care of my family, and volunteering for multiple charities.
I loved it until it started taking over my life.
I was someone who gave 120 percent to everyone but myself. This led me down a path of stress, anxiety, and worry and put a huge strain on my marriage. I eventually burnt out and for a year I was an emotional wreck.
Taking my life back into my own hands, I embarked on a journey to transform my physical and emotional self. I employed a personal trainer, delved into self-help books, and uncovered learned behaviors from childhood that had impacted me.
Then I met “my guru”, my new supervisor in the new position that I took in a holistic health office. She was my inspiration and introduced me to mindfulness and spirituality. I learned about the healing energy of Reiki and became a Reiki Practitioner.
This was my catalyst for becoming a health coach and working with women to help them prevent burnout by prioritizing their needs and desires.
I now empower women to achieve a life of freedom, peace, and joy through mindful work/life balance and help them discover wholeness in their physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being.
“Nature has been for me, for as long as I can remember, a source of solace, inspiration, adventure, and delight; a home, a teacher, a companion.”-Lorraine Anderson.
My education at the Institute of Integrative Nutrition
I chose IIN because they teach a holistic approach to food and emotional wholeness. I have studied over one hundred different dietary theories along with meditation, breathing techniques, Feng Shui, and Ayurvedic practices. As important as nutrition is, I believe when our emotional needs are met then we will have balance in our lives. I use nature as one of the ways to connect with our emotional needs to heal the mind, body, and spirit.
Everything is about balance that is why discovering your emotional needs first is the key to living a physically and emotionally healthy lifestyle.