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Healthy Patients Teach Certified Legal Nurse Consultants to Take Care of Themselves First

We’ve all worked with healthy and unhealthy patients and we’ve seen the effects of poor health habits on the human body. The health of a pregnant woman is often dramatically reflected in the health of her offspring.

To run a successful and healthy CLNC® business, you must enjoy an optimal state of health. Give yourself permission to take care of yourself first. I love my business, but I love myself more. After all, without a healthy me, I couldn’t muster the energy to give 110% to my clients and employees every day.

Vickie’s Personal Prescription for Optimal Health

  • Exercise – My goal is to exercise at least five days a week. I love hiking, biking and working with weights. Even a short walk outside helps me clear my head before or after a full day.
  • Massage – A once-a-week massage renews my energy.
  • Vacation – I schedule 12 weeks of vacation for myself every year.
  • Time with spouse, family and friends – Make time for love. When I travelled to Africa, I was touched to learn that in a herd of elephants when one falls, the others will try to pick him up. I love being surrounded by my own family of elephants.
  • Daily prayer and meditation – I’m most creative in silence. So I start each day with a cup of healthy green tea and a few moments of silence.
  • Weight control – I eat mostly healthy low-fat, low-carb foods with occasional treats like popcorn at the movies and I avoid all high-fructose corn syrup and trans fats.
  • Supplements – Flaxseed, green tea, vitamins and antioxidants are part of my daily regimen.
  • Fun – I schedule something fun at least twice a week, including time for things I love – reading, walks with my husband, our whirlpool, theatre and musicals.
  • Sleep – I get 7-8 hours sleep per night, not per week.
  • Take Sunday off – I don’t even make my bed or shave my legs.
  • Work my passion – I revolutionize nursing careers, one RN at a time. Nothing invigorates me more than a CLNC® success story from one of my students.

Write a prescription for your own optimal health physically, spiritually and emotionally – and follow it. You’ll have the energy and vitality to enjoy your legal nurse consulting career.

Success Is Inside!

P.S. Comment and share one thing you will do to take care of yourself in 2010.

7 thoughts on “Healthy Patients Teach Certified Legal Nurse Consultants to Take Care of Themselves First

  1. I will make a conscious effort to exercise more this year! This has probably been the most difficult thing to fit into my life. Working hospital shift work for 15 years has made this difficult. Not having a regular schedule, flip-flopping day shift and night shift (i.e., 12 hr. day shift Fri., 12 hr. night shifts Sat. & Sun., back to 12 hr. day shift Wed.) makes it impossible to have any kind of routine exercise program. I plan to transition from hospital nursing to full-time legal nurse consulting, make a better schedule for myself and incorporate a better exercise schedule! Thanks Vickie!

  2. I am re-committing to myself! I had surgery last June and since then have used that as an excuse not to exercise which has snowballed into more bad habits. That is behind me! I have re-committed to exercise at least three times per week with the goal of increased energy, weight loss, improved balance and flexibility, and to once again align my spiritual, emotional, and physical self.

  3. I am going to take your course Vickie. I am very excited about attending your CLNC® 6-Day Certification Seminar in Las Vegas this March. I think and feel this will be the best thing that I can do for my physical, mental and spiritual health as well as my professional growth. I am going to take my body, mind and soul to their potential. Breathe deep and live with passion! Happy New Year.

  4. During the summer months, I am in my flower and vegetable garden getting plenty of exercise. However, during the fall and winter months and most of spring, long hours at the computer working on nursing and legal nurse consulting projects along with my hectic schedule leaves little time to exercise.

    In the fall of 2008, I bought a good used stationary bicycle, but I haven’t used it like I should. I am determined to be in great shape when it is time to get the garden plot ready for planting this spring. Usually after the first day of planting, I can barely move the next day. I know I will feel better and be sharper if I exercise regularly. Thanks for the great suggestions, Vickie.

  5. Thanks Vickie, you somehow know what I need to hear most when I need it most. After a car accidnet this year that almost took my life, and I have not worked in 6 months, or had 8 hours of straight sleep. Through the trials of life, we all need to do things that will refresh us each day. If we cannot properly take care of ourselves to be the best that we can be, how can we fully serve working for others. I need a new and improved schedule in my life to get back on track. Thanks for the motivation again. You are the best!

  6. Great tips Vickie and it’s all about being balanced, isn’t it?

    I have always wanted to ask you two questions and I’ll do it here since it best relates to health.

    1. What brand of green tea do you enjoy and is it hot or cold?
    2. What organic healthy wines do you find enjoyable?

    Thanks for sharing.

  7. Hi Tammie,

    Thanks for asking.

    I like Teavanna tea and I drink it hot in the morning and cold in the afternoon. I like their white, green, Rooibos and herbal teas. I am big into variety.

    Same with wines – variety. I like all types of red wine and believe in enjoying an assortment of different flavors. Tom and I especially enjoy wines we purchase on our trips because that way we share our wonderful memories along with the great tasting wine.

    Success Is Yours!

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