Nurses - Our Transformative Self-Care Summit is BACK!

This summit is about YOU—your healing, restoration, and renewal. The more we nurture ourselves, the more we can show up fully for our patients and our purpose.

Join us for Nourishing the Nurse, a one-day virtual retreat designed to restore, empower, and nourish nurses through evidence-based holistic therapies and self-care practices. Unlike traditional nursing conferences, this is an experiential journey into healing modalities that not only benefit your patients but also restore YOU.

Don't miss this opportunity to recharge, grow, and lead the future of nursing!

The Natural Nurse Summit 2025: Nourishing the Nurse

Saturday, April 5 from 900-3:45 pm PT

Live online via zoom, recordings available after sessions

What You’ll Experience

✔ Guided healing practices – From restorative yoga to expressive arts therapy, sound healing, and aromatherapy.
✔ Science-backed self-care – Learn the latest research on stress resilience, sleep health, and emotional healing.
✔ Hands-on, interactive sessions – Create custom essential oil blends, journal through narrative medicine, and explore vibrational healing.
✔ Connection & reflection – Join a community of like-minded nurses dedicated to well-being.
✔ Earn 6 CE – Prioritize your self-care while gaining continuing education.

Who Should Attend?

This summit is for nurses (RN’s, LPNs, NPs) who are ready to fill their own cup, reclaim their energy, and embrace self-care that truly fits their lives. Whether you're feeling burnt out, emotionally exhausted, or simply seeking deeper renewal, this is your opportunity to reset, restore, and transform.

Summit Agenda | 9:00 AM – 3:45 PM PT

Welcome & Intention Setting (9:00 AM – 9:15 AM PT)

• Guided grounding meditation

• Overview of the summit & CE credits

• Setting personal wellness intentions for the day

Holistic Sessions

Aromatherapy for Stress & Emotional Balance (9:15 AM – 10:15 AM PT) by Heather Beaufore, RN

Led by Heather Beaufore, RN, participants will explore using essential oils in clinical practice, understand their impact on mood and stress, and how she creates personalized blends for grounding and focus. To learn more about Heather and her practice, go to Elements Holistic Health Facebook Page

Expressive Arts Therapy for Emotional Release (10:30 AM – 11:30 AM PT) by Dr. Vanessa Ruiz, ND, RN

Led by Dr. Vanessa Ruiz, this session encourages the use of color, movement, and visual journaling as tools for self-care, facilitating emotional expression and resilience.

Sound Healing and Vocal Empowerment (11:45 AM – 12:45 PM PT) - Alexa Terezakis, RN

Led by Alexa Terezakis, RN, a nurse and sound healer, this session will guide you through vocal warm-ups, activation exercises, and a playful yet powerful vocal toning journey—designed to help you release stress, reconnect with your inner rhythm, and feel vibrantly alive. No singing experience needed—just bring your voice and an open heart.

For more information on Alexa, go to: IG@TheSunpups

Reflective Narrative Medicine (12:45 – 1:15 pm PT) led by Dr. Vanessa Ruiz, ND, RN

Led by Dr. Vanessa Ruiz, she will guide you through journaling and storytelling to delve into personal nursing journeys, with opportunities for small group sharing to foster connection.

Hormones in Harmony (1:15 PM – 2:15 PM PT) - Dr Teri Rada, ND, RN

 In this session with Dr. Teri Rada, naturopathic doctor and nurse, we will explore the critical relationship between self-care practices and the endocrine system, focusing on how lifestyle choices impact hormone balance, particularly cortisol levels. Nurses will gain an understanding of how chronic stress affects the body’s hormone production and how effective self-care strategies—such as stress management, sleep hygiene, and nutrition—can help restore hormonal balance, promote resiliency, and enhance overall well-being.

Restorative Yoga for Deep Renewal (2:15 PM to 3:15 PM PT) with Jim Keegan, RYT-500

This session offers a gentle nervous system reset through supported poses. Discover practical techniques to integrate these rejuvenating practices into your daily routine for lasting balance and deep renewal.

Integration of Modalities in Self-care and Clinical Practice (3:15-3:45 PT)

This session will help prompt nurses to integrate these practices into their self-care as well as their clinical practice.

What Makes Our Summit Unique:

✅ Experiential Learning – Hands-on, interactive healing sessions (not just lectures)
✅ Science + Holistic Therapies – Blends evidence-based approaches with ancient wisdom
✅ Self-Care That Fits Nurses’ Lives – Tools designed for immediate, real-world application
✅ Receive Continuing Education (CE) Hours – Earn while prioritizing your well-being

Disclosures

No one with the ability to control content of this activity has a relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with an ineligible company.

To successfully complete this course and receive 6 contact hours, participants must:

• Attend 90% of the live online summit and/or view 100% the enduring recordings

• successful completion of a post-test and attendee must score 80% or higher

This nursing continuing professional development activity was approved by the American Holistic Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. 

Expires 03/17/2027

Approval for contact hours through the American Holistic Nurses Association (AHNA) is based on an assessment of the educational merit of this program and does not constitute endorsement of the use of any specific modality in the care of clients

Secure your spot today and experience the renewal you deserve.