Today we’d like to introduce you to Janie Charlot-Bruce.
Janie, we appreciate you taking the time to share your story with us today. Where does your story begin?
Life has been a beautiful unfolding of growth, bravery, and transformation. I’ve had some losses, some wins, but a whole lot of learning in between! I am extremely grateful for my small town upbringing in Church Point, LA. That place is where my morals, ethics, and character was seeded . I have been in the healthcare industry for 20+ years. I have always taken great pride in providing compassionate care, but my view of true health, wellness, and healing has evolved over the years. Love is a fundamental need for humans, and in many cases- Love drives the healing if we allow it. My Life has also been soul led. I trust my soul, my spirit, and my emotions. But at the same time; I lean on my discernment, my wisdom, and my knowledge. It’s a delicate balance, but this balanced method has never led me astray! We live in a world where “seeing is believing”. So being intuitively guided, trusting the compass of my own heart, and living by “believing is seeing” can feel counter-culture. Authenticity is my foundation. As long as I am being authentic to myself and others, I will always align with what is authentically meant for me in this lifetime. Life has showed me that we can have our jobs, but then we have our WORK in the world. I love being a wife and mother, and home is where I do my best WORK first!
Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way. Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
I see all challenges as an opportunity to grow. No-one will escape life without challenges. Where there are no challenges, there is no growth. And whatever is not growing, is dying. I have learned to sit in the challenges, take deep breathes in the challenges, and ask myself “What is this situation trying to teach me?”. A challenge simply means that either our beliefs, values, or programming is surfacing to be re-evaluated. Am I honoring my boundaries? Am I being authentic in this situation, or am I holding back my true feelings? Am I holding on to limiting beliefs/fears that is blocking my progress? Am I sticking to my core values? Am I living life according to a childhood principle that no longer serves me? Am I choosing love in this moment? So, the next time there’s a challenge at work, at home, with your child, with your spouse, or with your friend; ask yourself: What is this situation trying to teach me?
As you know, we’re big fans of NP’s Hired Health & Weight Management. For our readers who might not be as familiar what can you tell them about the brand?
We are a health and wellness business. We have a mind, body, spirit approach to health, wellness, and weight loss. Our mission is to provide the necessary knowledge, tools, and coaching to individuals, communities, and other businesses to gain and maintain a life of good health and balance. We believe that the highest form of Well-Being is where our health, relationships, career, and finances coexists in perfect flow and harmony with our spiritual center. We offer health, wellness, weight management, and transformational coaching services via telemedicine in most cases. We are family nurse practitioners who are certified in obesity treatment and management in primary care as well as functional nutrition. Our transformational coaching focuses on enabling Self-Actualization and deciding on
“Who do you choose to be?” and what makes the process transformational is learning and doing what it takes to grow into the embodiment of that choice. We support others in facing shadowy fears and beliefs in order to become free of patterns of thoughts and emotions that have held them captive for a lifetime. Change then happens at the core level of the mind, within the person’s internal operating system. When the person grows significantly at this level, it creates for equally significant shifts in their behaviors, choices, and emotions. Our business operates as fee-for-service. We have adopted this model since starting the business 11yrs ago. The fee-for-service model allows us to directly provide services to our clients without the hassle of insurance getting between us. This model has also opened up the doors of our services to artists, actors, actresses, busy executives, etc. The private, one-on-one, affordable, and personalized care they receive is always well appreciated.
Do you any memories from childhood that you can share with us?
My childhood was one of good fun, but early independence. I grew up in a time where parents could leave the door unlocked, children could play outdoors, and the village watched out for each other. Because we didn’t have all the technology that today’s youth has, we used our imagination a lot. I can recall so many childhood memories of playing outdoors with my friends and cousins. We were so creative with the games we came up with. I can recall running around in the grass with no shoes on all day long! Laughter in the air! Jumping on the trampoline at my cousins house, playing hide and seek, relay races, jumping rope, basketball, and ATV riding. When stuck indoors, I played school and my stuffed animals were my students, I loved listening to music(still do), and wrote in my journal a lot. I certainly didn’t have the silver spoon childhood, but I’m grateful for the rootedness in love, respect for self and others, mental fortitude, and togetherness.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://nphired.com/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nursepractitioner_hired/?hl=en
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nphired/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/janiecharlot/
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@mattersoftheheart_andsoul
- Other: https://linktr.ee/JanieCharlot
