Over the past 30+ years, AFPA has licensed over 130,000 well being, diet, and health professionals. We often function distinguished and new graduates who’re utilizing what they’ve discovered to encourage others and make a distinction.
Meet one in every of our featured graduates, Kellie Hamilton BSN, RN, HN. She earned her Holistic Nutritionist Certification from AFPA.
Meet AFPA Graduate Kellie Hamilton BSN, RN, HN
Inform us about your self.
My identify is Kelly, and I’m a Licensed Holistic Nutritionist and Licensed Dietary Wellness Marketing consultant with AFPA. I’m a training surgical ICU nurse in central Massachusetts and the very proud proprietor of A Higher Path to Wellness.
How did you initially develop into concerned about well being and wellness?
I turned concerned about holistic well being and wellness after graduating from one of many prime nursing packages in Massachusetts again in 2014. The primary non-nursing ebook I picked up after a 4 yr bachelor’s program in science and nursing was a ebook on holistic well being and diet and kitchen chemistry. I used to be floored by the evidence-based science and data and the useful ideas that nobody had ever shared with us. I began asking round my buddies that have been in med faculty, and nobody was studying about this very key piece of well being and wellness. There was such an absence of evidence-based diet, and I made a decision proper then and there that I used to be going to begin filling that void.
Which AFPA certifications have you ever earned, and why did you select these certification packages?
I selected to be a Licensed Holistic Nutritionist and Licensed Dietary Wellness Marketing consultant with AFPA. After in depth analysis, I actually wished a program that match not solely with the form of alignment of how I noticed myself as a coach going ahead, however I additionally wished one thing that was going to work with my busy schedule. I wished one thing that may very well be accomplished on-line that had nice customer support.
I did in depth analysis into studying opinions, evaluating packages, and AFPA simply actually checked all of these packing containers for me. I additionally appreciated that I might name and get a reside particular person and ask questions and speak to them about what this system actually appeared like for someone who had no concept what to check it to.
The rationale I selected the certifications I did was as a result of I wished to have one foot in holistic medication and one foot in Western medication. I felt like there’s such a disconnect and there’s such a spot for each of them. I wished to supply individuals extra preventative well being and dietary interventions to pair with their well being. And the Holistic Nutritionist Program actually aligned so properly with that mind-set.
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How are you utilizing your certification?
I exploit my certification by serving to individuals in some ways. Primarily, I’ve a house workplace right here in Worcester, Massachusetts the place I work with purchasers nearly from everywhere in the nation. I assist them one-on-one in schooling classes. We take a look at the place you might be and assist kind a holistic plan for you and the way you should use meals and issues in your atmosphere, whether or not it’s including issues or omitting issues which can be simply actually affecting the general high quality of your well being.
I’m additionally a really passionate public speaker. I like to do academic occasions, workshops, and talking engagements. Within the final couple years of my enterprise, I’ve actually branched out. I’ve had the power to lecture to the athletic division for my alma mater, which was superb. I’ve received pitch contests speaking about improvements on tips on how to change the face of what well being appears like. I’ve upcoming occasions for senior facilities and doing talking engagements for them. I’ve been featured on cable entry TV on subjects like Parkinson’s diet and extra. I’ve actually put the certifications and licenses that I’ve obtained to make use of, and it has helped propel me into the well being, wellness, and diet house.
What are your favourite components of working your small business?
My favourite points of A Higher Path to Wellness is the those who I get to satisfy, whether or not it’s the one-on-one individuals who discover me for classes and schooling, or the individuals I meet out locally doing vendor occasions or talking engagements. I’ve made among the greatest buddies, and colleagues, and I’ve among the greatest purchasers that I might have ever requested for. The those who I get to interact with frequently from having launched this enterprise and utilizing my certificates this manner have come again to me tenfold. I’m so glad that I get to try this and I get to satisfy and work with a few of these superb individuals.
Do you may have any success tales you’d prefer to share?
I’m grateful to say that I’ve quite a lot of success tales that I might share, however selecting one would do a disservice to the quantity of laborious work my purchasers all put in. Collectively, the quantity of weight reduction, the quantity of diminished continual illness, the quantity of medicines that my purchasers have been capable of come off, the biomarkers just like the lipid panels, the fasting glucose, the insulin ranges which have all been lowered in a wholesome, constructive, sustainable method have simply shattered my expectations on what individuals can actually obtain once they put their thoughts to one thing and have the facility of a knowledgeable, skilled, empathetic coach behind them. And that basically in itself is the success story of my purchasers as a result of all of them obtain success in their very own means. It has been a pleasure and can proceed to be so long as I advance in my profession to cheer them on and assist them and yell their success tales from the mountaintop as a result of they deserve it.
What recommendation would you give others contemplating getting licensed by means of AFPA?
My recommendation to different individuals who wish to get licensed by means of AFPA is to do it. It’s reasonably priced, well timed, and might be accomplished by yourself accord. And I feel that it’s only going to higher you as an individual, as a practitioner, as a coach, to proceed to coach your self and be capable to apply that to the sufferers, purchasers, no matter you confer with them as, that you just deal with, it’s solely going to make you higher in the long term. And the assets that you just get from becoming a member of this neighborhood alone will proceed to serve you all through your profession.
How can we discover you on-line?
A Higher Path to Wellness
Instagram @a_better_path_to_wellness
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Be taught in regards to the essential function of holistic nutritionists, what it takes to achieve success as one, and tips on how to construct a profitable, impactful profession in diet.
