We were lucky to catch up with Lisa Broberg recently and have shared our conversation below.
Lisa, appreciate you joining us today. It’s always helpful to hear about times when someone’s had to take a risk – how did they think through the decision, why did they take the risk, and what ended up happening. We’d love to hear about a risk you’ve taken.
My husband and I were homeowners in the Bay Area, where we were born and raised, now raising our own family together. We were blessed – we had well-paying jobs, friends and family nearby, a beautiful home, and we lived in Northern California where there were endless things to do, beautiful places to see – we had a great life! But the one thing that we were lacking in, was TIME TOGETHER. We were stuck in such a hustle culture, that even though we had all of these things around us, we didn’t have the TIME FREEDOM to live as we really desired. To spend quality time together with each other and our young daughters. Part of this was because, even though we were making great money, it was very expensive to live in the Bay Area. We were fine – but we weren’t making any headway for anything to significantly change anytime soon. Right before the pandemic, my husband’s parents and his brother’s family moved to Las Vegas, and a close friend of mine moved her family to Austin. When we visited my husband’s family for the first time, we saw how happy they were in this “upgraded” version of life that they’d chosen for themselves. I heard from my friend how happy they were leaving the chaos of California. And with that, seeds were planted in our minds that perhaps we could have the life we were dreaming of outside of California. Being pragmatic, we took a deep dive into our location search. Eventually, we found a gem of a town in Colorado that we instantly fell in love with. We put our notices in at work, sold our house, packed up, and made the move! We took a huge risk but we have fallen in utter LOVE with our new life! Not only are we now living in a dream home, our kids are in amazing schools and have made wonderful friends, we’ve also made wonderful friends of our own, but the move afforded me the opportunity (with my husband’s complete support) to begin my wellness coaching practice that I’d always dreamt of! We made some very bold moves, some “sacrifices” perhaps, too. But had we not taken the risk, we would have still been starved for time freedom to spend with each other during these formative years of our daughters. I get to take them to school and pick them up every day now! We eat breakfast and dinner each day as a family. We get to take our time being present with one another. It is such a blessing – and none of it would have been possible had we not taken the risk to choose this for ourselves instead of settling for the status quo – which, by the way, was not at all bad. It was just not our dream. We are blessed!
As always, we appreciate you sharing your insights and we’ve got a few more questions for you, but before we get to all of that can you take a minute to introduce yourself and give our readers some of your back background and context?
I worked as a Registered Nurse for 13 years in a variety of clinical settings – Spinal Cord Injury/Rehab, Charge Nurse on a Med/Surg Orthopedics/Neurology floor, lead RN in an outpatient Plastic Surgery center (Pre-Op/OR/Recovery), and Primary Care, with 8 of those years being in the Veterans Administration. I have always had a love of learning, and so after a couple of years in each role, I’d feel like I “got it down” and felt the urge to move on and learn something new. Having had my own battles with health (a decade-long battle with Bulimia, later GI issues, anxiety, OCD, post-partum anxiety, panic attacks, adrenal fatigue/stress burnout), I had embraced a holistic approach over time as conventional modalities were not helping me solve my underlying causes. At some point, I found Functional Medicine, and I learned what true health care should look like! Root-cause focus, based in nutrition, nervous system regulation, and a truly holistic view of the person as whole system. I knew that I had to be part of this amazing movement in healing, so I enrolled in FMCA to learn how to become a Functional Medicine Certified Health Coach (FMCHC). I had already embraced a low-tox life for well over a decade by this time, and my years of therapy and personal development work that I’d done to heal myself (largely in silence) from Bulimia had led to me to a holistic outlook on mind/body/spirit healing. So getting trained in coaching was the key piece that connected so many dots for me to become the coach I wish I’d had during my desperate times of need! And now, I get to be that for my clients!
Now, as a Functional Nurse Wellness Coach, I help overstressed high-achievers prioritize their own well-being so they can manage stress, optimize health, discover self-love, and radiate their highest-vibe self. I created a 16-week program to kickstart one’s healing journey. It works because it’s a unique combination of healing modalities based on my unique professional nursing background and personal experience that addresses root causes, empowers sustainable & lasting change, and integrates the mind, body and spirit. It’s different because it is designed to help you understand yourself and identify the root causes of the symptoms that you are experiencing. Unlike other programs focused solely on symptoms, mine dives deep into the root causes through ancestral wisdom, functional health tools, and mind-body practices. We build lasting resilience with personalized tools for detoxifying your environment, managing stress, and finding joy. It’s not just about feeling better, it’s about vibrantly thriving by reconnecting mind, body, and spirit. This is holistic transformation, not a quick fix.
My clients are having incredible results, and I am so blessed that this is now what I get to do, everyday!
Do you think you’d choose a different profession or specialty if you were starting now?
Nursing, to put it lightly, was HARD. I saw so many different facets of the human condition on a regular basis, and turning that “off” in my head was not an easy thing to do, especially because the way that I cared for my patients was from the perspective that my goal was for them to be cared for as I would my own family member. Because out of integrity, that would be only right for me to do. I had a very hard time leaving things I’d witnessed or experienced at work, compartmentalizing them from my mind. It was so HARD. It was heartbreaking at times. It was frustrating. It was so difficult to come down from that it often affected my ability to rest, to relax. I developed anxiety and panic disorder, eventually. I used to question, did I get into the right profession? Maybe I should have become a Physical Therapist – they don’t see as much suffering or wear as many hats as nurses do. Maybe I should have done Occupational Therapy. Maybe I should have got into Tech, like most of my Bay Area friends did. But ultimately, I now know with every fiber of my being that I was MEANT to experience what I experienced. I was meant to witness what I witnessed. I was meant to observe the power of the human spirit, holding on and making it when the odds were largely against them, or letting go when they were sure to make it. I was meant to see how quadriplegics and paraplegics dealt with life-altering trauma, and how their families were affected. I was meant to see the inner sufferings of outwardly gorgeous but utterly depressed people, coming to Plastic Surgery to solve their self-love void. I was meant to see how Big Pharma is controlling the system with paying for these physician’s medical school training, teaching them nothing about root-cause care, but rather how to diagnose and treat with pills and procedures. I was meant to experience first-hand how living low-tox and eating whole foods from the earth has the ability to powerfully transform one’s health in America – because Big Agriculture is in the game with Big Pharma. I was meant to experience the greed of private hospitals, and to know in my bones that they could care less about the actual human beings’ experience as long as their Gallop reviews are high and they’re getting reimbursed by Medicare and the insurance companies (who, obviously are also in the game with Big Ag and Big Pharma). This was all meant for me, because without any of these details, I wouldn’t have become the powerful transformative coach that I am now, helping people see the barriers to their health and overcoming them with lasting lifestyle change and newfound awareness. So, while I toyed with the idea for years that I might have made the “wrong” choice getting into nursing, I am now certain that everything has happened for a reason, and I am exactly where I am supposed to be.
Putting training and knowledge aside, what else do you think really matters in terms of succeeding in your field?
To be a successful nurse and coach, other than training and knowledge, you have got to have HEART. You HAVE to CARE. And you have to really put focus on the clients’ successes at the top of your aim. Knowledge, training, and experience will take you far, but only so far. Without a genuine caring heart, you ultimately won’t succeed.
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