Member since 24 Sep 2020
Arlene is a Vincentian-Canadian Writer, Wellness Educator and Registered Nurse. She focuses on consumer facing and public educational content that's clear, empathetic and connects knowledge to action. Her primary area of focus is Lifestyle Medicine and all it's pillars—whole-food plant-based eating, slow living, physical activity, restorative sleep, stress management, avoiding harmful substances and positive emotional wellbeing—as tools to prevent and treat chronic health conditions. She offers an active clinical background in Travel + Flight Nursing, Emergency Room Medicine, Post Anesthetic Recovery Room care, Rural Health, and Holistic Health Coaching. She uses a combination of creative and informative writing, workshop facilitation, and educating to help individuals make healthy lifestyle changes and restore hope .