The ELITE Nurse to Coach Podcast with Heather Colledge · Heather Colledge

#413: Nurse to Holistic Health Coach Mandy's Success

March 27, 2026·17 min·1 clip

Mandy, a nurse for 11 years, just launched her holistic coaching business after finishing training in 2025.

The episode is an interview between host Heather Colledge and guest Mandy, a nurse turned holistic health coach. Mandy introduces herself as a 37-year-old wife, mother of two, and registered nurse for 11 years who recently finished nurse coach training at the end of 2025. She immediately started her business, Return to Radiance Coaching, after graduation. Mandy explains that when she began working with Heather, she had no knowledge of the business side of coaching and wanted a one-stop shop to build a professional business. She joined the ELITE Nurse to Coach Academy to learn systems, marketing, and client acquisition. Since then, Mandy has launched her coaching business with several paying clients, including four individual and five group coaching clients. Heather notes that Mandy earned over $2,000 in her second month after launching. Mandy attributes her success to implementing Heather's systems exactly as taught without questioning or reinventing them. She praises the Academy for its support, including access to Heather and other experts like marketing strategists and life coaches. When asked about her favorite part, Mandy highlights the comprehensive support and guidance available. She advises hesitant listeners to join the Academy to move from zero to a hundred at their own pace. Mandy contrasts her previous confusion about starting a business with her current clarity, having built systems while working full-time, managing a household, and attending graduate school. She expresses pride in building her group coaching program, the Holistic Woman Academy, despite initial dauntiness. Mandy emphasizes the importance of being willing to fail and learn from mistakes. She describes her coaching as holistic, focusing on mindset shifts rather than medical interventions, and shares her vision to retire from nursing and coach full-time for more freedom and financial independence. Heather congratulates Mandy on her progress and optimism, and Mandy shares her contact details via social media and her website.

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A grounded story about moving from coaching training into business building.

The episode follows Mandy's move from nurse training into coaching with a clean, practical arc. Heather keeps the focus on systems, marketing, selling, masterclasses, and the work of finding paying clients, so the story stays concrete instead of drifting into general…

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You want a nurse-to-coach story that shows how someone launched, got systems in place, and started landing paying clients fast.

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