Mindful Chat with Fallon Lopez Wellness coach & Holistic Nurse

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Fallon Lopez

Nurse, Wellness Coach, Nature Enthusiast & dog mama!



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I am a Latina, Nurse from Houston, Texas. Nursing for about 8 years working in various healthcare settings from skilled nursing to critical care to contract nursing.

On most days you can find me discovering a new park with my husky companion, Sky, searching for the perfect picnic location!

My most recent accomplishment is becoming certified as a Personal trainer and Health & Wellness Coach in 2019.



By combining my nursing experience and Wellness certifications I hope to empower nurses to create Healthier habits of recovery!


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Transcript

Damaris Grossmann: 0:52

Hi, how are you? This is Dr. Damaris Maria Grossman, integrative family nurse practitioner. And thank you for joining in on the mindfully integrative podcast. So today's mindful chat was with the wonderful Fallon Lopez, she is an RN, she's a wellness coach and she is an individual that is very in tune to the healthcare professional and, and being the one to be well for you. So I just want you to meet her and learn about her and should give you plenty of tips. So thank you, Fallon, for joining in today.

Fallon Lopez: 1:25

Thank you for having me to

Damaris Grossmann: 1:27

America. Oh, of course. Love it.

Unknown: 1:30

Um, so,

Damaris Grossmann: 1:31

you know, tell the listeners and those watching. Um, first, how are you? And you know, tell them you know, how are you doing? What's a little fun fact about you? Oh, yes. Fun fact. Put me on the side. Come on something fun.

Fallon Lopez: 1:47

So a lot of people don't know this, but I'm just gonna let you know. I was a singer at one time in my life. I I used to write songs. Hey, you don't

Damaris Grossmann: 2:00

really give up on that. You probably still could do it. So

Fallon Lopez: 2:04

I've actually been actually through the help of a community, my Community Church and things like that. I've actually gotten back into it. Like I'm thinking about it. At least I'm like, hey, that's something I gave up. I quit. Why did I quit it? You know? So I did at one time I was a singer, a dancer at the tender age of like, five all the way to 11 and I was writing dancing. That's so cool. It was made for the for the camera.

Damaris Grossmann: 2:32

Nice. I I couldn't sing a little bit in church. I did a little bit but I wasn't like really profound. My husband's like the music one really admire too. Yeah, my head. I mean, I could sing I was I you know, I was okay. But I mean, my husband definitely is being inclined, musically inclined one. So anytime you'll you know, you'll see pictures, it'll be like still playing guitar. It's kind of off tune. Yeah. So it's really, no, but that's a really great creative talent that, you know, that's probably your space to kind of reset and, and relax with and writing in itself, too. You probably are probably an amazing writer.

Fallon Lopez: 3:07

Yeah, I need to get back to it.

Damaris Grossmann: 3:08

I want you know, when you have your space, you know, for you it but you know, that's cool. So, um, so tell us a little bit about yourself. I know you're a registered nurse, and what kind of nurse are you? And you know, and how did you get into this integrative wellness space?

Fallon Lopez: 3:22

Yes. So okay, I'm a registered nurse. I started off as an LPN. I've been a nurse for about nine years, but I started off as an LPN, getting, you know, accustomed to everything. And then I was pushed or encouraged, pushed, encouraged by other people around me go back to school, go back to school. And for me, being a Latina, being somewhere, you know, I grew up in Houston, Texas, I didn't grow up with the best background, you know, LDN was perfect LVM you know, a good opportunity. But a lot of the, for a while, I held myself back, you know, I did have to change my community, I had to get around other people that were doing like minded things, and then was encouraged to actually go back to school, got my Rn, BSN, started working at the hospital doing critical care, nursing. And that's where I really flourished, I learned so much I, you know, got my certification as a certified critical care nurse, I was doing, I was a preceptor, I did charge nurse, I did everything I could, but I felt still very powerless in that field. Like, I just felt part of like, you know, this huge organization, and I felt very powerless. Honestly, this was before even COVID hit, I was feeling very burnt out, I was feeling powerless. And those are things that, you know, definitely you can say are symptoms of moral, moral distress. I didn't feel like my work mattered. And that's a dangerous place for nurses to be, you know, because we, we run the show, you know, alongside with our, you know, our, you know, the medical team, of course, we you know, we are very important part of it. So when a nurse starts to feel that way, you know, that's a red flag, something needs to change. And that was my, that was my red flag. So I was like, something needs to change, I need to do something to keep these patients from coming back to the hospital, they, they just come here, they get lost, and they just keep coming back and they keep getting worse. And then they all you know, like I felt like I couldn't save my patients at one point. So I was looking to leave nursing for good. I went back to get a certification as a personal trainer, as a health and wellness coach, and I started building this vision, a business to help patients stay away from the hospital. But then COVID hits and I was already making the transition out of my nursing. You know, the critical care I was a float nurse. I was like, just anywhere they needed help during COVID. So I was in the ICU us and you know, med surg, I've done it all. And through that time, you know, I had to be real with myself, like, you know, where, where's where's my help needed? Where do I need to help? Where can I help? And like a moment like my god moment and was like, Look, you have the skills you know about health and wellness, help your your nursing colleagues, I help the people that they're going to need it, you know, and I would have my colleagues, they'd be like, what are you doing you look great. You're, you're so you're so healthy yourself, you know, and I'm like, Okay, and so it really was a time of pivot. And I pivoted into being a nurse wellness coach after that, like during COVID. And so it's been maybe a year or so a little bit more than a year doing it. And it's gratulations. Yes, that's my passion. It's my passion project right now. So that's how I got into wellness.

Damaris Grossmann: 6:44

Yeah, I bet you have probably always been in it. You must have been a like minded in the sense of your health was something part of what you did on a regular right, you're not somebody? Or was it? I mean, I don't know how you were prior. Did you? Were you always pretty conscious about like your overall?

Fallon Lopez: 7:02

Well, not necessarily. I felt like I held the standards of society. And this is something that I talked about, because I was guilty of like, falling into the trap of, Oh, I have to be skinny, a size zero, I have to work out really hard. I have to just be the things do the things like the diets and the you know, the workouts and things to be deemed healthy to be deemed beautiful to be deemed worthy. Hmm. So I'm doing that it didn't help me, I still got burned out, I still, you know, my mental health was, like, you know, so affected a lot. So, I honestly, it's been a new growth process for me, honestly,

Damaris Grossmann: 7:44

yeah, I can, I can understand that. I hear it in your voice. And like, it's not something that just, it takes time. And like, we call it the work in progress, but the non perfect, it's like the non perfect, you know, perfections you know, it's it's great that you're seeing that and now you want to apply it to help other individuals, you know, and you Was there anything in your life? Like you said, like you had to transition into being went into rn? Was there anything in your life that kind of brought you more into that? Or was it kind of? Was there anyone inspiring? Or a struggle that kind of got you more into this mindset? Or was it just because you're very burnout? And you're like, Oh,

Fallon Lopez: 8:21

I gotta change that. And a few other things.

Damaris Grossmann: 8:27

If you want to share, if you don't want to share right now, it's okay. Another day, we'll have another job?

Fallon Lopez: 8:31

Well, yes, I think the biggest thing is like hitting rock bottom right. And I had a family member, he passed away, and it's like, the basis of the name of my business, are you well, so there's our capital R. And it's not just are you? Well, it's, you know, capital, are you well, and so my family member, he passed away, he struggled with diabetes, you know, it was hard to make lifestyle changes, you know, and I see a lot of my people, my Hispanic people, my Latino people, they struggle, you know, and it's generational thing, you know,

Damaris Grossmann: 9:06

definitely generous lamb, Latina and black. And I'm like, ah, people don't know how to eat, like, just just in food, just food wise. And it's scary, because food is good. And they don't know how to like, cut it out.

Fallon Lopez: 9:16

It's hard to help them connect. And sometimes they can get lost in the system. And so I felt like, that was like the pushing force. Because I was like, I wish as a nurse, I could have done more, I could have done something. So it was kind of like this, pushing boars to like balance, you can still do something. And in memory of him, I kept the art because that's first name started with the art. And so it's also a way to challenge others, are you Well, are you doing okay, what are you doing for your house? You know, so that's kind of like something that definitely inspired this another something you know, but I won't get into the others. You know how to Yeah,

Damaris Grossmann: 9:55

no, totally. I feel like it's, you know, within time, it's, you know, you'll, you'll write your own little your book, your own like, I'm trying to write mine. You'll get there. Though, um, Was there someone that inspired you through the years that got you even more, you know, nursing and kind of transition?

Fallon Lopez: 10:15

Yes, I mean, there's been several people but honestly, I think, you know, definitely my family, my sister, she has just, you know, loved me unconditionally through this process. My sister Hannah, for sure. And then, you know, looking up to people just being honestly the group that we're in Santa cell, sun sun

Damaris Grossmann: 10:34

CTL, Swansea? Oh, yes. Wonderful. They're a game changer. A group of like minded individual sunsail anyone? I'm going to plug them because I love them and they're my peeps. So their group of scientists, leaders, innovators, go check them out. S o n I'll put the show notes. So scientists, its leaders and in entrepreneurs, innovators, and they're making change in the world and the nursing community and beyond. So that's Yes, that's how we met.

Fallon Lopez: 11:03

Yes. And it's been a game changer. Like just being around different people that have like minded things. And I listened to Rebecca love one time on the TED talk or on some other podcasting woman, and it just lit this fire me, I was like, nurses can do this. Exactly. So definitely just being around like minded individuals, like the group's on SEO, for sure. That's

Damaris Grossmann: 11:28

Yeah, that makes sense. Very inspiring. And it's, it's good to be with people that support each other, and then, you know, then it just, you know, spans out and how, what else can we do to help and you know, change. So in your not like, you know, not necessarily your career, but like, do you have a go to like book or go to a quote or, or something that you do on your daily to get you into your, your groove? Like, what's your, maybe like, your daily schedule? Like for you, or, or one a one or two things? Like, for me, I try to get up around the same time? I don't know, sir. I'm not a journaler. But I'll do a read or listen to music, or pray. Like, is there something that you've got that kind of your your go to? Or? Yes, of course. So

Fallon Lopez: 12:17

for me, I'm very big on my faith. So my, I wouldn't say I'm religious, but it's our relationship. So my faith is important to me. And through this time, like of transition of growth, I've just been leaning on it so much more. And this is really been important to me, just letting go of maybe like so much pressure to have control to know every step that's going to happen to know exactly how I'm going to get to my goals, I kind of just give the pressure to, Alright, let go of that pressure to know everything to have the right words to say to you know, just have everything figured out, you know, because I know you're a critical care nurse, we

Damaris Grossmann: 13:04

want to know everything, you want to have every step situated times 10. And, and knowing you put your faith in, in in your head, what got you put your faith in God to say it's, you know, to go let you go further and each step right, and I think that's really important. You know, whether whatever faith anyone is that's listening, or whatever their spiritual energetic tone is. We don't have control of it. All right. And yes, I'm like, when the doors open, when one door closes, one door opens. But the things go in flow, I had another individual Tell me like, when you're in flow, or when your your your God wants you to be in this in this energetic flow, and you're in the right path. So things will open for you. Exactly. Like you said, you don't have the control, but you do you know, and it's like, there's nothing sometimes you don't have the right answer, but or you might not go well how do I get to Z, and I do it too. I'll go from a and then I'll go ABC, I'll start to go my steps. And then I'm like, I want to go to the end. And, and sometimes it you know, it can be a little challenging. And it sounds like you're, you're aware and aligning yourself to where you need to go.

Fallon Lopez: 14:20

Like, it's just been honoring that process. Like it's okay to you know, grow, it's okay to change, it's okay to, you know, just honor your process of change, if that makes sense. And just being okay, being okay with the good, the bad, the ugly, and you know, growing from it, I think that's been a very big practice in my everyday life, like, showing myself a lot of compassion, a lot of grace, a lot of generosity, like these are things that I didn't do before and I was like, Whoa, I am so hard on myself. I am so hard on myself. And so just having that faith showing my showing myself grace and love every day and literally it's sometimes just looking in the mirror life balance. You're okay, you're doing all right, you're where you need to be. And it's okay. It's a process.

Damaris Grossmann: 15:11

I love it. I love that just That in itself are a tip for someone it's a product. Where Okay, where you're at is what you're supposed to be like you're sitting in the present moment and you're and you're giving yourself that compassion and I don't think always all of us do that. You know and, and to to acknowledge that is beautiful.

Unknown: 15:31

I really love that. So we

Damaris Grossmann: 15:33

can sit with that for a minute. I'm going I know that you know, your time is precious, but I do want to know if there is a little mindful way or tidbit that you would like to share for those listening And watch.

Fallon Lopez: 15:53

Yeah, I mean, just through this process, you know, like, for me, for anybody here, that's listening. I mean, we've had such a crazy stressful year, we've had so many things, so many ups and downs, I don't have to rehash it. But as we come back to recentering place as we come back to a recovery place, a place of like, Okay, how do we recover? How do we move on? How do we move forward, I feel it's very important in this time, to not put so much pressure from, from society to bring those pressures from society, maybe from your culture, you know, maybe from your religious pressures to be a certain way of health, to be a certain way of wellness to be a certain way of skinny or fit, or there's, there's all these words to deem yourself healthy. You know, as we're recentering, as we're coming back to this time of recovery, you know, they're like, Oh, you know, you may hear this, you know, oh, the quarantine way, you know, how do we bounce back? How do we snap back, you know, instead of focusing on all the outcomes of like, strict diets, you know, crazy intense workouts, you know, like that of putting those added pressures on herself right now, I feel like we need to, you know, maybe switch it, it's, you know, it's a different time of recovery, it's a time to really live in empowerment and love, and acceptance and grace and you know, really go from a holistic approach, especially as healthcare professionals, now we we've been through the stress, why add more stress from, you know, from our diet, and, you know, workouts and things like that we should, you know, create a space for love for abundance for acceptance, and there we can see where we need to grow in that space of acceptance of like, Hey, you know, maybe I do need to work on this, maybe I do, you can then really grow. And I feel coming from that place is where the real change is gonna happen.

Damaris Grossmann: 17:54

That makes sense. I love that I think that you're coming, having to grace but coming to them, you know, the realization, I love the empowerment part, because I feel like we we don't always empower ourselves to make the change. And that's necessary.

Fallon Lopez: 18:12

Yeah, instead of putting so much pressure to be this to be that to be you know, like, hey, like, we've had a long year, we've had a crazy year. Okay. Where can I work on now? Like, you know, looking the whole inventory?

Damaris Grossmann: 18:27

How can individuals get to know you find you? I mean, I'm gonna have the information in the show notes, of course, but how can they find you fell in love as a registered nurse wellness coach? How can they find you? And where and? And are you having any upcoming events that they can reach out to you?

Fallon Lopez: 18:45

Yes, so actually, this couldn't happen at the bit better time, I actually just launched a one on 112 week program, the nurse wellness initiative, and it's specifically for us, healthcare providers, US caregivers, people that are in that space of like, always, you know, caring and looking out for others, you know, and now as I was saying, like, it's time to recover, it's time to come come back to what's important and you know, live in this new normal. So through this program, we you know, we're going to address the whole body empowerments that is going to be you know, a mindset shift, self care, real self care and spirituality growth. We, we address these three tiers in the 12 week program, it's a one on one program with me. And you know, I'm excited because I just launched last week, and so I have a few more spaces available. If anybody is interested in that, you know, you can reach me on my website, or you well, calm. I'm also on Instagram, Fallon, underscore wellness coach, as well as Facebook. I have also a Facebook group, the nurse wellness community, where I go live every week, I share insights and tips and fun hacks and tricks to you know, stay on this wellness journey together. It's another support place for all healthcare healers, so you can definitely reach me in those places. And I'm also on LinkedIn, that's where we married so

Damaris Grossmann: 20:07

yeah, yeah, that's great. I'll put I'll put those in the show notes. So I really appreciate you being on mindfully integrative podcast and thank you so much for your time and your space.

Fallon Lopez: 20:18

Thank you for the space.

Damaris Grossmann: 20:21

Oh, and you know, my my heart and my light appreciates you and I, as those listening I hope that they can find a mindful way each and every day. No mistake each one of you and have a great day or evening. Bye, guys.