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Nathanael Smith | Holistic Lifestyle Medicine NP

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Kitchen Monk™ | Lifestyle Medicine
NP-ordered • RD-guided • Nurse Coach-led • PT-driven
Flourish for life 🌱
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📚✨ THE LAMP IS LIT 🪔

THE EVERGREEN CHRONICLES — BOOK I
THE BOOK OF THE LAMP
From Crimea to the Kitchen Monk™

“Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.”
— Psalm 119:105 (KJV)

This story begins with light: the light of Scripture, the light passed down through family, and the light we carry forward when the path ahead is not yet fully visible.

From Crimea to the Oregon Coast, The Book of the Lamp is a journey through faith, legacy, healing, remembrance, and the invitation to flourish.

🌱 Kitchen Monk™ | Lifestyle Medicine
NP-ordered • RD-guided • Nurse Coach-led • PT-driven
Flourish for life.

📖 Shop the book on Amazon
👉 https://a.co/d/0fWBH98u

🎵 Suggested music: “Thy Word” — Amy Grant

#TheBookOfTheLamp #EvergreenChronicles #KitchenMonk #Psalm119105 #ownyours taken in Oregon Coast - Peter Iredale Shipwreck by @beyondpillsnp

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22 days ago

Made it to my first Wonder of the World — Machu Picchu. 🇵🇪⛰️🦙

Standing high in the Andes, surrounded by mountains, clouds, history, and the extraordinary ingenuity of the Inca civilization, was one of those moments that makes the world feel both enormous and deeply connected.

Travel has a way of reminding me that flourishing is bigger than health alone. It is movement, adventure, curiosity, culture, awe, purpose, and the courage to keep climbing toward places we once only imagined.

One wonder down. A whole world still waiting. 🌎

#MachuPicchu #Peru #WondersOfTheWorld #KitchenMonk #Flourishing taken in Wayna Picchu Mountain by @beyondpillsnp

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8 years ago

One of my very best friends—and I think I found my best dancing partner in the world. 💃🕺🌱

Dancing with Jill Edwards, Director at The Plantrician Project, while celebrating the joy of health and spreading it to others was such a gift.

It was so wonderful to meet hundreds of ANGELS all in one place—and I picked up an excellent dancer too! 💃 We had tons of fun nonstop throughout the entire #poweroftheplateconference and #POP2026.

I am so grateful I attended The Plantrician Project conference as a scholarship recipient. It truly became one of the best conferences of my life—not only because of what I learned, but because of the friendships, community, laughter, and JOY.

Thank God I went. ❤️

To every nurse: I hope I see you there someday—and hopefully every year. Nurses belong in this movement.

Health is something we can learn, share, celebrate… and sometimes dance about.

#ThePlantricianProject #PlantBasedMovement #LifestyleMedicine LifestyleNursing PlantBasedNutrition PowerOfThePlateConference POP2026 taken in Loews Resort and Spa Coronado San Diego California by @beyondpillsnp

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5 months ago

One idea. One table. One community.

What if healthcare didn’t end after a 15-minute appointment?

What if patients learned together, cooked together, walked together, celebrated progress together, and supported one another every step of the way?

That’s the vision behind Kitchen Monk Shared Medical Communities™.

We’re bringing together Culinary Medicine, Lifestyle Medicine, Shared Medical Appointments, technology, and compassionate nursing into one connected model designed to help people thrive—not just manage disease.

Food can be medicine.
Community can be medicine.
Hope can be medicine.

Every meal is an opportunity.
Every conversation is an intervention.
Every person deserves the chance to flourish.

This is only the beginning.

#KitchenMonk #LifestyleMedicine #SharedMedicalAppointments #CulinaryMedicine #nursing taken in Courtyard by Marriott Seattle Downtown/Lake Union by @beyondpillsnp

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3 months ago

October 2017. 🍂

One conference.

One conversation.

One introduction.

One completely new direction.

I went to a local primary care conference expecting to earn continuing education credits. Instead, I discovered Lifestyle Medicine, met ZDoggMD, and found a vision of healthcare that completely changed my career.

I did a full 180 and dove in with everything I had.

Looking back, that day planted a seed that continues to grow. Today, I’m grateful to practice Lifestyle Medicine and work toward a future where prevention, whole-person care, and helping people flourish are at the center of healthcare. @zdoggmd calls it healthcare 3.0. I call it @kitchenmonkofficial ❤️‍🩹

Funny how one ordinary day can become one of the most important days of your life. 👨‍⚕️❤️‍🩹🌱✨

#LifestyleMedicine #ZDoggMD #NursePractitioner #HealthcareInnovation throwbac taken in Westin Princeton at Forrestal Village by @beyondpillsnp

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9 years ago

I just cannot keep this amazing video to myself. 💛😭✨
This is from my new bestie and personal coach, someone I am still blown away that I not only got to meet… but truly connected with on such a deep, meaningful level.

She made this entire @aclifemed Lifestyle Medicine conference unforgettable — every step of the way. 🫶🌱 From the sessions to the breaks to the moments in between, having her by my side made everything richer, brighter, and so much more joyful.

What touches me the most is how sweet, thoughtful, and genuinely present she was. She really listened to me — to things I rarely say out loud — and she held space for me with so much compassion. She listened more deeply than most people ever do. That’s why I believe she is one of the best @wellcoaches coaches anyone could ever have. 💫

This goodbye video means the world to me because we didn’t get a real moment to say goodbye at the finale — we were sitting in the very front row during the best closing speeches of all time, and she had to run to catch her flight. ✈️💨
And still… she took the time to send this. 🥹

I’m so lucky to call her a new best friend.
I’m so lucky to call her my personal coach.
And I know we’re going to stay connected and work on so many amazing projects together in the future. 💛💛💛

Forever grateful. 🙏✨
#LifestyleMedicine #CoachingJourney #NewFriendship #GratefulHeart #ACLM #Bestie #Growth #Transformation #HealingTogether #ConferenceMagic #lm2025 taken in Gaylord Texan Resort Hotel & Convention Center by @beyondpillsnp

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a year ago

🩺💚 Who nurses the nurse?

The people who hold everyone else together deserve somewhere safe to fall apart—and compassionate care when they do. 🤍

Thank you, @nurse.blake, for sharing your story and recognizing the nurses who inspired Code Calm. Your openness makes room for a conversation our profession needs: we have mental health needs, too. 📖🌿

We can laugh, lead, care deeply, and still need help. Seeking support deserves the same kindness we offer our patients. 🫶

At @kitchenmonkofficial Kitchen Monk™ and Flourishing Nursing™, “Who nurses the nurse?” is a question I want us to keep answering through action: listening without judgment, supporting access to care, and creating workplaces where nurses can speak honestly about how they’re doing. 🌲✨

To every nurse who has received care—and every nurse who has cared for a colleague—your humanity belongs here. You deserve to flourish, too. 💚

📸 Shared from @nurse_org.

— Nathanael Elijah Smith, FNP‑C, DipACLM

#NurseBlake #WhoNursesTheNurse #NurseMentalHealth #FlourishingNursing #KitchenMonk taken in EveryNurse.org by @beyondpillsnp

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10 days ago

@kitchenmonkofficial asks, “Who nurses the nurse? 🌿🩺

This image asks us to look at what happens after nurses enter the profession—and what makes it possible for them to stay.

We can welcome new nurses while also caring for the ones already here. Safe staffing. Supported preceptors. Respectful workplaces. Rest without guilt. Leaders who listen and act. 💚

To the nurse who feels exhausted, bullied, or unheard: your well-being matters. You deserve the compassion you give so freely.

FlourishingNursing.org™ begins with workplaces where nurses can flourish. Caring for the caregiver belongs at the heart of patient care. 🌱

What is one change that would help you stay—and thrive—in nursing?

#FlourishingNursing #NurseWellbeing #SafeStaffing #NursesSupportingNurses #KitchenMonk taken in American Nurses Association by @beyondpillsnp

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9 days ago

So inspired to see Food for Life classes reaching communities all over the world 🌎🥦💚

This is what lifestyle medicine looks like in action: practical nutrition, powerful education, and real tools to help people prevent disease, improve health, and flourish. Food is not just fuel — it can be healing, empowering, and life-changing.

If there’s a class near you, sign up and bring a friend. Small steps really can lead to big transformation. 🌱✨

Hashtags:
#FoodForLife
#LifestyleMedicine
#PlantBasedHealth
#NourishToFlourish
#CommunityWellness taken in Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine by @beyondpillsnp

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15 days ago

🩺📖 NURSES SUPPORT NURSES.

I’m proud to help celebrate and promote Nurse Blake’s new book, CODE CALM.

For years, @nurse.blake has made nurses laugh, brought our profession together, advocated for healthcare workers, and reminded us that the people behind the scrubs matter too.

Now he is opening an even more important conversation: Who cares for the caregiver?

Code Calm grew out of Blake’s own journey and brings together real experiences and practical tools addressing burnout, trauma, compassion fatigue, stress, sleep, boundaries, and the emotional weight of nursing.

That message matters deeply to me.

As @americannursesofficial nurses, we are trained to assess everyone else.
To notice everyone else.
To advocate for everyone else.
To answer the call light.

But sometimes we need permission to recognize when our own light is flashing too.

Supporting nurses means more than telling them to be resilient. It means creating cultures where nurses can rest, recover, speak honestly, set boundaries, find community, rediscover purpose, and ultimately flourish.

That is a vision I believe belongs alongside everything we are building through lifestyle nursing, Kitchen Monk™, and the broader movement toward healthier nurses and healthier communities.

Blake, thank you for continuing to use your platform not only to make nursing laugh, but to make nursing talk about the things we too often carry silently.

I’m cheering for Code Calm and for every nurse who needs the reminder:

The caregiver is worthy of care, too.

Congratulations, Nurse Blake. 🩺📖

#CodeCalm #NurseBlake #NursesSupportingNurses #HealthyNurseHealthyNation #LifestyleNursing @healthynurseusa taken in American Nurses Association by @beyondpillsnp

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20 days ago

Happy Folsom 2026! 🌈✨🙌

My heart is overflowing—with joy, gratitude, and love for the beautiful people who made this weekend unforgettable.

The dancing. The laughter. The creativity. The strangers who became friends. So many wonderful reminders of how much human connection matters. 💛

My faith felt especially close to my heart: I experienced two moments that felt like encounters with Jesus, and I’m carrying that sense of love and hope home with me.

Praise God! Hallelujah! ✨

Thank you, San Francisco, for the smiles, the welcome, and the freedom to celebrate life together. May we carry that kindness beyond this weekend—into our homes, our communities, and every person we meet. 🌿🌈

#Folsom2026 #FolsomStreetFair #QueerJoy #HumanConnection #FaithAndLove by @beyondpillsnp

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16 days ago

“The greatest power is not the power to dominate. It is the power to build a future that works for everyone.” — António Guterres, @unitednations @unfoundation @unpeacekeeping Secretary-General, addressing the 81st Session of the UN General Assembly in New York on September 22, 2026.

That sentence deserves more than a scroll.

Power at its best is not control. It is stewardship. It is the ability to create conditions where people can live with dignity, where communities can flourish, where peace is protected, where inequality is confronted, where our planet is cared for, and where emerging technologies remain accountable to humanity.

Guterres went on to connect that shared future with upholding international law, ending wars, addressing inequality, accelerating climate action, and governing artificial intelligence wisely.

That vision resonates deeply with how I think about healthcare, nursing, leadership, and @kitchenmonkofficial Kitchen Monk™:

Not domination, but empowerment.
Not hierarchy for hierarchy’s sake, but service.
Not flourishing for a privileged few, but systems designed so that everyone has a genuine opportunity to flourish.

Whether we are talking about nations, healthcare organizations, communities, or our own neighborhoods, perhaps one of the most important questions we can ask is:

Are we using the power we have to control others—or to build something in which more people can thrive?

A future that works for everyone will not build itself. It will require people willing to use whatever influence they have—large or small—in service of human dignity, peace, health, community, and the generations still to come.

🎵 Song: Imagine — John Lennon

#UnitedNations #FlourishingForAll #Leadership #GlobalHealth #KitchenMonk taken in United Nations Headquarters by @beyondpillsnp

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