Meet Kiana
Hi, I’m Kiana—a mother, U.S. Army Veteran, Registered Nurse, mental health professional, and Certified Peer Support Professional. I’m also the founder of Sacred Balanced Wellness, a space created from my passion for helping women find balance, build stability, and move forward with purpose.
My WHY?
I created ASacred Balanced Wellness because I believe people deserve spaces where they can be supported without being defined by their struggles.
My Journey
I loved working as a mental health nurse. It gave me the opportunity to support people during some of the most difficult moments of their lives, and I valued being able to make a difference.
But over time, I realized there was something I deeply yearned for that the traditional professional environment couldn't always provide: connection.
As a mental health professional, there are important boundaries that guide the way we support others. Maintaining professionalism, protecting personal information, and keeping appropriate boundaries are essential. But those boundaries can sometimes make it difficult to say, “I understand because I've been there too.”
The Power of Lived Experience
I experienced that feeling personally during my time in the military.
I remember receiving guidance and support from professionals who genuinely wanted to help me, but I sometimes found myself wishing for someone who could connect with me through personal experience—not just professional knowledge.
I wanted to feel that the person sitting across from me truly understood what I was experiencing, because they had walked through something similar themselves.
That experience stayed with me.
It helped me understand that sometimes people don't only need someone to tell them what to do or teach them how to cope.
Sometimes they need connection.
They need to feel seen, heard, understood, and supported by someone who can meet them where they are.
They may also need someone who understands that their experiences are shaped not only by what they have personally faced, but by their family, culture, community, environment, and circumstances.
The Heart behind ASacred Balanced Wellness
That realization became part of the heart behind Sacred Balanced Wellness.
I wanted to create a space where people could have meaningful conversations, learn practical tools, share experiences, build confidence, and explore who they are beyond the challenges they've faced.
I Wanted to create something that recognize the Value of Professional Knowledge and lived experience while creating room for authentic Human connection.
That vision is especially important to me when serving women, young people, and communities that have historically experienced barriers to support, wellness, connection, and personal development
More Than the Struggle
ASacred Balanced Wellness is not about defining people by their trauma, mental health, past experience, identity or circumstances.
It is about recognizing the whole person.
It is about creating space for growth, stability, healing, connection, and the next chapter.
whether someone is navigating a transition, rebuilding their confidence, discovering their voice, developing their identity, adjusting to a new session of life, or simply looking for a place to feel understood, I want ASacred Balanced Wellness to remind them that their story is still being written.
Because your struggles may be part of your story,
But they do not have to define who you become.
My Experience
My journey into mental health and wellness has been shaped by both professional experience and personal experience.
As a Registered Nurse with a background in mental health, I have had the opportunity to support individuals and families through some of life's most challenging moments. My experience in mental health nursing, nursing leadership, and care coordination has given me a strong understanding of the relationship between emotional wellness, life circumstances, stress, and overall well-being.
Through my professional experiences, I have learned that wellness is not one-size-fits-all. Every person brings their own story, experiences, strengths, challenges, and circumstances into the room. Supporting the whole person means taking the time to listen, understand, and meet people where they are.
My understanding also comes from life outside of my professional role. As a mother, U.S. Army Veteran, and someone who has experienced challenges within my own family and personal life, I understand that life can sometimes require us to adapt, rebuild, and find our way forward while still carrying everything we've been through.
These experiences have shaped the way I view support. I know the value of having someone who listens without judgment, creates a safe space for honest conversations, and reminds you that you are more than the challenges you are facing.
My nursing and mental health background provides the professional knowledge behind my work, while my personal experiences have deepened my understanding of the importance of compassion, connection, and being genuinely seen.
Sacred Balanced Wellness allows me to bring both perspectives together in a non-clinical, person-centered environment focused on growth, support, resilience, and empowerment.
My goal is not to define people by their diagnosis, circumstances, or past experiences. It is to help create a space where they can recognize their strengths, develop practical tools, reconnect with themselves, and feel empowered to move forward.
What Is Sacred Balanced Wellness?
ASacred Balanced Wellness is a non-clinical wellness and peer-support-informed space created to help people reconnect with themselves, strengthen their foundation, and move forward with intention.
At the heart of our work is a simple belief:
You are more than what you've been through.
Life experiences can shape us, but they do not have to define us. Sacred Balanced Wellness creates supportive spaces where individuals can reflect, grow, reconnect, develop practical tools, and recognize their ability to create something different for their future.
Our work is rooted in three pillars:
Growth
Discover who you are and who you're becoming.
Growth is about recognizing your strengths, exploring your potential, building confidence, and moving intentionally toward the life you want.
We create space to reflect on where you are, where you've been, and where you want to go next.
Stability
Build a foundation that supports you.
Stability is about developing practical tools, healthy routines, meaningful connections, and supportive environments that can help you navigate life's challenges.
It's not about having everything figured out. It's about building the tools and support systems that help you feel more grounded as you move through life.
Healing
Make space for restoration and your next chapter.
Healing can look different for everyone. It can mean processing experiences, reconnecting with yourself, creating healthier patterns, finding your voice, or simply giving yourself permission to move forward.
Sacred Balanced Wellness creates space for reflection, restoration, connection, and growth as you navigate your own journey.
Our Approach
Non-Clinical
We provide wellness education, peer support, personal growth, and empowerment—not diagnosis, psychotherapy, or medical treatment.
Person-Centered
We recognize that every person has their own story, experiences, strengths, needs, culture, and goals. Your journey is your own.
Empowerment-Focused
We believe people already possess strengths and abilities worth building upon. Our role is to help you recognize them, strengthen them, and use them.
Inclusive
We welcome people from diverse backgrounds and believe everyone deserves to feel seen, respected, valued, and supported.
Community-Focused
We intentionally seek to create opportunities for individuals and communities that have historically experienced barriers to wellness, support, connection, and personal development.
Peer-Support Informed
Our work is grounded in the value of connection, shared understanding, lived experience, and the belief that sometimes knowing someone truly understands can make all the difference.
What ASacred Balanced Wellness Means
ASacred Balanced Wellness is about creating space to pause, reconnect, rebuild, and move forward.
We believe growth does not require you to forget where you've been. It means learning from your experiences, recognizing your strengths, and giving yourself permission to imagine something different.
You are not defined by your past.
You are still becoming.
Empowering Growth, Stability and Healing.
EmpowerHer
EmpowerHer was created for women who are navigating change, rebuilding their confidence, finding their voice, or simply trying to figure out what comes next.
I believe every woman deserves a space where she can pause, reflect, reconnect with herself, and recognize that her next chapter can look different from her last. EmpowerHer welcomes women from diverse backgrounds while intentionally creating space to support women from minority, underserved, and historically marginalized communities whose experiences and perspectives deserve to be seen, heard, and valued.
EmpowerHer brings the mission of Sacred Balanced Wellness to life through wellness education, peer support, personal growth, connection, and empowerment. Each experience is designed to meet women where they are while helping them build the tools, confidence, and support they need to move forward.
EmpowerHer Tracks
Woman wellness
For women seeking greater balance, confidence, self-awareness, connection, and personal growth.
Women Veterans
For women veterans navigating identity, transition, connection, purpose, and life beyond military service.
Young Women
For young women developing their identity, confidence, voice, relationships, decision-making skills, and vision for their future.
Trauma Recovery
A supportive, non-clinical space focused on rebuilding confidence, developing healthy coping tools, creating supportive connections, and moving forward after difficult experiences.
Women in Transition
For women navigating significant life changes and seeking clarity, stability, direction, and support as they enter their next chapter.
More Than a Program
EmpowerHer is more than a series of sessions. It is an opportunity to connect, reflect, grow, and move forward together.
Whether a woman is beginning a new chapter, rebuilding after a difficult season, adjusting to life after military service, discovering who she is, or simply looking for a supportive community, EmpowerHer was created to meet women where they are and help them recognize where they can go.
We believe that a woman's background, circumstances, or past experiences should never determine the limits of her future.
You are not defined by where you've been. You have the power to shape where you go next.
EmpowerHer. Empower Your Next Chapter.
Aligned Youth Wellness
Aligned Youth Wellness was created from my belief that every young person deserves supportive spaces where they can be heard, encouraged, and empowered to understand themselves and their potential.
Growing up comes with its own challenges. Young people are navigating identity, friendships, family dynamics, school, emotions, expectations, and decisions about their future—often while still learning how to understand and communicate what they are experiencing.
I believe support should not begin only when a young person is already struggling. Sometimes, providing the right tools, guidance, encouragement, and connection early can help young people build a stronger foundation for the future.
Aligned Youth Wellness provides non-clinical wellness and peer-support-informed programming designed to complement the support young people already receive from families, schools, counselors, and other trusted adults.
Our programs welcome young people from diverse backgrounds while intentionally creating opportunities to support youth from minority, underserved, and historically marginalized communities. We recognize that a young person's environment, experiences, culture, and access to resources can shape their journey, and we believe every young person deserves meaningful opportunities to develop, grow, and thrive.
Our Focus
Aligned Youth Wellness helps young people develop:
Emotional Wellness
Understanding emotions, recognizing stress, and developing healthy ways to respond to challenges.
Confidence & Self-Awareness
Recognizing strengths, building self-confidence, and developing a stronger understanding of who they are.
Resilience & Coping
Learning practical tools to navigate setbacks, change, stress, and difficult situations.
Communication & Connection
Developing healthy communication skills, building supportive relationships, and learning how to express their needs.
Decision-Making & Life Skills
Encouraging thoughtful decision-making, self-advocacy, responsibility, and preparation for the future.
Purpose & Future
Helping young people recognize their potential, explore their goals, and begin creating a vision for where they want to go.
Why Aligned?
The name Aligned Youth Wellness reflects our belief that young people thrive when their thoughts, emotions, values, choices, relationships, and goals begin moving in a healthy direction.
Our goal is not to tell young people who they should become.
It is to help them discover who they are, recognize what they are capable of, and develop the tools to move forward with confidence.
Aligned Youth Wellness is about meeting young people where they are, honoring the experiences that shape who they are, supporting where they are going, and helping them build a foundation for the person they are becoming.
We believe every young person has potential, and that with the right support, encouragement, connection, and opportunities, they can build the confidence and skills to move forward with purpose.
Aligned Youth Wellness. Empowering Young People to Grow, Connect & Thrive.