The Guide
Who Made
The Climb
“I cried when I saw the building after vacation and knew it was time. That feeling - I don't just understand it. I've lived it.”
Doretha McQuade is a registered nurse with 21 years in women's health, a Nurse Life Coaching Academy candidate, and a woman who has walked the exact road her clients are standing at the beginning of.
She brings clinical precision - the stress-hormone cycle, the nervous system, perimenopause and lived experience: anxiety, depression, sobriety and therapy. She is not selling a method she read in a book. She is a guide who made the climb.
21
YEARS TRIAGE NURSING
RN
REGISTERED NURSE
NCLA
NURSE LIFE COACHING ACADEMY
9
WEEK SIGNATURE PROGRAM
“She needs to feel it in her body and understand why it's happening.”
After 21 years in women's health, Doretha McQuade arrived at a turning point most nurses recognize in their bones before they can name it.
The anxiety. The depression. The coping patterns that held things together until they couldn't anymore. She has been sober since November. She is in therapy. She made the decision to build something different - a practice she wished had existed for her when she needed it most.
Her superpower is not empathy alone. It's the nurse's combination of clinical precision and human presence. She can explain the cortisol cycle, the stress-hormone loop, the physical reality of perimenopause - not as jargon, but as permission.
Her methodology - Triage. Diagnose. Assist. - came directly from her professional identity. She assesses fast, prioritizes clearly, and doesn't panic. That's exactly how she coaches.
She is both the coach and the former version of her client. Her journey is the credibility.
A Note for Fellow Nurses
Wisconsin's APRN Modernization Act (signed August 2025) now allows APRNs to practice independently - creating a new wave of nurses building their own practices. If that's you, Doretha understands the transition from the inside. Nurses navigating this shift are both potential clients and natural referral partners.
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Nurse-led coaching for women ready to move from surviving to thriving. Built on Triage. Diagnose. Assist.
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