Mary A. Maynard RN, CHTP is uniquely qualified as a
holistic nurse & a specialist in Mind Body Spirit Medicine.
She has over 30 years of experience in nursing including
hospital nursing, health education and
15 years in private practice.
Personal Story
As a young girl, I was always interested in medicine and healing. Originally, I wanted to be a doctor. I have 10 brothers and sisters and my father said that he could only afford to send me to nursing school, and then I could pay my own way to med school. I ended up loving nursing, especially, the mandate of caring and compassion which is the core of nursing. Nursing has turned out to be the perfect path to the holistic nursing I do now, which is my true calling.
In 1997, I created the Center for Healing and Change dedicated to offering expert, compassionate care based on the unique needs of each individual client. Her commitment is provide an opportunity for people who are living with stress, grief, chronic or life-threatening illness with the opportunity to transform the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual dimensions of their lives.
Mary’s own personal life experiences including health challenges and tragic losses have taught Mary a great deal about her own life’s journey. Through those challenging times, Mary experienced the power of her own innate wisdom and intuition. She also used many Mind Body Spirit medicine interventions to find ways to help herself to heal. Through her own personal experiences and the experiences of her patients and clients over the past 30 years, Mary intimately knows the territory of stress, illness and loss.
She believes that what she has learned can help her to guide others who are in the midst of similar life crises. Her belief is that this is always the “soul’s journey” and that it can always be a transformational process. Her commitment is to helping her clients find their unique circumstances for healing on the deepest level, even though she recognizes that curing the disease sometimes is not possible.
Professional Training
Gift from a Client
Mary is a graduate of Charity Hospital School of Nursing.
Her clinical training in Mind-Body medicine was at the Mind-Body Medical Institute at Harvard Medical School under the direction of Herbert Benson MD. She also received her professional training in Mind BodySpirit medicine at the Center for Mind-Body Medicine in Washington, DC. under the direction of James Gordon, MD.
She also completed specialized training as a CancerGuide® through the Center for Mind-Body Medicine.
In 2008 when she completed the Food as Medicine Program, again, at the Center for Mind-Body Medicine.
Mary is fascinated by spirituality and healing and continues to study and learn more about it, often by attending Harvard’s Mind-Body Medical Institute’s annual conference on Spirituality and Healing.
Mary is certified in Peggy Huddleston’s Prepare for Surgery, Heal Faster program which she combines with other techniques (including journaling) to prepare clients for surgery.
Mary is trained in HeartMath Stress Management Systems FreezeFramer®and emWave®.
She is also a Certified Healing Touch Practitioner and a Therapeutic Touch Practitioner as well as being trained in other energy medicine techniques.
Mary trained at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center as a Patient Navigator.
Mary is one of a few people in the United States trained in and equipped with a PIP (Polycontrast Imagery Photography ) camera which can photograph the human energy field. At present, she is using it for research in the energetic manifestation of disease and healing.
Mary The Teacher
Mary is an instructor at Red Rocks Community College in the Holistic Nursing/Health Practitioner Programs. She has also taught at Front Range Community College. She teaches the core curriculum in Holistic Nursing and Holistic Health and has taught Psychoneuroimmunology (PNI)-the science behind Mind Body medicine.
“All healing is self-healing.The best medical care is care which addresses the needs of the whole person with the best care for mind, body and spirit. Bringing together the best of everything, like putting the pieces of the puzzle together, can create the circumstances for healing to occur.”
Mary Maynard RN, CHTP
Center for Healing and Change
16205 W. 64th Avenue Suite 200
Arvada, CO 80007
