SSIHI Profile: Theresa Nutt

Theresa Nutt
Theresa Nutt, MA, BSN, HNB-BC, NBC-HWC

Administrative Director of Education

Name: Theresa Nutt, MA, BSN, NBC-HWC, HNB-BC

Title: Health and Wellness Coach / Director of Health and Wellness Coaching

Areas of Focus:

  • Cardiometabolic
  • Women’s health
  • Autoimmune
  • Chronic pain
  • Cancer
  • Traumatic brain injury
  • Weight management Stress management

Education and Training:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Nursing – Viterbo University, La Crosse, WI
  • Personal Coaching – Coach University, Steamboat Springs, CO
  • Master’s degree in Human Development, Focus Corporate Coaching and Training – St. Mary’s University, Minneapolis, MN

Relevant Experience: 28 years as a registered nurse in multiple inpatient and outpatient settings including acute care, hospice and home care, long-term care, and public health. Nursing leader and integrative health pioneer since 2005. Health coach and personal coach since 2003 in multiple settings.

Location: Irvine

Language/s: English

Bio: Theresa Nutt is board certified in registered nursing, health and wellness coaching and holistic nursing. With more than 30 years of experience serving in different healthcare roles, her interests include integrative and holistic wellness, system-level change, chronic pain, cancer and cancer survivorship, traumatic brain injury, women’s health, the power of lifestyle and behavior change, energy medicine, and the impact of meaning and purpose.

Nutt completed her bachelor’s degree in nursing from Viterbo University in La Crosse, WI, and her master’s degree in human development from St. Mary’s University in Minneapolis, MN. She has been a Nationally Board-Certified Health and Wellness Coach since 2018, a Registered Nurse since 1995 and a Board-Certified Holistic Nurse since 2014. She has served as a leader of integrative and holistic solutions for health and wellness in healthcare systems including IU Health in Indianapolis, IN; Gundersen Health Systems in La Crosse, WI; HealthEast in St Paul, MN; M Health Fairview in Minneapolis, MN; and the VA Health system before joining the Susan Samueli Integrative Health Institute. She has been a faculty member and mentor for integrative health coaching students at the University of Minnesota for 8 years.

In her free time, she enjoys hiking, walking by the ocean, creating new recipes in the kitchen, listening to jazz, writing, speaking and teaching on health and wellness topics, pursuing creativity of all kinds, and pioneering the future of healthcare. One of her favorite life assets is her big, loving family – 7 siblings and 18 nieces and nephews.

What brought you to whole-person health?

I am passionate about helping each person identify their definition of health and assemble the providers and healing modalities that work best for them. I am a firm believer in the knowing that everything and everyone is connected. As a result, one small improvement in a person’s life can influence their life as well as the lives of everyone in their circle. I have also witnessed that those who have meaning and purpose in their lives feel better and do better. The Samueli Institute is working to find innovative, accessible ways to create new levels of whole-person health, and I am excited to be part of the team leading the way.


Schedule an appointment with Theresa Nutt by calling: 949-824-7000

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