The Heart Behind The Nest

Hi, I’m Sheila Certeza Asare—a Functional Medicine Certified Health Coach (FMCHC), National Diabetes Prevention Program Lifestyle Coach, and a mother of three amazing souls. I’m also a woman walking her own healing with Type 2 Diabetes—so I understand how complex it can feel to care for your health while holding space for others.

Over the past 30+ years in healthcare—including years as a Neonatal ICU nurse—I’ve learned something vital:

The body knows how to heal when it feels safe, supported, and nourished.
That truth still guides me today.
 

The Nest was born from my lived experience—navigating a diagnosis while also being a caregiver, a professional, and a woman holding a lot.

When I was first diagnosed, I didn’t want more rules or rigid plans. I longed for someone who could truly listen—beneath the surface. Someone who would honor my pace, reflect back the wisdom I couldn’t always access on my own, and be rooted in science.

I was seeking a space where science and soul could meet—where evidence-based guidance lived alongside sacred self-connection. Where what was measurable could coexist with what was meaningful.

That’s the kind of coach I was seeking.
And that’s the kind of coach I chose to become.

The Nest isn’t just a program or a plan. It’s a space.
A space where you’re invited to reconnect—with your energy, your body, and your sense of possibility.

Here, there’s no pressure. Just support.
No fixing. Just remembering.
No judgment. Only space to listen to what’s true for you.

I now partner with women—especially busy mothers and professionals—living with or at risk for Type 2 Diabetes to deepen body connection, regulate the nervous system, gain clarity and confidence, and create rhythms rooted in joy, vitality, optimized well-being, and aligned purpose.

My coaching approach is grounded in Functional Medicine lifestyle principles, energy-based healing practices, and woman-centered coaching that meets you exactly where you are.

Here’s what I hold sacred in every session: 

💗 A safe space where healing becomes a remembering—not a fixing
💗 A place where your inner wisdom leads the way
💗 A partnership where your voice and agency matter

I envision a world where no one is defined by diagnosis—where every woman, man, and child is supported in remembering their wholeness.

A world where well-being is rooted in presence, not perfection.
Where healing is not a solo journey, but a shared remembering of what it means to thrive—in body, mind, and spirit.

In that world, we rise together—
one breath, one choice, one moment of grace at a time.