Holistic Family Nurse Practitioner offering mind, body, and spirit care.
Whole-Person Care for Life's Transitions-Big and Small
Helping individuals navigate stress, illness, medical treatment, life transitions, challenges, and spiritual growth with greater peace, resilience, and hope.
Custom Services
Peace in the Process™
Guided Imagery/Hypnotherapy/Mindfulness based program to reduce anxiety and facilitate healing for clients pre-operatively, pre-procedurally, those with chronic pain or going through treatments such as chemotherapy or radiation, or chronic illness. Supporting those with medical related anxiety.
Holistic Peaceful Passing
Created to support individuals and families facing serious illness or a life-limiting diagnosis, Holistic Peaceful Passing™ provides compassionate guidance through advance care planning, palliative care, hospice, symptom management, and difficult healthcare decisions-helping you navigate the journey with greater peace, dignity, and hope. Download my free eBook to learn more.
HOME™
HOME™ is my signature six-week mindfulness experience, blending the science of mindfulness with compassion, contemplation, and spiritual reflection to help participants cultivate greater peace, presence, and resilience in everyday life. Inspired by Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), HOME™ offers a truly whole-person approach to well-being.
Spiritual Direction
A compassionate space for sacred listening and journeying together as you deepen your relationship with God, explore life's deeper questions, and cultivate greater peace, discernment, and spiritual growth—welcoming individuals of all faiths, beliefs, and spiritual traditions.
Hypnotherapy & Guided Imagery
Clinical hypnotherapy and guided imagery are evidence-informed mind-body approaches that use focused relaxation, guided attention, and the power of the imagination to help calm the nervous system and support meaningful change. These techniques can reduce anxiety, improve coping, enhance emotional well-being, and complement medical care by helping individuals access their own inner resources for healing and resilience.
Support for Life’s Transitions
Whether you're navigating a major life transition, caregiving, grief, relationship challenges, or recovering from narcissistic abuse, I offer compassionate guidance, practical resources, and evidence-informed tools to help you move forward with greater clarity, resilience, and hope.
Mindfulness (MBSR)
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) is the internationally recognized, evidence-based gold standard in mindfulness education, helping people cultivate greater peace, resilience, and well-being. Ongoing 8-week offerings and can be modified as a retreat or over a weekend.
Energy Work
Heart-centered healing through compassionate presence, healing touch, and energy-based practices that support deep relaxation, balance, and the body's natural capacity for healing. As a Reiki Master, and inspired by the ancient tradition of healing touch, I offer intuitive sessions that draw upon these and other energy-based modalities. Available in person or remotely & equally effective.
How I Can Help
I support individuals who are:
✔ Living with stress or anxiety
✔ Navigating a new diagnosis or chronic illness
✔ Preparing for surgery or medical treatment
✔ Living with chronic pain
✔ Seeking healthier habits and behavior change
✔ Looking for greater peace and resilience
✔ Exploring mindfulness or spiritual growth
✔ Moving through life's major transitions
Whatever it is, I’m here to help, holistically.
Angela is a certified Family Nurse Practitioner, Certified Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) educator, and trained spiritual director with decades of experience across clinical and community settings.
As a holistically certified family nurse practitioner with decades of experience spanning emergency medicine, family practice, palliative, and holistic care, I bring a wealth of insight to your journey. My certifications as a spiritual director, mindfulness educator (MBSR—Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction, the gold standard of mindfulness) mean I'm uniquely equipped to guide and support you through life's many transitions.
You can have clarity, inner peace and strength through life's many transitions.
Ready to find peace through this process? Book a call, email, or call directly.
Questions? Visit our FAQ.
I am here to help, with care of mind, body and spirit.
How are you really?
Where do you feel the need for some support and clarity in your life?
Perhaps some peace or a greater sense of well-being?
“The help I didn’t know I needed…Surgery is never easy, but I thought I was tough enough to handle it alone. COVID created a situation where my family could not be with me prior to going into the operating room…Enter, Angela Thomas Santos, Holistic NP, with her pre-surgical mind-body preparation. Her warm tone and supportive words immediately brought calm to the room. She helped me close my eyes to soothing images. Soon, my heart rate was slower and even a smile emerged in what would otherwise be a stressful situation. With her expertise, going into surgery in a good place helped me emerge even better. Next time I will know to ask for this great service.
Dina Bair Maher, WGN News
“I recently found myself needing “a mom”, I reached out to Angela, knowing she would listen intently and have something loving and supportive to offer. I don’t personally know anyone else who has dedicated themselves more to grace, spiritual understanding & connection. She walks the walk. Having her by your side can help bring peace and comfort into your life. I’m so grateful to have this special person in my life.”
Bev Pines
My Reiki/Energy session with Angela was unlike anything I’ve experienced before. it was beautiful and moving, and I left the room feeling lighter. She is authentic and provides a safe space allowing for real work to be done. I will never forget it and look forward to the next time!
Amy
Going through my divorce was one of the hardest times in my life, and I genuinely don’t know how I would have gotten through it without Angela. Her support, wisdom, and the mindfulness tools she shared helped me find stability when everything felt like it was falling apart.
Angela has a gift—not just for listening, but for guiding with compassion and clarity. She draws from her own deep life experiences, and that makes her guidance feel incredibly grounded and real. She seemed to know just what I needed to hear and offered advice and practices that actually made a difference.
Kind, patient, and truly knowledgeable, Angela was born to help others. I can’t recommend her enough—she is a steady light in difficult times, and working with her was truly life-changing.
Lara
“Angela Thomas-Santos seamlessly blends spiritually rich, compassionate care with decades of clinical experience in health services. As a Holistic Family Nurse Practitioner, she brings expertise from emergency medicine, family medicine, hospice, and palliative care, along with her training as a certified mindfulness teacher and spiritual director. Her deep commitment to dignity, grace, and peace makes her uniquely suited to help others navigate these important moments with comfort and clarity.”
Phil Andrew, Principal of PAX Group, LLC
“As I navigate my mother’s end of life journey, I see Angela as my spiritual and medical compass. She navigates me through the maze of emotions, medical care and most importantly, lets me know what to expect in the dying process so I can be present and of support to my mom and not agonizing over her future. Honestly, I don’t know how anyone does this without Angela. She has made an untenable situation more manageable and that has allowed me to grieve as I go. This is Angela's gift for which I will always be grateful.”
Colleen Collins Josellis, SW
I have known Angela for many years and can wholeheartedly attest to her intelligence, deep knowledge, and extensive experience. As a nurse practitioner, she brings a wealth of medical expertise to her work. Beyond that, Angela is exceptionally gifted in the realms of Reiki healing and mindfulness.
I’ve had the privilege of attending her MBSR (Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction) workshop, as well as several Reiki healing sessions—and I’ve experienced profound benefits from both. Angela has a rare ability to connect with her students and clients in a deeply compassionate and intuitive way.
She seamlessly blends the roles of healer, teacher, spiritual advisor, mentor, and nurse. It’s often said that many people today are walking around with a God-sized hole in their hearts. Angela’s offerings through Holistic Heart of Healing are uniquely positioned to help fill that space—with wisdom, presence, and love.
Katie
Frequently Asked Questions
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Spiritual Direction is a sacred journey where someone walks alongside you, offering support and guidance as you explore your inner life and connection to the divine or what is meaningful to you. It is a space for reflection, discernment, and discovering deeper meaning, all with compassion and respect for your unique path.
Based on the explanation of Spiritual Direction as a journey of exploring one's inner life and connection to the divine, the benefits would include:
Deeper Self-Awareness: Gaining a clearer understanding of your thoughts, feelings, motivations, and values.
Enhanced Spiritual Connection: Strengthening your relationship with the divine, or whatever is meaningful to you, in a way that feels authentic.
Greater Meaning and Purpose: Discovering and clarifying what truly matters to you, leading to a more purposeful life.
Increased Clarity and Discernment: Developing the ability to make choices that are aligned with your deepest values and spiritual path.
Emotional and Spiritual Healing: Finding a supportive space to process challenges, grief, and spiritual wounds.
Reduced Isolation: Having a compassionate companion to share your spiritual journey with, fostering a sense of connection.
Personal Growth and Transformation: Engaging in a process that supports continuous growth and positive change in your life.
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Mindfulness is a practice of intentionally focusing your attention on the present moment, observing your thoughts, feelings, bodily sensations, and the surrounding environment without judgment. It involves cultivating a deep awareness of "what is" as it unfolds, rather than getting caught up in past regrets or future worries. This practice helps to foster a sense of presence, clarity, and a more peaceful relationship with your experiences.
Mindfulness is about paying attention, on purpose, in the present moment, without judgment and with kindness, to things as they are. It is a valuable tool that originated in Buddhist teachings but has been adopted as a secular practice. The Heart of Mindfulness Experience (HOME) takes a holistic approach to mindfulness, integrating a spiritual dimension. Mindfulness involves cultivating an impartial witness stance to experiences, letting go of habitual categorizing and judging. It encourages coming to each experience as if for the first time, freeing from preconceptions. It also involves learning to trust one's intuition and native wisdom. The goal of mindfulness is to cultivate presence and awareness.Description goes here
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Mindfulness can be understood as a quality of attention or a state of being. It's about being fully present and aware of the current moment, observing thoughts, feelings, and sensations without judgment. You can be mindful while doing everyday activities like walking, eating, or listening. It's a way of approaching life with heightened awareness.
Meditation is a formal practice or a technique that cultivates mindfulness. It's often a structured activity where you set aside time to train your attention, usually through techniques like focusing on the breath, body scans, or observing thoughts. While mindfulness is a state, meditation is a method or exercise that helps you develop and deepen that state of mindfulness.
In essence, meditation is a vehicle or tool that helps you practice and achieve mindfulness. Mindfulness, in turn, is the outcome or quality of awareness that can be cultivated through meditation and applied to all aspects of life.
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Guided Imagery is a therapeutic technique that involves using your imagination to create mental images, often led by a guide, to promote relaxation, reduce stress, manage pain, or facilitate healing. It can be individualized based on your personal needs and interests. Angela Thomas-Santos is trained, certified, and experienced in a number of healing modalities, including Guided Imagery. It can be used to decrease anxiety, facilitate healing prior to surgery or procedures, for pain management, or to enhance the effects of treatments such as chemotherapy and radiation.
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Studies have shown that 12 minutes a day of some kind of meditative practice tends to be therapeutic. Of course like most practices, there tends to be a “dose response”, meaning “more is probably better”.
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Reiki energy work and other energy healing modalities are based on the principle that a universal life force energy flows through us and around us. When this energy is disrupted or blocked, it can lead to imbalances in our physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being. Energy work aims to clear these blockages and restore the natural flow of energy within the body.
How it Works:
During an energy healing session, a practitioner (like a Reiki Master) acts as a conduit for this universal energy, channeling it to the client. This can be done with light touch or with the hands held just above the body. The client remains fully clothed, and the session is often conducted in a calm and peaceful environment. The energy is believed to flow to where it's most needed, promoting relaxation and facilitating the body's natural healing processes. Angela is a Master Reiki Healer and also trained in Pranic healing & Bengston Method, offering intuitive energy sessions both virtually and in person.
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People seek energy work for a variety of reasons, including:
Stress Reduction and Relaxation: The gentle nature of energy work promotes deep relaxation, which can help alleviate stress and anxiety.
Pain Management: Some individuals find relief from chronic pain or discomfort through energy healing.
Emotional Healing: It can provide a supportive space to process emotions, grief, or trauma.
Balancing Energy: It helps to balance the body's energy centers (chakras) and energy fields, promoting overall well-being.
Complementary Therapy: It can be used alongside conventional medical treatments to support healing and recovery.
Personal Growth: Engaging in energy work can lead to a greater sense of inner peace, clarity, and spiritual connection.
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Angela Thomas-Santos, through Holistic Peaceful Passing, (www.holisticpeacfulpassing.com) provides compassionate and comprehensive support to individuals and their loved ones facing serious or terminal illness. Blending decades of clinical experience with a holistic approach, Angela offers spiritual direction, mindfulness education (including MBSR principles), resources and guidance to address the emotional, spiritual, and physical needs of clients, fostering peace, clarity, and well-being during challenging times. She also helps with situations often associated with serious illness including symptom management and advanced care planning, always with care for the whole person and their loved ones.
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