Strength-Aligned Business Design for AAPI Nurse Entrepreneurs
Most Coaches Give You THEIR Map. I Help You Design YOUR Compass.
You don't need another framework telling you how to "fix" yourself or force tactics that drain your energy. You need a business designed around your actual wiring — your CliftonStrengths, your culture, your values. Together, we'll co-create your strength-aligned business model using CliftonStrengths®, LEGO® Serious Play®, Spiritual Psychology, and mindful AI. No more borrowed maps. Just YOUR compass, pointing true north.
You Don't Need to Follow Their Map — You Need to Design Your Compass
You've spent years caring for others — patients, teams, families — while quietly building something more: a coaching, healing, or consulting business that lets you use your gifts beyond the bedside. You've taken the courses, hired the coaches, followed their "proven systems." But something still feels off.
Maybe it was advice that looked brilliant but felt wrong when you tried to implement it. The strategy that worked for your business coach but made your solar plexus contract when you sat down to do it.
Here's how this shows up:
→ The coach who said "just network at every event" — but you're energized by depth, not breadth, and leave large gatherings drained
→ The framework that demanded "pick one niche" — but your brain naturally connects ideas across multiple domains
→ The advice to "be more visible on social media" — but your strengths lie in behind-the-scenes systems and strategy
→ The program teaching "aggressive closing tactics" — but everything in your cultural conditioning says that feels inauthentic
You kept thinking: "Is something wrong with me? Why can't I just follow the steps?"
Here's what nobody told you: There's nothing wrong with you. The problem isn't your discipline or your mindset. The problem is you've been handed maps designed for people with completely different wiring than yours.
When you're an AAPI nurse entrepreneur, you're navigating multiple layers of cultural conditioning — nursing culture that says "serve, don't sell," cultural values around humility and harmony, and Western business advice built for aggressive self-promotion. No wonder the "proven frameworks" feel like forcing yourself into someone else's blueprint.
What if instead of following THEIR map, you designed YOUR compass? That's Strength-Aligned Business Design — a co-creative approach using CliftonStrengths®, LEGO® Serious Play®, Spiritual Psychology, and mindful AI to build a business around your actual strengths, your culture, and your energy. Not mine. Not theirs. Yours.
Hi, I’m Karen Retardo, MA, BSN, RN
And I help AAPI nurse entrepreneurs design businesses around their actual wiring — not borrowed frameworks.
I'm a Registered Nurse, ICF-PCC Certified Coach, and Gallup CliftonStrengths® Coach who specializes in Strength-Aligned Business Design for AAPI nurse coaches, healers, and consultants.
After 30+ years in healthcare and coaching hundreds of nurses, I've learned this: Success doesn't come from forcing yourself into someone else's "proven system." It comes from designing YOUR compass — a business model built around your CliftonStrengths, your culture, and your energy.
That's why I blend CliftonStrengths®, LEGO® Serious Play®, Spiritual Psychology, and mindful AI — not to hand you my map, but to help you co-create yours. When your business is designed around who you actually are, consistency becomes calm, not chaotic..
Three Ways to Design Your Strength-Aligned Business
Most business coaches hand you their framework and say "just follow the steps." But what if those steps contradict your CliftonStrengths, your culture, or your energy? Each of these offerings helps you design YOUR compass — a business model aligned with your actual wiring. Every program integrates CliftonStrengths®, LEGO® Serious Play®, Spiritual Psychology, and mindful AI as co-creation tools, not impositions.
Strengths-to-Clients Blueprint Session
Discover YOUR business compass in 90 minutes. We'll explore your Top 5 CliftonStrengths and co-design the client-attraction path that's naturally aligned with your wiring — so you stop forcing tactics that contract your energy.clients naturally — without forcing strategies that drain your energy
Strengths-to-Clients Lab™
A 3-month Strength-Aligned Business Design program where you don't learn MY system — you build YOURS. Using CliftonStrengths®, LEGO® Serious Play®, Spiritual Psychology, and mindful AI, we co-design your repeatable client system that honors your strengths, your culture, and your capacity — consistent clients and income without draining yourself.
The Consistent Clients Collective™
For clients ready to scale their strength-aligned business while becoming visible as cultural leaders — without adopting hustle tactics that contradict your values.
“Why Can't I Just Follow the Steps?" → to "Oh. This Is MY Way.”
If you've been forcing yourself into frameworks that drain you, wondering why the "proven systems" feel so hard — this is your turning point.
In 90 minutes, you'll discover why that LinkedIn advice felt wrong for you, what business model would actually fit your CliftonStrengths, and the first step on YOUR compass — not someone else's map.
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Nancy K.
“Before starting the coaching program, I was struggling with a lack of confidence and direction in my life. The sessions provided me with a newfound sense of confidence, teaching me the importance of listening to my body and embracing my right to make decisions that truly reflect my needs and aspirations. What I valued most was the ability to be my authentic self in every session, supported by a coaching style that was engaging, interactive, and nurturing.
A significant milestone for me was gaining the courage to pursue what I desired, even when it meant declining a job offer that didn't meet my expectations, illustrating the confidence and clarity I've gained. The coaching exceeded my expectations through exceptional availability and support, making me feel heard, seen, and valued. This experience has been transformative, and I wholeheartedly recommend Karen’s coaching services to anyone looking to make a profound change in their life.”
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