About Me
Hi! I am Perrette
As a registered nurse with a master’s degree in public health, specializing in health systems and policy, and a foreign medical graduate, I’ve explored various facets of different healthcare systems for over a decade. This journey, profoundly personal and professional and marked by significant challenges and triumphs, has built my expertise and fueled my passion for helping others, especially those who crumble under the weight of lifting others up.
As an empowerment coach and life balance strategist, I help healthcare professionals battling chronic stress, exhaustion, and overwhelm cultivate a state of balance in their lives. I firmly believe that every healthcare professional can live purposefully while maintaining harmony across all aspects of life. Guided by the principle that we must first take care of ourselves to care for others effectively, I am committed to making this belief a reality for many.
This commitment inspired me to write GIVE AND RECEIVE: The Way to Serve in Healthcare Without Neglecting Yourself. This transformative guide explores the interplay between giving compassionately to others and receiving what’s needed to sustain ourselves in today’s demanding healthcare system, where self-sacrifice is often celebrated at the expense of well-being. Drawing from my experiences and professional journey, the book empowers healthcare professionals to thrive with purpose, passion, and power, offering a path to serve others without losing themselves in the process.
As the founder of Balanced Life Compass LLC, I’m deeply committed to helping healthcare professionals live healthier, more balanced lives. My mission is to guide them toward self-awareness, self-responsibility, and intentional self-care—key elements that lead to lasting fulfillment and resilience.
This mission is personal. I’ve faced chronic stress, exhaustion, and the inner struggle of whether to leave healthcare—abandoning my passion—or find a way to thrive within it. Giving up wasn’t my answer, so I transformed myself. On my journey, challenges became sources of strength and motivation. Over time, these experiences shaped my perspective and inspired me to develop an approach that blends hard-earned insights with evidence-based principles, offering a clear path to balance and growth. Today, I share these lessons to support others on their own paths.
Balanced Life Compass is my contribution to the collective fight against self-neglect, compassion fatigue, abuse of compassion, overwhelm, and burnout in healthcare. My vision is to help healthcare professionals worldwide shift from a mindset of “self-sacrifice” to one of “empowerment,” recognizing that serving in healthcare can be a life mission, a masterclass, and a journey of growth and self-discovery—rather than a source of pain and struggle.
Like Dr. Wayne Dyer, I believe perspective and mindset have the power to transform our experience. He said, “When you change how you look at things, the things you look at change.” My own experience in healthcare changed the moment I reclaimed my energy, refocused my purpose, set boundaries, and made living a balanced life my daily goal—fully owning my power.
You can do it too!
