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MennaOlvera.com Born and raised in California, Menna Olvera is a self-care advocate, functional medicine health coach and yoga teacher.

I work with people who are suffering from illness, who want to make a health change in their lives through multiple modalities that include movement and Functional Medicine Health Coaching. Her main mission is to be an authentic support to her clients, students, and patients. She realizes the value of integrating life experience and study to find deeper understanding of wellness. Mennaโ€™s diverse s

kill set and understanding of the effects of ongoing stress help her to customize sessions. As part of her arsenal, she is able use diverse modalities such a meditation, yoga, restorative yoga, essential oils, reiki, theta, and functional health coaching. Menna has built over the years a robust and loyal network of private clients. Prior to launching The Oleon House, Menna was the Program Director of the Urban Zen Integrative Therapy (UZIT) where she worked directly with Donna Karan and co-founders Rodney Yee and Colleen Saidman Yee. Her certifications include yoga, prenatal yoga, Urban Zen Integrative Therapy, Theta Healing, and Functional Medicine Health Coaching. In addition, Menna co-owns One Route Media with her husband where she utilizes her skills as a media director, producer, and storyteller. Hours of Training:
Laughing Lotus 200hr
Prenatal Yoga - 65hr
Urban Zen Integrative Therapy - 500hr
Yoga Shanti NYC - 200
Yoga Shanti Advanced - 100hr

06/18/2026

Before you pick up everyone else's needs today, set your own feet on the ground.
You need sixty seconds and the willingness to come back into your own body for a moment.

Breathe in for four. Out for six. Let the exhale be the longer one โ€” that's the part that tells your body it's safe to soften.

This is the Ground pillar of the Comradely Care System, the Prepare to Care(give) working program, because we all understand a body that's been holding on for weeks.
Come back to your feet to be steady and ready:)

There's a guilt no one prepares you for.The guilt of being tired of someone you love. Of wishing, just for one afternoon...
06/17/2026

There's a guilt no one prepares you for.

The guilt of being tired of someone you love. Of wishing, just for one afternoon, that you were anywhere else. And later โ€šand the guilt that frightens people most, the quiet relief that can arrive when their suffering finally ends.

Relief is not betrayal. It does not cancel your love. You can grieve someone with your whole body and exhale for the first time in years, and both of those truths can live in the same chest.

Caregiving asks you to hold things that don't seem like they should fit together. Love and exhaustion. Devotion and resentment. Loss and release.

If you've felt that relief and then felt ashamed of it, hear this clearly, YOU are not a bad daughter, or son, or partner. You are a human being who carried something heavy for a very long time.

You're allowed to set it down with grace.

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๐‘ฏ๐’๐’˜ ๐’Ž๐’–๐’„๐’‰ ๐’š๐’๐’–'๐’“๐’† ๐’†๐’™๐’‘๐’†๐’„๐’•๐’†๐’… ๐’•๐’ ๐’‚๐’๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’…๐’š ๐’Œ๐’๐’๐’˜.Which medications. What dosages. The name of the specialist from three months a...
06/16/2026

๐‘ฏ๐’๐’˜ ๐’Ž๐’–๐’„๐’‰ ๐’š๐’๐’–'๐’“๐’† ๐’†๐’™๐’‘๐’†๐’„๐’•๐’†๐’… ๐’•๐’ ๐’‚๐’๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’…๐’š ๐’Œ๐’๐’๐’˜.

Which medications. What dosages. The name of the specialist from three months ago. The question you meant to ask but lost somewhere between the waiting room and the parking lot.

๐Œ๐ž๐๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง isn't about becoming a perfect record keeper. It's about walking into the room with your hands steady instead of shaking.

๐€ ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ :
๐Ÿ) Single running list of every medication, dose, and the reason behind it.
๐Ÿ) A single notebook (or note on your phone) where questions go as they come to you, not when you're suddenly put on the spot.
๐Ÿ‘) A short summary of their history you can hand over instead of recite from memory.

This is the kind of grounded, practical clarity The Caregiver's Compass is built to give you, so you're not carrying all of it in your head at 2am.

Save this before the next appointment.

Sometimes it takes a stranger to remind you: look up. Take a breath. Give yourself permission to be real.So here's your ...
06/14/2026

Sometimes it takes a stranger to remind you: look up. Take a breath. Give yourself permission to be real.
So here's your permission slip, caregiver
to rest and replenish.
to ask for help before the crisis, not after.
to laugh and cry in the same breath.
You were never meant to carry this alone. Joy likes company too. ๐Ÿค
Who reminded you to look up this week? Tell me below

Journey

06/12/2026

If you're the one holding it all together. The appointments |the worry |the quiet bracing for whatever comes next
๐“๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ.
Caregiving lives in the body. In the shoulders that never quite drop. The jaw that stays clenched. The breath you forget to take all the way down.
So I made you something. A short grounding meditation called Caregiver's Meditation!
Few minutes to stop holding, and let yourself be held instead.
๐ŸŽง Save this for the next hard day.
Journey

A ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ซ tends to your parent. ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ž(๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž) tends to you, the one quietly holding it all together.One car...
06/11/2026

A ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ซ tends to your parent. ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ž(๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž) tends to you, the one quietly holding it all together.
One carries the weight for you. The other helps you carry it yourself steadily, without it losing who you are.
That begins with ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ . Before the next plan, the next appointment, the next hard call, come home to your breath, your feet on the floor, the steady center that's yours.
And when the season passes, that grounding doesn't leave with anyone. It stays. It's yours.

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The financial stress of caregiving is one of the heaviest parts. I mean the first time I was called away from work was o...
06/10/2026

The financial stress of caregiving is one of the heaviest parts.
I mean the first time I was called away from work was ok, but then it became more frequent, and if you do not live near your loved one, the cost of travel adds weight to the situation.
In-home support and navigating insurance denials, confusion and/or claims is a job onto its own.

As an integrative functional medicine health coach, I believe preparation isn't just physical or emotional. It's practical too, it protects you and supports you in the moment.

Follow to learn more๐Ÿ™

Coach Journey

Your needs are not a distraction from caregiving. They are part of the infrastructure that makes caregiving possible.Rec...
06/07/2026

Your needs are not a distraction from caregiving. They are part of the infrastructure that makes caregiving possible.

Receive the moments offered that bring you peace.

# Coach Journey

This is not grief because someone died, but more like the mourning of the person you love is changing and the person you...
06/05/2026

This is not grief because someone died, but more like the mourning of the person you love is changing and the person you knew as yourself to be is changing along side them.
Anticipatory grief | Ambiguous loss |Compassion fatigue
These are very real and we want to name them for family caregivers.

This is what Prepare to Care(give) holds space for, the logistics, and the full human experience of family caregiving. Journey #

One of the hardest moments in caregiving is when you know something isn't right โ€” and no one seems to be listening.You h...
06/02/2026

One of the hardest moments in caregiving is when you know something isn't right โ€” and no one seems to be listening.
You have every right to speak up. And I want to help you do it well.
- You're not being difficult.
- You're not overreacting.
- You're being an advocate.

Swipe through for practical steps to find your voice โ€” and use it with confidence, even when everything feels overwhelming.

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