About Karen
Karen Sanderson is a Licensed Practical Nurse with 24 years of clinical experience in high acuity healthcare settings.
She did not arrive at this work through a wellness trend or a personal brand pivot. She arrived here through decades of watching what chronic circadian disruption actually does to the human body — to her colleagues, to her patients, and to herself.
After years of working night shift and observing the cumulative biological toll it takes on even the most dedicated healthcare professionals, Karen began studying the science behind what she had witnessed firsthand. What she found confirmed what 24 years of clinical observation had already taught her — that sleep, rhythm, and environment are not peripheral to health. They are foundational to it.
Her consulting work now centers on helping shift workers, healthcare professionals, and high performers restore stable biological rhythm through The Circadian Home™ framework and the Night to Day Clarity Method™.
This is nurse-led consulting grounded in circadian biology, nervous system regulation, and environmental design. It is not medical treatment. It is education, structure, and a science-informed process built around your actual life.
Karen is based in Alabama and works with clients virtually.
Why This Work Matters to Me
Honestly, this started with me.
I was struggling with sleep and did not fully understand why until I made a few simple changes. Adjusting my lighting. Creating a more intentional evening environment. Anchoring a consistent wake time. The difference was significant enough that I had to understand the biology behind it.
I am a nurse with over two decades of clinical experience. And I did not know what I did not know.
That realization sent me deeper into the science of light, circadian rhythm, and sleep timing. The more I learned, the more I recognized the gap. Night shift workers are essential to healthcare. They keep hospitals running around the clock. But nobody is teaching them how to protect their biology while doing it.
That is the gap I am trying to fill.
Her Approach
Sleep is not a nighttime event.
It is the outcome of everything that happened in the 24 hours before your head hit the pillow. The light you were exposed to. The timing of your meals. The state of your nervous system when you finally stopped moving. The environment your body was asked to rest in.
Karen's approach is built on that understanding.
Through a structured, nurse-led consulting process she helps clients identify the behavioral and environmental patterns that are quietly working against their sleep, their energy, and their mental clarity. Not by adding more to their routine, but by helping them understand the biological signals their body is already responding to and learning to work with them intentionally.
This is not sleep hygiene advice repackaged. It is circadian science applied to real life, real schedules, and real environments.
Working with Karen is calm, structured, and deeply attentive.
There is no rushed advice. No generic protocol handed across a screen. No shame around where you are starting from.
What you can expect is a nurse who has spent 24 years paying careful attention to human beings under pressure — and who brings that same quality of attention to every client she works with.
Together you will look honestly at the behavioral patterns, environmental conditions, and daily rhythms that are shaping your sleep, your energy, and your clarity. Not to overwhelm you with changes, but to help you understand what is actually driving what you are experiencing and where the highest leverage shifts are for your specific life and schedule.
You will leave each session with clear, practical next steps you can apply immediately. Not a lengthy to-do list. A focused, grounded path forward.
This is not wellness coaching. It is nurse-led consulting grounded in circadian science, delivered with the kind of steady clinical presence that comes from decades of showing up for people when it matters most.
What It’s Like to Work With Karen
Collaborative Philosophy
Karen operates at the intersection of clinical knowledge and everyday life.
Her role is not to replace your physician or your care team. It is to fill the space between your medical appointments and your actual daily life — the hours, habits, environments, and rhythms that shape how you feel every single day but rarely come up in a clinical visit.
Through structured education and individualized guidance around light exposure, routine timing, sleep supportive habits, and environmental design, Karen helps clients build a biological foundation that supports the care they are already receiving.
The best outcomes happen when clinical care and daily life work together.
Her services are designed to complement the work of physicians and licensed medical professionals — not to compete with it.
If you are working with a healthcare provider, Karen encourages you to continue that relationship. Her work sits alongside it, not in place of it.
Credentials & Professional Training
Licensed Practical Nurse | Multistate Compact License 24 years of clinical experience in high acuity healthcare settings
NIOSH Training for Nurses on Shift Work and Long Work Hours CDC and NIOSH
Sleep: Neurobiology, Medicine, and Society University of Michigan
Independent study in circadian biology, light timing, and behavioral rhythm science
Karen's consulting practice is grounded in evidence-informed education and does not constitute medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.
If you have been carrying exhaustion longer than you should have to, and you are ready to understand what is actually driving it, you are in the right place.
Explore how we can work together.