My Journey Compass Health, LLC

09/02/2026

I am honored to have My Journey Compass Health featured in the Tampa Bay Latin Chamber’s Member Spotlight! 💙

Thank you, Tampa Bay Latin Chamber, for recognizing our work and for supporting Latino-owned businesses in our community. We’re proud to be part of the . ✨

✨ MEMBER SPOTLIGHT | MY JOURNEY COMPASS HEALTH, LLC✨

Meet Leonarda Gaige, FNP-BC, PMHNP-BC, founder of My Journey Compass Health 💙 She saw a need for mental health care that felt more personal, accessible, and culturally connected—so she built it.

Today, she’s providing bilingual telepsychiatric care while building a business rooted in compassion, relationships, and truly listening to patients.

And she did it while maintaining a full-time nursing career. 👏🏽

Her advice to fellow entrepreneurs? 𝐃𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭. 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥, 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐩.

That’s the #𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐎𝐟𝐍𝐨𝐬𝐨𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐬. 🤝✨

👉 Read Leonarda’s full Member Spotlight and learn more about the story behind My Journey Compass Health, LLC

08/23/2026

Throughout history, every revolution has begun with a question: “Why has this become normal?”

In mental health care, every scheduled visit starts with its own version of that question:

“What prompted you to make this appointment today?”

People often seek treatment when something inside of them has finally begun to revolt against what they have been surviving, tolerating, minimizing, or simply calling normal.

The decision doesn’t have to be loud, dramatic, or visible to anyone else. It can begin as internal work: journaling, naming what you actually feel, admitting that something is no longer working, setting a boundary, or simply making the appointment.

Sometimes, no one else has to know the revolt has begun.

Recovery is not the erasure of what happened.

Sometimes it looks more like an armistice. The past still exists, but it no longer governs every decision in the present.

Full blog post in the comments below.

07/14/2026

I got caught in the middle of a total “deluge” during my exploratory walk around the Biltmore downtown area yesterday.

A big, thick cloud rolled in that looked just like the thunderstorm clouds I am familiar with in Florida. Turns out, it wasn’t. That was a monsoon storm cloud.

I felt it before I understood it, a fierce, stinging wind blasting against my legs as I walked. A haboob, as the locals called it as I later learned.

I picked up my pace to get to my hotel as the rain came down in sheets, completely drenched before I made it inside. Earlier, my phone blasted an emergency alert: “Dust Storm Warning, pull over, lights off, foot off the brake.” Surreal.

It poured and howled for a full hour, then just stopped; like nothing happened.

As a psychiatric nurse practitioner, it reminded me how the storms of life work too. They hit unexpectedly, and sometimes the best thing we can do is pause, let off the brakes, and wait for the dust to settle. 🤍

Have you ever experienced a monsoon dust storm? ⛈️🏜️

07/11/2026

Hello everyone!

I’m spending a few days in Phoenix and surrounding areas as I continue growing My Journey Compass Health in Arizona. I’ll be in the Biltmore/Camelback office area on Monday July 13 between 2:00 and 4:00 PM (MST) If you’re nearby, feel free to stop by and say hello!

If you can’t make it, feel free to send me a message or visit myjourneycompasshealth.com to learn more. I look forward to connecting with you! 🌵

~Leonarda~

07/05/2026

As we close out this Independence Day weekend, I’m reminded that freedom isn’t only something nations fight for.

Sometimes freedom is personal.

I’ve witnessed the moment trauma survivors realized they no longer have to live by the rules fear wrote for them.

It’s also choosing dignity instead of silence.

It’s finding your own voice after years of being unheard.

It’s becoming the safe person you once needed.

And sometimes, the greatest victory isn’t changing the past.

It’s making sure the pain doesn’t become someone else’s future.

May the week ahead be filled with freedom, peace, and rest.

I love being an American in the land of the brave.

— Leona

06/27/2026

The June heat it’s king here in FL. But that doesn’t stop me (and many others hikers) from enjoying the many FL trails!

06/10/2026

We often assume the person with the most authority has the best answer.

Sometimes they do.

But sometimes the most valuable insight comes from the person living the experience, doing the work, or seeing the problem firsthand.

Titles matter.

Experience matters.

Proximity matters too.

Who have you learned to listen to more carefully over the years?

05/10/2026

Mothering is the discipline to keep showing up with the medicine of grace and the structure of boundaries, regardless of how tired she feels.

A very Happy Mother’s Day to all of the moms out there.❤️