● AVAILABLE NOW · FREE · KITCHEN MONK

The Kitchen Monk Free Community

Health grows in community.

Kitchen Monk™ believes people flourish more easily when they feel supported, connected, encouraged, and understood. That’s why our community begins with something simple: free connection. Whether you’re beginning your own health journey or helping others on theirs, there’s a place for you here.

No purchase required. No perfection required. No judgment. Just community.

Free to join · No purchase required

Join Our Free Community

Flourishing happens together. Your Kitchen Monk™ journey can begin for free. Choose the community that fits you best: one is for everyone, one is for nurses and nurse coaches, and both are free.

🌿 For everyone

Lifestyle Medicine for ALL

Our free public Kitchen Monk™ community for anyone who wants to feel better, eat well, move more, sleep better, ease stress, and connect with others. People, families, caregivers, and neighbors are all welcome. You don’t need to be a healthcare professional.

Free to join. Open to everyone.

🩺 For nurses & health professionals

Flourishing Nursing Forward

Our free professional community for nurses, nurse practitioners, nurse coaches, LPNs/LVNs, nursing assistants, students, educators, leaders, and collaborators. Connect around Flourishing Nursing, nurse coaching, whole-person care, leadership, and moving nursing forward.

Free to join. Built for connection, education, and collaboration.

No perfection required. No purchase required. Just come as you are and grow with us.

Both groups are on Facebook and open in a new tab. Read our community expectations. Please don’t share personal health details or identifiable patient information in the groups.

How we grow together

Flourishing is an invitation, not a condemnation. No perfection. No shame. No one-size-fits-all path. Start where you are, take the next small step, and grow together.

🪔 A Moment by the Lamp

Who is one person who serves as an anchor in your life?

Community expectations

We want both groups to be safe and encouraging places. By joining, we ask everyone to:

  • Keep discussion respectful and kind.
  • Protect your own privacy and other people’s. Never share identifiable patient information.
  • Remember that health information shared in the groups is educational and doesn’t replace care from your own clinician. In an emergency, call your local emergency number.
  • Respect differences in background, ability, culture, identity, and health journey.
  • Never shame anyone for food choices, body size, medications, diagnoses, or personal circumstances.
  • No harassment, spam, false medical claims, predatory sales tactics, or unsolicited private messages to sell something.

Keep in mind: both groups are hosted on Facebook, which is run by Meta, so you’ll need a Facebook account to join, and Facebook’s own terms and privacy policy apply there. Anything you post may be seen by other members. The groups offer peer support and general education, not medical advice or crisis care; for a crisis in the U.S., call or text 988, and for an emergency call 911. Group moderators may remove posts or members that don’t follow these expectations. To report a concern, contact us.

How the pieces fit

  • ● AVAILABLE NOW Kitchen Monk™: the patient- and community-facing home for cooking, health education, and community.
  • FREE · KITCHEN MONK Lifestyle Medicine for ALL: our free public Facebook group, for everyone.
  • FREE · KITCHEN MONK 🩺 FOR PROFESSIONALS Flourishing Nursing Forward: our free professional Facebook group, for nurses and collaborators, and the heart of why Kitchen Monk exists.
  • ◐ IN DEVELOPMENT Flourishing Nursing: a developing nurse-led framework. Not an accredited program or credential.
  • ◐ IN DEVELOPMENT ACFN: the American College of Flourishing Nursing and Nurse Coaching, a developing professional community. Not an accrediting or certifying body.

Food as Medicine. Community as the Garden. Flourishing for All.