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Raised in Vermont, Andrea Vadnais, RN, BSN, M.Ed., owner of Art of Environment, LLC, has a unique and comprehensive educational background, skillset, group of talents, and life experience, as well as a passion for creativity, art, and design. In 1994, she graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Russell Sage College in Troy, NY. Andrea worked as a registered nurse across multiple specialties in New York, California, Texas, and Vermont. After living in different parts of the country, Andrea followed her strong impulse to return to Vermont and raise her family. She graduated from Cambridge College in Boston, MA, with a Master of Education in 2016.
Andrea's educational and job experiences hold one common denominator, her desire to connect with others deeply. She respects, values, and enjoys people of different races, ethnicities, socioeconomic backgrounds, genders, and sexual orientations. Andrea has worked with individuals in all life stages and has a deep fondness for those at
the end of life, specifically individuals living with Alzheimer's Disease and dementia. Her extensive experience as a nurse provides her with an understanding of physical, mental, and social-emotional well-being. Andrea has a solid knowledge base of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), a type of cognitive-behavioral therapy that teaches one how to change negative thoughts and behaviors to promote emotional well-being. DBT teaches mindfulness, skills for coping with stress, emotion regulation, and improved relationships with others.
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Andrea combined her creativity and passion for art, interior design, wellness, and helping others while studying feng shui with The Feng Shui Institute of America (FSIA). The most contemporary and scientific school of feng shui aligned and strongly resonated with her beliefs incorporating our Western culture, the social sciences, psychology, the physical sciences, epigenetics, and environmental science with the laws of nature.
Andrea is a certified feng shui consultant and, in 2020, created Art of Environment, LLC because she wholeheartedly believes in the power of one's environment to make positive life changes. Her holistic approach and unique blend of expertise integrate science and art with genetics, life experience, preferences, surroundings, and goals.
Andrea lives near Burlington, Vermont, being her unique self and loving her three beautiful children and their sweet, intuitive dog Henry. The path has not been easy, and she is learning to find herself, her truth, and her value in this world as she helps others do the same.
During the summer of 2021, Andrea manifested her lifelong dream of a studio space to "create" and a retail store for Art of Environment, LLC.
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