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Navigate Wellness We remove the burden and overwhelm often felt from adult children caring for their aging loved ones.

10/13/2026

Five years ago, we set out to do something different: bring care home, and make aging feel less like a loss and more like a life still being lived.

Today, Navigate Wellness turns 5. 💛

We've done so much, and we still have so much more we want to do. Every year, we get more confident that we can really change the way people age in Columbia.

To everyone who's trusted us, worked alongside us, and cheered us on: thank you. We're just getting started.

Here's something you might not know about home care: some of the most important moments happen outside the care plan.A s...
10/13/2026

Here's something you might not know about home care: some of the most important moments happen outside the care plan.

A shared laugh. A familiar face. A family member meeting the caregiver who's been part of their mom's week for months.

Our clients have been asking us for a gathering like this for years, a chance for clients, families, and our team to be in one room together. So we're making it happen, and we hope it becomes a tradition.

All past clients, current clients and anyone interested in working with us are welcome! Join us for our first annual Halloween Social. 🎃

📅 Friday, October 23 | 1–3 PM
📍 Maplewood Barn Theater, 2900 E Nifong Blvd, Columbia

RSVP by emailing [email protected] with the subject line "Halloween."

End-of-life care should be about living, not just waiting.At Navigate Wellness, we believe the final chapter deserves th...
10/12/2026

End-of-life care should be about living, not just waiting.

At Navigate Wellness, we believe the final chapter deserves the same dignity, intention, and love as every other. We support patients and families through this season with presence, compassion, and expert care, right at home.

Because how we say goodbye matters just as much as how we live.

My mom died with the sun on her face.That happened because I knew the system well enough to get her home and out of the ...
10/09/2026

My mom died with the sun on her face.

That happened because I knew the system well enough to get her home and out of the ER when everyone told me I couldn't.

Most families don't have that advantage. They're standing in a hospital room, scared, trying to make decisions in a language they were never taught. That's the translation we provide. We speak doctor. We speak family. We make sure your loved one's actual wishes, not just the path of least resistance, are heard and honored.

Because everyone gets one death. It should be theirs.

- Ryan

It started with two people and one big idea. 💛Five years ago, Janie and Ryan set out to change what care at home could l...
10/08/2026

It started with two people and one big idea. 💛

Five years ago, Janie and Ryan set out to change what care at home could look like. Today, we have a team.

Every person in that photo carries the same belief we started with: that aging well should happen at home, with dignity and heart.

We've done so much, and we still have so much more we want to do. Every year, we get more confident that we can really change the way people age in Columbia.

Thank you for growing with us.

Before someone became "the client with Parkinson's" or "the fall risk," they were a teacher. A parent. A prankster. Some...
10/07/2026

Before someone became "the client with Parkinson's" or "the fall risk," they were a teacher. A parent. A prankster. Someone's favorite person.

That's still who they are.

Clinical excellence matters. But at Navigate Wellness, we believe care that doesn't start with the person isn't really care at all.

This is Elevated Aging. 🌿

10/07/2026

Five years of Navigate Wellness means five years of kitchen-table conversations, hard days and good ones, and families letting us in when it mattered most.

When we look back, it isn't the milestones we remember first. It's the people: the client who lit up when their caregiver walked through the door, the daughter who could finally breathe easier, and the team members who became part of someone's everyday life.

That's what this work has always been about: humanizing healthcare, one home at a time.

Thank you for five years of trust. We don't take a single one of them for granted.

Active aging means moving through every stage of life with intention, support, and joy.Whether that looks like a morning...
10/05/2026

Active aging means moving through every stage of life with intention, support, and joy.

Whether that looks like a morning walk, a new routine, or having a nurse in your corner, we're here for all of it.

Aging well is a practice, and we're your partners in it.

I'm not a nurse in the traditional sense of the role. I can't read your vitals. I can't interpret your labs. What I can ...
10/03/2026

I'm not a nurse in the traditional sense of the role. I can't read your vitals. I can't interpret your labs. What I can do is look someone in the eyes and actually listen to what they're telling me.

And what I've learned with 10 out of 10 certainty is that when someone tells me they think they're dying, they're right.

I was bringing a client home from the hospital recently. Everyone around her was hopeful. Rehab. Recovery. Getting back to normal. But she told me she wasn't sure. She said she might be getting better, or she might be dying. She didn't know.

I held onto that.

And then on the way home, she started telling me about a memory from when she was two years old. A picture her mom had taken. A story about her nephew. Details she hadn't thought about in years.

That's a life review. It's a real thing that happens when someone is preparing to die. They start reaching back toward the people and moments that shaped them. They start making meaning. They start finding their legacy.
I recognized it because I wasn't distracted by her chart. I was just with her.

The hardest thing I see families do (and I understand why, it comes from love) is shut that door. "Oh, Mom, don't say that. You're going to be fine." And in that moment, without meaning to, they've just closed off every conversation that could have happened.

Your body and your brain are connected. There is nothing happening in your body that your brain doesn't know about. When someone tells you they're dying, that is a vital sign. It deserves to be honored, not hushed.

The worst-case scenario of believing them? You get two more beautiful years of real conversations instead of two weeks of missed ones.

I'll never stop choosing to believe them.

-Janie

For years, our clients have asked us the same question: When are we all getting together?This fall, we finally have an a...
10/02/2026

For years, our clients have asked us the same question: When are we all getting together?

This fall, we finally have an answer. 🍂

We're hosting a Halloween Social. It will be an afternoon of food, live music, crafts, and time with the people who make Navigate Wellness what it is: our clients, their families, our caregivers, and our team.

📅 Friday, October 23 | 1–3 PM
📍 Maplewood Barn Theater, 2900 E Nifong Blvd, Columbia

If you're a past client, current client or want to learn more about our services and community, you're invited to join us! Bring a costume if you're feeling festive. Or just bring yourself!

To RSVP, email [email protected] with the subject line "Halloween."

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2100 E. Broadway, Suite 206
Columbia, MO
65201

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 5pm
Tuesday 8am - 5pm
Wednesday 8am - 5pm
Thursday 8am - 5pm
Friday 8am - 5pm

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+16608646899

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