Dr. Candia Cumberbatch-Lucenius - Biography

Candia Cumberbatch-Lucenius is a Registered Nurse with over fifty years of experience in every area of nursing. Everyone who knows me have heard me say Midwifery has and always will be my most cherished area of nursing. From the first day, I walked into the classroom, it felt so comfortable – like a perfect fit. By the second week our instructor was already calling me her assistant, and I sailed through the program completing it top of the class. This was followed by several years of training future midwife's, caring for the patient's before, during and post-delivery as well as the care of the newborn, and delivering hundreds of babies. This experience included the delivery of hundreds of babies, from normal SVD's (spontaneous vaginal deliveries, to breech deliveries to twin deliveries. Each one as rewarding as the last. Candia received her Registered Nurse/Midwife Diploma in St. Lucia, followed by a BSN, MHA and was inducted into the Honor Society for Nurses for her academic achievements and dedication to nursing. When she decided to transition away from bedside nursing she worked as a Case Manager and Utilization review Manager for several major managed care companies, a HEDIS Nurse Reviewer, Nurse Auditor, and a Clinical Quality Nurse Analyst. In these roles she has been an Assistant Director of Nursing, Nurse Manager, Supervisor, Team Lead, and Project Manager.

Candia is a published poet and author of five books, one a book of inspirational poetry — Pearls at the Throne of Grace, and two others — Flowers for Mama and Reflections of Life to My Younger Self, which contain contributions from friends and family. Her fourth book — Nurses ... The Stories We Could Tell also contains contributions for other nurses sharing some of their nursing experiences. Her most recent book — In The Garden Devotional - A Walk and Talk With God is a daily devotional written to help you have a more intimate relationship with your heavenly father. Another proud accomplishment is having her work published in a well-known Medical Magazine for continuing education credits for medical professionals.

Always having a strong interested in Natural Health and Healing, Candia has refocused her nursing career to highlight the body as a self-healing system. Along with having a Masters in Healthcare Administration, she is now a Certified Health Minister and a Certified Master Herbalist. In 2021 Candia obtained her 'Doctor of Philosophy in Holistic Natural Health and Healing', along with certifications as a Certified Holistic Nutrition Practitioner, Certified Natural Health Practitioner, Certified Ordained Whole Medicine and Healing Minister, and a Certified Spiritual Guide.

Another passion in her life is studying the Bible and learning how to make it a practical part of her daily life. She believes that full healing and only be accomplished by complete wholeness which includes mind, body & spirit. As a Natural Health Consultant, Coach and Health Minister, Candia incorporates all these aspects.

In 2009, Candia founded and is the Director the Women of Virtue (WOV) group which is based on Proverbs 31:12-31. It is a safe place where women come together to encourage, support, and uplift one another which includes fun times, prayer times, self-care, rejuvenating times and getaways.

Candia recently started her business Healing and Comforting Hearts, which focuses on bringing comfort to those dealing with difficult diagnoses, chronic debilitating illnesses, and to those who've lost loved ones. Comfort and Prayer boxes are customized to meet the need and include one of her original poems, individualized for the person(s).

Jeremiah 30:17 – For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the LORD;

I Peter 2:24 – Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.

Mark 11:23 – Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.