August 2020

How did I get here? My journey from nursing to teaching trauma sensitive yoga, to professional speaking, to trauma recovery coaching. Recently retired from a career in nursing, I considered launching a new career, professional speaking. With an expertise in program development, I was frequently asked to speak at conferences and workshops throughout my nursing […]

The effect Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) has on nurses is a growing professional concern. Nurses have been dealing with a long history of being at risk for burn out and compassion fatigue for many years prior to the pandemic. In addition to suffering from burnout and compassion fatigue, researchers are expecting the number of

Traumatic Grief co-existing with Post Traumatic Stress Being a hospice nurse, I spoke often to community organizations, healthcare professionals, and faith communities on the topic of Grief. I spoke about the different kinds of grief – normal, complicated and disenfranchised grief. Topics such as “grieving well”, “breaking bad news”, “saying goodbye” were the most frequent.

Just Breathe Our breath is our best friend, in any situation, in any conversation, even in escalating situations on the edge of boundaries of disharmony. Our breath is the most powerful self regulator in trauma recovery, always with us, and always brings us back home in the moment, here and now, not then and there.