Awareness: How can this help the nurse?

“The unaware life is not worth living” –Socrates. …This month I aim to write to the theme “awareness”. What a task! “Awareness” in and of itself is often interchanged with numerous terms: consciousness, mindfulness, presence, etc. Even as I sat down today to write...

Balance “Yes” & “No”

…As nurses, we have a tendency to take on more and more… and more- even when we really cannot handle much else.  We are natural caregivers so it makes sense that we desire to help from a space of compassion.  Yet these tendencies make it common for us to say...

Clear Intention and Focus

…So I have been wondering why I do not yet have any coaching clients.  I have a couple of reasons in mind.  But one is sticking out like a neon flashing light in my mind.  It all started a couple of weekends ago with listening to the IIN I-Pod classes for my...