My Story

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A Grateful Heart.

I share the following particulars with you because all of these experiences demonstrate the breadth and depth of what I bring I can offer you from my professional and personal history. Nursing also has taken me on a profound spiritual journey which continues to this day. Nursing has led me to a place of connecting with and better understanding humanity - my own and that of others - and recognizing the privilege it is to be of service. I come to you with a grateful and open heart.

From a professional standpoint, I have been in nursing since I was 16 years old as a Candy Striper! Over 44 years in healthcare, I’ve worked in small and large hospital systems, home care, long term care, colleges and universities, inter-professional consulting, education, and private practice. I’ve been a consultant, Director, Dean, Clinical Nurse Specialist, nurse manager, university professor, researcher, program developer, Healing Touch practitioner, and counselor. My expertise deepened in holistic nursing, relationship-centered care, interprofessional education, psychiatric-mental health nursing, gerontological nursing, holistic healing & integrative care, circle practice, and transformational leadership.

I am a bridge between two paradigms of health and healing, and my influences are diverse. I am a Circle Carrier of The Circle Way and a graduate of the University of Massachusetts Medical School Center for Mindfulness in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction. I am a certified facilitator of the Spiral Journey in the Work that Reconnects. I am a Certified Daring Way Facilitator. I attended the Human Caring and Healing International Certificate Program. I am a Certified Healing Touch Practitioner, a Reiki Master, and attended several programs in Medical Intuition with Carolyn Myss and Christine Page. I am a certified reader of the Akashic Records, a student of Human Design, the healing properties of crystals, astrology, and the Tarot. Though I have studied Buddhism for the last 24 years and am a meditation practitioner and instructor, I honor all spiritual traditions.

People tell me that I am an energetic and effective partner committed to developing agile, caring, authentic, positive and insightful individuals, leaders and teams. I believe I am a successful expert because I have needed to learn these skills myself. I have a strong holistic and relationship-centered work ethic that comes through whether I am leading, thought-partnering, mentoring, teaching, facilitating groups, or holding space for healing retreats.