How I practice it (and how I need to)
May
18
The Holistic Nurse took a bit of a mental health holiday as I wound down on school, but we should be getting back to our regularly scheduled programming. Except for one thing… …We need more submissions! If you are a provider or a patient and you want to share a story from your world about what …
May
16
You know what? It is nice to post about something besides school. I am slowly but surely realizing that I am getting my life back. Like this Friday, I can sleep in as late as I desire, lie on the couch and stare at the ceiling fan if I want to. I won’t, but it …
May
15
We did it. We are moved. The place is even more insane and huge than I remember. We’re still licking our wounds from a less-than-optimal move out experience with our previous landlord. Another story for another day. But regardless of those nightmares, we’re out of there and we get to wake up to this view …
May
11
So the big move is coming tomorrow. S and I have moved almost every year since we met. My total moves now number in the double digits. When we first realized this spring that we needed to relocate, I perseverated on my lack of a home base and begged S to help us find a …
Feb
27
Hello from the other side! I’m finally starting to feel like a human being again. It was a brutal week, to say the least, but I’m back to work and school and clinical. No wonder my body needed a break! The residual effects of my bout with the flu include a simply awful cough. The …
Feb
24
If you have never heard of the Feldenkrais Method®, boy are you in for a treat! And after reading this post by Kim Cottrell, a certified Feldenkrais® practitioner in Portland, Oregon, you will want to rush to your nearest studio and give it a try. That’s what I did after researching this method for my Integrative …
Feb
23
I’m sitting here in my pajamas, surrounded by Nyquil, empty boxes of Kleenex and cough drop wrappers. My appetite is gone and I only eat when it feels like my stomach is going to eat itself. Echinacea tea is my new best friend. I haven’t left my house since Sunday. My voice is half gone. …
Feb
17
I recently came across this post by Dr. Simpson, a plastic surgeon/medical blogger who had some choice words about complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). I will admit that there may have been steam coming out of my ears by the end, but here is the gist: Complementary and alternative modalities as a whole are bad/unethical …
Jan
21
My first annual evaluation at work took place this past week. It was an incredibly affirming, positive experience. My supervisor expressed concern that I would be “snatched away” the minute I got my master’s degree. After all of the emotion, frustration and questions from the past year, I walked away from the eval with a …
Jan
17
One of the unfortunate side effects of four consecutive years in nursing school has been a palpable increase in my own negativity. I’ve always been a – shall we say – passionate person, but the stress and challenges have brought out a whole new side of me. A side I don’t particularly like. I’m ashamed …
