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The Be IT/ DO IT Art Of The Healing Presence

You don't need to do anything to be a presence for your patients. Let's just say, you don't need to do anything that anyone can "see" but if they are tuned in, can "feel." All the work involved with being a presence isn't really work at all. Pre... Read >

The Hours Of Inspiration

The beauty of living lies in what you think about every day, every moment, every second. Shaking yourself out of the habit of negative thinking takes desire, persistence, faith, imagination, decision, the gentle guidance of the conscious mind: just to ... Read >

We Need Universal Health Coverage In America NOW

1) The government can't run anything. I don't trust the government. The current gang in Washington may be a good reason not to trust the government to do ANYTHING right. However, Medicare and Social Security are good examples of systems that run w... Read >

A Common American mantra

I Have Too Much To Do, I Don't Know Where To Begin. This is a common mantra heard because of the fast paced American life style. I hear nurses say this all the time. Recently, this one liner: I have too much to do, surfaced with my round robin pa... Read >

The American health Care System And I Are One

The practice of Ho'oponopono is a simple one. It's a process of cleaning and erasing shared collective memories, coming to the sacred place of inspiration, where motivation occurs from inner purity and loving grace. This is done by inwardly and ceasele... Read >

False Beliefs About Illness

The first part of our lives, we come to learn the ways of the world. The second part is spent unlearning. Some of us are faster learners than others, and unlearners. The trick is to remember the unlearning because if you don't, you get stuck in delu... Read >

The Truth Is The Truth

Having to be right is a national pastime. We all do it. We feel like we're in control when we fall into the illusion of having to be right. The need to be the smartest person in the room stems from the need to be right, correct and in control. Be... Read >

Beyond Positive Thinking

Recently, I decided to meditate on a situation that happened 34 years ago, where I had so far failed to forgive a person who killed 8 of my dogs. I practiced the ancient Hawaiian healing art to erase and clean the memory by ceaselessly and silently cha... Read >

The Cuban Healthcare System

I decided to do some research on Cuba's healthcare system. as we excitedly wait for film maker Michael Moore's new masterpiece,"Sicko," "Sicko" spotlights the negligent U.S. healthcare system. In a brilliant example of contrast, Moore takes 911 fire fi... Read >

Freedom Is In The Mind

I am sitting with my deep blue Irises on this perfect spring morning and I inwardly chant: Thank you, I love you dear Irises for showing me the meaning of beauty and transcendence here on planet Earth. Human concerns and problems are nonexistent as I c... Read >

The Work And Ho'oponopono

I am a nurse with a prayer: that other nurses and healers learn how to love and heal themselves. This is a process that can be thoroughly enjoyed as nurses and other healers learn to closely watch their thoughts, which is the key to enlightenment and t... Read >

Healing The Mind With Ho'oponopono

I am gratified to be learning for once and for all how closing the mind and opening the mind yield two entirely different results after witnessing the advent of electronic charting in our workplace,. I view the IPROB computer system as a fragment of my... Read >

Nurses Week and Electronic Charting

IPROB, an electronic charting system for Labor,Delivery, and Postpartum, was introduced at our hospital a few days before nurses week, 2007. You might call this a lesson in mind over matter and attitude. In most cases, minds were running amok, without ... Read >

Honoring My Old Dog Friends

I was once a child of the 1960's, which was not a popular place in the world back in the day. I lived on a commune with about 10-20 people and 10-15 dogs, give or take, depending on the litter of puppies of any given season. A rabidly right wing nei... Read >

Nurses, Napoleon Hill And The Law of Attraction

The Great Depression laid the foundation for the classic: Think and Grow Rich, which still is wildly popular today. The following 13 principles are now seventy years old this year: 1) Desire 2) Faith 3) Auto-suggestion 4) Specialized Knowle... Read >