Thursday, October 17th, 11:30 AM ET

Nurse Yourself Live Events

Hosted by Erica Hooper

Nurse Yourself takes one beyond self-care, going deeper, focusing on nourishing the innermost aspects of one’s being. It involves activities and practices that connect you with your core values, purpose, and sense of meaning. It is about aligning your life with your own deeper values and purpose, fostering a sense of wholeness and authenticity.

10/17 Special Presentation: Inciting Joy through Movement, Play, and the Arts

Our guest speaker will be Tara Rynders, RN MFA, BSN, BA ,“The Dancing Nurse”. She is a speaker, storyteller, researcher, and a dancer. Tara has been a registered Nurse for over twenty years and received her Master’s in Fine Arts in Dance and Somatic Practices in 2011 from The University of Colorado at Boulder. Tara, an Advanced Certified Grief Recovery Specialist, is the founder and artistic director of The Clinic, an arts and health based company that provides workshops and research around burnout and secondary traumatic stress.

Completed - Recording Coming Soon

Transpersonal Nursing as Ontological Artists: Using Healing with the Arts as a Guide Towards Transcendence 

With Ruth Simmons, MSN, RN, CLC, CNOR

Ruth Simmons is a self-taught artist and dedicated Nurse with eight years of experience, initially in labor and delivery and currently in a leadership role within the operating room. Residing on an acreage in rural Nebraska, Ruth enjoys nurturing a garden and connecting with her animals. A passionate painter, Ruth works with acrylics and oils to express her creativity. As a PhD student in the Caring Science program at the University of Colorado Anschutz, Ruth collaborated with Dr. Mary Rockwood Lane on an independent study in "Healing with the Arts." This experience deepened Ruth's understanding of Transpersonal Nursing as an ontological artist, focusing on self-healing to enhance compassion for oneself and others. Her ultimate goal is to explore resiliency in Nurses through arts-based research.

Completed - Recording Coming Soon

Through a Childs Eye: Foster Care and the Heart of Caring Science

We celebrate Pediatric Nurses Week with the delightful Chris Griffin, Chief Well Being Officer at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. She will be sharing about how her foster kids taught her the power and necessity of embodying Caring Science. Hear first hand stories of resiliency, struggle and the ways Caring Science helped her embrace the humanity of the children she cared for and introduced love as a new way of being. 

Completed -  Recording Posted

Cultivating Heart Soul Connection

Join us for this special event with Rev. Prof. Stephen G. Wright, Spiritual Director and Trustee of The Sacred Space Foundation a non-profit, non-denominational retreat center and charitable trust in the United Kingdom. He will share insights from his decades of work as a Nurse, Educator and Spiritual Guide along with excerpts from his new film Fugue, a visually stunning and spiritually uplifting meditative experience.

Rev. Prof. Stephen G. Wright - Resident Spiritual Director & Trustee

Stephen had a long and distinguished history in academia and as a nurse in the British National Health Service, gathering lots of glittering prizes along the way and with many publications, conference presentations and other works to his name. Some of his books, focusing on healing, spirituality and poetry are available on this website. He has been blessed by significant training in the presence of several renowned teachers and at the Interfaith Seminary. He is an Honorary Fellow of the University of Cumbria, Member of the Iona Community and committed to deep spiritual practice. He is a facilitator of retreats and a consultant to organisations developing the practice of healing, compassion, spiritual care, leadership, conflict resolution and staff support. He is an ordained interfaith minister and spiritual director and brings a rich experience of spiritual practice from many faiths to his work.

Completed - Recording Posted 

Celebrating the Global Impact of Nurses with Dr. Jean Watson

Join us as we kick-off Nurses Week in conversation with Dr. Jean Watson about the impact Nurses are having in caring, healing, and peace across the globe. Hosted by Dr. Mary Rockwood Lane, we will be honoring the gift of self in service to humanity.

Monthly Circle - Loss and Grief in Nursing

Our Nursing Community has come together to create space for supporting each other as we traverse the loss, grief and sorrows we face in our work of caring for others. Open to all, and please know we will continue to find ways to make this more available to various schedules and commitments.  

4th Wednesday of each month

Wednesday, Oct 23rd - 4 PM  ET

1 Hour Event

Additional Upcoming Live Events!  

• 10/15, 2 PM ET - Art as Transcendence
• 10/17, 11:30 AM ET - Nurse Yourself Live Event 
• 10/23, 4 PM ET - Grief Circle