What to Do About Chaos and Despair

What to Do About Chaos and Despair

Image quote by author Jackson Kiddard Today is September 30. I write this from my historic town of Beaufort by the Sea, in North Carolina. It’s pouring down rain. Florida has just been through a historic hurricane. We offer prayers and help as we can for those who have been devastated Devastation comes in many forms. Call it chaos. My latest obsession on the spiritual journey is understanding the role chaos can play and is…

A Secret Birthday Takeover

A Secret Birthday Takeover

This is what nurses do. We care. A whole lot. Until we can’t care anymore. We work. A whole lot. Until we can’t work anymore. We suffer. We strive. We give. We forget to live. I am not Annette Tersigni. My name is Kady and I have temporarily taken over Annette’s blog (she knows I’m writing to you but doesn’t know what I’m about to say). I was a nurse. I held up the four…

Because It’s About Love – A Loving Gift + My #1 Secret

Because It’s About Love – A Loving Gift + My #1 Secret

Love is all you need…for Beatles lovers everywhere Greetings to you today, Yep. I love the Beatles. I actually saw them in person when I was the tender age of 14. Did your jaw drop. Full disclosure I’m 70 years young as of this writing. Born in the era of peace and love. This letter lands in your hands as Mother’s Day + Nurses Week coincide. Whether you are literally a mother who birthed children,…

On Hopelessness, Health and Happiness

On Hopelessness, Health and Happiness

Greetings, Cut to the chase. I had a biopsy about 10 days ago. They found a suspicious area in my right breast, from an earlier mammogram and ultrasound. Not a lump, still a small area of unusual tissue. The expert team from the hospital I worked at for almost 20 years performed the procedure. Then came the waiting game, Easter weekend was coming up and the imaging center, where I was to return to get…

A Personal Story Plus a Few Gems for Nurses

A Personal Story Plus a Few Gems for Nurses

Greetings Beloved Soul Everyone is in such a hurry. Like the rabbit in Alice In Wonderland. “I’m late, I’m late, for a very important date.” We’ve been programmed by modern technology to get it all instantly. Whatever it is. Lo and behold, I found this in one of my daily readings… It’s only natural to want a quick fix or an immediate solution to a situation. As one member jokingly puts it, “Grant me patience…

MasterClass: Position Yourself for Success as a Nurse Yoga Teacher

MasterClass: Position Yourself for Success as a Nurse Yoga Teacher

A safe, simple stress relief program anyone can do to position themselves as a nurse yoga teacher. Greetings, my soul greets your soul, First, thank you for all of your kind, enthusiatic emails in response to my newsletters. I offer my best effort to answer each letter personally. Today, I want to share what’s been showing up for me to share with you. Something passionate, timely and valuable and yes, soul stirring. By now, you know this Yoga…

Emergency TLC for the holidays

Emergency TLC for the holidays

It’s time to wrap up annus horribilis, with some TLC! The pandemic has created a new world, with more stress, anxiety, pain and suffering going viral. You’ve made sacrifices to protect the ones you love, your patients and your community.  If your heart feels wounded, broken, tender from the chaos in our world, I have a tender treatment plan for you. HERE IS YOUR FREE Emergency TLC Tx PLAN: I recently presented this to the…

International Yoga Day with a Tibetan Nurse Super Hero

International Yoga Day with a Tibetan Nurse Super Hero

Namaste, It is time to celebrate International Yoga Day! My love for yoga goes back over 50 years and I cannot imagine where my life would be without it. It was so good that I created an entire career out of it. The most gratifying part of being the founder of the YogaNurse movement is the joy of meeting, teaching and learning from other like-minded nurses who are creating positive transformations in their lives and…

3 Day Care Plan GIVEAWAY for Nurses Week

3 Day Care Plan GIVEAWAY for Nurses Week

It’s Nurses Week and it’s also Year of the Nurse and Midwife in celebration of Florence Nightingale’s 200th Birth Anniversary. Today. May 12.  I’m sitting here thinking about how challenging it has been this year for nurses.  People all over the world are celebrating nurses and bowing to them in gratitude for the service they give but this wasn’t exactly what we had in mind for the year of the nurse. Nonetheless, I want you…

7 ways nurses benefit from yoga teacher training even if they never teach

7 ways nurses benefit from yoga teacher training even if they never teach

As a nurse interested in yoga, during this anxious time of social isolation, you may be wondering about your future life and career options.  Have you ever considered taking a Yoga Teacher Training (YTT)? You might be under the impression that the only reason to take a YTT is to teach yoga classes. This couldn’t be further from the truth. In fact YTT is wonderfully impactful in enhancing your health and expanding your income and…