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Healing in the Dying Time

Joan Furman, MSN, RN, AHN-BC, CET II Presented to Nashville Psychotherapy Institute January 9, 2009 Flow Be, as water is, without friction. Flow around the edges of those within your path. Surround within your ever-moving depths those who come to rest there— enfold them, while never for a moment holding on. Accept whatever distance others [...]

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Guided Imagery for Creating a Safe Place

Instruction Use this guided imagery or visualization to create a safe place. You may create this on your own or ask your therapist or a friend to read it to you. If you tend to dissociate when you do a relaxation exercise, you might want to ask for your therapist’s help. Either way, I suggest [...]

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How to Stay Healthy as a Nurse

One may wonder at the title of this article why I would write about nurses staying healthy, when nurses are obviously experts at helping people stay healthy. The simple answer is, we are not healthy. I am not speaking of blood pressure here; I am speaking of health in the holistic sense. What do I [...]

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Visiting and Helping the Dying

Have you ever wondered how you might be helpful to someone who is dying? Or how to say or do the right thing for that person’s caregiver? You may ask, “Is there anything I can do?” And predictably and untruthfully, the answer you hear is, “No, not right now.” As a counselor, I am often [...]

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