The Zen RN

Tuesday, December 1, 2015

Published Work

Coming Off Antidepressants: Slow Dancing With Life

An Open Letter to Young People Struggling, From a Suicide Survivor

Public Health Nursing and the Myths of Poverty

Parenting and the Simple Power of Touch

A Kleenex Salute to the Helping Professions

 A Thank You Letter to My Rapist

A Final Lesson

Move Over Zika, We Need to Talk About CMV

Is Modern Day Criticism Too Much?

Put Down The Pitchforks, Pokemon Go Players Aren't Hurting Anyone

This Summer I Will Give My Kids the Gift of Boredom


Mourning Does Not Make You a Weaker Nurse


Celebration Amidst The Darkness






Life Lessons from my Teenage Son
Breathe Again: Reflecting on Life in Iowa Post-Caucus

The Mourning of Motherhood

In Defense of Crybabies

This is How I Made Friends With Death

Floating as Meditation

Bill Cosby's Own Words are Damning & Yet the Headlines Refuse to Use the Term Rape

Sexual Assault Awareness Month is Over, but it Never Really Ends





I am Trapped Inside My Body









Dining With Shame











The Power of Touch



Tearing Up My List of Shame



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