How exciting!

The "Green Tea with Marilee Podcast Show" is launching during National Nurses Week!

Since I've been a Holistic Nurse for most of my nursing career I can't think of anyone better to join me in this launch other than Barbara Dossey PhD, RN, AHN-BC, FAAN.

Barbie and Marilee at a American Holistic Nurses Conference

Barbie has had such a huge impact on nursing - reminding us all of
Florence Nightingale's work in her latest book:
Florence Nightingale: Mystic, Visionary, Healer

Barbie's earlier books include:

--Holistic Nursing: A Handbook for Practice
--AHNA Standards of Holistic Nursing
--AHNA Core Curriculum for Holistic Nursing (editor);
--AACN Handbook of Critical Care Nursing
--Rituals of Healing
--Profiles of Nurse Healers

Join us during the live interview!!!

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This week is National Nurses Week and I hope you thank a nurse at least once a day.

That may sound like a silly request but after having been a nurse for 30 years with ample experience in a hospital setting (although most of my career I've been a Holistic Nurse), I can assure you - it is a "thankless" job.

Nurses = under appreciated and (I think) underpaid!

That is why I am passionate about helping to empower nurses to incur
another stream of income as a nurse infopreneur!

So here is a great way to thank a nurse. . .

Click here to buy a nurse a gift

Hey - my favorite here is the "Martini tote" - not that I drink martinis (yuck) but I love the green color of the bag! (hint, hint)

Nurses need more care than most people because they often put others needs before their own.

Self care is very important to nurses, and many nurses need to be coached on self care - or at least given an opportunity for it.

Join me on Monday night, May 12th, as I have tea with one of my holistic nursing colleagues and a good girlfriend, Chris Jackson, PhD, RN. Chris teaches nursing and holistic nursing at Eastern College in Philadelphia.

We will discuss Self Care, give some tips, and maybe even get a little personal on how we, as Holistic Nurses, take care of ourselves.

Here is the link to join for free and listen to our Tea Talk on Self Care:
http://snipurl.com/sign_up_4_selfcare

She is named after her birthplace, Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany (Italy).

Her father tutored her in mathmatics and statistics.

She did a statistical analysis of sanitation in India.

Was the first female to be elected to Royal Statistical Society.

Defied her extremely wealthy family and upper class conventions in choosing to become a nurse in 1845.

Most famous for her care of soldiers during the Crimean War, Nightingale entered Turkey in 1854 with 38 nurses she personally trained.

Nightingale's first evidence-based practice research involved collecting evidence that poor living conditions were the cause of most soldier deaths during the Crimean War.

The Times of London named Nightingale "the lady with the lamp."

The U.S. government consulted Nightingale on setting up military hospitals during the Civil War.

Because she was a woman she could not serve on the British Royal Commission on the Health of the Army even though she played a critical role in its formation.

What is now the Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery, part of King's College London, was established by her to train nurses in 1860.

Notes on Nursing also sold well as a popular book in the 1860s.

In 1867, poet Henry Longfellow's poem "Santa Filomena" further ensured Nightingale's image with the lines, "Lo! In that hour of misery A lady with a lamp I see Pass through the glimmering gloom."

In the 1870s, Nightingale trained Linda Richards, the first formally trained American nurse.

Grab some green tea and sit with us and listen to our conversational tips on Self Care.

On this show myself and Christine Jackson PhD, RN shared tips in a "Tea Talk" about self care for nurses and other caregivers.

It can be a daily struggle to give ourselves good care - but listen in to some tips and techniques (like getting in a good healthy breakfast in a hurry) on this show!

A nurse or a caregiver can not give from an empty vessel!

It is our duty to take care of ourselves - first for ourselves, and then for others.

A great analogy is the oxygen masks on an airplane. We've got to put on ours first before we can help others!

"Green Tea with Marilee" is for anyone interested in natural health and healing, so why am I writing about nurses so much?

Let me explain. . . in bullets ~

--The month of May started with National Nurses Week and many of my readers are nurses

--Barbie Dossey (holistic nurse) who kicked off this show and her husband Larry Dossey are leaders in the field of holistic health and alternative medicine and are known throughout the country - Holistically oriented health care professionals CAN influence and help direct people interested in natural healing

--We all need self care - but caregivers like nurses, healers, and others in service - usually need it more than anyone! Last weeks theme on Self Care (Tea Talk with Chris Jackson) was imperative for all of us!

--Forthcoming shows will give nurses and others a great insight into the evolving world of natural health. Many nurses are leaning towa rd holistic healing (interview with Lucia Thornton President of the American Holistic Nurses Association) and what we see as nurses going into business for themselves (interview with Pat Bemis, President of the National Nurses in Business Association)is having and will be having a great impact on the emerging health care model for all of us - nurses and health care consumers alike!

Next month we move to a different focus - using therapeutic grade essential oils for health and life!

Hang around long enough here with me at "Green Tea with Marilee" and you will see it will all blend together!

This is a great show where I interviewed Lucia Thorton, President of The American Holistic Nurses Association!

Meet Pat Bemis and learn about the National Nurses in Business Association!

I loved doing this interview because I am passionate about this topic!

Listen in and learn about this organization and what it can do for you.

Do you want to write a book? start a practice? go into business for yourself?
You MUST listen to this show!

Lucia M. Thornton, RN, MSN, AHN-BC
	Learn About Holistic Nursing! With President of the American Holistic Nurses Association, Lucia M. Thornton.

A Quote from Lucia. . .

"When a critical mass of nurses align themselves with healing, the profession as a whole will be transformed. Nursing will then embrace the mission intended by it's founder, Florence Nightingale, and become the discipline that is the bearer of Light in society. Working to create that awareness among nurses, schools, and healthcare organizations is part of the mission of the AHNA*, and one that I am honored to be a part of"

*AHNA = American Holistic Nurses Association

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Dorothea Hover-Kramer
	How to Have a Second Chance at Your Dream

Engaging Your Body's Energy Resources for Optimal Aging, Creativity and Health

with Dorothea Hover-Kramer, Ed.D., RN author, Second Chance at Your Dream



Listen in for some Second Chance at Your Dream cover great techniques!

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Linda Smith RN, MS, HNC, CHTP/I, CCA
Essential Oils and Energy Work

Marilee Tolen RN, HNC, CHTP/I
interviews
Linda L. Smith RN, MS, HNC, CHTP/I

author of

Healing Oils, Healing Hands: Discovering the Power of Prayer, Hands-On Healing, and Anointing

You will learn:

* Why anointing with therapeutic grade essential oils engages a special healing and beautifying process, unlike any other

* How essential oils were used for healing and beauty through antiquity by Romans, Greeks, Egyptians, and Persians, and how you can use them in the same way to beautify and heal the temple of your life

* What four oils were considered the most holy, what they did for people of antiquity, and what they can do for your life today

* What essential oil was used during biblical times that is used in hospitals today - and why we want it to prevent infection and keep bandages intact

* How essential oils were used by medieval healers like Hildegard of Bingen and how you can use the same to re-awaken the healer in you

* Hildegard's recipe of Lavender wine for liver ailments

*How anointing with essential oils enhances techniques like acupuncture, massage, Reiki and Healing Touch, and many other forms of energetic healing

*How essential oils were used in Biblical Times with the ancient spiritual formulas - and why you still may want to use man's first medicine

*How all diseases have a vibrational frequency that can be altered with the anointing of essential oils and hands-on healing

*How to choose an essential oil that is right for you

*What oils were used for these conditions and how you can easily get them today: --Wounds that won't heal --Respiratory problems --Skin problems

*What the father of medicine, Hippocrates, said was the best way to health, how he endorsed essential oils, and what he said to do to prevent contagious diseases

*How and why the Roman soldiers used oils before they went into battle

*How you can become Certified in Aromatherapy through the Institute of Spiritual Healing and Aromatherapy - the best easy to access, certification process available today

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Pat Bemis
	Nurses in Business

Pat is the author of Emergency Nursing Bible, 4th Edition (a peer-reviewed textbook); Self-Employed RN, 2nd Edition; and Nurse Entrepreneurs, 4th Edition. She developed the classes CEN Review: ACE the CEN; Is Self-Employment Right for You?; and Self-Employment 101. Pat writes a regular column for RN Magazine on nurse entrepreneurship and one for The Med-Legal News.

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Pat Bemis
	Nuts and Bolts of Business for Nurses

Pat is the author of Emergency Nursing Bible, 4th Edition (a peer-reviewed textbook); Self-Employed RN, 2nd Edition; and Nurse Entrepreneurs, 4th Edition. She developed the classes CEN Review: ACE the CEN; Is Self-Employment Right for You?; and Self-Employment 101. Pat writes a regular column for RN Magazine on nurse entrepreneurship and one for The Med-Legal News.

Learn about how you can listen to this show and all other of Marilee's interviews by clicking here.

Barbara Dossey PhD, RN, AHN-BC, FAAN
	Holistic Nursing and Nightingale Moment

Here is what people had to say that joined the live event. . . .

"Thank you Marilee for this beautiful opportunity to listen to the words and wisdom of an icon in Holistic Nursing. I especially loved the discussion of Barbie's research on Florence Nightingale. Profound! Every time I listen to another passionate holistic nurse or other healer, I am inspired and more determined than ever to "be the change you want to see in the world" (Gandhi).....I am so happy to have met you and I will let you know that you inspire me so much as well! Until we meet again (hopefully soon), Namaste, Carmen "

"Marilee, Thanks so much. That was wonderful and so validating for nurses and our work. Diane"

"Oh my gosh Marilee, how beautiful! This call was so magnificent, healing and peaceful. I feel so empowered by it and by Barbie. Thank you for opening it up to all of us. I certainly needed the healing and I brought it into my breath because of it. I am so grateful to you. Donna Marie"

"Thanks Marilee - finally got to listen to the interview and really enjoyed it. So inspiring! Bobbi "

"Dear Marilee, Thank you so much for your efforts and giving me the chance to listen to that very inspiring interview. Josefina"

"Marilee, I am so pleased that i was able to do this... Not a computer guru and you made it soooo easy to do!! It was so good. At 72 yrs I am still learning, and now to learn about an ipod or MP3 player!!! : ) Thanks so much!! How can you know how much you reach your audience if folks do not tell you!! Be blessed!! Joan

"Thank you very much for the possibility to save it and share with others. I linked to the website a few mins before the session began and stayed tuned till the end of it. God bless you all, cecilia :)"

"Dear Marilee Thank you so much for the opportunity to listen to the interview again it was inspiring and look forward to up and coming treats. Thank you again. Christine"

Barbie and Marilee at American Holistic Nurses Conference

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