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Programs, Lectures, Seminars, Webinars and Retreats with Martha
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Recognized internationally as a professional speaker and author whose works are celebrated as "ground-breaking," Dr. Martha Libster, author, educator, clinical nurse specialist, historian, and Herbal Diplomat®, is a leader in the effort to bridge nursing practice, technology, and healing traditions. She presents webinars, keynotes, and seminars for diverse audiences ranging from the World Health Organization, United States Botanical Garden, and the Royal College of Nursing to a variety of nursing organizations, botanical conferences, universities, and local health fairs. She combines tales of her adventures from 25 years of nursing care with authorship and research in healthcare, health reform, self care, and healing traditions to deliver a memorable learning experience in the art, science, and spirit of healing.

 
     
     
   
   PROGRAMS, LECTURES, and RETREATS
 
  Nurses' Healing Heritage  Healing Herbs and Self Care
 

NURSES' HEALING HERITAGE
 Enlightened Charity  Enlightened Charity - A new book by Martha Libster - Recover a lost identity! Discover the inspiring history of the Sisters of Charity, early 19th-century American nurses, who laid a foundation for holistic care, entrepreneurial leadership, formal education, evidence-based practice, and health reform in the care of the mentally ill.
  • Health Reform and the Enlightened Charity of Early American Nurses.
  • Heritage of Holistic Nursing
  • Lessons in Psychiatric Nursing from the 19th Century Expert Sister Matilda Coskery
  • Nursing Secular and Spiritual?
  • Early Entrepreneurs in American Nursing
 Herbal Diplomats  Herbal Diplomats:  Award winning book by Martha Libster!  Find out more about the "roots" of professional nursing in America.
  • Early American Nursing 1700-1860
  • Health Care Reform and the 19th-Century Botanical Medical Movement
  • Cultural Diplomacy: Nurses' Cultural Competence in Action
  • Translating Botanical Research to Nursing Practice
  • Shaker Nurses: Infirmary Care and Herbal Medicine Making
  • Kindness and Poultices: The Early Remedies of the American Sisters of Charity
  • Healing Women of the Frontier: Pioneer Nurses and Midwives of the Early Mormon Church
 Demonstrating Care  Demonstrating Care: The Art of Integrative Nursing  A book by Martha Libster a pioneer in integrative care
  • Bridging Technology and Traditions where you practice



Examples of other Nurses' Healing Heritage Events
  • Back to the Roots: Herbalism and Nursing Practice
  • Integrative Care: Product and Process
  • Leadership in Nursing: Creating Cultural Change
  • Complementary Therapies in Nursing Practice
  • Elements of Care - 19th Century Environmental Nursing Theory.
  • Hermeticism, 5 Elements and Nursing Tradition.
  • Solution Focused Problem Solving (Counseling for Health Practitioners)
  • Integrating Complementary Therapies into Care Options Across the Life Span
  • Talking with Patients About Herbs
  • Foot Reflexology with Herbal Applications  (See Program below)
  • Complementary Therapies and Palliative Care
 HEALING, HERBS, AND SELF CARE
   
  • Gentle Remedies to Ease Change and Transition
  • Health Reform Begins at Home
  • Self Care: An American Healing Tradition
  • The Intent to Dream.
  • Herbs Healing and Hope
  • Creative Healing
  • Decoding Herbal "Scientific Data"
  • Healing Traditions
  • Coping with Chronic Illness
  • Herbal Comfort: Wraps, Packs, and Healing Balms
  • Weeding Time at the Healthfood Store
  • Healing and the Elderly
  • Entering the World of Healing Plants – An introduction to Herbalism
  • Transitioning to Natural Self-Care
   
  Herbal Diplomat - Become a navigator between the human and plant worlds as you learn to integrate modern biomedical herb research with healing traditions.  Use your integrative insights to create holistic plans for botanical care.

This is a 3-12 month program.

   

European Foot Reflexology with Herbal Applications -  Discover unique ways to integrate foot reflexology into a holistic approach to health care and health promotion.

This a 17 hour Continuing Education Program.

   
   
  Cultivating the Garden Within - Connect with the inner healer in an experiment with the five elements of self, science, and spirituality.
   


 
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