2026
Webinar Schedule
FOCUS FOR THE YEAR:
WATCHFUL WAITING:
ETHICAL SELF-CARE IN A BIOMEDICAL WORLD
Healthcare systems are experiencing extended periods of delayed access, commonly referred to as “watchful waiting.”
WATCHFUL WAITING is where:
* Appointments are unavailable. Access to Care is the big challenge.
* Individuals and families are often told to “wait and see” without guidance on how to care for themselves responsibly or how to determine when waiting
should end.
* Symptoms may be dismissed
* The system stalls
* Anxiety rises
* Self-trust collapses
This is not a fringe problem. It is now a mainstream lived experience.
Most people have never been taught how to navigate this phase safely — even when clinical intervention is not immediately required.
At Golden Apple Healing Arts Self-care Institute,
we are not teaching people to replace medicine.
We are an Advanced Practice Nurse-led institution
that will teach you how to care intelligently, ethically,
and safely while waiting — and how to know when not to wait.
Join Dr. Martha Libster, APRN and guests each month!
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2026 MONTHLY WEBINAR WATCHFUL WAITING
TOPICS
January Orientation to Watchful Waiting
Guest: Dr Julie Smith Taylor and Lisa Posigian
February Triage: Knowing What Is Safe While You Wait
March Body Literacy: Reading the Body with Clarity
April Navigating the System:
Where Self-Care Fits with Plants as Partners
May Women’s Health, Beauty, and Aesthetics in Self-care
Infrastructure: Women’s Health
Guest: Mary Wray
June Emotional and Nervous System Care
Guest Maria Bierbauer
July Relationship and Communication
August Cultural and System Awareness
Sept Traditional & Indigenous Care: Health Culture Diplomacy
Oct Chronicity and Time: When Waiting Is Long-Term
Guest Cathy Poral
Nov Caregiving and Collective Care
Dec Integration and Agency: Becoming a Skilled Steward of Your
Care and a Proactive Patient
Goals for This Year's Watchful Waiting Education Program:
* Bring Relief to People in a Fractured Healthcare System
* Build health literacy and ethical self-triage skills
* Utilize the Elements of Care® Model Framework
* Support calm, informed decision-making
* Integrate Biomedical, Traditional, and Indigenous Health Perspectives
* Maintain a Diplomatic Educational and Salutogenic focus on solutions
and patterns of strengths not diagnostics and pathology.
*Create a Personal Self-care Tote - Month-By-Month Reveal of Nurse's
Top Recommendations
Guides:
Vickery and Fries, (10th ed.) Take Care of Yourself: The Complete Illustrated Guide to medical Self-care Proven to Reduce Doctor Visits.
The Self-Care Institute monthly recorded webinars with information bundles are free for Institute Premier members. For more information about Member Benefits, Visit the Self-care Institute Membership Benefits page.