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!
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
Guest: Janet Juricic Emergency RN
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.
GAHA - SCI NURSES
GAHA Herbal Diplomats
Dr. Julie Smith Taylor, APRN, Dean SCI
Lisa Posigian, APRN, Assistant Dean SCI
Dr. Enna Lamarre Theodore, DNP
Libby Davis, RN
Christine Kirkman, APRN
Cathy Poral, RN
GAHA Associates
Janet Juricic, RN
Anne Walters, RN
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