How does Carrie Fisher matter?
It’s arguably a disrespectful question, yet it seems to me exactly the question to ask. Sure, I watched those Star Wars flicks so long ago. I watched Postcards from the Edge too. Still, to offer due...
View ArticleThe Washington Post: There’s a medical term for dying of broken heart. Is...
There’s a medical term for dying of broken heart. Is this what happened to Carrie Fisher’s mother, Debbie Reynolds? http://wapo.st/2iuqjwKFiled under: RN
View ArticlePreposterous, a Short Film — Moss and Fog
Today seems to be Must Share Day… A delightfully preposterous short film with the same name, Florent Porta does a great job rendering scenes of simple absurdity, where physics doesn’t do what you...
View ArticleOver the River and Through the Woods, By Drone — Moss and Fog
How could I possibly NOT share? Casey Neistat has surfed his way through New York City streets, and now he’s taken his antics to the slopes of Finland, with a custom made drone that can lift a human,...
View ArticleA Gingerbread Castle for the Ages — Moss and Fog
Aside from the lights, this entire gingerbread masterpiece by Christine McConnell is edible. Standing at over five feet tall, this painstaking work includes candy glass windows, chocolate shingles, and...
View ArticleIf you think adventure is dangerous, try routine. It is lethal. ~Paul Coelho...
via If you think adventure is dangerous, try routine. It is lethal. ~Paul Coelho — Bobbi’s BlogFiled under: RN
View ArticleFlip that old New Year’s resolution thing
New Year’s Day: it’s that magical time when people traditionally make grandiose promises, set ambitious new goals that soon fall by the wayside. Again. How many failed diets, how many unused gym...
View ArticleMy question to you, dear reader
I tweak this blog from time to time. I remain and plan to always remain a student of such work. Learning is living, and I’ll keep learning and living as long as life allows me. I adapt as I go, and as...
View ArticlePlay to your strengths for the win
We each have different strengths and weaknesses. I, for example, have far more willpower when it comes to buying junk food than eating it. I can skip the purchase, but tend to eat the whole thing –...
View ArticlePagan Priest Wins Right To Wear Horns For Maine Driver’s License Photo
Originally posted on JONATHAN TURLEY: Phelan Moonsong, 56, has achieved something that no pagan or non-pagan has ever achieved before him. He has been allowed to wear his ceremonial goat horns as a...
View ArticleTop Ten in Mental Health News
The sun affects mental health than we think: Two researchers show how sunlight exposure affects mental health and sleep, and what to do about it. Scientific American shows how our device screens have...
View ArticlePower & fun for nurses! Not just for Halloween
Now that we’ve had our costume and candy fun, what can Halloween teach us? How can we use this fun day to become better nurses? Halloween teaches at least three lessons: It teaches us that joy and fun...
View ArticleNurses Talking to Psych: The Five Lethal Steps of Stigma
What comes to mind when you hear “mental illness?” Many if not most nurses feel dread. They imagine danger, pain, frustration, hostility, violence, wasted time and energy. For 20 years, I’ve heard...
View ArticlePsych! I’m the new ambassador between illnesses and treaters!
I’ve long struggled to find a focus for this blog. It’s easy to offer lots of material, but a focus has eluded me. One that fits me comfortably like a well-worn shoe, ties it all together, defines my...
View ArticleGood “of the Day”: Psych Nurse Trains Cops
What a great idea! Source: Nurse Helps Prepare Police for Encounters with the Mentally IllFiled under: Healthy Mind, RN Tagged: cops, Mental health, mental illness, Nurse, nursing, police, RN
View ArticleDepression Catch 22: Digging Out
Here’s the Catch 22 of depression: It deeply messes up your life, puts you in a deep, dark hole that only you can see. You badly need to climb back out and get your life back, get YOU back, right? As...
View ArticleGood “of the Day” #32: University Student’s Kindness to a Stranger
Thanks to Reshareworthy for this story: “A young man’s gesture of kindness towards a deaf man with cerebral palsy is touching hearts around the world. Canadian university student Godfrey Coutto was on...
View ArticleGood “of the Day” #30: Nurses dancing with a little girl!
Thanks to Marc Messier (@MessierOnFire) for this great link: Nurses dancing with a little girl!Filed under: Fun, RN Tagged: care, coping, dance, Fun, health care, Hospital, life, Nurse, nursing, video
View ArticleGood “of the Day” #28: You are here for a reason
What’s your reason? Not that you have to pick just one, but it’s a start. First, though, check out this great comic to understand the question better: You are here for a reason So what is it?Filed...
View ArticleGood “of the Day” #25: Teen Invents Device For Alzheimer’s
“Kenneth Shinozuka is an incredible young man, who loves his grandfather. When his grandfather, who has Alzheimer’s, began wandering away from home, Kenneth wanted to do something to help him […]” For...
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