Mother, Heal My Self: An Intergenerational Healing Journey Between Two Worlds [Paperback]

Joellen Koerner (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 15, 2003

JoEllen Koerner was raised in a small Mennonite community in South Dakota, became a Civil Rights activist in the South, and rose to prominence as a nurse executive of international repute. None of these life experiences, or her honed skills as a Western medical practitioner, prepared her for the moment every parent hopes never happen: Her daughter, Kristi, her body wracked with pain, asks permission to die.

Into the depths of this dreaded moment enters Wanigi Waci (Spirit Dancer), a dear friend and keeper of the Lakota Sioux healing traditions. He invites Kristi and JoEllen into his PeopleÂ’s time-honored healing ways and giving community, with ramifications whose importance ultimately surpasses the restoration of KristiÂ’s health.

"You think we are human beings having a spiritual experience. In our way, we see people as spiritual beings having a human experience."

--Wanigi Waci

Mother, Heal My Self, a work of surpassing beauty and power, invites the reader to explore the deeper powers of spiritual healing and the necessity for increased intergenerational awareness. The bookÂ’s raw honesty makes JoEllen KoernerÂ’s quest everyoneÂ’s quest for meaning.

Editorial Reviews

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"Mother, Heal My Self is more like a healing than a book." --Barbara Dossey, RN, Ph.D., FAAN, Author: Florence Nightingale: Mystic, Visionary, Healer

"This true story...reveals how we too can become the heroes of our own healing journey." --Carl A. Hammerschlag, M.D., Author: The Dancing Healers

"[Stirs] memories of Carlos CastanedaÂ’s evocation of the spirit world and the magical journey into the heart of healing." --Alan Briskin. Ph.D., Author: The Stirring of the Soul in the Workplace

About the Author

JoEllen Koerner, Ph.D., RN, FAAN, is past president of the American Organization of Nurse Executives and an originating member of the Center for Nursing Leadership. Her professional background is filled with a variety of experiences from healthcare administration and education to regulation in many diverse healthcare settings. Dr. Koerner is co-founder of the Healing Web, a collaborative education-service model that facilitates service learning in the community, and a Principal of Makoce: Whole Earth Health, an interdisciplinary, transcultural-healing community focused on integration of body, mind, spirit and environment. She is a nationally recognized speaker for nursing and strong advocate for facilitating the self-care management strategies of people towards their own health and well-being

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Crestport Press; 1 edition (April 15, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0972509801
• ISBN-13: 978-0972509800
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #628,641 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mother, Heal Myself;, July 18, 2003

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Joyce I. Nelson (Sioux Falls, SD United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mother, Heal My Self: An Intergenerational Healing Journey Between Two Worlds (Paperback)

This work is a fascinating, compelling read. A personal exploration of familial generational issues around pregnancy, childbirth and maternal death presents a disturbing pattern. When the writer's daughter has multiple physical problems during her pregnancies and childbirth, the familial archetype raises its ugly head. Struggling to find an approach which would interrupt the disturbing historical family pattern in pregnancy, childbirth and maternal death, becomes a complex journey for mother and daughter. When the daughter begins to experience the troubling symptoms, so prevalent in this family, the author, finds the interventions of the scientific community are ineffective. As the journey unfolds the disturbing model from the intergenerational history becomes the compelling force to seek support from traditional healing. Here the mother and daughter experience caring, sympathetic and knowledgeable support in traditinal healing practices. Written in a clear and concise manner this wrok describes the trial of a mother and daughter as the family pattern of maternal death is confronted. Likewise, the tension and support of traditional and scientific medicine are shared from both personal and family perspectives.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mother, Heal My Self, October 3, 2010

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This review is from: Mother, Heal My Self: An Intergenerational Healing Journey Between Two Worlds (Paperback)

This is a must read not only for nurses, healthcare providers, or women. It depicts a healing journey of a "People" individuals, families, communities and respect for others' cultures. Yes, it is written by a woman who is a nurse and mother, but it involves everyone within her immense and multiple spheres of influences, which makes it relevant and valuable for all who are on a quest for deep healing.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Powerful, July 21, 2003

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Philip Duane Authier "Phil Authier" (Pierre, SD United States) - See all my reviews
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This is a great book and a powerful message. It is a must read for everyone associated with health care.