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Entering the Salvation Army for the very first time, I was not sure what to expect. I was excited to finally have the opportunity to serve, since my husband and I have talked about it for quite some time. The opportunity came up and made arrangements for us to help. New Year's Eve with people I - Angela

"You deserve mean children" ... "Your ornery and always will be" ...  "Your just like them" As I reflect back in my early days. I still hear words that were spoken over me...not once...but for years. Why would I not believe them they loved me right? and t - Angela

Merry Christmas ! The holiday season is here and for the first time in 22 years I am off for the holiday and for once do not have to worry about working on the day my family is gathered together. It feels good. I have spent so many years working that the holidays had no feeling to me - It was - Angela

Christmas Special offer!   Open with appreciation and thank you. We value you, we want to give back   1st Day of Christmas: This year’s special Christmas offer- Peppermint With  it’s benefits for digestion, energy & total well being, it made all the diffe - Angela

Angela Brooks, a nursepreneaur who works to help nurses take control of their lives without quitting their day job, recently published a new book. 'The Nurse's Voice,' is a collection about everyday life as a nurse in a psychiatric ward. RUSSELVILLE, KY -- Angela Brooks, a nursepreneaur - Angela

Challenges in life - float in the same boat. Just when you think things are going pretty smooth challenges jumps in front of your moving forward efforts. The back door popped open and my oldest son hollers "Mom!" In the tone I know so well - what was coming next was not good. I stood - Angela

I am just settling on my couch after traveling back home from southern California, attending a Chalene Johnson's Video Impact Academy.  What an amazing weekend of connecting with high end - high caliber business people. The content that was given in the last 3 day event has my head spinni - Angela

Thursday I will be leaving to attend the video academy with Chalene Johnson, a big step out of my comfort zone. I have never been to California and I am in the beginning stages of adding video to my business. When I look back a year ago, who I was as a person and where I was in my business. I woul - Angela

Anyone that has worked with people understands the behaviors of the Ego. Ego is the hidden imaginary part of humans that contains a great big attitude. The Ego's focus is Me, My, Myself, I ...all about me. What is a nurse? Nurses are highly trained and skilled professional who cares for - Angela

When you attend a funeral that starts with Tim Mcgraw "Real Good Man" and Ends with Willie Nelson "Whiskey River" that should tell the story of a very sad journey that left the speakers... speechless. I attended a late night funeral of my first cousin - the saddest funeral - Angela

  Education and training your nursing staff is an ongoing process. From the time your staff walk into your facility to the time they reach the units they are assigned. They are in a learning curve that has so many turns...at least in mental health. By having the opportunity to - Angela

This morning while listening to Proverbs I heard this statement and it rang in my ear loudly.  Proverbs 27:9  "Oil and perfume make the heart glad.... "    And I was reminded how true this statement is.  Science has proven that therapeutic essential oils can u - Angela

"The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers." – Ralph Nader    Those who try to control other people simply put are just not nice people- and most likely have deeper issues. A controlling person would like to dictate every move you make - Angela

If happy nurse employees are a key component to the business world in taking care of patients. Why are employers ignoring the morale of employees?   When nurses are stressed, over worked, and the "do not" and "cannot" list is larger than the "can do" the morale - Angela

Reality: The world or the state of things as they actually exist, as opposed to an idealistic or notional idea of them I wonder if there is a real baseline for what reality is. All of your experiences that determine how things appear to you are your reality. When I work with a patient who says that - Angela

  Last week I shared with you about how my journey in hospice care started and how a dream showed me    what hospice care should be like. The dream I had was this:   It was night time. I was at an in-patient hospice sitting at the nurses’ station when I received a - Angela

We have all joked about what the voices in our heads have said to us. To a lot of us it is a side joke that we all laugh at. To others, it is a way of life trying to decide what is real and what is not. I arrived at church a little later than usual and after the first song they announced a baptismal - Angela

1.2.3.4.5.....67 steps to the top floor. I was a little winded but I was smiling all the way up. You remember when you were a kid and every time you were in a place that would echo you would have to say hellooooo... or singing to hear yourself echo. Yes... that was me. I don't think anyone heard - Angela

    We beat the biggest challenge almost every teen battles! If you are raising a teen you know that their appearance is everything. Now, granted what they are particular about may not be pleasing to us; however the fact is most teens are concerned with "fitting in". The way th - Angela

Most of us know someone who has fought the battle of acne. Either as a teenager, or girls as that time of the month comes around. Even though there is not a cure and it is a on going problem through several stages in life. Essential Oils can and do help! There are many essential oils that can help - Angela

What is PTSD? and Who gets it? Generally, it is an anxiety disorder that develops after exposure to a terrifying event or ordeal in which grave physical or emotional harm occurred or was threatened - *quoted from http://www.nami.org* After the July 4th holiday and feeling blessed that I liv - Angela

Excellence can be obtained if you: …care more than others think is wise; …risk more than others think is safe; …dream more than others think is practical; …expect more than others think is possible.” -Anonymous     How is your attitude? - Angela

Seven months ago I had a dream. It was simply, to make more money with my product. I want to have more time freedom so that I could control my work schedule - by working at home.  I wanted to write a book about the years I have spent in the nursing field. The one thing I knew for sure ... I - Angela

Written by Elise Adams A kind touch from a nurse makes an ugly situation comforting when a patient is scared, alone and confused.  This is true in any setting, but particularly in psychiatric nursing. In my mid-20’s I struggled with severe PTSD, depression and anxiety.  As you - Angela

COMING SOON! What I learned from the closet of a psych ward .... as a nurse. "The Voice of those unheard" I thought I was just a nurse who worked 13 hour night shift for 21.5 years doing what nurses do – work. Until my business coach Sandi Krakowski believed in me and - Angela

At 4am as I walk down the same hallway that I have walked up and down thousands of time my mind's eye begins to think about the many events that had taken place in the different corners among with faces, nursing staff and patients. Each place on the hall has an event that took place that - Angela

There have been a lot of changes at the Hospital over the past two decades. One aspect that has been consistently the same is that an exceptional nurse, Angela Brooks, has provided excellent patient care at our hospital for 21 years. There are nurses that I would define - Angela

Join the inner circle Have you ever had something cause you to an have "Ah-Ha" moment? Traveling to Chicago this weekend brought several of those moments to many people that sat in the room of the "Read your mind book tour" with Sandi Kawasaki. On Friday when I set out - Angela

Angela Brooks Promoted To Executive Director For Record Sales Of Young Living Essential Oils Angela Brooks' outstanding direct sales of Young Living Essential Oils earned her the title of Executive Director. Brooks' credits her high sales figures to social media marketing through he - Angela

Everybody is searching and looking blindly for the cord on the curtain that opens the window to the soul of who they really are. Most spent half a life time and sometimes even more looking for who they are, who they are suppose to be, and then there are a few who never figure it out and live a lif - Angela