This two-day holistic nursing conference, Honoring Stories: Healing Through Narrative and Holistic Practice, invites nurses and healing professionals to reconnect with the core of caregiving—the stories we carry, witness, and share. Through keynote presentations, plenary sessions, reflective activities, and experiential workshops, participants will explore how storytelling and narrative serve as powerful tools for healing, transformation, and professional growth.

From the wisdom of Florence Nightingale’s enduring legacy to the personal narratives of healing, courage, and leadership, this program honors the deep connection between holistic practice and the human experience. Attendees will engage in practices that amplify presence, creativity, and self-care, including guided journaling, expressive movement, and nature-based reflection. Offering a unique balance of education and retreat activities, this conference offers a space to be nourished, inspired, and renewed.

Target Audience: 

This conference is ideal for nurses and care providers interested in enhancing their understanding of holism and exploring ways to integrate holism into the care of self and others.

Learning Outcome: 

By the end of this conference, participants will be able to examine the role of narrative in holistic nursing practice by exploring personal, professional, and patient stories as pathways to healing, connection, leadership, and self-awareness.

Contact Hours: 10.75 hours

Planned Sessions:

• Keynote: Florence Nightingale, Holistic Nurse
• Reading the Body
• Leader as Healer, Healer as Leader
• Using Theories and Frameworks to Magnify Holistic Practice
• Reframing: Stories of our Illness and Wellness
• Power of Positive Thinking
• Healing the Healer
• Chronic Illness: Stories of Healing
• Courage
• Reflection to Empowerment

Location: The Colony Hotel, Kennebunkport, Maine

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