This innovative multi-day conference will be held in person at the Colony Hotel in Kennebunkport Maine.  The event features both nurses and non nurses presenting a variety of didactic and experiential sessions that explore the ways we find, use and share wisdom in our holistic practice.   Each session was thoughtfully considered to provide a well rounded experience for the participant.  Come and learn more about wisdom in reflection and expressive arts, wisdom in listening, nature and experience.  Other sessions also available on nourishing the self.  Detailed brochure available on registration site.

Sept 21-22, with an optional session held for early registrants on Sept 20.

Location Information: The Colony Hotel, Kennebunkport, Maine

This innovative multi-day conference will be held in person at the Colony Hotel in Kennebunkport Maine.  The event features both nurses and non nurses presenting a variety of didactic and experiential sessions that explore the ways we find, use and share wisdom in our holistic practice.   Each session was thoughtfully considered to provide a well rounded experience for the participant.  Come and learn more about wisdom in reflection and expressive arts, wisdom in listening, nature and experience.  Other sessions also available on nourishing the self.  Detailed brochure available on registration site.

Sept 21-22, with an optional session held for early registrants on Sept 20.

Location Information: The Colony Hotel, Kennebunkport, Maine

This innovative multi-day conference will be held in person at the Colony Hotel in Kennebunkport Maine.  The event features both nurses and non nurses presenting a variety of didactic and experiential sessions that explore the ways we find, use and share wisdom in our holistic practice.   Each session was thoughtfully considered to provide a well rounded experience for the participant.  Come and learn more about wisdom in reflection and expressive arts, wisdom in listening, nature and experience.  Other sessions also available on nourishing the self.  Detailed brochure available on registration site.

Sept 21-22, with an optional session held for early registrants on Sept 20.

Location Information: The Colony Hotel, Kennebunkport, Maine

In conjunction with the American Cancer Society, the Service Societies of Saint Anselm will be hosting its 16th annual Sr. Pauline Relay for Life.  Sr. Pauline Lucier served Saint Anselm students for many years as a member of the Campus Ministry Office while she fought her battle against cancer.  Sr. Pauline lost her struggle in April of 2009, shortly after the second Relay concluded.  It is our intention that her memory and her celebration of life live on through Relay for Life at Saint Anselm. For more information about our Relay, please feel free to check us out on the web: https://secure.acsevents.org/site/TR/RelayForLife/RFLCY22NER?pg=entry&fr_id=101852

This year’s Relay will honor The Giard Family, Annee (Campus Communications and Marketing), her husband Greg, and their son James who will take the lead as the Giard family serves as our Grand Marshals. James, now 3, is a cancer survivor.  Annee will share their story during our Opening Ceremony.  A list of other Anselmians who will share their story will be announced closer to the event.  The Opening Ceremony and celebration begins shortly after 6:00 pm in the Carr Center.  All are welcome to attend.

Please seriously consider lending your support to the Sr. Pauline - Relay for Life. We sure could use your help.

Donations can be made by going on-line to the American Cancer Society Relay website: https://secure.acsevents.org/site/TR?pg=entry&fr_id=104704

Location Information
Carr Center

Contact Information
Susan S. Gabert`91 Ed.D. (she/hers)
Associate Dean of Students

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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