#13ActsofRevolutionaryHealing is a series of episodes where we talk with black women leaders who are living their black feminine destiny. Each episode we are talking to women who navigated the struggles of systemic racism and life and transcended to live their dreams. We are asking questions like:
What is the self care we need to show up fully for ourselves?
How do we embrace our strength so we let go of being "the strong black woman?"
How do we include ourselves in the circle of care?
What are the supports we found along our journey helping us to align to our deepest desires?This episode we are interviewing Cheryl Handy MN, RN, NE-BC, Caritas Coach
Cheryl Handy has spent 35 years of her nursing career with the Veterans Affairs Healthcare System with 28 of those years in nursing leadership roles. Those roles have included Nurse Manager, Nurse Coordinator and Associate Nurse Executive. Her passion and vision for providing conscious, compassionate care and services for veterans have resulted in her 35-year tenure with the VA system. Cheryl is the Associate Nurse Executive for Medical Specialty Care Services with oversight of Cardiology, GI and Pulmonary Services along with the Medical Subspecialty Outpatient Clinics. She also serves as Associate Nurse Executive for Special Projects for Nursing Services. She has been a pioneer in many areas within the VA System. She was instrumental in working with interprofessional team members in opening the first Primary Care Clinics and Community Based Outpatient Clinics for the Atlanta VA. She is also the first Watson Caring Science Caritas Coach and was instrumental in flourishing staff nurses within the Atlanta VA through creative emergence in developing Caritas Centering spaces throughout the Atlanta VA Healthcare System.
Co Hosts: Adria Kitchens and Dr. Mary Rockwood Lane
ADRIA KITCHENS CREATES AND DESIGNS SPACES FOR INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE TRANSFORMATION. As Director of Equity and Activism at Out of Hand Theater, Adria creates spaces for collective transformation, connection, healing, and positive Anti-Racism action. She is a consultant and transformational artist, using relational power as a pathway to celebrating diversity, equity innovation, and empathy to activate inclusion, and belonging. Adria is a coach of leaders. She has coached thousands of women, supporting them in catalyzing and manifesting their dreams. For over a decade, she has specialized in working with executives, experienced coaches, therapists, authors, local and global leaders. She is a specialist in relational power as a pathway for transformation.
Adria's work is inspired by the work of her mentor of over a decade, Dr. Claire Zammit, founder of The Institute for Woman-Centered Coaching, Training, and Leadership.
https://www.adriakitchens.me/
MARY ROCKWOOD LANE, PHD, RN, FAAN, IS A PROFESSOR, NURSE, HEALING ARTIST, PAINTER AND WORKS AS A PROFESSIONAL CARITAS COACH WITH INDIVIDUALS AND HEALTHCARE SETTINGS, BOTH NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY.
Her mission is to bring love, caring, and art into the light and celebrate the gifts of the Divine Feminine. She is a visionary creative activist. Her enthusiasm for this work has led her to develop a unique way of blending multiple modalities and life experiences to support people in a soulful and practical way. Her intention and vocation is to assist others in leading more open, authentic, loving, creative and fulfilling lives.
She is the co-founder and director emeritus of Shands Arts in Medicine program at University of Florida (UF), Gainesville, where she created the first artist-in-residence program of its type in the United States.
https://www.maryrockwoodlane.com/
