Chicken Soup for the Nurse's Soul (36 page)

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Who Is Jack Canfield?

Jack Canfield is a bestselling author and one of America’s leading experts in the development of human potential. He is both a dynamic and entertaining speaker and a highly sought-after trainer with a wonderful ability to inform and inspire audiences to open their hearts, love more openly and boldly pursue their dreams.

Jack spent his teenage years growing up in Martins Ferry, Ohio, and Wheeling, West Virginia, with his sister Kimberly (Kirberger) and his two brothers, Rick and Taylor. The whole family has spent most of their professional careers dedicated to educating, counseling and empowering teens. Jack admits to being shy and lacking self-confidence in high school, but through a lot of hard work he earned letters in three sports and graduated third in his class.

After graduating college, Jack taught high school in the inner city of Chicago and in Iowa. In recent years, Jack has expanded this to include adults in both educational and corporate settings.

He is the author and narrator of several bestselling audio- and videocassette programs. He is a regularly consulted expert for radio and television broadcasts and has published twenty-five books—all bestsellers within their categories—including more than twenty
Chicken Soup for the Soul
books,
The Aladdin Factor, Heart at Work, 100
Ways to Build Self-Concept in the Classroom
and
Dare to Win.

Jack addresses over one hundred groups each year. His clients include professional associations, school districts, government agencies, churches and corporations in all fifty states.

Jack conducts an annual eight-day Training of Trainers program in the areas of building self-esteem and achieving peak performance. It attracts educators, counselors, parenting trainers, corporate trainers, professional speakers, ministers and others interested in developing their speaking and seminar-leading skills in these areas.

For further information about Jack’s books, tapes and trainings, or to schedule him for a presentation, please contact:

The Canfield Training Group
P.O. Box 30880 • Santa Barbara, CA 93130
phone: 800-237-8336 • fax: 805-563-2945
e-mail:
[email protected]
Web site:
www.chickensoup.com

Who Is Mark Victor Hansen?

Mark Victor Hansen is a professional speaker who, in the last twenty years, has made over four thousand presentations to more than two million people in thirty-three countries. His presentations cover sales excellence and strategies; personal empowerment and development; and how to triple your income and double your time off.

Mark has spent a lifetime dedicated to his mission of making a profound and positive difference in people’s lives. Throughout his career, he has inspired hundreds of thousands of people to create a more powerful and purposeful future for themselves while stimulating the sale of billions of dollars worth of goods and services.

Mark is a prolific writer and has authored
Future Diary, How to
Achieve Total Prosperity
and
The Miracle of Tithing
. He is the coauthor of the
Chicken Soup for the Soul
series,
Dare to Win
and
The Aladdin Factor
(all with Jack Canfield) and
The Master Motivator
(with Joe Batten).

Mark has also produced a complete library of personal empowerment audio- and videocassette programs that have enabled his listeners to recognize and better use their innate abilities in their business and personal lives. His message has made him a popular television and radio personality with appearances on ABC, NBC, CBS, HBO, PBS, QVC and CNN.

He has also appeared on the cover of numerous magazines, including
Success, Entrepreneur
and
Changes
.

Mark is a big man with a heart and a spirit to match—an inspiration to all who seek to better themselves.

For further information about Mark, please contact:

Mark Victor Hansen & Associates
P.O. Box 7665
Newport Beach, CA 92658
phone: 949-759-9304 or 800-433-2314
fax: 949-722-6912
Web site:
www.chickensoup.com

Who Is Nancy Mitchell-Autio?

Nancy Mitchell-Autio is the Director of Story Acquisitions for the
Chicken Soup for the Soul
series. She graduated from Arizona State University in May 1994 with a B.S. in nursing. After graduation, Nancy worked at Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center in Phoenix, Arizona, in the cardiovascular intensive care unit. In September 1994, Nancy moved back to her native town of Los Angeles and became involved with the
Chicken Soup
series. Nancy’s intentions were to help finish
A 2nd Helping of Chicken Soup for the Soul
and then return to nursing. However, in December of that year, she was asked to continue on full-time as part of the
Chicken Soup
team.

Nancy put nursing on hold and became Director of Story Acquisitions, working closely with Jack and Mark on all
Chicken Soup
for the Soul
projects.

Nancy says that what she is most thankful for is her move back to L.A. to be there for her mother, Linda Mitchell, during her bout with breast cancer. Out of that struggle, Nancy coauthored, along with her sister, Patty Aubery,
Chicken Soup for the Surviving Soul: 101 Stories of
Courage and Inspiration from Those Who Have Survived Cancer.
Little did she know that the book would become her own inspiration when her dad was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 1999.

Nancy also coauthored
Chicken Soup for the Christian Soul, Chicken
Soup for the Christian Family Soul
and
Chicken Soup for the Expectant
Mother’s Soul.
She will also be coauthoring the upcoming
Chicken Soup
for the Grieving Soul
and
Chicken Soup for the Sister’s Soul.
Nancy resides in Santa Barbara with her husband, Kirk Autio, dogs Kona and Cora and three cats. She is expecting her first child on October 1, 2001.

You may contact Nancy at:

P.O. Box 30880
Santa Barbara, CA 93130
phone: 805-682-6311
fax: 805-682-0872
e-mail:
[email protected]

Who Is LeAnn Thieman?

LeAnn Thieman is a nationally acclaimed professional speaker, author and nurse who was “accidentally” caught up in the Vietnam Orphan Airlift in 1975. Her book,
This Must Be My Brother,
details her daring adventure of helping to rescue three hundred babies as Saigon was falling to the Communists. An ordinary person, she struggled through extraordinary circumstances and found the courage to succeed.
Newsweek
magazine featured LeAnn and her incredible story in its
Voices of the Century
issue.

Today, as a renowned motivational speaker, she shares life-changing lessons learned from her airlift experience. Believing we all have individual “war zones,” LeAnn inspires audiences to balance their lives, truly live their priorities and make a difference in the world.

After her story was featured in
Chicken Soup for the Mother’s Soul,
LeAnn became one of
Chicken Soup’s
most prolific writers, with stories in seven more
Chicken Soup
books. That, and her devotion to thirty years of nursing, made her the ideal coauthor of
Chicken Soup
for the Nurse’s Soul.

While health organizations were an obvious “niche” for her keynote addresses and seminars, her audiences have grown to include all walks of life. Now cattlemen, contractors and corporate America appreciate her message! One CEO summed it up best when he said, “I’m going to live my life differently after hearing you today.”

LeAnn and Mark, her husband of thirty-one years, reside in Colorado where they enjoy their “empty nest.” Their two daughters, Angela and Christie, and son Mitch have “flown the coop” but are still drawn under their mother’s wing when she needs them!

For more information about LeAnn’s books and tapes or to schedule her for a presentation, please contact her at:

6600 Thompson Drive
Fort Collins, CO 80526
phone: 970-223-1574
e-mail:
[email protected]
Web site:
www.LeAnnThieman.com

Contributors

Most of the stories in this book were written by nurses and other health-care workers. Several stories were taken from previously published sources, such as books and magazines. Some were penned by professional writers or speakers. To learn more about our contributors or to reach them, you can refer to the contact information provided below.

Linda Apple
lives in Springdale, Arkansas, with her husband, Neal. They have five children and one grandson. Linda is an inspirational speaker and writer. She is Women’s Touch Ministry director at Christian Life Cathedral, in Fayetteville. Her mother, Freddie Diehl, is a retired nurse. You can contact Linda at 501-521-5683 or by fax at 501-521-8198.

Barbara Bartlein, R.N., M.S.W.,
is a professional speaker, author and consultant. A motivational humorist, she presents across the country and has appeared at the Comedy Club. Her column,
Success Matters,
appears in numerous publications. Her latest book
Why Did I Marry You Anyway?
is scheduled for release in 2002. She can be reached at
[email protected]
. Or visit her Web site at
www.successmatters.org
.

Raymond Bingham, R.N.C.,
is a certified neonatal intensive care nurse. He also works as a technical writer at the National Institute of Nursing Research. Ray is married and has three children and two cats. He enjoys writing essays and short fiction. He can be reached at
[email protected]
.

Linda C. Bird, F.N.P.,
received her bachelor of science degree in nursing from Michigan State University and M.S.N. from South Dakota State University. She is working as a family nurse practitioner and also has an interest in alternative medicine. She can be reached at P.O. Box 5703, Salem, OR 97304.

Cindy Bollinger, R.N.,
is a full-time wife and mother. She and husband, Bruce, have four children, Marc, Zachary, Tyson and Emily. “Finding Your Easter Sunrise” is her first attempt to write professionally, and she is very happy to see it in print. Her interests include her family, quilting, reading, traveling and studio art classes. She can be reached at
[email protected]
or 118 Twelve Oaks Drive, Temple, TX 76504.

Barbara A. Brady, R.N.,
is a retired recovery room and geriatric nurse living in Kansas. She graduated from St. Luke’s Hospital, Chicago, Illinois. She volunteers as a reading tutor and enjoys writing. Her recent novel,
A Variety of Gifts,
is about a retired nurse. You may reach her at 785-271-9090 or
[email protected]
.

Kathleen Brewer-Smyth, R.N., Ph.D., C.R.R.N.,
is an educator, consultant and freelance writer. She holds master’s and Ph.D. degrees specifically in the study of neuroscience nursing from the University of Pennsylvania. At the time of this publication, her most recent funded research is evaluating neurologic and neuroendocrine correlates of violent criminal behavior of female prison inmates. She has published and presented extensively on topics related to neuroscience nursing and violent behavior. She has held positions as clinical specialist, staff development educator and as a university faculty member, and has practiced in critical care, outpatient and rehabilitation settings. Kathleen can be reached at P.O. Box 9194, Wilmington, DE 19809.

Shelly Burke, R.N., B.S.N.,
and her husband have two children. Shelly keeps her hand in nursing by teaching Lamaze and CPR classes. She also writes and is currently working on her book
Home Is Where the Mom Is
which will be published in the fall of 2001. You can reach Shelly at
[email protected]
.

Karyn Buxman, R.N., M.S.N., C.S.P.,
is a highly sought humorist and nationally recognized expert in therapeutic humor. She is available to liven up your next meeting or event. To find out how, or for more information on her latest book
This Won’t Hurt a Bit!
Call 1-800-8Humorx, e-mail her at
[email protected]
or visit
www.Humorx.com
.