Please join me in welcoming our new Board of Director members who were selected by the membership via electronic vote and installed at the 2014 Annual Conference and Instructor Meeting in Colorado Springs, CO, USA:
Jan Tait, RN, BSN, CHTP/I, CCAP, Michigan, USA
Maureen Kowba, RN, BSN, MS, CHTP, California, USA
Annis Parker, RN, ADN, DipEd, CHTP/I, Tauranga, New Zealand
For the next few weeks, I’ll highlight each new Board member, so you can get to know them better. I am grateful they have committed to meet at least once per month and lend their expertise, dedication and experience as we continue to move our organization forward.
Here is a portion of Jan’s submission to be considered as a Board candidate:
Healing Touch is amazing heart-centered and vitally important work. As practitioners, we are each called to spread healing light worldwide. I would like to work with the Board to assist the Healing Beyond Borders’ members to expand the world’s understanding and use of Healing Touch. That includes not only the world beyond our borders of each of our countries, but also within each of our own worlds.
I have been a RN for over 40 years and have a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree from the University of Michigan. My first Healing Touch class was in 1993 and since 1996, I have had a private practice. I am a charter member of Healing Touch International, [now dba Healing Beyond Borders, Educating and Certifying the healing Touch™].
In 2001 I was certified as a Healing Touch Instructor and am certified to teach levels 1- 3. In 2009, a group of Sisters of Mercy sent me on a mission to teach Healing Touch at their hospital in Georgetown, Guyana, S.A. What a great experience that was!
Healing Beyond Borders is our professional organization. We have had such dedicated members of the board and I feel it is time for me to pay it forward for all that I have received from this organization. When working with others, I listen to what they have to say. I try to look at things from different points of view and to discern how decisions will affect the situation. I will do my best to work for the highest good for Healing Beyond Borders and its members.
Healing Touch has made such an impact on my life in so many ways. My passion and joy is to help people. It is so satisfying to be able to use one’s heart, head and hands to facilitate someone’s healing. Considering the core values of Healing Beyond Borders helps me to be mindful of how I interact with others. Having that perspective has made me a more peaceful person.
Remember you can always contact Board members directly on www.healingbeyondborders.org under the ‘Become a Member’ Navigation Tab on the website. We are all here for YOU!
Blessings,
Mary-Cathrine