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"In a world increasingly dominated by multiple cultural traditions and attracted to alternative therapies, this book is a marker event. It offers guidance to individuals who bridge different cultures as they seek to achieve intergenerational understanding of their place in a family that spans traditions and geography. It maps out how health is shaped by the relationship between self and society. It holds the promise of enabling readers to achieve 'thanks-living."
Angela Barron McBride, Ph.D., RN, FAAN
University Dean and Distinguished Professor
Indiana University School of Nursing
Senior Vice President, Academic Affairs-Nursing
Clarian Health Partners
"This is a story that had to be told! It is a story of mothers and daughters and the anguish, yet intense loving, of families in health and illness. The ever-present compassionate wisdom of Wanigi Waci highlights the transforming power of caring relationships. Thank you, JoEllen, for sharing your experience and the meaning it holds for us personally and professionally. It gives new expression to being present in the health care experience."
Margaret A. Newman, RN. Ph.D.
Author: Health As Expanding Consciousness
"One awakens in JoEllen's journey to the memory that nothing and no one is separate. Indeed, that the diverse and resplendent gifts of all humanity is not only complementary, but essential to the wholeness that is health. Mother, Heal Myself is a melody, rich with the creative and healing potential that is the essence of our shared human experience."
Tyler Norris
President, Community Initiatives
"From the first sentence, Jo Ellen Koerner lovingly and with great skill drew me inexorably into her life and experience and called me forward into her rich personal and spiritual journey. The depth of her personality and the warmth of her character came through her words creating a mosaic of family, profession, person, and place. Each element of her journey contributed a thread to the tapestry of history, humanity, healing, hope, struggle, perseverance, and the ultimate triumph of love. This little book is one of the best explications of the universal mystery of wholeness, healing, and health I have read and one that will encourage and inspire anyone blessed enough to explore its pages."
Tim Porter-O'Grady, EdD, Ph.D., FAAN
Author: Leading the Revolution in Health Care
International Health Systems Consultant,
Associate Professor, Emory University
"This is a profoundly captivating story of physical and spiritual healing that challenges traditional Western medicinal practices. I found that once I read the first sentence, I was driven to continue to read the entire story. All health care providers and students of the health professions should read this book; their views about illness and the decisions we all make to overcome illness and heal will be forever altered. I personally want to thank JoEllen and Kristy for sharing with readers their pain, courage, and tenacious steps to understand their difficult challenge in the context of their heritage. This is a true story of love, challenge, spiritual growth, and understanding so that healing could prevail."
Marilyn Rantz, RN, Ph.D., FAAN
Sinclair School of Nursing and Family and Community Medicine
University of Missouri, Columbia
"JoEllen is a remarkable storyteller. She weaves the tapestry of her story with grace and sacred spirit. I found myself drawn into her world, her struggle, her quiet triumph, her glorious wisdom."
Pamela Austin Thompson, MSN, RN, FAAN
Chief Executive Officer
American Organization of Nurse Executives
"JoEllen Koerner weaves a magical journey that envelops the reader. It is a truly magnificent work. Gripping. Moving. A work that cannot be put down once started. And, once completed, it cannot be put out of one's mind and soul. It is a soulful gift from a great leader, healer, educator, and person."
Fred Titze, MHA, CMPE
Chief Administrative Officer
Arnett Clinic
"As I look back over my life's journey, I have become increasing grateful for the people and experiences that contribute to my continuing transformation. Knowing JoEllen and reading her new book has been one of those powerful experiences. My deepest gratitude for her important contribution to me and countless others."
Ann VanSlyck, RN, MSN, CNAA, FAAN
President and CEO
VanSlyck & Associates, Inc
"This beautifully written story unlocks the truth that sits in each person's soul about the one thing that matters most in life: relationships. The readers will be blessed with a deep wisdom and a knowing about relationships that would not be known without this courageous author sharing her intimate journey. It is both a gift and a call to action for those who have chosen to be healers in a health care system whose relationship roots are living in a drought. The words so elegantly written connect one with the Spirit within, that does not demand a solution, but provides a wisdom on how to live within the daily polarities (unsolvable problems) that are always found in a life well lived."
Bonnie Wesorick,
Founder, CPM Resource Center
"Inner healing is a seldom experienced phenomenon. It is the blending of being and becoming in a unique balancing of autodynamic equilibrium. JoEllen Goertz Koerner is among a privileged few to really KNOW, and then share with all who care to learn the magical destiny of healing oneself and others. The unusual journey between traditional healing and alternative medicine raises renewed awareness of the integrative powers of soul, mind, and physical being. This intergenerational healing journey could well be applicable worldwide as we strive to understand, accept, and encourage each person's individual life and death pathway. JoEllen's work has the effect of climbing the highest mountains in challenging peaks of our personal life's journey."
Barbara J. Brown, Ed.D., RN, FAAN, FNAP Editor
Editor, Nursing Administration Quarterly
VP/Editor, Nurse Week/Mountain West
"JoEllen Koerner is a highly gifted leader and communicator. In Mother, Heal My Self she tells a moving, spirited, and personal story that offers many lessons. It is a beautifully written and fascinating tale about a most significant community: the people from whence we came and with whom we live. As unique as her story is, its themes speak to universal questions about the body, mind, and spirit of health care, and this precious journey called life."
Catherine Robinson-Walker
President, The Leadership Studio ®
"This is a vivid and inspiring story, told simply and honestly, about the courage, love and healing of two generations of mothers who face and ultimately get to the heart of a painful and frightening illness. It offers deep insights into the profound personal and community healing practices of the Lakota Sioux, and shows us the full potential of integrative care at its best. For JoEllen to share her story with us is an act of amazing generosity and love. Her book will challenge and transform your way of thinking about illness and healing."
Chair, Board of Directors
American Academy on Physician and Patient
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