I have had a love of writing since high school. When I was a teenager, I focused on poetry. Later in college, I developed a love of research and summarizing information. I found synthesizing information exhilarating. I joined the Air Force and experimented in writing my first book titled The Pen and Paper Diet (rebranded as The Prepper’s Diet®). Then, I became a social worker for the Army at the local VA hospital and created multiple resource information sheets to gather resources into one place. I then went through nursing school as a third career and the COVID pandemic happened. My children and to transition to online learning like all kids and I was disappointed in the quality. I thought, “What if I wrote a kid’s science book to help supplement their education and then they would have to read it since dad wrote it.” I wrote my first kids book title Nurse Florence, Help I’m Bleeding. It won a silver Nautilus award so I realized I might have found a niche I could thrive in. A year after that, I started recruiting more illustrators and won a best series award for Nurse Florence® with Independent Press Award. I was interviewed about it and was asked when I would create a mental health series for kids since I work as an inpatient psychiatric nurse. I found the right illustrator and Lindsay Roberts and I teamed up to create Nurse Dorothea. It is geared toward teenagers and young adults and has won Distinguished Favorite with NYC Big Book Award. We publish a new Nurse Dorothea every 5 weeks. The Coping Skills book is book #3. I wrote this book to help people understand how simple coping skills are and how we can use healthy ones in everyday life. Nurse Dorothea is a high school nurse who leads an after-school club about mental health to destigmatize mental illness. We hope this series transforms our society as well as all societies. Now is the time to address mental health. Now is the time to get the help we need. Help Civilization Reach Its Potential® is our company’s slogan and we believe this series will help us achieve this goal.
We are starting the process of removing stigma about mental health issues. Let’s share ideas of the journey to well-being and seek to understand others as they are instead of how we wish them to be. By learning to know ourselves and trying different coping skills that are specific to the situation that we find ourselves in, we can achieve balance and peace. As we deepen our self-awareness and harness tailored coping mechanisms for diverse situations, we pave the path to equilibrium and serenity. Let’s foster an environment conducive to both individual and collective growth within our society. By doing this, we unlock potentials previously unattainable, empowering us to fully cultivate our knowledge, skills, and abilities. With gratitude in our heart, peace in our mind, and confidence in our capabilities, we can face the future with bravery, courage, and determination to help make the best lives for ourselves and others that we possibly can. If society wants something we have never had, we’re going to have to do something that has never been done.
Nurse Dorothea Presents Why Coping Skills Work and What Are Some That Can Be Done Anytime and Anywhere is available at Lulu.
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