Corry Roach's Page

Hometown:

Granum, Alberta

Relationship Status:

Married

About Me:

A nurse for 36 years; 25 of them in independent practise working with a form of therapy I pioneered, it involves the integration and analysis of unconscious content in spontaneous drawings, Jungian and Senoi Indian dream work, NLP and resonance in music therapy, to aid people in healing unresolved grief issues. I especially enjoy working with dying children and the elderly.
I write poetry and prose, and published my first non fiction book last year. I have a few manuscripts on the go about my work, and also just completed one about our adopted son's struggle with FASD and addiction.Wanting to also write something a bit lighter, I recently began a historic compilation about my rich, humorous and interesting nursing career!'
I've been married for 30 years, and have two living children; I am also a bereaved parent. Working through the griefwork, I found writing both prose and poetry to be profoundly helpful in the healing process.
At this stage in my career, I hope to focus on bringing greater support and education for medical/nursing caregivers, specifically but not limited to those who care for the dying, so that the issues around the value of dying with dignity( and the importance of spiritual awakening) is addressed more precisely and compassionately in the educational institutions of our health care professionals.
I enjoy nature, camping,music(play12 string guitar),singing (sing in 2 choirs) sculpting, handiwork, reading, writing, cooking and animals.

Website:

http://www.ByGraceofMourning.ca

Blog:

http://www.ByGraceofMourning.ca

Favorite Books:

Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
A Course In Miracles published by the Foundation for Inner Peace
Dying Was the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me by William Hablitzel MD
To Live Until We Say Goodbye by Elisabeth Kubler Ross MD
The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran

Favorite Canadian Authors:

Eckhart Tolle's A New Earth, The Power of Now
Roberta Wallace's Random Passage
Tilda Shalof's The Making of a Nurse, A Nurse's Story
LM Montgomery: the Anne of Green Gables series

Favorite TV Shows:

Dr G: Medical Examiner
Anne of Green Gables,Road to Avonlea
PBS specials on Wayne Dyer, Deepak Chopra and music from the 60's &70's