Dr. Martha Mathews Libster
Inspired by People & Plants
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Welcome to My Website!
Purpose and Mission:
Integrating Art, Science, and Spirituality in Education and Healthcare Systems to Promote Peace through Culture.
Integration is a quality of heart!
My life work is dedicated to serving humanity with education and healthcare that promotes peace and unity through culture.
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Art: Movement is the Law of Being and Health.
Professional Dancer trained in American Denishawn since age 7.
First company Sachiyo Ito Dance Company and Musicians.
Choreographer in New York City - Performance and Off Broadway.
BS Degree - Dance and Movement Education/Dance Therapy.
Incorporating Laban's Effort-Shape Movement Analysis
Science: Salutogenesis-Oriented Solutions (SOS!) Health Promotion and Pattern Science
Translational Nurse Scientist, Psychiatric Clinical Nurse Specialist - Infant Mental Health, Holistic Nurse-Psychotherapy Specializing in Solution-focused and Existentialism (Discovering Meaning), International Leader Integrative Nursing, Nurse-Herbalism, and Integration Traditional Chinese Medicine with Nursing Science.
PhD - Award-winning Historian specializing in cultural and religious history, oral history, and history of 19th century women, nursing, and botanical medicine.
Three International Nursing Practice Models - Elements of Care, Healing Relationships, and Health Culture Diplomacy. Editor: Journal of Integrative Nursing.
Spirituality - Realizing Life Purpose:
Three Institutes Include Spiritual Development: See Below
Salutogenesis-Oriented-Solutions (SOS!) and Existentialist focused approaches help people realize their life purpose with greater balance in body and peace of mind.
Leading the transformation of healthcare - one person, family, community, corporation, and system at a time.
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Health Culture Diplomacy
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Precision Self-care (Elements of Care)
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Nurse-Herbalist Certification
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Self-Care Institute Membership
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Hundreds of Resources and Recorded Webinars
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FREE Monthly Webinars and Precision Self-care Videos
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Elements of Care Precision Self-care Plans
Award-Winning Author / Historian:
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Healthcare Reform and History
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Books and Articles
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Research
Philosophy of Care:
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Solution-Focused and Strength-Based
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Integrative and Inclusive of Beliefs with Health Culture Diplomacy
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Meaningful, Mindful, and Memorable
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Climate and Environment Conscious - Engaging Plants as Partners
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"Energetics First" for Sustainable Choices
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Easing Change and Transition In HealthCare Reform
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Provide A Rich Table of Resources, Recipes, and Remedies
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Heal and Teach - Be the Gift that Keeps on Giving!
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Award winning history of American Founders of integrative holistic nursing.
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vol 1 Nursing - Health Culture Diplomacy – EPUB
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A Unique History of American Nursing
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Award winning history of American Founders of integrative holistic nursing.
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Advancing An Ancient Healing Tradition
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Dr. Martha Libster in EGYPT 2023 pointing to the 6th dynasty hieroglyph showing the practice of Foot Reflexology at the entrance of the Tomb of Ankhm'ahor in Saqqara (the physician's tomb). Below is an artist rendering of the hieroglyph that "reads" "do not let it hurt."
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DR. MARTHA'S INTERNATIONAL NURSING PRACTICE MODELS
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