This episode features the High Leverage Practice of Story with Jane Berz. Everything starts with a story. Stories powerfully connect us to others, and can hold the power to trigger imagination and empathy. Stories humanize, offering a glimpse of your authentic self. Jane does just that by relating her journey of living a disconnected life in an abusive relationship, and what it took to reclaim herself, sharing “You reach this point where you say – you know what? I don’t want to live this way anymore. And it takes having your back against the wall and really clarifying your thoughts, clarifying what you believe, clarifying what’s important. But it must happen to live an authentic life, your true self, which has so much to offer.”
Jane Berz is a Registered Nurse and Oncology Clinical Nurse Specialist and a national consultant for the development of breast/oncology centers of excellence. She has worked with multiple health systems to create comprehensive, multidisciplinary oncology programs that care for the whole person facing cancer – mind, body and spirit. Jane has extensive experience as an oncology service line administrator, along with being a breast cancer clinical nurse specialist where she provided navigation throughout the continuum of care for newly diagnosed patients.
Jane is a Fellow and Board of Trustees member for the National Consortium of Breast Centers and is a frequent national speaker. Living in Chattanooga,TN with her husband Bob, she is very involved in the community and foundation work. She served as Board President for the Center for Mindful Living, and loves to advance southern literature through her work with the Southern Literature Alliance and Chattanooga Arts and Education Council.
Her Bachelor of Science in Nursing is from the University of Texas in Arlington and her Masters in Adult Health and Oncology is from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. She is a Fellow with the National Consortium of Breast Centers (FNCBC) and an Advanced Oncology Certified Nurse (AOCN).
