Publications by authors named "Sandra Bunkers"

The universal humanuniverse experience of feeling uncomfortable is examined with findings from a humanbecoming inquiry on feeling uncomfortable as well as with storytelling and poetry.

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This article uses storytelling, poetry, and findings from a humanbecoming inquiry on sadness to explore a humanuniverse living experience involving change and loss.

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The following article uses storytelling, poetry, and findings from a humanbecoming inquiry on waiting to describe the arduous universal humanuniverse living experience of waiting.

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This article uses storytelling and poetry to emphasize the core concepts of taking a risk while highlighting the mystique of the Grand Canyon in Arizona.

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As an introduction to the inaugural Artistic Expression Column, the construct of artsciencing is briefly discussed and poetry is presented as an avenue of artsciencing.

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This article explores the concept of Surprisology and the humanuniverse living experience of surprise. Story is used to enhance understanding of a humanbecoming perspective of surprise.

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This article explores several unique constructs of the humanbecoming paradigm including A dialogue with nurse theorist Rosemarie Rizzo Parse completes this exploration.

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Look Up.

Nurs Sci Q

January 2023

This article highlights the findings of the 1998 humanbecoming inquiry The participants in this inquiry were women homeless in Chicago. Children's books, recent TV and newspaper articles focusing on the homeless in Pensacola, Florida, and various other humanbecoming inquiries involving homeless populations emphasize the importance of looking up and paying attention to what is occurring in humanuniverse so as to seize opportunities that present themselves with the emerging now.

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This article is concerned with being present to what is emerging in the now moment. Theoretical perspectives from spirituality, psychology, western and eastern philosophy, the humanbecoming paradigm, and personal experiences of the author are presented in relation to the importance of focusing on NOW.

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The humanbecoming concept of powering is explored in this article with the author describing her experiences with on the Missouri River in South Dakota. The third principle of humanbecoming along with four humanbecoming inquiries on feeling sad, feeling unsure, feeling disrespected, and living hope are also presented in examining the paradoxical processes involved in powering.

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The authors in this article will present storytelling through the lens of the humanbecoming family model. From this perspective, storytelling can be viewed as the following: (a) family storytelling as a mode of fostering personal and family becoming, (b) family storytelling as a confirming of family beliefs and values, and (c) family storytelling as a way of addressing issues of grief and loss. Selected literature is presented to highlight the essences, paradoxes, and processes of the humanbecoming family model.

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In this article, the author explores wandering and wondering through the lens of educational theory, philosophy, psychology, complexity theory, and the humanbecoming paradigm. A fictional story concerning wanderers is presented to highlight the creative power of the imagination involved with wandering and wondering.

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This article presents descriptions of mentoring from a philosophy of education and a humanbecoming mentoring model perspective. Descriptions of mentoring-protégé relationships experienced by the author are included using the humanbecoming paradigm as a guide in describing such experiences.

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The author here explores ideas on friendship from a philosophical, theological, sociological, and humanbecoming paradigm perspective. Personal experiences of the author provide examples of how friendship is important to an individual's living quality.

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The author in this article explores seven day-to-day living experiences that expand understanding of the humanbecoming concept of fortifying wisdom. Poetry is used to enhance understanding of the seven living experiences of (a) the use of words, (b) the experience of the body, (c) love, (d) compassion, (e) faith, (f) hope, and (g) forgiveness.

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In this article, the author examines fragility and vitality as it relates to the COVID-19 pandemic. Fear and courage are also explored from a humanbecoming paradigm perspective as well as from philosophical perspectives. Humanbecoming inquiries related to these topics are presented along with personal experiences of the author.

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This article describes some of the changes occurring with community in the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic. The humanbecoming community change model along with other views on community are presented to address some of the living quality questions and challenges of a community in flux.

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This article explores creativity and innovation through the lens of dispositional realism, a psycho-socio-cultural perspective, a Japanese fable, and the humanbecoming paradigm perspective. New ideas are presented on the understanding of creativity and innovation, feeling overwhelmed, suffering, and living dignity.

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The following article gives tribute to Florence Nightingale as nursing celebrates her 200-year birthday in 2020. Through the perspective of the humanbecoming paradigm, Nightingale's lingering presence in nursing is illustrated.

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Freedom, one of the four postulates of the humanbecoming paradigm, is the focus of this article. Freedom is explored from a humanbecoming perspective and from the existential/phenomenological perspectives of Heidegger and Sartre.

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In this article, the author describes two differing perspectives on paradox: the humanbecoming paradigm perspective and the management/organizational theory perspective. Examples of paradoxes from these two differing views are presented.

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Mystery, one of the four postulates of the humanbecoming paradigm, is the focus of this article. The muteness, the transformative power, and the everyday-ness of mystery are discussed. How mystery permeates the three principles of humanbecoming is also explored.

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The author in this article explores the humanbecoming paradigm postulate of illimitability as unbounded coming to know. Patterns of constructing knowledge, conversation theory, improvisation pedagogy, children's literature, the humanbecoming teaching-learning model, and personal teaching-learning experiences of the author are presented to expand awareness of the unbounded knowing of illimitability.

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Parse's humanbecoming concept inventing model provided a unique method to conduct a group concept inventing of the humanuniverse living experience of hiding. Several insights related to conducting a group concept inventing project are identified along with an ingenuous proclamation for hiding.

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