Hollye Jacobs is a speaker, Registered Nurse, Certified Master Life Coach, child development specialist, and the best-selling author of The Silver Lining, A Supportive and Insightful Guide to Breast Cancer. Published by Simon and Schuster, the book quickly reached the New York Times, Washington Post and LA Times Bestseller lists.

Hollye is an expert in the field of women’s health and wellness, and has appeared on Good Morning America with Robin Roberts, Dr. Phil, Oprah’s Super Soul Sunday (as a feature), and The Doctors, to name a few.

Hollye has extensive experience nationally as a speaker. She speaks on resilience, a family- centered approach to working with families facing life-threatening illnesses, bioethics, grief/bereavement, and her personal experience with breast cancer.

Her professional knowledge as a health practitioner and her personal experiences as a cancer patient and survivor present a powerful wisdom package.

As a Certified Master Coach, Hollye specializes in helping people cultivate resilience in the face of life’s inevitable upheavals, from career change to illness, recovery, and everything in between.

Hollye is currently in private practice, teaches, and leads international retreats.

Hollye received her MS in Child Development from the Erikson Institute as well as her BSN and MSW from Loyola University Chicago. She completed the Palliative Care Program at Harvard University Medical School and a post-doctoral fellowship at the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics at the University of Chicago. Hollye completed Level 1 Internal Family Systems therapy training.

She taught at the City of Hope National Medical Center as well as at the Pritzker School of Medicine at the University of Chicago

As a new empty-nester, she lives with her husband, and amazing black lab in New York City and Harbor Springs, Michigan.

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Resilience: The Power Within to Make a Difference

Resilience is a powerful tool that can shape our lives and the lives of those around us. Imagine the possibilities if every setback became a steppingstone, and every challenge an opportunity for growth.

Attendees learn to harness their inner resilience to engage with challenges to fuel positive change, turning obstacles into opportunities and catalysts for change.

Through real-life stories, actionable strategies, and inspiring insights, Hollye Jacobs – a nurse, New York Times best-selling author, former retail executive, and breast cancer survivor – uncovers the innate strength within each of us to transform experiences into lasting positive differences for ourselves and our communities.

The Heart of Nursing: Resilience and the Power to Make a Difference

Behind every act of care, compassion, and commitment to others, every nurse faces high-stakes challenges. Resilience can be a lifeline. It can empower nurses to rise about their challenges and go on making profound differences in patients’ lives.

Acknowledging the pressures nurses face, Hollye will introduce resilience as the key to responding with strength and grace and will use stories of real nurses to illustrate how they found purpose and meaning in the most challenging moments. The heart of her presentation is transforming hardships into opportunities for growth and how that leads to better patient care and more fulfilling careers.

She will affirm the importance of nurses’ self-care and provide tools to navigate with confidence and compassion – and continue their positive impacts on lives of your patients, colleagues, and themselves.