Sue Robins

(This is the first in a series of essays about thinking creatively about patient storytelling). Let’s think outside the rectangular box...

I once gave a talk to a group of PICU nurses. I asked them – how do you take care of yourself when a child you are caring for dies? They...

It is the first week of back-to-school in our school district. I am tormenting myself by thinking if governments FIRST made schools safe...

A few years ago I attended a hospital's strategy workshop. There was a lot of lecturing from the podium from people in business suits and...

I’m always blahblahblah storytelling, blahblahblah. This essay is about storytelling. For the past few years, the University of British...

A running family joke is that I am half a nurse. I transferred out of nursing into an English program two years into a four year BScN...

When I got divorced, I never went back to the way it was before, even when I got remarried. When Aaron was born with Down syndrome, I...

The best sort of people are those who create space for stories. They can sit with an uncomfortable story without minimizing it,...

The $10,000 question that plagues all families: What are you doing for back to school? Actually, it is more than a $10,000 question...

I promised myself I’d get this tattoo after I finished my Bird's Eye View book. So in mid-October of 2019, that’s exactly what I did. ...

I’ve done the back to school thing with my children for the past 22 years. It is safe to say this year is like no other. My youngest son...

I first met Dr. Johny Van Aerde in 2008, at a children’s health conference in Montreal. At the time, he was a Neonatologist and Regional...

The terminology of what started out as bedside manner has bounced around from patient centred care to patient experience to patient...

I’ll never forget hearing Juliette Schlucter speak at a pediatric health conference many years ago. She shared the concept of K.I.D.S....

I have this long convoluted COVID-related story about diagnostic imaging appointments at our cancer hospital that got cancelled and never...

(September 26, 2020 edited to add: We are back to almost full lockdown again and relying on our local grocery store delivery service. ...

Life during a pandemic is like driving in the fog too. A friend said it feels like we are wading through molasses. Any certainty I might...

I can't write a story yet in full paragraphs, but I can write a list of what I've learned these past seven weeks: People have a hell of a...

Life’s chaotic interruptions are what shape us. Loss, loss and more loss are hallmarks of life.-Bird’s Eye View, page 218 For the past...

Here is my actor-son, Aaron Waddingham, talking (unscripted) about how he feels about COVID-19. Thanks to his awesome acting coach, Lane...