Melanie Sears RN

Melanie Sears RN, MBA, Ph.D., has been a student of Nonviolent Communication (NVC) for more than thirty years. She has written three books about the subject. Humanizing Health Care was written when Melanie worked in an inpatient psychiatric unit as an RN. She noticed that the policies and practices on the unit were not congruent with her internal values so she wrote the book comparing and contrasting what was going on. Humanizing Health Care was followed by a workbook, Choose Your Words. Two versions of this book exist. One of them is geared toward professionals who work in mental health and the other one is geared to family members and caregivers who take care of someone with a psychiatric disorder. Humanizing Health Care is translated into German and Korean. Melanie has given workshops on NVC world wide. She also works as a coach and empath. She retired from nursing in 2016 and currently resides in the 55+ community of Laguna Woods, Ca.