Author~Trauma Recovery Coach~Meditation

Jami began writing as a therapeutic process. This led to her creating a personal blog and her storytelling blog quickly followed. She is now an award-winning author, with multiple published articles in national peer-reviewed nursing journals. 

Jami has been a Registered Nurse since 2004. She founded Lighthouse Home Health Care of Cape Cod, Inc. in 2012 and currently works as a Medical Nurse Case Manager at Cape Cod Hospital's Infectious Disease and Clinical Services. She is a Certified Namah Shivaya Meditation instructor, a trained Trauma Recovery Coach, YT200 yoga instructor, Certified Yoga Nidra instructor and Certified Reiki Practitioner. 

She earned a fully accredited diploma in Professional Relationship Coaching and a fully accredited diploma in reflexology.  Jami has also a worked as a Coach Mentor for trauma recovery coaching students. She lives on Cape Cod, Massachusetts with her two children.

Writing Awards

Winner of The Association for Women in Communication's Clarion Award , 2018 (Magazine, Non-opinion column) 

 Published Articles Links

(PDFs found below)

• "Someone's Son" (American Journal of Nursing, October, 2017) 

• "It Never Goes Away" (Nursing 2018, June, 2018) 

• "When a Childhood Sexual Abuse History Influences Patient Trust" (American Journal of Nursing, October, 2019) 

•  Analysis of "Someone's Son" on "Off the Charts" blog by American Journal of Nursing 

• "The 4 Different Types of Attachment Styles" Upjourney.com

 Speaking Events

• Cape Cod Media Story Slam "The Brightest Idea I Ever Had" 

• Winner of "Audience Favorite" Cape Cod Media Story Slam "The Best Gift Ever" (Starts at 19:45) 

• Cordial Eye Gallery and Artist Space fundraiser speech 

• Cape Cod Media Virtual Story Slam "Because of Your Kindness" (Starts at 29:23

• Trauma Recovery Coaching

• Guided Meditation

• Yoga Nidra

• Online courses

• Retreats

  Community Service 

• Town Manager Search Committee for Yarmouth, Massachusetts 

• Board of Directors at Community Connections 

• Creator of "Clean the Cape" Facebook group encouraging environmental clean-up 

Blogs

• My Journey to a Butterfly 

• Storytellers Cape Cod 

Social Media

• "Jami Carder, BSN RN"

• "Nursing Reality"

• "Storytellers Cape Cod"

• "Clean the Cape"

 Guided Meditations

• Insight Timer 

• YouTube  

Podcasts

• My Journey to a Butterfly: Tales of a Wounded Healer on ITunes 

• My Journey to a Butterfly: Tales of a Wounded Healer on Spotify 

Media Interviews

• Endometriosis news video  Cape Cod Media 

• "Why Do I Fall in Love So Fast and So Easily?" Upjourney.com

• "Why Do I Keep Going Back to Him When He Hurts Me?"  She's Single Media 

• "5 Meditations for Sleep" Fitbit.com  

• Five Powerful Reasons to Take Up Journaling

• "One Year Later: How to Take Care of Your Mental Health in the Era of Covid-19" AMN Healthcare  

• "Making Choices Out of Fear" The Epoch Times 

• "Effective Medication Reminder Strategies for the Elderly" Online Doctor  

• Covid-19 and Nursing: 6 Ways the Pandemic has Made an Impact

• "7 Best Ways to Manage a Telehealth Visit"  Cape Cod Health News 

• "Telehealth: How Virtual Can Medicine Get?"  Medium.com   

• "What's it Like to be a Nurse?"  owlguru.com 

• "Why Sick Patients are So Drawn to Cable News?" Mel Magazine

• "Why is it so Hard to Drink More Water?"  aSweatLife.com  

• "Using Meditation to Accomplish This Year's Goals" HealthyMale.com 

• "Misdiagnosed: I Lived With a Dangerous Heart Condition For Years"  TheHealth.com, Reader's Digest 

• Covid-19 Front Line Workers news video Cape Cod Media 

• "Covid-19 and Nursing: 6 Ways the Pandemic Has Made and Impact" Rasmussen University

• "Why Resilience is Important for Nurses and How to Build it" Lamar University

• "Turning Workplace Rejection into Motivation"  Medium.com             

• University of Massachusetts, Boston RN to BSN program video testimonial