Ideas for a More Human World.
Essays and education by Martin W. Rivera Salas, MSN, RN, AHC-BC.
Ideas worth
carrying forward.
Essays addressed to the people, exploring faith, science, health, humanity and leadership through a perspective shaped by formation, education and the responsibilities of life in society.
The Project · Introduction
Introduction to Vulnerabilitas Humana
A starting point for the whole collection: why these works take the form of essays and a circulating letter to the people, and how formation, education and a role in society shape the perspective behind them.
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Health · Humanity
Nurse, Heal Yourself
A consideration of care, depletion, vulnerability, and the health of those who spend their lives caring for others.
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Humanity · Leadership
How to Build Brotherhood
On belonging, responsibility, loyalty, and the deliberate work required to build meaningful community.
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Humanity · Belonging
Fitting In vs. Belonging: Knowing the Difference Changes Everything
Exploring the difference between fitting in and belonging.
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Volume I · Human Vulnerability
Vulnerabilitas Humana.
An exploration of what it means to be human.
Essays and accompanying artwork on care, wisdom, belonging, healing, relationships, and faith—brought together in one collection.
Drawing on experiences in healthcare and beyond, the volume reflects on how vulnerability shapes our understanding of ourselves and one another.
- Digital edition
- Complete Volume I · Downloadable PDF
- Printed edition
- Complete Volume I · Softcover paperback
Both editions forthcoming. Prices to be announced.
Pillars of
Health.
A whole-person health workshop built around a simple idea: no single part of our health stands alone. Five dimensions work together to support the person as a whole.
Coming Soon
Physical
Tuscan
Mental
Doric
Emotional
Ionic
Spiritual
Corinthian
Social / Environmental
Composite
Five pillars.
One whole person.
Like the columns supporting a temple, each dimension contributes to the stability of the whole. The workshop invites participants to examine what is strong, what is carrying too much, and where greater attention may help restore balance.
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Care begins with seeing
the whole person.
I’m Martin W. Rivera Salas, a bilingual registered nurse and board-certified advanced holistic nurse with more than a decade of experience in pediatric, neonatal, and whole-person nursing.
Nurse Martin is where those experiences meet a broader interest in faith, science, health, humanity, and leadership—becoming essays, publications, workshops, and ideas centered on caring for people well.
About Martin
Faith. Science. Health.
Humanity. Leadership.
Different ways of asking the same question: How do we care for people well?