title: Human becoming practice around the globe: exploring the art of living true presence.
abstract: In this column, the human becoming practice methodology is illuminated and some of the questions that people have asked about living the art of human becoming are presented. The human becoming teaching-learning processes are discussed as a way of coming to know what it takes to live true presence, and the role of stories in teaching-learning human becoming practice is explored. Previously published human becoming practice stories are presented as an answer to many of the questions that persons have asked about human becoming-guided practice.
authors.affiliation: University Health Network, Toronto, Canada.
authors.forename: Debra A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Bournes
authors.forename: Rahel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Naef
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002648:Child; D002755:Choice Behavior; D004645:Empathy; D005260:Female; D006379:Helping Behavior; D006803:Human Development; D006801:Humans; D007723:Korea; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D008513:Medicine in Literature; D008875:Middle Aged; D033262:Narration; D009549:Nigeria; D009656:North America; D024802:Nurse's Role / Q000523:psychology*; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D009742:Nursing Theory; D010687:Philosophy, Nursing; D011037:Poetry as Topic; D013624:Taiwan