Between Wounded and Well

Title Synopsis: What if the wounds you carry could become the source of your greatest strength?

Between Wounded and Well: Lessons in Healing shares a nurse practitioner journey of resilience and hope through the lens of wound healing stages. Debra Palmer, PhD, nurse, researcher, educator and survivor shares an extraordinary story of a childhood marked by trauma and chaos, in which she chooses to not let her past define her future. Through decades of personal struggle and professional insight, she discovered that healing begins with courage.

Drawing on both her lived experience and her clinical expertise, Debra offers an honest, empowering look at the four stages of emotional healing: Awareness, Acknowledgments, Activation and Acceptance. Rebuilding. With each chapter, you’ll find stories that reveal the hidden wounds many of us carry and practical steps for moving from pain to purpose.

Whether you’re healing from childhood trauma, supporting others on their path to recovery, or simply seeking to live a more whole and joyful life, this book will show you that brokenness need not define our stories. It can be the beginning of a beautiful new chapter.

About the Author: Dr. Debra Palmer, Family Nurse Practitioner, educator and wellness promoter, is the debut author of Between Wounded and Well: Lessons in Healing, a memoir. Her nursing career spans 5o years, across intensive care units, orthopedic settings, community clinics, the medical mission field in Guatemala and as a professor of Nursing.  Her peers with the California Association for Nurse Practitioners recognized her with The Bridging Healthcare Needs Award and her employer bestowed her with The Everyday Hero and a Community service award.   She is a graduate of the College of St. Scholastica where she earned a BS in Nursing and the University of San Diego where she earned a master’s degree and dual doctorate degrees, a DNP and PhD in Nursing. She is a transplant from the Mid-West, residing in Northern California with her husband near their adult children and grandchildren where she enjoys hiking and gardening.

Copyright: 2025 by Debra M. Palmer

Audiobook Release Date: 2025-12-04

Original Book Release Date: 2025-09-20

Running Time: 07:07:34

Track Count: 28

Audiobook ISBN: 9798998557729

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