Testimonials
"Lyn Knows first hand the depth of healing that grief calls for. She is committed to serving those in difficulty, and she is ahighly skilled worker."
- Stephen and Ondrea Levine
Authors "Who Dies", "One Year to Live" Seminar Leaders on "Conscious Living/Conscious Dying"
"[...] Perhaps it was because of my own personal journey and what I have experienced this past year that made this one of the best workshops I have ever attended. It released many stored up tears and began the healing journey. It brought me face to face with the reality of how can we be effective in our parishes if we are not in touch with our own pain and grief. [...]
- Rose Coulter, RN, Assistant Director, Nurse Ministries Network
Read full testimonial here >
"You are so good at all of this...your passion is wonderful...you are a gift to all those you encounter and are able to guide."
- Candi LaClair, South Norwalk Connecticut
"I am so honored to have been taught by the best to be present for my patients and families. You are the pivot that brought me back to hospice."
- Melody Coombs Albreski, Co-ordinating Supervisor Miner's Colfax Medical Center, Raton, NM
"Lyn Prashant seriously made an impact on me and the other members of the course. Her knowledge of the topic and her ability to communicate and facilitate this course was phenomenal."
- Lisa Asbury, Data Recovery Systems, Novato, CA
"Lyn has considerable facilitating skills to help the group dynamics achieve insight."
- Rick Isaacs, Administator, Hillside Care Center, San Rafael, CA
"Lyn Prashant is amazing. Her insight and compassion are unbounded."
- Jenna McClure, Artist and Photographer, Petaluma, CA
"I also attended Lyn Prashant's session on degriefing a rural community. Lyn, if you are reading this, thank you so much for sharing your experience with us...it was very inspiring to see your concern for this community and how much time you spent asking questions and getting to know the community months before you went there."
- Cheryl Amari, MA, CT
"Congratulations! I am quite taken with your idea that "conscious caregiving" can avoid the burnout that is endemic to nursing. Best of luck developing that idea."
- Susan Dorey, San Rafael CA
"Dearest, dear Lyn,
Most precious "hueman",
We (all my alter egos and I) send you great love and thanks.
For the tremendous caring that you give...
That helps us (and the rest of your people) get better.
We love you to the new moon and back"
~mermaste~ Deb Gitlin, San Jose, CA
"Lyn, We were quite taken with the course as well as your presentation. I hope you are still doing your meaningful work in educating people about the grieving process. I am now a hospital Chaplain, and you shared some wonderful words to help in this ministry. God Bless you."
- Kandi Mount, Bella Vista, AR
"Lyn, thank YOU for the outstanding presentation on Monday. I came away grateful you spend some of your time in San Miguel...and are here for the first moments of Hospice San Miguel. I have recommended to the board that they attend your 3 day workshop..(and will make the same recommendation to all in ear shot!! )...and after putting the Hospice care team together in the next week or so...have you develop a specialized training experience for the team. I'm sure Milou will let you know about this when our ducks are in order. I'm personally looking forward to your workshop with great anticipation... Thank you for sending the articles...they will add significantly to creating the foundation those of us involved with Hospice San Miguel need so urgently."
- Martha
Thank you again for the workshop, for your work, for sharing it. Very glad I got the opportunity. I had been looking rather longingly, at those back issues of massage and bodywork and your articles, and wondering how I could get a copy. Thank you for sending them! Just beautiful. After reading through them, I was also more impressed at how succinctly you covered all the bases, as it were, all the information vital to the work, in the space of that one, seemingly simple and clearly presented workshop. I was especially impressed with how you were able to compress such a lot of deep and important info on a subject so deep and wide, in a really easily acessible way. I am, among other things, a midwife and teacher of midwives. One of the books on my required reading list for aspiring midwives is 'Who Dies' by Stephen Levine, because I feel so deeply that the space we share coming in is very very similar to the space we share going out, and so many of the issues and the practices, and even the fears, are similar. Thanks again and i hope your foot heals quickly and well. Love,"
- Alison
"As a hospice counselor, the deep understanding and 'hands-on' empathy that Lyn brings are a tremendous comfort to herclients."
- Rick Isaacs, Administator, Hillside Care Center, San Rafael, CA
"When I took Lyn's seminar I learned to be more aware of myself as I interact with my clients and to be more aware of non-verbals and the specific relationship between somatic complaints and grief."
- Cindy G, Social Worker, Indiana
"Your class was wonderful and very powerful. I have recommended you to several people."
-Joan Lamphier, CEO, Lamphier-Gregory Oakland, CA
"Your work is moving and straight from the heart. Thank you, and God Bless You!"
- Rita Widegren, Nurse, San Rafael, CA
"I was concerned that Degriefing might be too depressing for a luncheon, but I feel great! I learned so much from your presentation. A million thanks."
- Sandy Jones, Accountant and President Fairfax Rotary Club
"Dr. Mark Schillinger, D.C., was so right when he referred me to you. You are the roto-rooter of relationship... gentle, but ruthless!"
- Maureen Shaffer, Executive, Marin County CA
"Lyn's work proved highly satisfying for all the staff who attended her in-service presentations, and very practical results are emerging on the floor of the care facility... more presence and openness and a greater understanding of the dynamics of pain in our institutional lives."
- Rick Isaacs, Administator, Hillside Care Center, San Rafael, CA
"Lyn's unique combination of wisdom, knowledge and experience from an array of disciplines enriches her work in a vitally important area. I am so proud and pleased that we are able to offer her classes at Redwood Community Education."
- Kay Slegle, Administrator of Marin County Adult Education
"The class was superb and she gave generously of herself."
- Antonio Sausys, International Yoga Professor, San Anselmo, CA
- Stephen and Ondrea Levine
Authors "Who Dies", "One Year to Live" Seminar Leaders on "Conscious Living/Conscious Dying"
"[...] Perhaps it was because of my own personal journey and what I have experienced this past year that made this one of the best workshops I have ever attended. It released many stored up tears and began the healing journey. It brought me face to face with the reality of how can we be effective in our parishes if we are not in touch with our own pain and grief. [...]
- Rose Coulter, RN, Assistant Director, Nurse Ministries Network
Read full testimonial here >
"You are so good at all of this...your passion is wonderful...you are a gift to all those you encounter and are able to guide."
- Candi LaClair, South Norwalk Connecticut
"I am so honored to have been taught by the best to be present for my patients and families. You are the pivot that brought me back to hospice."
- Melody Coombs Albreski, Co-ordinating Supervisor Miner's Colfax Medical Center, Raton, NM
"Lyn Prashant seriously made an impact on me and the other members of the course. Her knowledge of the topic and her ability to communicate and facilitate this course was phenomenal."
- Lisa Asbury, Data Recovery Systems, Novato, CA
"Lyn has considerable facilitating skills to help the group dynamics achieve insight."
- Rick Isaacs, Administator, Hillside Care Center, San Rafael, CA
"Lyn Prashant is amazing. Her insight and compassion are unbounded."
- Jenna McClure, Artist and Photographer, Petaluma, CA
"I also attended Lyn Prashant's session on degriefing a rural community. Lyn, if you are reading this, thank you so much for sharing your experience with us...it was very inspiring to see your concern for this community and how much time you spent asking questions and getting to know the community months before you went there."
- Cheryl Amari, MA, CT
"Congratulations! I am quite taken with your idea that "conscious caregiving" can avoid the burnout that is endemic to nursing. Best of luck developing that idea."
- Susan Dorey, San Rafael CA
"Dearest, dear Lyn,
Most precious "hueman",
We (all my alter egos and I) send you great love and thanks.
For the tremendous caring that you give...
That helps us (and the rest of your people) get better.
We love you to the new moon and back"
~mermaste~ Deb Gitlin, San Jose, CA
"Lyn, We were quite taken with the course as well as your presentation. I hope you are still doing your meaningful work in educating people about the grieving process. I am now a hospital Chaplain, and you shared some wonderful words to help in this ministry. God Bless you."
- Kandi Mount, Bella Vista, AR
"Lyn, thank YOU for the outstanding presentation on Monday. I came away grateful you spend some of your time in San Miguel...and are here for the first moments of Hospice San Miguel. I have recommended to the board that they attend your 3 day workshop..(and will make the same recommendation to all in ear shot!! )...and after putting the Hospice care team together in the next week or so...have you develop a specialized training experience for the team. I'm sure Milou will let you know about this when our ducks are in order. I'm personally looking forward to your workshop with great anticipation... Thank you for sending the articles...they will add significantly to creating the foundation those of us involved with Hospice San Miguel need so urgently."
- Martha
Thank you again for the workshop, for your work, for sharing it. Very glad I got the opportunity. I had been looking rather longingly, at those back issues of massage and bodywork and your articles, and wondering how I could get a copy. Thank you for sending them! Just beautiful. After reading through them, I was also more impressed at how succinctly you covered all the bases, as it were, all the information vital to the work, in the space of that one, seemingly simple and clearly presented workshop. I was especially impressed with how you were able to compress such a lot of deep and important info on a subject so deep and wide, in a really easily acessible way. I am, among other things, a midwife and teacher of midwives. One of the books on my required reading list for aspiring midwives is 'Who Dies' by Stephen Levine, because I feel so deeply that the space we share coming in is very very similar to the space we share going out, and so many of the issues and the practices, and even the fears, are similar. Thanks again and i hope your foot heals quickly and well. Love,"
- Alison
"As a hospice counselor, the deep understanding and 'hands-on' empathy that Lyn brings are a tremendous comfort to herclients."
- Rick Isaacs, Administator, Hillside Care Center, San Rafael, CA
"When I took Lyn's seminar I learned to be more aware of myself as I interact with my clients and to be more aware of non-verbals and the specific relationship between somatic complaints and grief."
- Cindy G, Social Worker, Indiana
"Your class was wonderful and very powerful. I have recommended you to several people."
-Joan Lamphier, CEO, Lamphier-Gregory Oakland, CA
"Your work is moving and straight from the heart. Thank you, and God Bless You!"
- Rita Widegren, Nurse, San Rafael, CA
"I was concerned that Degriefing might be too depressing for a luncheon, but I feel great! I learned so much from your presentation. A million thanks."
- Sandy Jones, Accountant and President Fairfax Rotary Club
"Dr. Mark Schillinger, D.C., was so right when he referred me to you. You are the roto-rooter of relationship... gentle, but ruthless!"
- Maureen Shaffer, Executive, Marin County CA
"Lyn's work proved highly satisfying for all the staff who attended her in-service presentations, and very practical results are emerging on the floor of the care facility... more presence and openness and a greater understanding of the dynamics of pain in our institutional lives."
- Rick Isaacs, Administator, Hillside Care Center, San Rafael, CA
"Lyn's unique combination of wisdom, knowledge and experience from an array of disciplines enriches her work in a vitally important area. I am so proud and pleased that we are able to offer her classes at Redwood Community Education."
- Kay Slegle, Administrator of Marin County Adult Education
"The class was superb and she gave generously of herself."
- Antonio Sausys, International Yoga Professor, San Anselmo, CA
July 16, 2008
Ms. Lyn Prashant
Degriefing
P. O. Box 1501
San Anselmo, CA 94979
Dear Lyn:
I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your hard work and professionalism during our week-long Degriefing seminars held in our community last November.
From the initial phone conversation and continuing planning sessions we had regarding the issues in our community and the needs of our citizens, you demonstrated passion and concern for the individual needs and also the community’s needs. You worked with me and lead me through the planning process to find the best possible balance in meeting those identified needs.
Your extensive communication skills and knowledge of the grief process and its rituals was evident in the planning process, preparation of the handouts, and most importantly in the confident and competent level of presentation at each session of the seminars. Your ability to meet each person on their level and assist each person with identifying their own strengths and abilities to work through their losses was expressed to me for several weeks following the weeklong event. I cannot tell you, how impressed and happy each person was after having the opportunity to listen and participate in the sessions.
In addition, each and every person that had the opportunity to have a one-on-one session with you was so thankful to have been able to sit down with you. Each person expressed to me how helpful this was to them. Many had had recent significant losses and were having a difficult time coping with day to day events.
As the week came to an end, I witnessed you change gears in your session with our Long Term Care residents and help to bring an entire community together to end the week with our Candlelight Memorial Ceremony. The event had a definite impact of not only allowing families to have some closure to difficult events, but also allowed the opening of a new door that many had been unable, prior to your seminars, to visualize through their pain.
Thank you again for all your dedication, passion, and personal ability to touch people and assist them through difficult events. I look forward to the opportunity of working with you long into the future.
Respectfully,
Melody Albreski, RN
Director of Education
Miner's Colfax Medical Center
Raton, New Mexico
Ms. Lyn Prashant
Degriefing
P. O. Box 1501
San Anselmo, CA 94979
Dear Lyn:
I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your hard work and professionalism during our week-long Degriefing seminars held in our community last November.
From the initial phone conversation and continuing planning sessions we had regarding the issues in our community and the needs of our citizens, you demonstrated passion and concern for the individual needs and also the community’s needs. You worked with me and lead me through the planning process to find the best possible balance in meeting those identified needs.
Your extensive communication skills and knowledge of the grief process and its rituals was evident in the planning process, preparation of the handouts, and most importantly in the confident and competent level of presentation at each session of the seminars. Your ability to meet each person on their level and assist each person with identifying their own strengths and abilities to work through their losses was expressed to me for several weeks following the weeklong event. I cannot tell you, how impressed and happy each person was after having the opportunity to listen and participate in the sessions.
In addition, each and every person that had the opportunity to have a one-on-one session with you was so thankful to have been able to sit down with you. Each person expressed to me how helpful this was to them. Many had had recent significant losses and were having a difficult time coping with day to day events.
As the week came to an end, I witnessed you change gears in your session with our Long Term Care residents and help to bring an entire community together to end the week with our Candlelight Memorial Ceremony. The event had a definite impact of not only allowing families to have some closure to difficult events, but also allowed the opening of a new door that many had been unable, prior to your seminars, to visualize through their pain.
Thank you again for all your dedication, passion, and personal ability to touch people and assist them through difficult events. I look forward to the opportunity of working with you long into the future.
Respectfully,
Melody Albreski, RN
Director of Education
Miner's Colfax Medical Center
Raton, New Mexico
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