In July 2008, Dr. Sue Marsden and myself conducted a series of training seminars at Hospis Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur.
This link connects with the College of Radiology Malaysia website.
Dr Evelyn Ho attended the Hope training-workshop and wrote this evaluation.
www.radiologymalaysia.org/index/GenHealth/index.html
Some Examples from the Evaluations of Participants in the Continuing Education Training on "The Power of Hope".
Bay of Plenty District Health Board, Whakatane, New Zealand
What was of most value for you?
- Healing burnout
- Indicators of burnout – what has worked in the past to propel you through
- Reflecting on burnout – recognising when self is close to burnout
- Understanding the 4 quadrants
- Speaker very knowledgeable about the inner experiences of life in general. Able to engage everyone in the room
- The whole day was fantastic. Great presentation, the best I have been to.
- Need to have clear aims with clients and discuss dreams.
- Understanding myself and to help others
- Reconnecting with why I became a therapist
- The wisdom and experience of such a woman shared with humility and honesty which enables me to feel what is spoken of, is real and a live lived experience
- To be inspired – to see or feel energy of another in a safe ‘whole person’ professional care
- Thank you for bringing such an inspiring grounded woman to the bay.
- To know I am doing OK in my work and stimulated to keep going and working in this field.
- To see the art and to be reminded that this is central to our role.
- Very real, human approach to restoring hope
- The facilitator - how she presented her topics held my attention all day.
- The 7 areas that hope needs meaningful relationships, courage etc. Life is a journey with many challenges – acknowledging this.
- Awareness of where I am and its O.K.
- How powerful HOPE is
- Right from the start, it was hook, line and capture. I got very emotional – related straight away
- Exploring self awareness and how I practice
- Relating to self as clinicians
- Stories understanding Te Whare Tapa Wha in pakeha context
- Understanding how to use hope
- Personal self awareness enhancing spiritual understanding in health
- Validate things
- I have stumbled when supporting someone who is grieving.
- To hear the value of self & self expression in an atmosphere of caring and sharing.
- To understand how working with the grief process can impact on me & have the empowerment to act upon the triggers.
- Working with people who are in despair & confirming that ‘to allow to just be’ is OK for your clients.
- How important it is to heal oneself before setting on the path of healing, thank you
- Time for reflection on own needs and work practices in relation to connections and energies. The accounts of the presenters experiences in this field.
- Learning importance of “gaze”. Relationships, places, plants, environment, animals are significant & can cause loss/grief when gone
- Revisiting a very important topic
- The clarity & depth of the presentation, the non-threatening way we were involved in group participation. The topic/content related at both professional and personal levels.
- Reinforcing everyone is different with different needs. Not everyone needs the same approach. Healthcare providers have their own needs.
- Liese is ‘real’. I liked her stories & her experiences & her honesty and wisdom.
- Liese’s expertise on the topic, her great presence and personality
- Hearing some loss is always with you & incidents/events can bump the pain and that it is okay.
- Brainstorming personal thoughts & experiences made it very relevant
- Presenter stuck to the timeline – thank you.
- All of Liese presentation, validation by the network, and variety of attendees
- Each aspect of the workshop was valuable
- Honest acknowledgement of the way things/work can burn you out.
- Looking at ways of interacting with clients & ways of keeping ourselves safe. Bring hope to clients, friends & family
- Interesting topic and speaker
- Exploration of the personality quadrant was very useful.
- Reaffirmation of what I am doing. Liese stories, anecdotes – good focus on professional aspects & it sits with personal
- Loved the comments on use of self / instilling hope for people. A refreshing approach & something I think all Dr’s should be learning & using.
- Interesting speaker knows her subject very well
- Time to think and reflect. Inspiring speaker
- Recognising grief & loss. Understanding that we are all different
- Afternoon session, Workshop and networking. Caring for ourselves. Useful to hear about “Triangle Model – food for thought
- Personal development – It’s ok to work with and utilise my experiences & feelings – they are important & are of value
General Comments
- Excellent workshop, wonderful
- Great facilitation, power point, lovely use of own personal experiences
- Fabulous! Very nurturing
- Kia ora Liese, Ka nui o te mahi (great work)
- The home made cooking was very special as a personal gift of Kai.
- Dynamic speaker
- Thank you to your team for facilitating the opportunity for us to hear, see and feel such wisdom packaged in such a “SMALL” big “lady”.
- I’m so thankful, appreciative I came my cup now runneth over
- Thank you for unlocking emotions often too painful to acknowledge
- Fantastic speaker – so animated, fresh, humility, clear, human, & honest. Good day , thank you so much
- Excellent organisation skills – well done social workers
- Very good workshop – food was great
- Wonderful day – very inspirational
- Brilliant, great speaker
- Thanks for a fantastic but brief journey
- Good buffet & catering arrangements
- Excellent overview, thoroughly enjoyed day. Great speaker, great examples, thank you.
- Excellent speaker with great learning tools