She has enlightened and ennobled us all.

Her story was completely different than my own, yet it had everything to do with my life. I’ll never forget it.

Words can hardly begin to express the profound impact watching you and hearing your candid story made on me… Thank you for teaching me so much about life.

Lyena engaged our staff powerfully. After her presentation, they were clearly energized, more motivated, and more open to change.

Lyena held our students and faculty captivated with her engaging, funny and radically honest stories…With just herself, a wheelchair and a small table, she was able to transport all of us… on a deeply transformative journey into essential questions of faith, meaning, suffering, shattered expectations, resilience and life-changing wisdom.

With soaring honesty and profound self-awareness, Lyena conveys a journey of loss and recovery in its deepest sense-- a spiritual journey…. To witness her telling of the story, we ourselves are moved, changed and awakened.

Sheer genius

When Lyena left the stage we all remained in our seats, frozen. We wanted more.

Your story is elegant, moving, humorous & inspirational - a gift to all of us who have struggled with loss of any kind, and certainly to those of us courageous enough to use even our darkest moments as a source of our creative & spiritual life.

I expected to be inspired. I didn’t expect to be transformed.