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Brenda Paik Sunoo,
Hanoi, Vietnam |
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Brenda is a certified Grief Recovery Institute® specialist, specializing in grief recovery at the workplace. She is the founder of Compassion at Work (www.compassionatwork.com) a consulting firm that provides assistance to Human Resource managers whose employees have experienced a loss. She has helped corporate, government and non-profit organizations address losses due to death, long-term illness, workplace violence and catastrophic events.
After the sudden death of her 16-year-old son, Tommy, in 1994, she co-facilitated the Orange Coast, California chapter of The Compassionate Friends, an international, non-profit organization that assists bereaved parents.
She is currently an expatriate living in Hanoi, Vietnam. Brenda, also a Reiki Master is continuing her research, consulting and freelance journalism on cultural diversity and grief.
Membership in Educational / Professional Organizations:
Brenda is affiliated with Grief Recovery institute and is on the Amerasia Journal Media Advisory Board. She is a member of the National Writers Union and the Society for Human Resources Management.
Publications:
- Facing Grief at the Workplace: How and Why to Help Your Employees Heal, (1997). (Winner of a Maggie Award in Public Service Category).
- Managing Workplace Grief - Vision and Necessity, Volume 2, Number 3, Pepperdine Dispute Resolution Law Journal
- Joint Venture: Koreans and Blacks, Rice Magazine
- Daily news stories on a short-term basis for the Los Angeles Times, Orange County Edition
- Beyond the Crucible: Responses to Anti-Asian Hatred
- News Editor of Korea Times: English Edition. Brenda covered minority community news and features between 1989 and 1993.
- Former senior editor of Workforce Magazine
