"Brenda's words are wonderful." Marianne Williamson,
"Brenda's work is so simple and clear. You hear what she says, you know it is the truth and then there i sno more commentary. It is all unpretentious, genuine and true. thank you, Brenda, for making us feel so comfortable."
Jon Mundy, Author, "Living A Course in Miracles," Executive Director, All Faiths Seminary, New York
"...wisdom, tears, smiles, consoling hands and spiritual guidance. The most important work I have read in the last years. And the most beautiful one, too." (Journey Through Illness and Beyond)
Judge Amnon Carmi, Editor/Chief, Medicine and Law, Haifa, Israel
“Throughout the program Dr. Shoshanna conducted for our staff her warm personality and ability to get participants emotionally involved in the material was consistently demonstrated. As a result of the program, participants experienced much insight and ability in dealing with relationships.”
Dr Frank Wald, Chairman Mental Health Committe, JFK Medical Center
"Dr. Deepak Chopra once told me that he thought the single most common and direct cause of illness was anger. If this is true, Dr. Brenda Shoshanna has got to be one of the great world class healers of all time. . ."
-- R. Winn Henderson, M.D
“"Brenda's Zen work is a good place to begin, to begin and again and never finish. The book is delightful." (Zen Play)
Fr. Robert Kennedy, Roshi, Founder, Morningstar Zen
"Brenda Shoshanna is one of the most innovative and provocative Buddhist thinkers in the United States today."
Michael S. Russo, Ph.d. Professor of Philosophy, Molloy College
AWARDS, BOOKS, STORIES
ZEN AND THE ART OF FALLING IN LOVE
"A Powerful, Potentially Life Changing Book" Body and Soul
THE ANGER DIET
One of the Best Books of the Year in Spirituality, 2005 , Spirituality and Practice
JOURNEY THROUGH ILLNESS AND BEYOND
(Now Titled: TIME TO CARE)
Nabe Award For The Best Book of The Year In The Category of Health
SILENT NIGHT, (Collection of Random House Best College Stories)
Jane Eisner Award for Fiction
AWARDS, PLAYS
Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival
Searching For The Ox
Soapboxstageworks
Three Women Left At A Bus Stop
San Francisco Play Festival
Let's Dance
Writer's Digest Best Stage Play: Honorable Mention
Three Women Left At A Bus Stop
Madness for Two, (The Story of a Marriage)
First Stage, La.
Let's Dance
Arnold Weissberger Award, (Dramatists Guild)
Jakey's Incredible Family Reunion
The Chilcote Award, Cleveland Public Theater
Under The Shade of One Tree
Barbara Streisand (Theater Festival)
Where Prayers Come True