Testimonials

After completing the 90 minute HEOP Compassion & Understanding Workshop, student nurses answered the evaluation question:

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In your own words, how did this workshop affect your perspective, emotions, or mindset?

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“I realized mental health is not what it seems to be, people with mental issues are still human beings.” 

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After completing the 90 minute HEOP Compassion & Understanding Workshop, student nurses answered the evaluation question:

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In your own words, how did this workshop affect your perspective, emotions, or mindset?

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“It inspired me to want to learn more and attempt again to help a friend.”  

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After completing the 90 minute HEOP Compassion & Understanding Workshop, student nurses answered the evaluation question:

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In your own words, how did this workshop affect your perspective, emotions, or mindset?

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“Open perspective.”   

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After completing the 90 minute HEOP Compassion & Understanding Workshop, student nurses answered the evaluation question:

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In your own words, how did this workshop affect your perspective, emotions, or mindset?

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“It made me feel like we are all emotional and learning to do new things that are hard.”

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After completing the 90 minute HEOP Compassion & Understanding Workshop, student nurses answered the evaluation question:

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In your own words, how did this workshop affect your perspective, emotions, or mindset?

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“Reminding myself we all have stuff going on.  Be kind. Be empathetic.”

After completing the 90 minute HEOP Compassion & Understanding Workshop, student nurses answered the evaluation question:

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In your own words, how did this workshop affect your perspective, emotions, or mindset?

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“Will help me be more present in general.”  

After completing the 90 minute HEOP Compassion & Understanding Workshop, student nurses answered the evaluation question:

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In your own words, how did this workshop affect your perspective, emotions, or mindset?

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“It served as a great reminder to treat everyone as human, with respect and kindness.”  

After completing the 90 minute HEOP Compassion & Understanding Workshop, student nurses answered the evaluation question:

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In your own words, how did this workshop affect your perspective, emotions, or mindset?

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“It connected all of us here with common struggles.”  

After completing the 90 minute HEOP Compassion & Understanding Workshop, student nurses answered the evaluation question:

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In your own words, how did this workshop affect your perspective, emotions, or mindset?

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“It truly made me reflect on my own personal experience and mindset and how that translates in my care for others in the nursing field.  I have a family member who is incarcerated, this workshop made me feel like their experience is validated and seen.”  

After completing the 90 minute HEOP Compassion & Understanding Workshop, student nurses answered the evaluation question:

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In your own words, how did this workshop affect your perspective, emotions, or mindset?

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“It allowed me to examine the aspects of compassion I am good at and the aspects I need to work on”  

After completing the 90 minute HEOP Compassion & Understanding Workshop, student nurses answered the evaluation question:

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In your own words, how did this workshop affect your perspective, emotions, or mindset?

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“We are all humans and have been through alot, we are all healing at our own pace.” 

Mr. Vaughn created HEOP to assist staff  and its members become mentors to lower functioning participants. He and I have worked together to build this program into a  productive platform of assisting the EOP and DDP inmate population. His attitude toward staff and inmates has grown into a respectful,  dependable and thoughtful individual who gives of himself. He should be commended for developing and maintain the HEOP program that nurtures empathy and the healing process.

"Mr.Vaughn conducted himself in compassionate, understanding manner and proactively strives to make a community of understanding and positivity; as evident in HEOP Mr. Vaughn has demonstrated exceptional leadership, drive and efficient communication skills."

"Mr. Vaughn is an exceptional model inmate; he helps maintain-peace, shows leadership, and communicates well with inmates. He does not hesitate to take the initiative to offer his his assistance to staff and inmates. He understands humanity with compassion a great deal, and naturally gives himself to it.

"I commend Mr.Vaughn for his leadership, work ethic, positive attitude, and commitment to creating a positive community. I have interacted with Vaughn's organization's strive to improve the experience of participants in the mental health program by providing support and camaraderie and assistance in various capacities, including letter writing, filling out forms, social encouragement, along with personal hygiene and best health practices.

HEOP offers positive reinforcement by hosting ceremonies to acknowledge peers for excellence, kindness and respect.

HEOP sponsors event to prepare for a successful transition into the community, ensure clean clothing and supplies for daily living, increasing their access to services.

Mr. Vaughn has remained strongly committed to the organization, diligently helping others by developing programs, events while he exhibits exceptional leadership, compassion in a professional respectful manner. Mr. Vaughn is truly invested in creating meaning change."

HEOP had the honor of teaching a powerful workshop on Compassion and Understanding to the nursing students of Professor Camille Chae, MSN, RN, a respected educator in behavioral health since 2015. The workshop created space for students to explore mental health through lived experience, emotional awareness, and the importance of seeing the whole person-not just the diagnosis.

Students were fully engaged, inspired by HEOP's message and storytelling. One student reflected, "This workshop reminded me that compassion is just as essential as clinical skills. It helped me reconnect with why I chose to become a nurse."

Professor Chae shared her thoughts on the experience:
"HEOP brought something into the classroom that can't be taught from a textbook-real, lived humanity. My students left with more than knowledge; they left with understanding. I'm grateful for this partnership and the light HEOP shines in the world of mental health."

HEOP is proud to teach and inspire future nurses-helping them become not only skilled clinicians, but also compassionate healers."