Lynne Twist
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| birth_date = [[1945]]
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| occupation = Trainer, Guest Seminar Leaders, [[Erhard Seminars Training]]<br>Founding Executive, [[The Hunger Project]]<br>Founder, [[Soul of Money Institute]]<br>Advisory Board, [[Hartley Film Foundation]]
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'''Lynne W. Twist''' ([[1945]] - ) is the founder of the [[Soul of Money Institute]], co-founder of the [[Pachamama Alliance]], and founding executive of [[The Hunger Project]]. Twist was involved with [[Werner Erhard]]'s [[est training]], and was in charge of training the Guest Seminar Leaders. Twist sits on the advisory board<ref>[http://www.hartleyfoundation.org/about_us.php Advisory Board], the [[Hartley Film Foundation]], </ref> of the [[Hartley Film Foundation]].
==[[Erhard Seminars Training|est]] Training==
Lynne Twist on her experiences with [[est training]] :
<blockquote>Everybody has milestones and epiphanies. Mine came in the [[EST training]] which I took in [[1974]] with [[Werner Erhard]]. It just revolutionized my life. I really came to understand that I could turn my life over to making a difference. That experience led me to be in the right place at the right time when [[The Hunger Project]] was born. I heard [[Werner Erhard]] say for the first time at a big meeting that he was taking a stand to end world hunger. My whole body started to shake, and I knew that that was why I was born, that that was what I came here to do. It was impractical because I was a very busy young mother, but it was a calling so remarkable that I could not deny it, and so I went with it. That's what the [[EST training]] did for me...What was almost a split personality, between my spiritual path and my more public path, became one. I became fearless about living authentically after the [[EST training]]. Then [[The Hunger Project]] gave me the platform to express it.<ref>[http://www.rsfsocialfinance.org/pdf/quarterly/december_2003.pdf RSF Quarterly], publication, the [[Rudolf Steiner Foundation]], December 21, [[2003]], Interview with Lynne Twist</ref></blockquote>
==The Hunger Project==
From [[est training]] to The Hunger Project :
<blockquote>In the mid 1970s, Twist was involved in the [[human potential movement]]. As part of that process, she underwent [[EST training]], and when [[Werner Erhard]] announced he was taking responsibility to stop world hunger, she recalls, "Something reverberated in my soul." Despite objections to Erhard’s announcement by his advisory board, the Hunger Project was born. [[Joan Holmes]] was initially named Interim Director and Twist the first staff member. <ref>Bobbye Middendorf, "[http://www.consciouschoice.com/2002/cc1510/womanallseasons1510.html A Woman for All Seasons]", [[Chicago]] [[Conscious Choice]], October [[2002]]</ref></blockquote>
Lynne Twist, on her involvement with [[The Hunger Project]] :
<blockquote>The mission of [[the Hunger Project]] is to end chronic, persistent hunger on earth. I’ve been very deeply committed to the Hunger Project and an executive with them for 22 years...I worked for the Hunger Project from its inception in [[1977]] until the year [[2000]]. I was one of the founding executives and the director of global funding.<ref>[http://www.brandefoundation.org/Pages/L_Twist.html Interview with Lynne Twist], testimonial, the [[Brande Foundation]]</ref></blockquote>
==Publications==
* [http://soulofmoney.org/ The Soul of Money]: Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Life, '''Lynne Twist''' & [[Teresa Barker]], [[W. W. Norton]]
==See also==
*[[Human Potential Movement]]
*[[Werner Erhard]]/[[est training]]
*[[The Hunger Project]]
*[[Joan Holmes]]
*[[Ellis Duell]]
==External links==
*[http://www.brandefoundation.org/Pages/L_Twist.html Interview with Lynne Twist], the [[Brande Foundation]]
*[http://www.rsfsocialfinance.org/pdf/quarterly/december_2003.pdf RSF Quarterly], publication, the [[Rudolf Steiner Foundation]], December 21, [[2003]], Interview with Lynne Twist
*[http://www.consciouschoice.com/2002/cc1510/womanallseasons1510.ht "A Woman for All Seasons"], Bobbye Middendorf, [[Chicago]] [[Conscious Choice]], October [[2002]]
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==References==
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[[Category:The Hunger Project|Twist, Lynne]]
[[Category:Human Potential Movement|Twist, Lynne]]
[[Category:International charities|Twist, Lynne]]
[[Category:Development charities|Twist, Lynne]]
[[Category:1945 births|Twist, Lynne]]
[[Category:Living people|Twist, Lynne]]