Why Invest in Your Teams?
Supporting the well-being of your workforce is a strategic and wise investment. Of course, Restwork cannot promise any specific retention outcomes. Formation is not a transaction, and we will not reduce it to one. What we can say is this: the conditions Restwork builds - belonging, meaning, vocational clarity, and the sense that the organization genuinely invests in its people - are precisely the conditions research identifies as protective against departure. Restwork partners with organizations who are seeking to:
Reduce turnover & improve retention by preventing cumulative distress and strengthening workforce stability.
Enhance team and culture effectiveness by practicing self-awareness, moral resilience, and professional courage.
Improve patient & client outcomes by empowering engaged and purpose-led caregivers who provide high quality care.
Form grounded and present caregivers & leaders through engagement in the R.E.S.T. Pathway and ongoing accompaniment.
Receive insight beneath the surface data throughRestwork's assessment framework. Organizations receive a real-time, data-informed picture of their workforce's cumulative wellbeing…translating the often-invisible interior experience of caregivers into measurable, actionable insight.
Formed by practice. Leading with presence.
Who we serve.
We partner directly with hospitals, health networks, veterinary practices, human service agencies, and caregiving organizations to build accompaniment infrastructure, and to measure and sustain flourishing at work.
Restwork is a virtues-of-care formation model for healthcare and caregiving organizations, providing accompaniment and reflective learning environments that nurture human flourishing. It rests on a simple conviction: the work of caregiving forms the people who do it, and that forming, if left untended, erodes the very inner capacities that makes good care possible. Restwork exists to tend that formation so it moves toward flourishing.
At the center of Restwork's approach is the particular attention we give to developing the caregiver imagination: the formed interior capacity through which caregivers and leaders navigate the inner demands of their work, engage in meaning-making, experience the caregiving relationship, and remember the dignity of both those in their care and themselves. This is not a personality trait or a professional competency. It is a way of seeing, being, and experiencing that can be formed — and that, without structured support, predictably erodes.
Restwork partners with organizations to help reverse the trajectory of disconnection and attrition by changing the framework through which caregivers engage and interpret the meaning of their work. The aim is not a workforce hardened to absorb even more overload. Success, for Restwork, shows up in two places: the number of professionals actively engaged in formation practices, and the personal and organizational culture shifts that follow.
Meet Our Team
Shane Ash, D.Min.
Founder & Executive Director
Shane is a caregiver advocate, certified spiritual director, and founder of Restwork. He holds a Doctorate in Spiritual Formation and brings over 25 years of experience in healthcare chaplaincy and nonprofit leadership. His work focuses on meaning-making, compassionate presence, moral resilience and imagination, and the integration of inner-work and well-being in clinical environments. He accompanies individuals and teams navigating burnout, distress, and the complexities of caregiver identity and vocation.
Danielle Lang, L.M.H.C.
Retreat Facilitation Lead
Danielle is a seasoned mental health counselor, certified yoga instructor, and wilderness guide with over a decade of experience. Her clinical awareness, compassionate presence, and ability to help participants reconnect with their embodied selves consistently draw strong reviews from Restwork’s retreat participants. She holds licensure as a New York State Licensed Mental Health Counselor with Diagnostic Privilege (LMHC-D), National Certified Counselor (NCC), and Credentialed Alcohol and Substance Abuse Counselor (CASAC).
Julene Tegerstrand, Ph.D.
Learning and Evaluation Lead
Julene holds a Ph.D. in Leadership Studies with expertise in contemplative leadership and conflict transformation. She is a certified spiritual director with fifteen years of experience accompanying individuals and groups with reflective practices. She designs evaluation and learning studies that enable organizations to verify their outcomes, with emphasis on embracing complexity, cultural humility, and pluralism — helping organizations capture meaningful data while supporting holistic development.