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	<description>Dealing with Death, Loss, Grief, Sympathy, Bereavement</description>
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	<itunes:summary>Are you suffering from loss? Feeling alone? Looking for hope? Join Dr. Gloria and Dr. Heidi Horsley, bereaved parent/sibling on their weekly Open to Hope Internet radio show. The Horsleys are founders of Opentohope.com and international experts on finding hope after loss. Their personal journey and the stories of their guests will inspire you and motivate you to again embrace the life that you have been given.</itunes:summary>
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		<title>Helpful Tips For Managing the Holidays For the Bereaved</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Oct 2011 08:04:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[While grieving we go through many firsts as important dates come up on the calendar. Whether it&#8217;s the first anniversary, birthday or holiday, it&#8217;s good to have coping strategies in place to rely on to help us cope. The holidays &#8230; <a href="http://www.opentohope.com/?post=helpful-tips-for-managing-the-holidays-for-the-bereaved">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Father&#8217;s Day Approaches as a Father Dies</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 08:47:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Gloria Lintermans &#8211; My father is dying of cancer. He will be gone before Father&#8217;s Day, having spent 93 years in a world of snow-balling change. A huge person in my life, I don&#8217;t know how to say good-bye. &#8230; <a href="http://www.opentohope.com/?post=fathers-day-approaches-as-a-father-dies">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Widow Feels Rage About &#8216;God&#8217;s Plan&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 17:53:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Question from Chris: I lost my husband, Fred, on 1/5/09 after 35 years and 35 days of marriage. I am still, almost 3 months later, so devastated. We have 3 sons and I have a job. So I can stay &#8230; <a href="http://www.opentohope.com/?post=widow-feels-rage-about-gods-plan">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Grieving Loss in the LGBT Community</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 09:38:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Gloria Lintermans &#38; Marilyn Stolzman, Ph.D., L.M.F.T. &#8211; The pain of grieving is there for all losses, whether spouse or lover. A partnership transcends labels and roles and one&#8217;s partner is primary when a strong bond exists. Regardless of &#8230; <a href="http://www.opentohope.com/?post=grieving-loss-in-the-lgbt-community">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Managing the Holidays: Tips For the Bereaved</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:15:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gloria Lintermans</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Gloria Lintermans &#38; Marilyn Stolzman, Ph.D., L.M.F.T. &#8211; The holidays can be a particularly difficult time for those of us who have lost a loved one. We are used to being with our family members during this time, and &#8230; <a href="http://www.opentohope.com/?post=managing-the-holidays-tips-for-the-bereaved1">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Predictable Path of Grief</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 14:56:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gloria Lintermans</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Writer Gloria Lintermans explains the five time sequences of grief, and answers the question: When will I get through this? <a href="http://www.opentohope.com/?post=the-predictable-path-of-grief">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>LOVE: When Your Widowed Parent Re-Marries…An Adult Child’s Perspective</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Feb 2007 23:33:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gloria Lintermans</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chances are that you grew up in a two-parent family, a mom and a dad. Went to a local school, away to college, perhaps married, and maybe even had children of your own. If you are like many of us, &#8230; <a href="http://www.opentohope.com/?post=love-when-your-widowed-parent-re-marriesan-adult-childs-perspective1">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>LOSS and LOVE: Transcending the Loss of a Spouse to New Love</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Feb 2007 00:45:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gloria Lintermans</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The unimaginable has happened; you are a widow or widower. Mourning your loss has been the focus of your life for the past year or two. Finally, as you begin to surface from your profound grief, with a deep breath &#8230; <a href="http://www.opentohope.com/?post=loss-and-love-transcending-the-loss-of-a-spouse-to-new-love1">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>LOSS: When the Heart Heals…A Widow’s Story</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jan 2007 22:54:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gloria Lintermans</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[At this point, widowed for about 18 months, I met Hal the night I attended my last bereavement support group meeting. I was instantly attracted to his energy. We seemed to have a lot in common, both professionally and emotionally. &#8230; <a href="http://www.opentohope.com/?post=loss-when-the-heart-healsa-widows-story1">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>LOSS and LOVE: Love Revisited…Helpful Do’s &amp; Don’ts for the Widow/Widower Embracing New Love</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jan 2007 22:12:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gloria Lintermans</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Is it possible to mourn the loss of a beloved spouse and, while still grieving, to not only meet someone special, but fall in love and begin to build a new relationship Is it possible to mourn the loss of &#8230; <a href="http://www.opentohope.com/?post=loss-and-love-love-revisitedhelpful-dos-donts-for-the-widowwidower-embracing-new-love1">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>LOSS: When Half Of A Whole Feels Like Zero…Excerpted from The Healing Power Of Grief</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jan 2007 23:38:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gloria Lintermans</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The mental fog that had sheltered me emotionally during those first four months after my husband?s death is slowly, and painfully, beginning to clear. Coincidently, this occurs just as the world around me appears to need me to get out &#8230; <a href="http://www.opentohope.com/?post=loss-when-half-of-a-whole-feels-like-zeroexcerpted-from-the-healing-power-of-grief1">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>LOSS: The Time Sequences of Grief: Moving Through Loss</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jan 2007 16:39:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gloria Lintermans</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The loss of a spouse is one of the most difficult loses we experience as your entire day-to-day life is turned upside-down. The grieving process following this loss is divided into five time sequences of grief. One to four months &#8230; <a href="http://www.opentohope.com/?post=loss-the-time-sequences-of-grief-moving-through-loss1">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>LOSS: Healing After Loss</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jan 2007 18:21:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gloria Lintermans</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Loss is a fact of life. Yet, following loss, their needs to be a healthy healing, a healing that allows life not only to simply continue, but with joy and determination. What are the elements that make up healing? Whether &#8230; <a href="http://www.opentohope.com/?post=loss-healing-after-loss1">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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