http://www.opentohope.com Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:05:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Copyright Open to Hope Foundation, 2005 - 2012 admin@opentohope.com (Open to Hope Foundation) admin@opentohope.com (Open to Hope Foundation) 1440 http://oth-audio.s3.amazonaws.com/2012/01/oth_podcast_logo.jpg http://www.opentohope.com 144 144 http://www.opentohope.com/feed/radio/ 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. grief, healing Open to Hope Foundation Open to Hope Foundation admin@opentohope.com no no http://www.opentohope.com/?post=open-to-hope-editors-tv-special-airs-june-20 http://www.opentohope.com/?post=open-to-hope-editors-tv-special-airs-june-20#comments Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:41:19 +0000 Neil Chethik http://test.opentohope.com/?p=3914 http://www.opentohope.com/?post=open-to-hope-editors-tv-special-airs-june-20/feed/ 0 http://www.opentohope.com/?post=fathers-day-after-your-father-has-died http://www.opentohope.com/?post=fathers-day-after-your-father-has-died#comments Mon, 04 May 2009 15:52:51 +0000 Neil Chethik http://test.opentohope.com/?p=3568 http://www.opentohope.com/?post=fathers-day-after-your-father-has-died/feed/ 2 http://www.opentohope.com/?post=how-can-daughter-help-dad-after-painful-loss http://www.opentohope.com/?post=how-can-daughter-help-dad-after-painful-loss#comments Mon, 06 Apr 2009 17:56:26 +0000 Neil Chethik http://test.opentohope.com/?p=3393 http://www.opentohope.com/?post=how-can-daughter-help-dad-after-painful-loss/feed/ 0 http://www.opentohope.com/?post=fatherloss-to-be-made-into-pbs-special http://www.opentohope.com/?post=fatherloss-to-be-made-into-pbs-special#comments Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:13:06 +0000 Neil Chethik http://test.opentohope.com/?p=3218 http://www.opentohope.com/?post=fatherloss-to-be-made-into-pbs-special/feed/ 0 http://www.opentohope.com/?post=11-year-old-son-lashes-out-after-death-of-dad http://www.opentohope.com/?post=11-year-old-son-lashes-out-after-death-of-dad#comments Tue, 10 Mar 2009 18:33:29 +0000 Neil Chethik http://test.opentohope.com/?p=3165 http://www.opentohope.com/?post=11-year-old-son-lashes-out-after-death-of-dad/feed/ 0 http://www.opentohope.com/?post=loss-of-first-grandparent-a-major-blow http://www.opentohope.com/?post=loss-of-first-grandparent-a-major-blow#comments Tue, 10 Feb 2009 19:42:52 +0000 Neil Chethik http://test.opentohope.com/?p=2818 http://www.opentohope.com/?post=loss-of-first-grandparent-a-major-blow/feed/ 0 http://www.opentohope.com/?post=bereaved-mother-why-cant-i-cry http://www.opentohope.com/?post=bereaved-mother-why-cant-i-cry#comments Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:09:30 +0000 Neil Chethik http://test.opentohope.com/?p=2016 Sherry writes in: I'm not sure what to say, but feel compelled to write something. My 38-year-old daughter, Colleen, died May 20, 2008. I spoke to her that morning. She was feeling better than she had for?two weeks. I was in another state with my younger daughter. She and her husband were to adopt a child and I was helping with the their two small boys. Less than three hours later, my husband called and said Colleen is gone. She died of an asthma attack. She had asthma all of her life and felt she could handle any situation. Her children were just coming home from school. The paramedics did not reach her in time. We had a service and lots of loving people said kind and wonderful words to us. I smiled, thanked them, never shed a tear, and in my mind?and heart did NOT believe, and still don't believe, she's gone. We are blessed to have gardianship of our two grandchildren, ages 7 and 9;?they make us happy. Why can't I cry??? I start to and then I won't let my self. Four months before Colleen died, my mother died, and I didn't cry.?I am so hollow inside. We went through Hurricane Katrina, lost our home and business. Used all of our savings to rebuild our home; I didn't cry. WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME!!! I am numb. It's like I can't focus on any one thing; my mind just jumps around. The only thing that keeps me going is the children. I am falling apart inside, but outside I look fine. MY DAUGHTER CAN'T BE GONE, IT CAN'T BE. I see her standing in the hall looking in at the children in their bedrooms. Am I carzy??? Please someone give me something to help. I can't not have my daughter in my life.]]> http://www.opentohope.com/?post=bereaved-mother-why-cant-i-cry/feed/ 1 http://www.opentohope.com/?post=surviving-holidays-with-the-in-laws http://www.opentohope.com/?post=surviving-holidays-with-the-in-laws#comments Thu, 27 Nov 2008 15:39:54 +0000 Neil Chethik http://test.opentohope.com/?p=1840 By Dr. Gloria Horsley --?]]> http://www.opentohope.com/?post=surviving-holidays-with-the-in-laws/feed/ 1 http://www.opentohope.com/?post=how-do-i-know-if-i-need-counseling http://www.opentohope.com/?post=how-do-i-know-if-i-need-counseling#comments Tue, 25 Nov 2008 03:25:28 +0000 Neil Chethik http://test.opentohope.com/?p=1809 Melissa asks this question: Two years ago, I lost a best friend unexpectedly, and?I had to bear the news to her two young kids with no one there to?help. After that, I ended a 12-year relationship and lost my?grandfather. I took all of this in stride. Do you think this is?healthy without having sought any counseling? I made changes and?moved back home to start over.?
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Dr. Robert Neimeyer, author of Lessons of Loss: A Guide to Coping, responds: Dear Melissa: As you recognize, there are times when talking to a counselor about our reactions to loss makes plenty of sense--especially when these are intensely anguishing, seemingly unending after many months or years, and having a visible impact on our health, sense of self, or the quality of our relationships with those closest to us. Under such conditions, there's ample evidence that grief counseling can be immensely useful in helping us make sense of the loss and the lives we have now, and in allowing us to open to the hope that the future can again bring meaning and fulfillment.]]> http://www.opentohope.com/?post=how-do-i-know-if-i-need-counseling/feed/ 0 http://www.opentohope.com/?post=understanding-sibling-survivor-guilt http://www.opentohope.com/?post=understanding-sibling-survivor-guilt#comments Sun, 23 Nov 2008 10:37:16 +0000 Neil Chethik http://test.opentohope.com/?p=1494 http://www.opentohope.com/?post=understanding-sibling-survivor-guilt/feed/ 0 http://www.opentohope.com/?post=prescription-drug-addiction-leads-to-brothers-death http://www.opentohope.com/?post=prescription-drug-addiction-leads-to-brothers-death#comments Sun, 09 Nov 2008 10:52:32 +0000 Neil Chethik http://test.opentohope.com/?p=1328 http://www.opentohope.com/?post=prescription-drug-addiction-leads-to-brothers-death/feed/ 1 http://www.opentohope.com/?post=obama-right-to-interrupt-campaign http://www.opentohope.com/?post=obama-right-to-interrupt-campaign#comments Thu, 06 Nov 2008 10:42:34 +0000 Neil Chethik http://test.opentohope.com/?p=1155 http://www.opentohope.com/?post=obama-right-to-interrupt-campaign/feed/ 0 http://www.opentohope.com/?post=surviving-sister-nurses-her-wounds http://www.opentohope.com/?post=surviving-sister-nurses-her-wounds#comments Fri, 31 Oct 2008 17:22:35 +0000 Neil Chethik http://test.opentohope.com/?p=1245 http://www.opentohope.com/?post=surviving-sister-nurses-her-wounds/feed/ 0 http://www.opentohope.com/?post=father%e2%80%99s-day-when-your-father-has-died http://www.opentohope.com/?post=father%e2%80%99s-day-when-your-father-has-died#comments Fri, 13 Jun 2008 01:44:56 +0000 Neil Chethik http://test.opentohope.com/hope/healing-the-grieving-heart-radio/qa/father%e2%80%99s-day-when-your-father-has-died/ http://www.opentohope.com/?post=father%e2%80%99s-day-when-your-father-has-died/feed/ 0