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How do I know if I have finished the grieving?

Posted on March 19, 2007 - by admin

Note:?below you will find a “real-life” email exchange that?be helpful to many, many of you.??The correspondence is exactly as it was sent and received.??? Hi dr’s gloria and heidi, i’m?george?from new jersey and i listen to your radio show archives, i find them very interesting and helpful. i lost both parent’s almost 4 years ago, mom lost her fight to breast cancer in september 2003, and my dad died 25 days later in october 2003. it was obviously very devestating, and i was the one (out of 5 kids) who lived closest to my parents and was able to devote […]

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“Space Between Breaths:” A documentary of hope after great losses

Posted on March 19, 2007 - by admin

Dear Fellow Travelers, Thought you might like a ?sneak preview? of ?Space Between Breaths.?? It is truly a documentary of hope after great losses.? Luther and Rosemary Smith have produced a documentary that explains grief from all aspects and then shows us how, like the phoenix, have come out of the ashes of loss to a place called ?hope.??? That space between breaths is where we all are now.? Where do we go from here?? The documentary will show where other parents have been and are ?going.? There are still tickets available for the premiere.? You may order tickets for […]

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About Thursday’s Healing the Grieving Heart

Posted on March 16, 2007 - by admin

Dear Listeners to Healing The Grieving Heart, ? Heidi and I and Voice America would like to apologize for the mix-up on the Thursday’s show.? We advertised the show as Eric Hipple and the engineers put up a pre-record of Bud Welch that was scheduled to be played in July.? The error was further compounded when Eric Hipple was played for the last fifteen minutes.? We appreciate you our listening audience and know you count on us to deliver what we advertise.? The Eric Hipple show will be played during the week on www.healthvoiceamerica.com and will then be archived on […]

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Dr. Heidi Speaks About the Divorce Rate among Bereaved Parents

Posted on March 16, 2007 - by admin

I was glad to see that Wayne Loder cited several studies done on behalf of Compassionate Friends showing that the divorce rate among bereaved parents is 12%-16%, far below the national average.  Further, I agree with my mom (Dr. Gloria) that grieving parents, do not need to be told that their marriage cannot survive a profound loss. However, I also think it is important to present the other side of this discussion, and to say to those of you that are divorced or are in the process of getting divorced, that in most cases this will not destroy or ruin […]

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Does God answer prayer? ASU research says ‘yes’

Posted on March 16, 2007 - by admin

Does God or some other type of transcendent entity answer prayer? The answer, according to a new Arizona State University study published in the March journal Research on Social Work Practice, is “yes.” ?David R. Hodge, an assistant professor of social work in the College of Human Services at Arizona State University , conducted a comprehensive analysis of 17 major studies on the effects of intercessory prayer ? or prayer that is offered for the benefit of another person ? among people with psychological or medical problems. He found a positive effect.

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Male and Female Responses to Stress and Grief

Posted on March 16, 2007 - by admin

From Dr. Gloria The following stresss rearch study is very important for all of us who have lost family members.  Again the message to me is that the fact that Phil, my husband, and I had different responses to Scott’s death was NORMAL. Phil shut down and lost himself in work while I talked to friends, colleagues and anyone who would listen. If you have been to a grief conference or support group you will find that around 3/4 of participants are female.  Results of this study done at UCLA find that the reaching out may be hormonal.  We know […]

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Thank You for Eric Hipple’s Show

Posted on March 15, 2007 - by admin

As you know, I?ve been waiting to hear today?s topic on your show.It was really excellent and I know Eric ?s comments will be a great help to my husband. One comment to Eric- Our son also showed the physical symptoms at age 16 that your son Jeff did. The depression was caught and he got the help but at the age of 24 he was in that 10% who went a bought a gun to take his life. He was being weaned off an antidepressant by his doctor. So we can?t be too hard on ourselves with the terrible […]

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Poem: An Angel From Above

Posted on March 14, 2007 - by admin

An Angel From Above seems so far away but yet so close. She watches from above Still you feel the angel from above In your hearts in your sole An Angel From Above The love she once gave carries on and never dies. An Angel From Above Still apart of her soul is alive in her three children They are saddened and their hearts are hurting She prepared them for her having to leave Taught them to be strong and to survive the heart ache, and their hearts are hurting of the lost of an angel from above An Angel […]

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My Dog, Tally, Died

Posted on March 12, 2007 - by admin

By Dr. Gloria Horsley I was on my way to work on Friday when my son-in-law called to say the family dog, Tally, was hit and killed while chasing a squirrel across a busy highway. My son-in-law said he and my four grand-children needed me. I turned the car around and went back to the house. My daughter, son-in-law and the grand-kids were in tears. The kids were inconsolable. My twelve-year-old grandson felt angry because they had let the dog off leash. Ok, I know that those of us who have lost family members get really upset if loss of […]

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Jerry Mudge Featured as Carolinian of the Week

Posted on March 12, 2007 - by admin

Gloria, My husband just reminded me that we have a “Choices” presentation at a local high school from 10:30am to 12:45pm. We speak at schools to try and help young people make better choices since I lost my only two sons in a car crash, both were drunk along with a friend on Oct. 26,1990. We have spoken to hundreds of young people beginning in 1994 when I got volunteer of the year, me the mother of a drunk driver.? This is a copy of my making Carolinian of the week one time. ? Thank you for thinking of having […]

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