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Helping Your Hurting Heart – Lauren Littauer Briggs

Posted on June 15, 2006 - by admin

HEALING THE GRIEVING HEART Helping Your Hurting Heart Host: Dr. Gloria Horsley With guest: Lauren Littauer Briggs June 15, 2006 G: Hello. I?m Dr. Gloria Horsley with my co-host Dr. Heidi Horsley. Each week, we welcome you to Healing the Grieving Heart, a show of hope and renewal for those who have suffered the loss of a child or a sibling. Well, Heidi, today I thought we?d start out by discussing an email and then I thought we ought to go on and talk about this Sunday, which is going to be Father?s Day, which is a biggie for everyone. […]

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A Journey from Loss to Love – Sandy Goodman

Posted on June 1, 2006 - by admin

HEALING THE GRIEVING HEART A Journey from Loss to Love Host: Dr. Gloria Horsley With guest: Sandy Goodman June 1, 2006 G: Hello. I?m Dr. Gloria Horsley with my co-host Dr. Heidi Horsley. Each week, we welcome you to Healing the Grieving Heart, a show of hope and renewal for those who have suffered the loss of a child or a sibling. Well, Heidi, we were on yesterday, also, but not on Healing the Grieving Heart. Heidi and I did a web seminar for the hospice nurses of Florida. Actually, not hospice nurses. We thought that?s what it was going […]

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The Many Paths of Grief: Liz Powell

Posted on May 25, 2006 - by admin

HEALING THE GRIEVING HEART The Many Paths of Grief Host: Dr. Gloria Horsley With guest: Liz Powell May 25, 2006 G: Hello. I?m Dr. Gloria Horsley with my co-host Dr. Heidi Horsley. Each week, we welcome you to Healing the Grieving Heart, the show of hope and renewal for those who have suffered the loss of a child. Well, Heidi, welcome to the show today. I know you?ve got a little cold. H: Yes, I do, I?m sorry. G: So just to prepare our listeners. You might sound a little nasal there. H: It was nasal to begin with, and […]

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Drunk Driving: Forgiveness with Prevention – Lt. Carl McDonald

Posted on May 19, 2006 - by admin

HEALING THE GRIEVING HEART Drunk Driving: Forgiveness with Prevention Host: Dr. Gloria Horsley With guest: Lt. Carl McDonald May 18, 2006 G: Hello. I?m Dr. Gloria Horsley. Welcome to Healing the Grieving Heart, the show of hope and renewal for those who have suffered the loss of a child. Today, I?m on with my co-host, Dr. Heidi Horsley. Hi, Heidi. H: Hi, Mom. G: I?m in New York and Heidi?s in New York but we?re at different locations today and our guest is in ? where are you, Carl? C: I am in Dallas, beautiful Irving, Texas, Dallas-Fort Worth Airport.

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Parents With No Surviving Children

Posted on May 11, 2006 - by admin

HEALING THE GRIEVING HEART Parents With No Surviving Children Host: Dr. Gloria Horsley With guest: Rick Yotti May 11, 2006 G: Hello. I?m Dr. Gloria Horsley with my co-host Dr. Heidi Horsley. Each week, we welcome you to Healing the Grieving Heart, a show of hope and renewal for those who have suffered the loss of a child. Well, Heid, before we introduce our guest today, I wanted to read an email. It is from Liz. Liz lives in New York City and she is involved with Columbia University 9/11 Project. She?s a therapist there. She says: Heidi, I heard […]

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When There Are No Words – Charlie Walton

Posted on May 4, 2006 - by admin

HEALING THE GRIEVING HEART When There Are No Words Host: Dr. Gloria Horsley With guest: Charlie Walton May 4, 2006 G: Hello. I?m Dr. Gloria Horsley with my co-host Dr. Heidi Horsley. Welcome to Healing the Grieving Heart, a show of hope and renewal for those who have suffered the loss of a sibling or a child. Well, this morning, Heid, as oftentimes we read our emails in the morning but I have some questions that I got at the Compassionate Friends chapter leader training program that I thought might be fun for you and me and our guest to […]

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Letters From My Son: Mitch Carmody

Posted on April 27, 2006 - by admin

HEALING THE GRIEVING HEART Letters From My Son Host: Dr. Gloria Horsley With guest: Mitch Carmody April 27, 2006 G: Hello. I?m Dr. Gloria Horsley with my co-host Dr. Heidi Horsley. Each week, we welcome you to Healing the Grieving Heart, a show of hope and renewal for those who have suffered the loss of a child. Good morning, Heidi. H: Good morning, Gloria. G: I want to start the show today by talking to our audience about us and about what we?re doing in the field of grief and loss. First of all, I want to say that Heidi […]

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The Gift of Life: Organ Donation – Chet Szuber

Posted on April 20, 2006 - by admin

HEALING THE GRIEVING HEART The Gift of Life: Organ Donation Host: Dr. Gloria Horsley With guest: Chet Szuber April 20, 2006 G: Hello. I?m Dr. Gloria Call Horsley with my co-host Dr. Heidi Horsley. Welcome to Healing the Grieving Heart. This is a show about dealing with the loss of a child and on today?s show, we?re going to focus on several very important topics. One is your physical health and how you cope with pre-existing health problems while you?re going through the physical and emotional stress of dealing with the death of a child and the second is organ […]

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Gender and Grief: Knowing our Differences, Knowing Our Strengths – Tom Golden

Posted on April 13, 2006 - by admin

HEALING THE GRIEVING HEART Gender and Grief: Knowing our Differences, Knowing Our Strengths Host: Dr. Gloria Horsley With guest: Tom Golden April 13, 2006 G: Hello. I’m Dr. Gloria Call Horsley with my co-host Dr. Heidi Horsley. We want to welcome you to Healing the Grieving Heart. Healing the Grieving Heart is the show that gives support and advice to those who suffer the loss of a loved one and says we’ve made it and so can you. Today our show is pre-recorded so you will not be able to call in; however, you can email me and Dr. Heidi […]

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To Take Away the Hurt: Flavia Weedn

Posted on April 6, 2006 - by admin

HEALING THE GRIEVING HEART To Take Away the Hurt Host: Dr. Gloria Horsley With guest: Flavia Weedn April 6, 2006 G: Hello. I?m Dr. Gloria Horsley with my co-host Dr. Heidi Horsley. Each week we welcome you to Healing the Grieving Heart, a show of hope and renewal for those who have suffered the loss of a child. We know you hurt. We?ve been there. We know that some days you go like you can?t get out of bed. We know how that is. We know how much you long for and love that person who you?ve lost in your […]

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