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The Last Dance: Lynne Ann DeSpelder and Heidi Horsley

Lynne Ann DeSpelder and Heidi Horsley talk about Lynne’s book, The Last Dance at the annual ADEC Conference. Lynne shares about end of life.

Researcher Seeks Sibling-Loss Survivors

My name is Kaitlin Carrozza, and I am a doctoral student at Loyola University in Maryland. I am completing my dissertation on sibling loss, and I’d like your help with my study. The current study investigates individuals’ pattern of relating to others, how they cope following the death of a sibling, and their relationship satisfaction. If you have experienced the death of a sibling, and are interested in expanding our knowledge about the experience of sibling loss, then you would be a good candidate to complete this survey. The following link will take you directly to the survey, where more […]

OTH’s Eric Hipple Featured on U.S Army Site

Open to Hope author Eric Hipple is featured on the U.S. Army’s official blog. Hipple is co-author, with OTH founders Heidi and Gloria Horsley, of Real Men Do Cry: A Quarterback’s Inspiring Story of Tackling Depression and Surviving Suicide Loss. The book is available at www.amazon.com Read the military blog item here: http://armylive.dodlive.mil/index.php/2010/02/nfl-u-s-army-team-up/

10 Years After Brother’s Suicide, Sister Remembers

By Cindy My mom runs a website for suicide awareness and prevention, in memory of my brother Keith. I admire her for this. My mom believes that Keith’s spirit is communicated through butterflies, dragonflies and jet trail X’s in the sky. I love this about my mom. My mom has asked me to write something for her website many times. She used to ask me once a year to write something, every year around the time of Keith’s death. Finally she gave up and stopped asking, and I don’t blame her! The last time I wrote about Keith was shortly […]

Grief Study for Those Who Lost Parent in Childhood

If you lost a parent between the ages of 3-17 and are now over the age of 18, you are eligible for a one-time paid group interview in New York. Contact rabinow@gmail.com for more details. Jessica Rabinow, M.S. Doctoral Candidate, 2011 Long Island University Clinical Psychology 847 404 0772

Dr. Heidi Horsley and Cathy Babao Guballa: Migi’s Corner

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Stress and Grief: To Fight or Befriend

By Tom Golden As I watched our local TV news the other day, I was saddened to see a brief clip about a little, seven-year-old boy who had been hit by a car and killed. The tragedy happened not far from the boy’s home. The news cameras focused on the bereaved mother, sitting in her living room, in tears and surrounded by other women who were consoling her. The next image was of the bereaved father who was by himself, pacing next to the roadside near where the accident had happened. The news anchor explained that the father was trying […]

Dr. Annette Childs: A Journey From Loss to Healing

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Easing Your Grief and Loss

by O’Della Wilson Grief and loss are never easy to overcome and most people just don’t know what to do to assist others in their grief. Often times, we simply state “I know this is a difficult time for you right now, but you will get over it” or we say, “Time heals all wounds.” We have all suffered some type of grief and loss, yet trying to help someone during these same trials can leave our good sense behind, and our words feeling empty to the very person we are trying to help. When that grief and loss is […]

Episode 8: Fred Luskin on Forgiveness

Topic: Forgiveness Guest: Frederic Luskin, Ph.D. Frederic Luskin, Ph.D. is the Director of the Stanford University Forgiveness Projects. Dr. Luskin’s research demonstrates that learning forgiveness leads to increased physical vitality, hope, greater self–efficacy, enhanced optimism and conflict resolution skills. His research also shows that forgiveness lessons the physical and emotional toll of stress, and decreases hurt, anger depression and blood pressure. Dr. Luskin is a bereaved parent of Anna, and the author of Forgive for Good: A Proven Prescription for Health and Happiness and Forgive for Love: The Missing Ingredient for a Healthy and Lasting Relationship. Click here to listen: […]

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