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FEBRUARY 8, 2007 – WHEN COMPASSION CAN?T WAIT: VALERIE SOBEL.

For Valerie Sobel, life imploded when doctors found that her 17-year old son Andre had a brain tumor.? He died one year later.? In trying to decide how best to memorialize Andre, Valerie thought about the financial resources that had enabled her to spend that final year with him.? Wanting others to have this same opportunity Valerie founded the Andre Sobel River of Life Foundation (www.andreriveroflife.org ).? The Foundation supports everything from food and shelter to ballet lessons for a patient?s sibling. ?We try to be sensitive to what government can never be expected to support,? notes Ms. Sobel.? ?Our […]

New newsletter & J.I.M.’s Conference!!

New newsletter & J.I.M.’s Conference!! Dear Fellow Travelers, ? ??????????? Exciting times are going to happen May 31, 2007!? Can?t wait for you to read the latest newsletter about Rosemary?s documentary and ?Heart Notes.??? Please block off the dates, May 31st and June 1st , and the place, Lexington, KY.? You have asked for another J.I.M.?s conference and you are going to get it.? Please share this information with those who don?t have email and those in your grief groups.?? The documentary is going to be breath-taking and uplifting, we are all so proud of Rosemary.? As you know, when […]

FEBRUARY 22, 2007 – A FATHER’S GRIEF: FRED MOUNTJOY

FEBRUARY 22, 2007 – A FATHER’S GRIEF:? FRED MOUNTJOY, bereaved father of Barlyn, Maralin, and Marian.? Both Barlyn and Maralin died shortly after birth in 1961, while Marian who suffered her whole life from a heart-lung abnormality, died at the age of 33 in 1996.? Fred and his wife Marilyn are parents with no surviving children and have been active in their local chapter of The Compassionate Friends since 1996.? Fred is a licensed psychotherapist in the State of New Jersey, concentrating on grief therapy.? Fred discusses behaviors that interfere with grief as well as grieving for a special needs […]

Our Grief Journey with Dr. Gloria Horsley and Dr. Heidi Horsley

? FEBRUARY 1, 2007 – .? Join Dr. Gloria Horsley and Dr. Heidi Horsley as they discuss their grief journey. Heidi Horsley:? Like we?ve learned, mom, from so many of our guests, oftentimes one of the ways to heal ourselves is to become active in our grief process and this is such an important way to be active and to do something positive and productive and turn our grief outward.? Oftentimes people aren?t ready for this but for those of you that are ready, this is a great way to kind of give back and to educate people so that […]

Where the Soul Never Dies

This interesting article addresses some of the key issues regarding death resources. A careful reading of this material could make a big difference in how you think about death. Each of us find ourselves wondering about dying. This introspective look at our future engages our hearts and minds to enter into what we cannot embrace. Sometimes, words are so limiting and are sometimes best captured in a poem. This poem is a reflection of what I am trying to describe.

How to Create Your Own Online Memorials

Online memorials offer you a space to pen down your poignant memories and thoughts. In a way, it helps bring together grieving people scattered all over the world. In the age of the Internet, online memorials have become an essential part of the grieving process. One of the most popular online memorials available today brings together parents who have lost their children through disease or accidents. Another one

Journey Through Illness And Beyond

Many, many questions arise in our minds when someone close to us is seriously ill. It takes a while to realize that these questions do not have one answer. They have many answers, appear in different ways, and may have different impacts on us at different times. In a sense a finger is being pointed in our direction. These questions are demanding a response.. We cannot be free from answering. Life itself is demanding a reply.

Dying: Delving Into Its Complex Psychology

Since the 1960s, psychologists known as Thanatologists have given especial attention to the needs of the patients who know they are dying. The Thanatologists study and analyze the surroundings of persons who approach death. These psychologists also examine the inner experiences of such persons. These experts have identified many stages that these patients as well as their near and dear ones experience. The Thanatologists have identified the following stages of dying persons, viz., No, Not me! (isolation and denial); Why me (anger, rage, envy, and resentment); If I am good, can I then live (bargaining); What’s the use (depression); and […]

January 26, 2007 Dealing with Professionals: Death of a Troubled Child – French Smith

Dealing with Professionals: Death of a Troubled Child – French Smith November 25th, 2006 . by The Grief Blog HEALING THE GRIEVING HEART Dealing with Professionals: Death of a Troubled Child Host: Dr. Gloria Horsley With guest: French Smith January 26, 2006 G: Hello. I?m Dr. Gloria Horsley. Welcome to Healing the Grieving Heart. Before we start our show today, I?d like to deal with several emails that I?ve received. One of them is from a chapter leader in Houston, Texas, and he has bought my ten CDs of my first ten shows and he says that they?re excellent but […]

Radio Show Guest: Dinah Taylor – January 25th – 9 AM PST – Noon EST

My name is Dinah Taylor, mother of one, Jim (deceased) and wife of a university president.? I have always been defined as a daughter, sister, wife, mother, president?s wife; but the greatest badge I have ever worn was that of Mother.? When our son was killed in an auto accident, I lost my greatest role that of Mother.?? Jim was the child I shouldn?t have been able to have.? He came into this world with pneumonia and had a lot of challenges early in life so we assumed he would live forever after combating so many challenges at such a […]

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