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Request for Help: Do Men Grieve Differently?

Dear Ms. Ruff, I am looking for help for my husband. Nearly 3 years ago, our first child died at 39.5 weeks of my pregnancy. The cause of her death is unknown. She looked so perfect…so beautiful. Of course, I do not have to explain to you the torment and torture that the death of a child brings to the very existence of the parent’s lives. A very important thing to mention is that 13 months after our first baby daughter died, we were blessed with a second baby daugther healthy and alive…she’s now almost 2 years old. I know […]

Missing Someone So Much It Hurts? Try The Brokenheart Stomp!

Things looking bleak? When milestone days approach, a holiday, a birthday or deathday, do your emotions tumble downhill as you struggle with lonely, depressing efforts to hold back your feelings? Is the one you really want with someone else, or did he or she pass away, yet you hunger and yearn for whom is missing? Do you have to push away painful memories just to get through the day and that takes all your concentration and

Gerald Ford and James Brown: We Hardly Knew Ye

I find it fascinating that our nation is mourning two famous individuals whom hardly anybody knew. People all across America are talking about President Ford and James Brown in glowing and endearing terms, almost as if the two of them had been our next-door neighbors. Only they weren?t, but it doesn?t seem to matter. We mourn their deaths because both of them were important to us as a nation. President Ford took over when President Nixon resigned, at a crucial point in our history. We had just suffered through Watergate, the worst example of political

Why Does My Loved One Have To Suffer?

Not long ago, I visited a man whose wife was dying of cancer. He retired early in life, so he and his wife could travel the country on his Harley Davidson motorcycle. He was a big man, and his wife was tiny. But, their love for one another was deep and knew no size and shape after 45 years of being married to one another. He shared with me many stories of there life together. He was deep in grief.

Healing the Grieving Heart Radio Show: Listener Comment

first I need to follow up/ thank you for your step parent show . you read my email about Leah (pronounced Le aaahh)and discussed my dilema of how to bring her into her new step family’s gatherings. It wasn’t so hard. I took Babe up on his kind offer to phone his wife Michelle. Lori’s Mom talked with me listened to my story and gave me feedback. She also sent me poems to post around the house that basically say….SAY HER NAME!!! A bonus was that her return address label has a picture of Lori. Seeing the beautiful company our […]

December 28, 2006 Hello From Heaven: After Death Communication – Bill Guggenheim

HEALING THE GRIEVING HEART Hello from Heaven: After Death Communication Hosts:? Dr. Gloria Horsley and Dr. Heidi Horsley With guest:? Bill Guggenheim December 28, 2006 G:?Hello.? I?m Dr. Gloria Horsley with my co-host H:?Dr. Heidi Horsley. G:?Each week we welcome you to Healing the Grieving Heart, a show of hope and conversation with those who?ve suffered the loss of a loved one and for health care professionals who work in this difficult field.? As always the message is others have been there before you and made it, you do not walk alone.? This show is a pre-record so you will […]

DECEMBER 28, 2006 ? HELLO FROM HEAVEN: AFTER DEATH COMMUNICATION: BILL GUGGENHEIM.

Bill and Judy Guggenheim spent seven years conducting research for their popular book Hello From Heaven.? During this time, they interviewed 2,000 people and collected more than 3,300 first-hand accounts of after-death communications (ADC).? ADCs provide what many believe is modern-day evidence of life after death.? Bill has presented his research at many national and regional conferences of The Compassionate Friends. Bill Guggenheim:? It?s very helpful for them to be in a support group.? I urge parents to find a support group for their children so they can talk to each other and the larger cities do have some kind […]

Bill Guggenheim: Radio Show Guest: December 28th 9AM PST – 12 Noon PST: Hello From Heaven: After Death Communication

Bill Guggenheim and Judy Guggenheim spent seven years conducting research for their popular book Hello From Heaven. During this time, they interviewed 2,000 people and collected more than 3,300 firsthand accounts of after-death communications (ADC). ADCs provide what many believe is modern-day evidence of life after death. Bill has presented his research at many national and regional conferences of the Compassionate Friends. Bill Guggenheim and Judy Guggenheim created The ADC Project in May, 1988 to conduct the first in-depth research of After-Death Communications. In their initial research, they interviewed 2,000 people and collected more than 3,300 firsthand accounts from people […]

Acknowledging and Supporting the Difficult Life Transitions of Those We Care About

From the end of a relationship with a person, house, or job to the diagnosis and treatment of a serious illness, we all encounter struggles in our lives. A hug, a laugh and a supportive message from someone who cares go a long way in providing comfort to a heavy heart. Many people are unable to be with a friend or loved one as they adjust to a difficult situation. In some cases geography is an obstacle, in other

Growing Through Grief

Let?s begin by taking you on a journey through Time. Time is like the envelope for your life. Your Life is the letter. You place yourself inside of Time and you mail yourself to God. Along the way you forget where you are going. Events on the path remind you, but the messages often appear fragmented and unclear.

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