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My journey beyond the pain of loss has been a life long one. I have had a significant amount of loss including influential people and loved pets alon...
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Bob Baugher, Ph.D., is a Psychology Instructor at Highline Community College in Des Moines, Washington where he teaches courses in Psychology and Deat...
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RICHARD BECK, LCSW, BCD, CGP, FAGPA is anAdjunctLectureratColumbiaUniversity School of Social Work; aPsychotherapist inprivatepracti...
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Meryl Hershey Beck, MA, M.Ed., spent her early professional life as a high school and community college teacher. In 1990 she became a licensed counsel...
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Dr. Nancy Manahan, Ph.D., is a community college English teacher, now retired. Becky Bohan, M.A., is the retired Vice-President of Knowledge Design an...
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Rev. John Beerman, M.Div., is a unity minister serving Unity Community Church in Dunedin, Florida. John has been active in leading Unity gatherings si...
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Writing is not only my career, it has become my perfect outlet for my grief and my happy place. I have written several books, including a memoir for m...
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Peggy Bell is a retired educator with forty years of teaching experience, as well as an author and bestselling co-author. After retirement, Peggy want...
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Darcy Bellows Mascorro is a proud mother of two, an artist and a Marketing creative professional who has held senior positions with many fortune 500 c...
More >Rhonda Belous is a spirited, innovative Facilitator and Teacher with extensive experience in leadership, coaching, relationship-building, and conflict...
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Nina Bennett has 4 grandchildren, one of whom was unexpectedly born still following a healthy full-term pregnancy. She has worked in reproductive heal...
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As a social worker, Bunny knows full well that the world is filled with oppression, social problems, sorrow, and loss. Like so many other women, Bunny...
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Anne Hatcher Berenberg, Ph.D. was widowed when her children were young. She is a clinical psychologist in Northfield, Illinois, specializing in work ...
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Susan A. Berger, LICSW, Ed.D. has extensive experience counseling individuals confronting the death of loved ones and other life changes. Drawing on r...
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Donna Berger lived a balanced life of faith, family, friends and her career as a nurse anesthetist until one hot summer day in August of 1989 when her...
More >Mike Bernhardts personal journey with grief and poetry began when his first wife died in 1991. To express feelings that were often overwhelming, he...
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Kay Bevington, a bereaved mother of an only child who died just prior to her sixteenth birthday, has been active in the bereavement community since 19...
More >Marcy Blesy is the author of the children's picture book, "Am I Like My Daddy?", which follows the journey of seven-year-old Grace as she learns about...
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Carla Blowey is a Certified Dream Work Facilitator through the Marin Institute for Projective Dream Work with director Jeremy Taylor. The author of Dr...
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Mark Bodnarczuk is the founder and executive director of the Breckenridge Institute, a management consulting firm that focuses on organizational and...
More >December 8, 2015 changed everything for Lisa Boehm. It was the night that defined time as before or after. That night her daughter Katie left the hous...
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I am originally from Salt Lake City, Utah where I did my undergraduate in Psychology at the University of Utah. From there I was fortunate to attend ...
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Author and motivational speaker Kerie Boshka has dedicated herself to helping others rebuild a life once one experiences terrible loss, confusion, l...
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