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2025 Open to Hope International Day of Hope and Healing After Loss Conference

Posted on April 7, 2025 - by admin

Open to Hope International Day of Hope and Healing After Loss Conference 2025 Date: Monday, March 24 Time: 9:00am-2:00pm Pacific Standard Time (PST) In need of a dose of hope? Please join Open to Hope for our International Day of Hope and Healing after Loss with experts in the field of grief and loss devoted to supporting the bereaved. Our mission is to provide an uplifting day of hope and healing to those grieving the loss of a loved one. Thanks in advance. We couldn’t do this without you! About this event The International Day of Hope and Healing after […]

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Child Loss Panel

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Pamela Hagen, moderator, Glen Lord, Johnny Sirpilla, and Raul Morale. The International Day of Hope and Healing after Loss is a free online experience brought to you by the Open to Hope Foundation with the mission of helping people find hope after loss. Our expert presenters have generously donated their time, talents, and advice to share with you.

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Colin Campbell – Keeping Community As We Grieve

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Colin Campbell is an Academy Award nominated writer and director for theater and film. He teaches theater and film at Chapman University and Cal Poly Pomona University. When his two beautiful and brilliant teenage children, Ruby and Hart, were killed by a drunk driver in 2019, Colin fell into a terrifying chasm of aching and hopelessness. He drew strength and inspiration from the mourning rituals of his wife’s Jewish traditions and learned to lean into the pain of grief. His book, Finding the Words: Working Through Profound Loss With Hope and Purpose, was published by Penguin Random House in March […]

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Afterlife Panel

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Elizabeth Boisson, Moderator – Gordon Smith, Brian Smith, Jacob Cooper, and Dr. Mary Neal. The International Day of Hope and Healing after Loss is a free online experience brought to you by the Open to Hope Foundation with the mission of helping people find hope after loss. Our expert presenters have generously donated their time, talents, and advice to share with you. helpingparentsheal.org

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Paul Denniston: Breath Movement

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Paul Denniston is the founder of Grief Yoga® and the author of Healing Through Yoga: Transform Loss into Empowerment. The mission of Grief Yoga is to use movement, breath, and sound to release pain and suffering to connect to empowerment and love. Grief Yoga combines many different forms of yoga to channel and release anger to allow unresolved grief a compassionate space to breathe and move. His gentle work creates a safe space of movement and healing to transform trauma and connect to the resilient loving warrior within. Paul has taught and trained this practice to thousands of therapists, counselors, […]

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Dr. Ken Druck: The Path Forward After a Loss What to Say ‘Yes’ To

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Dr. Ken Druck is an international authority on courageous living and healing after loss. Recipient of the prestigious Distinguished Contribution to Psychology award, Ken has inspired and guided clients, communities, readers, audiences for over 45 years. His books, including Courageous Aging and his new best-seller, How We Go On, are about mastering the “What now? Moments” in this life — and summoning the courage to meet them. Ken’s life’s work after the tragic loss of his daughter, Jenna, come through his work as an educator, speaker, trainer, coach, consultant and community leader. Dr. Ken presents a variety of world-class programs […]

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Sibling Loss Panel

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Zander Sprague, Moderator – Elizabeth Devita Raeburn, Cindy Tart, Dr. Chris Lourenco, Jason Wendroff-Rawnicki and Jordan Ferber discuss how they have gone on to find hope after the loss of a sibling. The International Day of Hope and Healing after Loss is a free online experience brought to you by the Open to Hope Foundation with the mission of helping people find hope after loss. Our expert presenters have generously donated their time, talents, and advice to share with you.

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Dianne Gray – The Long Tail of Grief Change, Communication & Community

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Dianne is a 34-year End-of-Life Doula, Grief Educator, Grief Specialist, Tech Innovator, Patient Navigator, and Global Palliative Care Advocate. She helps people understand the mind-body-spirit connection during end of life, death and grief find answers to their most difficult questions surrounding meaning, purpose, hope, faith, legacy building, belonging, spirituality, unconditional love, boundaries, control, the ego, and change navigate the healthcare system while finding medical resources for patients and family coping with serious illness, death and/or grief challenge imbalances in communication norms between patients & clinicians find peace amidst chaos, especially following tragedy, loss, estrangement, separation better understand our resistance to […]

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Partner Loss Panel

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Jill Johnson Young- moderate, Abel Keogh, Tysha Scott, Red Hoffman, and Dawn Nargi share their journey after the loss of a partner. The International Day of Hope and Healing after Loss is a free online experience brought to you by the Open to Hope Foundation with the mission of helping people find hope after loss. Our expert presenters have generously donated their time, talents, and advice to share with you.

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Dr. Eric Brewer: Navigating Death and Loss Life Transitions, Trauma, and Faith!

Posted on April 7, 2025 - by admin

Dr. Eric Brewer is the Founder & Senior Pastor of Transform Church Global Ministries, bringing over 30 years of ministry experience and a heart for serving others. A graduate of Morehouse College, Princeton Theological Seminary, and Drew University, where he earned his Doctorate of Ministry, Dr. Brewer’s work focuses on healing, resilience, and grief recovery—particularly within the Black community. A COVID-19 survivor and widower, Dr. Brewer founded a national support group for Black widowers and is a Certified Thanatologist and grief coach. His upcoming book, From Grief to Growth: A 31-Day Journey of Healing and Renewal Through Love and Loss, […]

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