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Jill Harrington: Tips to Help You in Grief

Posted on April 30, 2025 - by admin

Jill Harrington shares her words of hope at The Association for Death Education and Counseling®, The Thanatology Association® (ADEC); 46 Annual Conference, 2025. The primary goal of ADEC is to enhance the ability of professionals to meet the needs of those with whom they work in death education and grief counseling.  

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Sue Harvey: Complicated Relationships

Posted on April 30, 2025 - by admin

Sue Harvey shares her words of hope at The Association for Death Education and Counseling®, The Thanatology Association® (ADEC); 46 Annual Conference, 2025. The primary goal of ADEC is to enhance the ability of professionals to meet the needs of those with whom they work in death education and grief counseling.

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Sue Harvey: Loss after Difficult Relationship

Posted on April 30, 2025 - by admin

Sue Harvey shares her words of hope at The Association for Death Education and Counseling®, The Thanatology Association® (ADEC); 46 Annual Conference, 2025. The primary goal of ADEC is to enhance the ability of professionals to meet the needs of those with whom they work in death education and grief counseling.

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Sue Harvey: Complicated Grief

Posted on April 30, 2025 - by admin

Sue Harvey shares her words of hope at The Association for Death Education and Counseling®, The Thanatology Association® (ADEC); 46 Annual Conference, 2025. The primary goal of ADEC is to enhance the ability of professionals to meet the needs of those with whom they work in death education and grief counseling.

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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

Posted on April 7, 2025 - by admin

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

Posted on April 7, 2025 - by admin

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

Posted on April 7, 2025 - by admin

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

Posted on April 7, 2025 - by admin

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

Posted on April 7, 2025 - by admin

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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