Larry M. Barber is a minister, licensed professional counselor, and certified thanatologist (specialist in the study of death, dying and bereavement). His interest in the field of death and bereavement […]
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Candia Sanders is an international medical intuitive, master healer, motivator and ultimate optimist. She has helped thousands ease medical issues, navigate relationships and find their soul’s purpose. Her latest work […]
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Mackenzie is a poet, memoirist, dedicated yoga practitioner and trauma-informed yoga teacher to many diverse communities. She has a particular affinity and skill for working with teens. Her teaching philosophy […]
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At The National Alliance for Grieving Children, 23rd Annual Symposium on Children’s Grief; Becky Verner talks about using yoga in grief. https://www.opentohope.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Moving-Through-Grief-with-Yoga-with-Becky-Verner.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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Annah Elizabeth is The Five Facets of Healing founder and a personal coach who empowers the bereaved in both active grief and beyond bereavement. A regarded speaker and author of […]
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Kathy Sparnins has lost both of her parents and is a bereaved sibling. She works with hospice as a death educator and is a trained spiritual director. She is the […]
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Suzanne Falter is proof of how human beings can rise again from the most difficult of circumstances. In 2012 her daughter, Teal collapsed of cardiac arrest and died 6 days […]
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Dr. Alycia Marshall lost her only child, Aaron Gene Marshall (AG), to a single car accident on April 11, 2016 at the age of 19. As an active member of […]
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Dr. Gloria Horsley and Dr. Heidi Horsley from the Open to Hope Foundation discuss tips on how to come with anxiety and stress reduction. https://www.opentohope.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Are-you-feeling-Anxious-with-Dr.-Gloria-Horsley-and-Dr.-Heidi-Horsley.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | […]
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Sam Timbrook is a Certified Grief Life Coach, Educational Psychologist, and a local Pastor. He has supported thousands of people through their grief journey with compassion and understanding, however his […]
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Anne began her journey of understanding of death, spirituality and life’s meaning at 20, upon the loss of her grandmother. Years later she leaned action, acceptance and stillness allow one […]
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John Stanley is a Minister with the First Presbyterian, Gastonia, NC. Following the death of this only child Susan, John and his wife Rose co-founded a Chapter of The Compassionate […]
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Basia Mosinski is founder of OneLife.Coach and serves as chapter leader for the Newport Beach Compassionate Friends. In 1993, Basia’s stepson, Logan died in a head on train collision and […]
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Joe DiNardo is a businessman, attorney and the author of A Letter to My Wife. In 2005 a brain tumor and the death of his wife to Pancreatic cancer in […]
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Christine Duminiak is a Certified Grief Recovery Specialist, radio co-host, Member of National Alliance for Grieving Children and Founder of Prayer Wave for After-Death Communication. http://opentohope.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/11062522/Christine-Duminiak.mp3Podcast: Play in new window […]
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Jean Ann Williams published a book on suicide loss after her youngest son Joshua took his own life in 2004. “God’s Mercies after Suicide: Blessings Woven through a Mother’s Heart” […]
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Heather Stang is the author of Mindfulness & Grief, and a contributor to Techniques of Grief Therapy: Assessment & Interventions. Her inspiration for helping others stems from her uncle’s death […]
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Charles W. Sidoti, BCC, is a clinically trained, board certified, Chaplain (NACC), and Coordinator of Spiritual Care at South Pointe Hospital, Cleveland Clinic Health System. He is the author of […]
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I have been thinking a lot about suffering, how much we suffer in a lifetime. There seems to be no way of escaping it. The short version for this? We […]
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During the season of Advent 2003, I was eight months pregnant with Mack. Iz had just turned six and was dressed as an angel having participated in the Christmas Eve […]
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When are loved ones leave us sometimes we will have profound dreams of them. Those dreams can be alarming or bring peace. In the early stages of grief, we want […]
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As someone who has had a near death and past life experience, I know the truth about what we call death. When my wife died 18 months ago, the incredible […]
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By 2040, they say more than 80% of Americans will be cremated. Also, more than 53% of us choose that over burial. And while for some this may seem normal […]
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By Ann Schiebert, PsyD When I first had the honor of being invited to be a guest on Open to Hope TV, I was taken by the title “Open to […]
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It has been six and a half years since our son, Mack, died suddenly on New Year’s Eve 2012, just shy of his ninth birthday. As the many of us […]
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Open to Hope recently spoke with Chuck Overton, a Spiritual Director at Caris Healthcare in Knoxville, Tennessee. As a chaplain, Overton has worked closely with grieving families as they learn […]
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As the first Bereavement Consultant for the Catholic Cemeteries and Crematoria, established under the archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Australia, Therese attended the 2015 Association of Death Education and […]
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After my father died, I became fascinated about where he went. Someone came to take his body out of our house and to a funeral home. He was cremated and […]
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On the outside, the world sees you hurting from the loss of your spouse. They don’t know; however, that in addition to the “normal” feelings of grief, you’re also struggling […]
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At the annual ADEC (Association of Death Education and Counseling), I spoke with Reverend Michael Jemmott about faith and spirituality after loss. Reverend Michael works with bereaved people in Baltimore […]
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Grasping a concept or idea intellectually is one thing: having it become a real part of who you are is something different. I once heard it said, “Scripture contains the […]
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There is a classic psychological question you may be familiar with that is related to our ability to wait on God: “If a tree falls in the forest and there […]
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I was given a pocket size daily devotional after Mack died called “Healing After Loss” written by Martha Whitmore Hickman, who was also a bereaved parent. I carried it in my purse for […]
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Einstein said, “Energy cannot be created or destroyed. It can only be changed from one form into another.” Strange that a scientist’s quote brought me comfort in dealing with the […]
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Recently, I have received phone calls from dear friends who have lost people they love. Lost. That word, it is so final, but do we really know? Still, there is […]
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During the 2015 Association for Death Education and Counseling conference, Dr. Heidi Horsley spoke with Antonio Sausys from Uruguay. Sausys operates a program that integrates yoga techniques and therapies that […]
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The Grief Support Coordinator for Forest Lawn, Galen Goben, spoke with Dr. Heidi Horsley of the Open to Hope Foundation during the 2015 Association for Death Education and Counseling conference […]
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If you are reading this article, let me first say that I am so sorry for your loss. No one understands the wounds of loss better than another bereaved parent. […]
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“We have what we seek. We don’t have to rush after it. It was there all the time. If we give it time it will make itself known to us.” – Thomas […]
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God isn’t removed from us, sitting on some throne up in heaven somewhere. The “universal creative life energy” is found within the created world, within life’s natural cycles. From womb […]
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7 years seems like such a long time, yet it also seems like such a small amount of time as well. 7 years full of birthdays, holidays, weddings, birth of […]
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Several years ago, one of the cancer patients I counseled told me she was going to the Hawaiian island of Kauai, where her mother lived, to resolve her difficulties with […]
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On this show Dr. Gloria and Dr. Heidi Horsley interview Paul Denniston, about how yoga helped him heal after his sister Ella died of cancer. Paul created Grief Yoga and […]
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On this show Dr. Heidi and Dr. Gloria Horsley interview Rebecca Bara, owner of Baptiste Yoga Silicon Valley and Sarah Franco, Yoga Instructor at Lyons Den Power Yoga about helping […]
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On this show Dr. Gloria and Dr. Heidi Horsley interview Jason Wendroff-Rawnicki, co-founder of Shine Yoga Center and Heather Stang podcast host and author of Mindfulness & Grief on the […]
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On this show Dr. Heidi Horsley explores with Brandi Hamlin LICSW, CYT, and Heidi Gessner MDiv, their unique approaches to grief and recovery. Brandi has an interest in yoga and […]
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On this show Dr. Gloria and Dr. Heidi Horsley interview Open to Hope writers Lauren Muscarella author of Alice’s Law: Finding Deeper Meaning and Honoring Lost Loved Ones, and founder […]
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On this show, Dr. Gloria Horsley and Dr. Heidi Horsley interview Christine Duminiak and Dr. Tanya Lord about redefining ourselves after multiple losses. Christine is an internationally recognized expert on […]
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On this show Dr. Gloria & Dr. Heidi Horsley interview bereaved parents Elizabeth Boisson, Irene Vouvalides and Ernie Jackson regarding their view of the afterlife and how their experiences have […]
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Where do we go what happens after death? On this show Dr. Gloria and Alan Pedersen Executive Director of The Compassionate Friends explore the invisible universe with two bereaved dads […]
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