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Episode 78: Sudden Death Versus Anticipated Grief
June 3, 2016
On this show Dr. Gloria Horsley and Alan Pedersen, Executive Director of The Compassionate Friends, discuss the challenges of sudden versus anticipated loss with bereaved mother’s Ann Kahdalia and Denise Pedersen whose children died in vehicle related accidents. Joining the group is Mitch Carmody whose son died of cancer. Alan Pedersen closes the show singing Love Lives On. Words and music by Alan Pedersen.
Episode 76: Loss after the Battle of Substance Abuse
June 3, 2016
On this show Dr. Gloria Horsley and Alan Pedersen, Executive Director of the Compassionate Friends, interview Dianna Lynn bereaved mother of both Josh and Logan and Nancy Juracka bereaved mother of Lance regarding how they found hope after their children’s death by substance abuse. The show closes with Alan singing A Little Farther Down the Road and Mitch Carmody signing to words and music by Alan Pedersen.
Episode 75: Returning to Work After Loss
June 3, 2016
On this show Dr. Gloria Horsley and Alan Pedersen, Executive Director of The Compassionate Friends, talk with bereaved parents Terri O’Rourke and Tim Meadows about the challenges of returning to work after the deaths of their son’s, both name Christopher. A video clip is played regarding grief in the workplace produced by psychologist and bereaved parent Carol Kerns. The show closes with Alan singing and Mitch Carmody signing to It’s My Life words and music by Alan Pedersen.
Jordon Ferber: Adult Sibling Grief: What Parents Need to Know
June 2, 2016
Comedian Jordon Ferber is the producer of the podcast “Where’s the Grief” Inspired by the death of his brother, Russell. As the sibling leader of the Manhattan chapter of The Compassionate Friends Jordon has helped thousands of siblings recover from loss. http://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/opentohope.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/02064437/Jordan-Ferber-MP3-for-Audio-Podcasting.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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Is Visiting a Gravesite a Help?
May 26, 2016
We don’t visit our daughter’s grave. While this is a shocking statement for some, others understand our feelings. Whether or not to visit a gravesite is a personal decision, based on religious and spiritual beliefs, relationship with the deceased, the grief work that has been done, current feelings, and plans for the future. The comfort derived from a visit is another factor. On the first anniversary of our daughter’s death my husband and I, family members, and a few of her friends, gathered at her gravesite. I passed out a list of my daughter’s values—practices that she lived by […]
Carolyn Zahnow: Teenage Depression and Suicide
May 26, 2016
Carolyn Zahnow is the bereaved parent of Cameron, who died by suicide in 2005. As the result of his death she is the founded the Shore Grief Center located in North Carolina. The Shore is a nonprofit that provides grief support groups to kids, teens and adults who have experienced a death. She is the author of Save The Teens: Preventing suicide, depression and addiction. http://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/opentohope.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/25113248/OpenToHope_CarolynZahnow_151214.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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Learning to Allow in the Face of Tragic Loss
May 14, 2016
Paralytic Loss. That was me at ground zero after losing my adult son Drew in the spring of 2011 to suicide. I was so unprepared for what followed, that my mind just sort of stopped, and everything I knew with certainty was simply washed right out of my brain. The reality is that suicide is horrific, unspeakable Loss at its heart. What I have discovered is this: loss is loss – there are no measuring sticks to tell you which loss is greater than another. Loss has no “tragedy meter”. It is unique to each person, and it cannot be […]
Episode 74: Grief Diaries
May 10, 2016
On this show Dr’s Gloria and Heidi Horsley interview Lynda Cheldelin Fell, Linda Bateman Gomez , Carol Scibelli and Christine Duminiak. These four women have found hope after loss and have contributed to the Grief Diaries brand of books created by Lynda Fell. Lynda is also the executive president of the newly formed National Grief & Hope Coalition.
Episode 73: Replacement Children
May 9, 2016
On this show Dr.’s Gloria and Heidi Horsley interview Judy Mandel and Rita Battat Silverman regarding their books on children who become the replacement child for their deceased sibling. Rita is the co-author of Replacement Children: The Unconscious Script with a foreward by Katie Couric and Judy Mandel is the author of Replacement Child: a memoir.
