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Rineke Leigh: The Gift of Giving in Grief

September 25, 2024

Rineke Leigh shares her journey at the Helping Parents Heal conference. Helping Parents Heal is a non-profit organization dedicated to assisting parents whose children have passed. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/content.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/Rineke-Leigh-The-Gift-of-Giving-in-Grief.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Debbie Broom: Finding Hope Through Helping Parents Heal

September 24, 2024

Debbie Broom shares her journey at the Helping Parents Heal conference. Helping Parents Heal is a non-profit organization dedicated to assisting parents whose children have passed. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/content.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/Debbie-Broom-Finding-Hope-Through-Helping-Parents-Heal.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Donna Green: Faith in God

September 24, 2024

Donna Green shares her journey at the Helping Parents Heal conference. Helping Parents Heal is a non-profit organization dedicated to assisting parents whose children have passed. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/content.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/Donna-Green-Faith-in-God.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Longing for a Child Who has Died

September 23, 2024

Longing for a Child Who has Died The intense longing for your deceased child causes difficult emotional pain and unremitting agony. Our bodies and minds cry out deep from our core to see, hear, touch, smell and feel our child.  Although there is no satisfying these needs, bereaved parents find many ways to stay connected to their child and recommend doing so to other bereaved mothers. Parents report a lessening of the intensity of their grief when they remain connected to their child, and continue bonding practices for many years, usually their lifetime.  For the bereaved parent, the goal of […]

Dawn Simmons: Hope After Loss of Multiple Children

September 20, 2024

Dawn Simmons shares her journey at the Helping Parents Heal conference. Helping Parents Heal is a non-profit organization dedicated to assisting parents whose children have passed. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/content.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/Dawn-Simmons-Hope-After-Loss-of-Multiple-Children.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Christopher Mendez: Love Never Dies

September 18, 2024

Christopher Mendez shares his journey at the Helping Parents Heal conference. Helping Parents Heal is a non-profit organization dedicated to assisting parents whose children have passed. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/content.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/Christopher-Mendez-Love-Never-Dies.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Christine Moncheck: Helping Others to Help Yourself

September 18, 2024

Christine Moncheck shares her journey at the Helping Parents Heal conference. Helping Parents Heal is a non-profit organization dedicated to assisting parents whose children have passed. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/content.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/Christine-Moncheck-Helping-Others-to-Help-Yourself.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Warren Gibbons: Helping Fathers Heal

September 18, 2024

Warren Gibbons shares his journey at the Helping Parents Heal conference. Helping Parents Heal is a non-profit organization dedicated to assisting parents whose children have passed. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/content.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/Warren-Gibbons-Helping-Fathers-Heal.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Rita Porter: Afterlife Signs

September 16, 2024

Rita Porter shares her journey at the Helping Parents Heal conference. Helping Parents Heal is a non-profit organization dedicated to assisting parents whose children have passed. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/content.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/Rita-Porter-Afterlife-Signs.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download