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Jason Wendroff Rawnicki: What Partners Can Do After a Loss to Support One Another
September 21, 2022
At the 45th National Conference of The Compassionate Friends in Houston Texas, 2022; bereaved sibling, Jason Wendroff Rawnicki, talks about creating connections with your partner after after they’ve suffered a loss. Remember, love soars through the clouds of hope. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/www.opentohope.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Jason-Wendroff-Rawnicki_-What-Partners-Can-Do-After-a-Loss-to-Support-One-Another.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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Harriet Hodgson: Grief Doodling
September 11, 2022
At the 45th National Conference of The Compassionate Friends in Houston Texas, 2022; Harriet Hodgson, talks about doodling through grief. She shares her journey of doodling and writing to help her find hope and healing after a loss. Remember, love soars through the clouds of hope. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/www.opentohope.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Harriet-Hodgson_-Grief-Doodling.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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Mary-Frances O’Connor: The Grieving Brain
September 1, 2022
Have you considered the impact of grief on your brain? It is time that you did! Join Dr’s Gloria and Dr. Heidi Horsley and their guest Dr. Mary-Frances O’Connor for a discussion of the effects of grief on the brain and body. She is the author of the Grieving Brain. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/www.opentohope.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Mary-Frances-OConnor_-The-Grieving-Brain.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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Believing in Magical Thoughts
August 31, 2022
Believing in Magical Thoughts A few years ago, an older colleague of mine passed away. I spent some time with his widow in the months afterward. As a prominent sleep researcher, her husband had traveled quite often to attend academic conferences. Over dinner one night, she shook her head as she told me it just did not feel like he was gone. She was believing in magical thoughts. It felt as though her husband was just away on another trip and would walk through their door again at any minute. We hear this kind of statement quite often from those who […]
Mindy Corporon: Courageous Healing After Loss
August 28, 2022
At the 45th National Conference of The Compassionate Friends in Houston Texas, 2022; bereaved parent, Mindy Corporon, talks about seeking and finding courageous kindness after the murder of her son and father. Remember, love soars through the clouds of hope. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/www.opentohope.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Mindy-Corporon_-Courageous-Healing-After-Loss.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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Becky Aud-Jennison: Adults Coping With Death
August 11, 2022
Are you grieving the loss of a family member? Join Dr’s Gloria and Heidi Horsley and their guest Becky Aud-Jennison creator of The Death Dialogues Project and author of Death and its Terrible, Horrible; No Good, Very Beautiful Lessons and The Stars Spoke. Becky will share how she found hope the deaths of her mother and brother. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/www.opentohope.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Becky-Aud-Jennison_-Adults-Coping-With-Death.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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Dr. Margaret Chisolm: Coping with a Death to Mental Illness
August 4, 2022
Have you lost a beloved loved one to mental illness? On this show psychiatrist Dr. Margaret Chisolm shares with Dr. Gloria and Dr. Heid how she found hope after a battle with depression and the loss of both her brother and her cousin to suicide. She is the author of From Survive to Thrive: Living Your Best Life with Mental Illness. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/www.opentohope.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Margaret-Chisolm_-Coping-with-a-Death-to-Mental-Illness.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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Patrice Karst: Connections with the Deceased
July 28, 2022
Are you feeling a connection with your deceased loved one pet or human but can’t quite explain it? Join Dr’s Gloria and Heidi Horsley and their guest Patrice Karst for a heartwarming discussion of what links us all. Patrice is author of The Invisible String; The Invisible Leash; The Invisible Web; You Are Never Alone; co-author of The Invisible String Workbook. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/www.opentohope.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Patrice-Karst_-Connections-with-the-Deceased.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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William Peters: Shared Journeys to the Afterlife
July 21, 2022
Are you wondering if there is an afterlife? Join Dr’s Gloria and Dr. Heidi Horsley with William Peters. He is the founder of the Shared Crossing Project and director of its Research Initiative. William Peters is the author of At Heaven’s Door: What Shared Journeys to the Afterlife Teach About Dying Well and Living Better. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/www.opentohope.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/William-Peters_-Shared-Journeys-to-the-Afterlife.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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