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Dr. Katie Eastman: Transforming Life After Loss
July 31, 2025
Struggling with change? Join Drs. Gloria and Heidi Horsley with guest Dr. Katie Eastman for practical tools on resilience and personal growth after loss. Dr. Eastman is the author of Uplifting: Inspiring Stories of Loss, Change, and Growth and co-author of Percolate: Let Your Best Self Filter Through. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/www.opentohope.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Dr-Katie-Eastman-Transforming-Life-After-Loss.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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Cindy Brinker Simmons: Spirituality and Overcoming Challenges
July 24, 2025
Curious about how faith can heal grief? Join Dr. Gloria Horsley and Cindy Brinker Simmons, who lost her mother Maureen “Little Mo” Connolly Brinker at 12 and her husband 36 years later. She is the author of Restored: Reconnecting Life’s Broken Pieces. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/www.opentohope.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Cindy-Brinker-Simmons_-Spirituality-and-Overcoming-Challenges.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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Carla Fernandez: Grief Care Practices and Rituals
July 3, 2025
Looking for your own pathway to dealing with grief? Join Dr’s Gloria and Heidi Horsley and their guest Carla Fernandez. Carla is the co-founder of The Dinner Party, a national network of peer-support circles for young adult grievers and the author of Renegade Grief an indispensable resource for people at any stage of the grieving process. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/www.opentohope.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Carla-Fernandez_-Grief-Care-Practices-and-Rituals.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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Pregnant After My Mother’s Death
June 30, 2025
Pregnant After My Mother’s Death I woke up screaming, as if I’d had a nightmare, only to realize this is my new reality. Screaming, crying, breathless, heart aching so deeply, I’m not sure it will ever heal. My stomach in knots feeling like I could puke or poop myself at any moment. My mom is dead. My dad and I found her yesterday. Today is my birthday. FUCK THIS! I don’t ever want to celebrate this day again. I can’t even think about eating, my world in shambles. Oh, by the way, I’m pregnant with my first child, not even […]
Kate Spencer: The Dead Moms Club
June 26, 2025
Seeking support after a parent’s loss? Join Drs. Gloria and Heidi Horsley with guest Kate Spencer, whose mother died of cancer when she was 27. She authored the bestselling novel In a New York Minute, One Last Summer, and the memoir The Dead Moms Club. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/www.opentohope.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Kate-Spencer_-The-Dead-Moms-Club.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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When Both Parents Die
June 3, 2025
When Both Parents Die May is when most people start to plan their summer vacations; May is the month my heart pounds louder than anything I have ever heard. It’s the month I lost my parents 9 years and 3 days apart. It’s the month my father-in-law passed away. In May 2023, my father and my husband’s father died 2 days apart, one day shy of Mom’s 9th death anniversary. I know, my story sounds like an episode from a horror show. There’s something peculiar about becoming parentless when you’re already “grown.” People assume it’s easier. People who haven’t lost both […]
Elizabeth Coplan: Conversations on Loss and Grief
May 29, 2025
Looking for an opportunity to express your grief? Join Dr’s Gloria and Heidi Horsley and their guest Elizabeth Coplan playwright and author of Grief Dialogues: The Play and Grief Dialogues: The Experience for a timely conversation about death, dying and grief. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/www.opentohope.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Elizabeth-Coplan-Conversations-on-Loss-and-Grief.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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Nature and Grief: Empowering Teachings from the World Around Us
May 23, 2025
Nature and Grief Following the death of my eighteen-year-old daughter Jeannine in March of 2003, I embraced non-ordinary phenomena to help me develop new insights. One of the things that became clear to me was that we do survive death, and that our deceased loved ones communicate their ongoing existence to us. My willingness to understand the significance of signs and their underlying connections have allowed me to develop clarity and find my peace with Jeannine’s death. There are many individuals who don’t believe in signs or for whatever reason have not received them. However, there are different ways to […]
Missing Mom on Mother’s Day
May 15, 2025
Missing Mom on Mother’s Day My friend and I were recently having breakfast and talk turned to the upcoming Mother’s Day. Both of us have lost our mothers recently and a look of sadness and “I miss her” tears began to fill our eyes. As my thoughts drifted back to my years as a child, when I scurried to make Mom breakfast in bed and bring her flowers from the yard, I softly smiled. She pretended to be surprised and always ate my creations, whether they were tasty or not. Growing into a young woman, the gifts became more memorable […]
