Open to Hope Articles
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Pat Thomas: Ashton’s Dad
August 7, 2023
At the 46th Conference of The Compassionate Friends Pat Thomas talks about finding supporting people in your grief journey. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/content.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/Pat-Thomas-Ashtons-Dad.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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Wendy Holbrook: Finding Hope Through Others Who Have Walked the Grief Journey
August 7, 2023
At the 46th Conference of The Compassionate Friends Wendy Holbrook talks finding community through her Compassionate Friends group. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/content.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/Wendy-Holbrook-Finding-Hope-Through-Others-Who-Have-Walked-the-Grief-Journey.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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Ann Walsh: Delivering the News of a Death
August 7, 2023
At the 46th Conference of The Compassionate Friends Ann Walsh talks about using compassion when delivering the news of a death. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/content.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/Ann-Walsh-Delivering-the-News-of-a-Death.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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Ann Walsh: Listen to Their Story
August 7, 2023
At the 46th Conference of The Compassionate Friends Ann Walsh talks about ways to help those who are grieving. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/content.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/Ann-Walsh-Listen-to-Their-Story.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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Ann Walsh: Finding a Place to Deal With Grief
August 7, 2023
The Compassionate Friends Annual conference is a place for bereaved families to find community and hope, while learning and sharing with others who truly understand the painful loss of a child, sibling, or grandchild. Open to Hope is proud to be a partner. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/content.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/Ann-Walsh-Finding-a-Place-to-Deal-With-Grief.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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Betty Valentine: Finding Hope by Helping Others
August 6, 2023
The Compassionate Friends Annual conference is a place for bereaved families to find community and hope, while learning and sharing with others who truly understand the painful loss of a child, sibling, or grandchild. Open to Hope is proud to be a partner. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/content.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/Betty-Valentine-Finding-Hope-by-Helping-Others.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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Barry Koch: Honoring Grief
August 3, 2023
Do you feel like something is missing in your grieving process? Join Dr’s Gloria and Heidi Horsley and their guest Barry Koch to discuss ways to honor and memorialize your loved one. Barry is the bereaved dad of Harper Edward and the co-founder of TGBeyond. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/content.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/Barry-Koch-Honoring-Grief.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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Lessons from Wild Boy
July 27, 2023
Lessons from Wild Boy He was a toddler who played with plastic dinosaurs, Tonka trucks, and dirt. His older sister made me feel like an accomplished mama because whenever I reminded her not to touch the house plant, she would obey. “No, no,” she’d say, standing yards from the cascading ivy. Wild Boy didn’t care. Not only did he knock the plant stand down, but he watched the wet soil seep into the carpet. Then he jumped on all four into the mess, even gnawing a leaf to see how it tasted. If there was a puddle on an afternoon […]
This Could Save Your Life: Writing Through Tragedy
July 25, 2023
“It is, in the end, the saving of lives we writers are about. We do it because we care. We care because we know this: the life we save is our own.” ~ Alice Walker Days before my four-year-old son’s anticipated death, a nurse gave me a blue-flowered journal. After the memorial service, the crisp white pages became stained with my pain. I filled each lined surface. When I got to the last page, my pain was still strong, so I bought a notebook. And another. In the evenings, I unleashed the bottled feelings I’d accumulated throughout each day. My […]
