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Getting Back in the Dating Game After Loss with Abel Keogh
June 27, 2019
At age twenty-six, after the tragic suicide of his pregnant wife, Abel Keogh unexpectedly found himself a young widower and bereaved parent. Abel is a remarried and a relationship coach and the author of the memoir Room for Two and The Ultimate Dating Guide For Widowers. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/www.opentohope.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Getting-Back-in-the-Dating-Game-After-Loss-with-Abel-Keogh.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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Why Join A Grief Group with Dr. Heidi Horsley and Dr. Gloria Horsley
June 18, 2019
On this show Dr. Gloria and Dr. Heidi Horsley discuss the positive benefits that can be gained by joining a grief group whether it is professionally or peer lead. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/www.opentohope.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Why-Join-A-Grief-Group-with-DrHeidi-Horsley-and-DrGloria-Horsley.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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Being Exquisitely Seen
May 29, 2019
Books Saved Me I’ve been a lover of words and books and writers since childhood. I treasure the way we can be educated, transported, and transformed through what we read and the stories we share. Every so often, I hear a phrase strung together, like pearls on a string, that resonates deeply in my soul. How a phrase lands can be as breathtaking as the most beautiful view from a mountaintop. During difficult times, I’ve often turned to books for comfort, wisdom, and to feel less alone in my struggles. The author that saved me from my grief was Viktor […]
Irene Weinberg: Are There Bagels In Heaven?
May 23, 2019
Irene Weinberg experienced a profound spiritual awakening as the result of a tragic car accident when her husband Saul died next to her. She is the author of They Serve Bagels in Heaven, which gives an insider’s look at what goes beyond our lives on Earth. Irene is the co-host of the podcast Grief and Rebirth: Finding the Joy in Life. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/www.opentohope.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Are-There-Bagels-In-Heaven-with-Irene-Weinberg.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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Don’t Ask Me To Get Over Grief with Dr. Gloria and Dr. Heidi Horsley
April 23, 2019
It will be 2 years ago in April when my son died. He drank a lot and that drinking caused his heart to become weak and in the night it just quit. They were not able to revive him. I am struggling with this and like everyone I have guilt that I should have been able to help him even though he was 36 and didn’t live with me. Does it ever feel like people look at you like you need to be over it? https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/www.opentohope.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Dont-Ask-Me-To-Get-Over-Grief-with-DrGloria-and-Dr.-Heidi-Horsley.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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Carrie Pike: When Do You Clean Out The Closet?
April 18, 2019
Carrie pike is the creator of Carrie Bears, a company passionate about helping others through their grief process by making bears out of a loved ones clothing. For almost 20 years, Carrie has been sewing bears, listening to and sharing stories with people who have had a need. In 2018 she completed an inspired goal of compiling a few of these stories in her book Something to Hold Onto. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/www.opentohope.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Carrie-Pike-When-Do-You-Clean-Out-The-Closet.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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Grief Through the Rearview Mirror
April 7, 2019
This big, horrible thing happens. You lose the person with whom you chose to partner for the challenging, amazing, and, sometimes, scary thing called life. Each of us has our own unique experiences of the grieving process. Yet, it’s normal to feel like you have no idea how you’ll go on without them. Whether I like it or not, nearly twenty years after my husband’s death, I am living and breathing without him. I couldn’t imagine in the early days of losing him I would eventually have a life I could love again. It wasn’t easy. I needed to do […]
Surviving Widowhood: Check Your Track Record
February 10, 2019
There is something about widowhood that brings you to your knees. I remember feeling trapped in an alternative universe trying to make sense of the chaos that surrounded me. The most troubling part was that the one person who was capable of steadying my boat – even as the sea of life raged around me – was the reason for my storm. In March 2012, I got the call no wife ever wants to hear. My husband was dead. We had been married for all of one year and six days. It didn’t seem fair that I’d spent so many […]
God Did Not Forsake Me! with Sam Timbrook
January 31, 2019
Sam Timbrook is a Certified Grief Life Coach, Educational Psychologist, and a local Pastor. He has supported thousands of people through their grief journey with compassion and understanding, however his greatest preparation for grief work has been the death of his wife, Helen and later his son, Ryan. Sam has found great support from The Compassionate Friends and is currently editor of his chapter newsletter. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/www.opentohope.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/God-Did-Not-Forsake-Me-with-Sam-Timbrook.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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