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Kelly Farley Grieving Dads and the Journey
November 5, 2020
Kelly Farley lost his daughter, Katie, in 2004, and son, Noah, in 2006. He spent several years trying to put his life back together and realized during this time that there are few resources for dads. That realization created the inspiration for his book, Grieving Dads: He is an Open to Hope author. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/www.opentohope.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Kelly-Farley-Grieving-Dads-and-the-Journey.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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Joseph Higgins: Signs From Heaven
October 29, 2020
Joseph Higgins is a Medium, Author, Channeler and Intuitive counselor. He has written five books including his latest, Always Connected: For Those Who Have Lost Children, Children Give Signs & Insights from Heaven. This book discusses some of the most difficult questions a parent may have concerning the loss of a child. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/www.opentohope.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Joseph-Higgins-Signs-From-Heaven.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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Grieving Dads: Therapists and Other Resources
October 28, 2020
This is an excerpt from Grieving Dads: To the Brink and Back, which is available at Amazon. A grieving dad must face many hard truths after the death of a child, but for me, perhaps the most sobering one is the fact that I received more help from strangers than I did from people I knew. Maybe that’s why psychiatrists make so much money. After all, many of us are more comfortable talking about our problems to strangers than we are talking to friends or relatives. Alcoholics and gamblers, when you think about it, often find more real help in […]
Grieving Dads: When a Child Dies Suddenly
October 24, 2020
This is an excerpt from Grieving Dads: To the Brink and Back, which is available at Amazon. If it were up to me, I probably would change the “five stages of grief” thing so it included a brand new category. I’d call it “Shock and Trauma,” because those are really the things that hit you first after the death of a child. “Shock,” minus the awe. And “trauma,” minus the blood. Leastwise, trauma minus your own blood. The experts call the first stage of grieving “denial,” and I can promise you that you will indeed experience denial when you go […]
Grieving Dads: The First Blow
October 22, 2020
This is an excerpt from Grieving Dads: To the Brink and Back, which is available at Amazon. Fathers aren’t supposed to grieve the same way that mothers do. Society has placed certain demands on men that preclude them from dealing with loss or disappointment by wearing emotion on their sleeves or even talking about it openly. For sure, men aren’t supposed to lose control. They are expected to toughen up, get back to work, take it like a man, and support their wives. And if they must cry, by all means they should do so in private. My own journey […]
Anne Moss Rogers: Emotionally Naked; A Discussion about Loss by Suicide
October 8, 2020
Anne Moss Rogers is an emotionally naked TEDx storyteller, award-winning author of Diary of a Broken Mind, and owner of the popular Emotionally Naked blog. She co-owned and later sold her digital marketing business to pursue grief education and suicide prevention after her twenty-year-old son, Charles, died by suicide June 5, 2015. He suffered from depression and addiction. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/www.opentohope.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Anne-Moss-Rogers-Emotionally-Naked-A-Discussion-about-Loss-by-Suicide.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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Mike Edwards and Afterlife Communication
October 1, 2020
Mike’s son and only child, Dylan, passed due to a heroin overdose on November 28, 2016, shortly after his 24th birthday and just before reaching six months of continuous sobriety. After attending several grief meetings for parents, Mike saw the obvious lack of participation by fathers. In March 2019, he started Helping Fathers Heal, an affiliate group of Helping Parents Heal. The “closed” group provides a confidential, “safe place” for men to share their challenges and successes in dealing with devastating child loss. In this breakout session, Mike will share his story, including examples of afterlife evidence from Dylan since […]
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Endings and Beginnings
September 27, 2020
This is an excerpt from The 4 Facets of Grief: Heal Your Heart, Rebuild Your World, and Find New Pathways To Joy, which is available at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B073ZMKKH2. I used to think life was a series of beginnings. Birth is a beginning; starting school is a beginning. So is learning to drive; new love; a new home. All these firsts take us toward presumably better and more fulfilling experiences. Beginnings are filled with hope, promise, and expectation. Sometimes they’re exhilarating and scary in the most positive way. But I honestly didn’t consider the possibility that they also may follow endings. At least, not until […]
Chelsea Hanson: Happiness After Loss Is It A Choice?
August 27, 2020
Are you afraid you will never be happy again? Join Chelsea Hanson, a leading grief expert and educator, who will discuss “joy blocks” and ways to overcome them. Chelsea presents workshops and seminars on grief-related topics to both laypeople and professional caregivers. Chelsea is founder of With Sympathy Gifts and Keepsakes. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/www.opentohope.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Chelsea-Hanson-Happiness-After-Loss-Is-It-A-Choice.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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