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Episode 135: Child Loss: Why and How Did They Die?
June 27, 2018
On this show Dr. Gloria Horsley and Heidi Horsley interview Theresa Lervolino whose daughter, Jessica age 27 was killed in 2010 in an automobile crash. Theresa will discuss how serving as a chapter leader of The Compassionate Friends has again helped her to find hope. Annah Elizabeth is the author Digging For The Light, and contributor to The Grief Diaries. She is also a bereaved parent of an infant and is the creator of The Five Facets Philosophy on Healing.
April Boyd: Love and Loss Project
June 21, 2018
April Boyd is a psychotherapist who is turning her daughter’s tragic life story into a love story by living as brightly as possible and helping others to do the same. Her Love & Loss Project currently supports women after the loss of a baby or pregnancy throughout 24 countries. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/www.opentohope.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/April-Boyd-Love-and-Loss-Project.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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Mary Jane Cronin: Unexpected Change and How You Can Grow from Them
June 14, 2018
Lost a loved one and looking for hope? Join Dr. Gloria and Dr. Heidi Horsley in an interview with Mary Jane Cronin author and licensed counselor in a discussion of the impacts and opportunity for growth after loss. Join the conversation by texting in your questions. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/www.opentohope.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Mary-Jane-Cronin-Unexpected-Change-and-How-You-Can-Grow-from-Them.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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Jane Harris: A Love That Never Dies
May 31, 2018
How do we grieve? Why do we grieve? And why are we afraid of those that do grieve? In order to answer these difficult questions after the death of their 22 year old son Josh in a road accident in Vietnam Jane Harris and Jimmy Edmonds went on a journey interviewing bereaved families in the United States and the UK. Using these compelling interviews the produced the film A Love That Never Dies. Jane is a graduate of film school and a psychologist. She and her husband Jimmy own their own production company and are volunteers with The Compassionate Friends […]
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Janine Salevsky: Sharing a Legacy of Love
May 24, 2018
In August of 2013 Janine Salevsky’s daughter Natalia died to multiple complications relating to Leukemia. Natalia was diagnosed at age 6 and died at age 10 leaving a legacy of love behind her. She made gifts, angels, artwork and her shared American Girl dolls bringing light and goodness to others. Her mother continues to share her spirit through Natalia’s Endless Love foundation whose purpose it is to continue Natalia works of love. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/www.opentohope.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Janine-Salevsky-Sharing-a-Legacy-of-Love-stereo.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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Harriet Cabelly: Living Well Despite Adversity
May 17, 2018
Harriet Cabelly is a social worker and positive psychology coach. She counsels clients as they cope and grow beyond their grief and painful circumstances. She is one of the coaching experts on WOR radio show, Change Your Attitude, Change Your Life and has appeared on ABC and Fox news as a parenting coach. She is the author of Living Well Despite Adversity:Inspiration for Finding Renewed Meaning and Joy in Your Life. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/www.opentohope.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Harriet-Cabelly-Living-Well-Despite-Adversity-Stereo.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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For Grieving Moms: When Others Respond in Hurtful Ways
May 16, 2018
Fix-It Friends People feel helpless in the face of your loss of a child. They have an intense need to say something to lessen your pain. They cannot understand that this pain refuses any comfort and must be processed over time to ease. They try to help by saying things that negate your pain, such as: “He’s in a better place,” or “You can have another child.” They may also tell you they know how you feel and compare your loss to their loss of a grandparent, which just feels insulting to you. They may tell you that you […]
The Child-Loss Club
May 8, 2018
I am pretty sure that each and every one of you reading this article has heard the saying, “We have all joined a club, and this is a club that no one ever wanted to belong to.” I beg to differ. I just wish I could have joined this club without having lost my beautiful 12-year-old daughter. But I believe this club would have to be the best group of people that I have ever encountered. The love, the reality, the empathy and the knowing that is part of this “grief club” is like no other. What an incredible group of […]
I Care and Wish You Comfort and Hope: A Mass Shooting Triggers Mother’s Response
May 7, 2018
Valentine’s Day has forever been changed in my mind. No longer will I think of flowers, chocolates and the little hearts that say “I love you.” This year, a 19-year-old boy opened fire at a High school in Florida on Valentine’s Day, killing 17 teenagers. These recent shootings are unfortunately nothing new; in 1999, in Columbine, Colorado, two seniors killed 12 of their fellow students. One year earlier in 1998, I received a 2 am phone call, a call that no mother wants to receive. My 16-year-old son had been shot by someone he knew. Immediately, I thought to myself: Should I have said no […]
