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Amanda Dobler: Turning Struggles into Strength

Posted on August 14, 2025 - by admin

Consider taking a moment to slow down, connect, and heal. Join Drs. Gloria and Heidi Horsley and their guest Amanda Dobler, a military widow and Gold Star spouse. Hear her personal journey through grief and loss and recovery. Amanda is a licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) and a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/www.opentohope.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Amanda-Dobler_-Turning-Struggles-into-Strength.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download

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Maria Georgopoulos: Helping Grieving Children

Posted on August 7, 2025 - by admin

Worried about your grieving kids? Join Dr’s Gloria and Heidi Horsley and their guest Maria Georgopoulos, Licensed Mental Health Counselor and Fellow in Thanatology, whose work focuses on grief, loss, and trauma. Maria conducts training for mental health professionals nationally and maintains a private practice in New York. She is the founder of Roulas Kids. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/www.opentohope.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Maria-Georgopoulos_-Helping-Grieving-Children.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download

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Dr. Katie Eastman: Transforming Life After Loss

Posted on July 31, 2025 - by admin

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

Posted on July 24, 2025 - by admin

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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Tony Stewart: Loss, Love and New Relationships

Posted on July 17, 2025 - by admin

Are you struggling with dating after a loss? Join Drs. Gloria and Heidi Horsley, and Tony Stewart as they discuss finding new love after such an experience. Tony’s book, Carrying the Tiger, recounts his journey from learning about his wife Lynn’s cancer to moving forward without her. https://youtu.be/seMuz_lWNT8 https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/www.opentohope.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Tony-Stewart_-Loss-Love-and-New-Relationships.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download

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Dr. Rebecca N Thompson: Emotional Impacts of Family Loss

Posted on July 10, 2025 - by admin

Struggling with infertility or child loss? join Dr’s Gloria and their guest Dr. Rebecca N. Thompson to explore the complexities of motherhood and how it can come in diverse ways. Dr. Thompson is the author of Held Together intertwining her personal story of life-threatening pregnancy complications with the stories of her patients, friends, and medical colleagues. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/www.opentohope.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Dr.-Rebecca-N-Thompson_-Emotional-Impacts-of-Family-Loss.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download

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Carla Fernandez: Grief Care Practices and Rituals

Posted on July 3, 2025 - by admin

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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Kate Spencer: The Dead Moms Club

Posted on June 26, 2025 - by admin

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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Kim Burditt: Living With Suicide Loss

Posted on June 12, 2025 - by admin

Are you struggling with suicide loss? Join Drs. Gloria and Heidi Horsley as they speak with Kim Burditt, whose brother, a US Marine Corps veteran, died by suicide in April 2010. Kim is currently the Senior Manager of Donor Engagement for Black Box Project, a unique suicide prevention initiative for loss survivors at the non-profit organization Stop Soldier Suicide. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/www.opentohope.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Kim-Burditt_-Living-With-Suicide-Loss.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download

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Sarah Reed Vollmann and Joann M. O’Leary: Born After the Death of a Sibling

Posted on June 5, 2025 - by admin

Were you born after your sibling died? Join Drs. Gloria and Heidi Horsley as they speak with Sarah Reed Vollmann and Joann M. O’Leary for a lively discussion of the obstacles and repercussions related to a subsequent sibling death. Vollmann and O’Leary co-authored Shadows of a Deceased Sibling and Family Journeys of Grief. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/www.opentohope.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Sarah-Reed-Vollmann-and-Joann-M-OLeary_-Born-After-the-Death-of-a-Sibling.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download

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