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Feeling discouraged? Relax and tune into the Open to Hope podcast and hear Dr. Gloria Horsley and Dr. Heidi Horsley interview guests with inspiring stories about recovery from loss.

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David Zeigler: Dealing With Loss Through Film Making

Posted on October 22, 2015 - by admin

David Zeigler, a Guggenheim Fellow, has been making documentary films for twenty years. His first narrative feature, Sweet Old World, is drawn from his own experience following the death of his nine-year-old […]

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Dr. Gloria Horsley and Alan Petersen: Don’t Let Loss Cripple Your Spirit

Posted on October 15, 2015 - by admin

Dr. Gloria Horsley president of the Open to Hope Foundation and Alan Petersen executive director of The Compassionate Friends discuss their grief journey and how they and others have coped.  […]

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Judy Lipson: Death of a Sibling

Posted on October 8, 2015 - by admin

Judy Lipson lost her sister Jane at age 22 in 1981 in an automobile accident, and sister Margie at age 35 in 1990.  Judy suppressed her grief for 30 years […]

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Joanne Cacciatore Ph.D.: Traumatic Loss

Posted on October 1, 2015 - by admin

Dr. Joanne Cacciatore is currently a professor at Arizona State University. Her area of expertise is traumatic death, specifically child death, and she is an acclaimed public speaker on this […]

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Humor and grief: Jordon Ferber

Posted on September 24, 2015 - by admin

Jordon Ferber is a 14 year veteran of the New York comedy scene, as well as being a bereaved sibling.  He has been seen on NBC’s Last Comic Standing, NBC’s […]

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A Double Loss: Death of a Daughter and Stepson: Cathy Seehuetter

Posted on September 17, 2015 - by admin

Cathy Seehuetter is a Certified Grief Service Provider and the bereaved parent of Nina and stepson Chris .  Cathy serves as the Minnesota Regional Coordinator for The Compassionate Friends and […]

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Life After Death: Sandra Chaplain

Posted on September 10, 2015 - by admin

Sandra Champlain’s fear of dying led her on a 15-year journey to find proof that life after death is real.  After a family loss she authored  “How to Survive Grief,” […]

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Celebrating a Life With Music: Anna Huckabee Tull

Posted on September 3, 2015 - by admin

Anna Huckabee Tull is an award-winning Singer-Songwriter/Composer, accomplished Psychologist and a life coach. People from all over the planet commission Anna to create original, one-of-a-kind songs of love, growth, loss, […]

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Annette Childs: Spiritual Experiences and Grief

Posted on August 27, 2015 - by admin

Annette Childs holds a Ph.D. in psychology and is a licensed psychotherapist.  She is the author of three award-winning books. As a researcher she has extensively studied the near death […]

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Dale Larsen Ph.D.: Facing Grief and Loss

Posted on August 20, 2015 - by admin

Dale G. Larson, Ph.D., is the bereaved sibling of Dickie and a Professor of Counseling Psychology at Santa Clara University. He is a Fulbright Scholar, a Fellow in the American […]

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