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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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Dating After The Loss of a Spouse and a Child; Guest: Abel Keogh

Posted on December 11, 2014 - by admin

At age twenty-six, after the tragic suicide of his wife and the death of their 9 day old baby Abel Keogh unexpectedly found himself a young widower and bereaved parent.  […]

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Hope After Loss: Guest Angela Miller

Posted on December 4, 2014 - by admin

Angela Miller is a writer, survivor, bereaved parent of Noah, and grief advocate who provides support and solace to those who are grieving worldwide. She is the author of You […]

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Dr. David Fajgenbaum: Support Network For Grieving College Students

Posted on November 20, 2014 - by admin

While a student at Georgetown University, David Fajgenbaum, MD, MSc founded Students of National Students of AMF Support Network, a peer-led grief support group and service program, in memory of […]

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Michele Neff Hernandez: Soaring Spirits

Posted on November 13, 2014 - by admin

Michele Neff Hernandez is a bereaved spouse and the founding President, and Executive Director of the Soaring Spirits Loss Foundation providing resources and peer support to people grieving the loss […]

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Sheila Himmel: Changing the Way We Die

Posted on November 6, 2014 - by admin

Sheila Himmel is a Psychology Today blogger and the coauthor of Hungry: A Mother and Daughter Fight Anorexia and Changing the Way We Die. Her work has appeared in The […]

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Rebecca Soffer: Modern Loss Coping with Grief in a Digital World

Posted on October 30, 2014 - by admin

Rebecca Soffer is the co-founder of Modern Loss a website geared to young adults addressing the many permutations of loss, from miscarriages to a parent’s death.  Ms. Soffer lost both […]

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Cornelia Cannon Holden: Miscarriage

Posted on October 23, 2014 - by admin

Cornelia Cannon Holden is a social entrepreneur and educator. Through her company, Mindful Warrior, she is dedicated to helping her clients reach their performance potential.  In 2013 Cornelia was 18 […]

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Jill Smolowe: Resilience In A Time of Grief

Posted on October 16, 2014 - by admin

Within 17 months award-winning journalist and author Jill Smolowe lost her husband, sister, and mother.   Jill, a senior writer for People, desiring to help others, used her experience to write […]

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Elizabeth Heineman: Stillbirth

Posted on October 9, 2014 - by admin

Elizabeth Heineman is mother of one stillborn and two surviving children. Her memoir of her stillbirth is Ghostbelly (Feminist Press, 2014). She is a professor at the University of Iowa, where she teaches […]

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An Artists View of Death, Steven Boone

Posted on October 2, 2014 - by admin

Artist, photographer, traveler, and writer Steven Boone lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He lost his daughter to cancer when she was nineteen. His award-winning book, called “A Heart Traced […]

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