Alua Arthur: Wrapping Up the Practical Affairs

Posted on May 9, 2018 - by admin

Alua Arthur is the Founder of Going with Grace, an organization that exists to support people as they answer the question ‘What must I do to be at peace with myself so that I may die peacefully?’ She is tirelessly committed to bringing awareness to death and dying which she believes can inspire the way people live.  A recovering attorney, Alua is also a bicycle fanatic, developing nation aficionado, jewelry addict, and author of Guide to Completion: The First 10 Steps to Completing the Affairs of Your Loved One’s Life. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/www.opentohope.com/wp-content/themes/oth/audio/Alua-ArthurWrapping-Up-the-Practical-Affairs-Stereo.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download

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Joe DiNardo: Meditation Practice

Posted on May 3, 2018 - by admin

Joe DiNardo is a businessman, attorney and the author of A Letter to My Wife.  In 2005 a brain tumor and the death of his wife to Pancreatic cancer in 2015 forced him to confront his own mortality and to test himself and his Buddhist practice. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/www.opentohope.com/wp-content/themes/oth/audio/Joe-DiNardo-Meditation-Practice-Stereo.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download

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Dr. Mary-Frances O’Connor: What Makes Individuals Grieve Differently?

Posted on April 26, 2018 - by admin

Dr. Mary-Frances O’Connor, psychologist at the University of Arizona, studies the physiological correlates of the wide range of emotional responses during bereavement. She has investigated the failure to adapt following the death of a loved one, termed Complicated Grief, and the neurobiological, immune and autonomic parameters that vary between individual grief responses. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/www.opentohope.com/wp-content/themes/oth/audio/Dr-Mary-Frances-O-Connor-What-Makes-Individuals-Grieve-Differently-Stereo.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download

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Nathalie Himmelrich: Peer support groups & FB Live

Posted on April 19, 2018 - by admin

Nathalie Himmelrich is a psychotherapist located is Switzerland. She is a grief recovery specialist, bereaved parent of a twin and the author of various resources and books for grieving parents. Nathalie is the founder of the Grieving Parents Support Network (GPSN), an online place of support and uplift for parents and others affected by the loss of a child. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/www.opentohope.com/wp-content/themes/oth/audio/Nathalie-Himmelrich-Peer-support-groups-Stereo.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download

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Deborah DeLisi: Grief: A Lifequake

Posted on April 12, 2018 - by admin

Deborah DeLisi is a mother, artist and author whose life was plunged into shock and despair when her 29-year old daughter, Kate ended her life. Her book Lifequakes speaks to all of us of the intimate journey of grief and how to walk alongside fear and pain on the road to healing. She is the Founder of The Abundant Love Project, a worldwide community offering random acts of kindness. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/www.opentohope.com/wp-content/themes/oth/audio/Deborah-DeLisi-Grief-A-Lifequake-Stereo.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download

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Linda Goldman: Supporting Children’s Grief, Loss, and Trauma

Posted on April 5, 2018 - by admin

Linda Goldman, MS, LCPC, FT, is a grief therapist, grief educator, and author of several books, including Creating Inclusion and Well-being for Marginalized Students (2017), Coming Out: Coming In: Nurturing the Well Being and Inclusion of Gay Youth in Mainstream Society, Life and Loss: A Guide to Help Grieving Children, 3rd Edition, Breaking the Silence: A Guide to Help Children with Complicated Grief 2nd Edition, Raising Our Children to Be Resilient: A Guide for Helping Children Cope with Trauma in Today’s World Children Also Grieve: Talking About Death and Healing, Great Answers to Difficult Questions About Death, and Bart Speaks […]

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Anxiety and Grief with Dr. Heidi Horsley and Dr. Gloria Horsley

Posted on April 4, 2018 - by admin

If you are feeling anxious or out of control you will want to watch this and get 10 simple tips from Dr. Heidi and Dr. Gloria on how to manage your emotions at this time of grief.

Ken Brack: Hope Floats Healing and Wellness

Posted on March 29, 2018 - by admin

Ken Brack is a grieving dad and narrative nonfiction author moved by how people grow through catastrophic ordeals. His new book Especially For You tells the uplifting stories of people who find a new purpose following unspeakable loss, which is grounded in his family’s experience. A native of Natick, Ma., he blogs for Psychology Today and other publications, and in 2008 along with his wife co-founded a nonprofit bereavement center, Hope Floats Healing and Wellness Center, in Kingston, Ma., in memory of their son Michael. (http://www.hopefloatswellness.org) A longtime journalist in New England, Brack has a M.Ed. from Northeastern University and […]

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Sue Hamby: Finding Purpose

Posted on March 22, 2018 - by admin

After finding her only son murdered, Dr. Sue Hamby found herself, shattered and on a difficult and painful grief journey. Even though the murderer has never been found, Dr. Hamby has found a new purpose in life which has helped transform her mourning into joy and her scars into stars. Her story offers hope and healing to those who are struggling with grief. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/www.opentohope.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Sue-Hamby-Finding-Purpose1.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download

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Lisa Kolb: Dating After Loss of a Partner

Posted on March 14, 2018 - by admin

Lisa Kolb is a recovering lawyer turned pastry chef turned writer who lost her husband Erik in mountaineering accident in 2014, when they were both 34. Lisa has written about her grief and recovery process for The Washington Post and Modern Loss, and is engaged to be married in 2018. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/www.opentohope.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Lisa-Kolb-Dating-After-Loss-of-a-Partner.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download

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