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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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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 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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Stephanie, a bereaved mom, has degrees in Industrial and Organizational Psychology, presented at TCF 2017, she originally qualified in Law in England, worked for a multinational, before opening a daycare, and progressed into Work Consultancy Services. She is author of “Grief at Work” that will be available later this year. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/www.opentohope.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Stephanie-Champion-Grief-at-Work.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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Jeannette Maré is the founder and Executive Director of Ben’s Bells Project. Ben’s Bells was founded in 2003 after the sudden death of Jeannette’s two-year old son, Ben. The simple, everyday acts of kindness following his death helped her begin to heal. She was inspired to establish the Ben’s Bells Project as a way to recognize and continue the kindness shown to her. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/www.opentohope.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Jeannette-Maré.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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Barb Hoffman is the Executive Director of Red Means Stop Traffic Safety Alliance. She joined this organization as a volunteer back in 2004 after her fourteen-year-old son, Michael Allanson, was hit and killed by a man who ran a red light in Mesa Arizona. Barb is the author of Carelessness is No Accident. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/www.opentohope.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Barbara-Hoffman.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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After the accidental death of his three-year-old son, Jacob in 2011, Jason Jones went on a long, painful journey to make sense of how God could have let this happen to his son and their family. He struggled intensely with his faith after everything he thought about God disintegrated. He is the author of Limping But Blessed. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/www.opentohope.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Jason-Jones.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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Neal Raisman Ph.D. is ex-college president who lost his son Isaac to meningitis. He struggled to reconcile and live with the loss finally finding outlet for his grief in writing a book, Standing on One Foot, to express and explore his grief leading to ways to find a new balance in life. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/www.opentohope.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Neal-Raisman.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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Mitch Carmody a nationally recognized grief authority and author of “Letters To My Son, is a bereaved Dad and bereaved sibling. His twin sister Sandy died in 1985. Joining Mitch will be bereaved sibling Jacob Yurich whose twin brother Zachary died in 2000 of the same cancer as Mitch’s son. Both men found hope with the organization the “Twinless Twins” who support and honor this unique loss. http://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/opentohope.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/05084539/Mitch-Carmody-and-Jacob-Yurich-.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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