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Jeannette Maré: Ben’s Bells Project

Posted on February 22, 2018 - by admin

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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Barbara Hoffman: Don’t Run Red Lights

Posted on February 15, 2018 - by admin

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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Jason Jones: Limping But Blessed

Posted on February 8, 2018 - by admin

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: Finding Balance After Loss

Posted on February 1, 2018 - by admin

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 and Jacob Yurich: Twin Loss

Posted on January 25, 2018 - by admin

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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Harriet Hodgson: Raising Grandchildren

Posted on January 18, 2018 - by admin

Harriet Hodgson has been a freelance health/wellness writer for 37+ years, is the author of 37 books, and thousands of articles. Her latest writing focuses on caregiving, and this is her 20th year as a caregiver. She was her demented mother’s caregiver for nine years, her twin grandchildren’s caregiver for seven years, and has been her disabled husband’s caregiver for four years, with more years to come. Hodgson is a contributing writer for Open to Hope website, The Grief Toolbox Website, and The Caregiver Space website. Her latest book, “So You’re Raising Your Grandkids,” is in production now and slated […]

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Kelly Griffith: Sibling Loss-Tragedy Assistance Program

Posted on January 11, 2018 - by admin

Kelly Griffith is the TAPS Magazine Editor and Manager of Internal Communications and the surviving sister of Marine Corps Maj. Samuel Griffith. Kelly’s background in journalism and the profound impact of Sam’s life and service enable her to share the compassion and care of TAPS through writing. http://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/opentohope.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/04093532/Kelly-Griffith.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download

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Ida D Gonzalez: Military Loss

Posted on January 4, 2018 - by admin

Ida Gonzalez, Mommy, Mom, Mama Gonzo, President of Butterfly Circle of Friends, her son Michael was KIA in Baghdad, Iraq on August 28, 2008. BCOF is non-profit created in memory of Michael assists military, veterans and their families. Sharing her love for Michael has been her way to survive. http://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/opentohope.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/04092417/Ida-D-Gonzalez-.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download

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Catherine McNulty: Strategies To Help With Grief

Posted on December 28, 2017 - by admin

After losing her infant son, Catherine McNulty embarked on a journey to do more than survive grief. She has created a framework to grief that disrupts conventional ways of looking at loss. She challenges her clients to step outside of a victim mindset and regain control of how they navigate grief. http://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/opentohope.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/01080600/Catherine-McNulty.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download

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Robert Goor: Writing Through Grief

Posted on December 21, 2017 - by admin

Robert Goor is a teacher, a writer, a mathematician and a scientist. He is an active member of the Bethesda Writer’s Center and of The Compassionate Friends, where he is a trained group facilitator. Dear Andrew, a collection of letters to his deceased son, is his first literary publication. http://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/opentohope.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/01080251/Robert-Goor.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download

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