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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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Lu Anne De Vries; Death of an Adopted Child

Posted on August 30, 2012 - by admin

Lu Anne De Vries is the mother of four sons and the grandmother of eight grandchildren. Her fifth and youngest child, Mandy was adopted from Korea as an infant.  In Dec […]

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Diana Sundwall; Infant Loss

Posted on August 23, 2012 - by admin

Diana Sundwall  is the Founder and Executive Director of Infants Remembered In Silence, Inc. (IRIS) – founded in 1987 following the stillbirth of her son Derek in 1985.  She is […]

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Michael Nunley: Healing Family Losses With Music

Posted on August 16, 2012 - by admin

Michael Nunley’s father’s diagnosis of terminal cancer was like losing an anchor for the Nunley family.  A second blow came when Michael broke the news, that his sister Cyndy had […]

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Cathy Spear: The Healing Power of Grief Camp

Posted on August 9, 2012 - by admin

Cathy Spear, LICSW, is Director of Camper Services at Circle of Tapawingo, a week-long overnight camp program in Maine for girls who have experienced the death of a parent. Circle […]

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Linda Triplett: Love Never Fails

Posted on August 2, 2012 - by admin

Linda Triplett is Co-Director of a Minnesota non-profit organization, in memory of her son Adam, which serves the Love Basket Grief Support Outreach, and is the author of “A Mother’s […]

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Donna Marie Thompson Ph.D.; Topic: Bouncing Back From Loss Guest:

Posted on July 26, 2012 - by admin

Donna Marie Thompson, PhD is a speaker and best-selling author who through her own personal experiences has helped thousands of people.  Her recent book, BOUNCING BACK FROM LOSS teaches how to not […]

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Judith Johnson; Changing the Culture of Death Guest:

Posted on July 19, 2012 - by admin

Reverend Judith Johnson, PhD is a dynamic visionary and social change agent helping to transform the fear-based culture of death in America.  As a non-denominational minister, Judith provides grief counseling […]

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Chris Donohoe; Honoring a Sibling With Music Guest:

Posted on July 12, 2012 - by admin

Chris Donohoe is a San Francisco based singer/songwriter. He has released 3 albums since 2009; WHAT DRIVES YOU, HERMOSILLA   His latest project MARCH was inspired by the difficult and profound […]

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Louis E. LaGrand, Ph.D.; Healing Grief

Posted on July 5, 2012 - by admin

Louis E. LaGrand, PhD, has been an expert in the field of bereavement for more than thirty years. He is a Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus at the State University of […]

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Beth Marshall and Taryn Davis; American Widow Project

Posted on June 28, 2012 - by admin

      Beth Marshall talks with a real American hero, Taryn Davis. Taryn is the founder of the American Widow Project- an outreach to US Military Widows. http://americanwidowproject.org/  Five years ago […]

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