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Elaine Mansfield: Death of a Husband Guest

Posted on October 29, 2015 - by admin

Elaine Mansfield leads workshops and bereavement support groups and writes for Hospice and Palliative Care of Tompkins County in Ithaca, NY. Her writing reflects her forty years as a student of Jungian psychology, mythology, meditation, and nature. Since her husband’s death in 2008, her work has focused on a search for love, meaning, and healing in times of grief. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/audio.opentohope.com/OpenToHope_ElaineMansfield.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download

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David Zeigler: Dealing With Loss Through Film Making

Posted on October 22, 2015 - by admin

David Zeigler, a Guggenheim Fellow, has been making documentary films for twenty years. His first narrative feature, Sweet Old World, is drawn from his own experience following the death of his nine-year-old son. His 1999/2000 series, Senior Year, was a landmark PBS broadcast in 2002. His films have been seen on television in over a hundred and fifty countries worldwide. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/audio.opentohope.com/OpenToHope_DaveZeigler.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download

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Dr. Gloria Horsley and Alan Petersen: Don’t Let Loss Cripple Your Spirit

Posted on October 15, 2015 - by admin

Dr. Gloria Horsley president of the Open to Hope Foundation and Alan Petersen executive director of The Compassionate Friends discuss their grief journey and how they and others have coped. Alan sings “A Little Farther Down the Road”. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/audio.opentohope.com/Alan-Pederson_03.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download

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Judy Lipson: Death of a Sibling

Posted on October 8, 2015 - by admin

Judy Lipson lost her sister Jane at age 22 in 1981 in an automobile accident, and sister Margie at age 35 in 1990. Judy suppressed her grief for 30 years and five years ago began the journey to mourn for her beloved sisters.’ She is an advocate for adult sibling loss, and does an annual ice skating fundraiser Celebration of Sisters in memory of her sisters. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/audio.opentohope.com/OpenToHope_JudyLipson.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download

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Joanne Cacciatore Ph.D.: Traumatic Loss

Posted on October 1, 2015 - by admin

Dr. Joanne Cacciatore is currently a professor at Arizona State University. Her area of expertise is traumatic death, specifically child death, and she is an acclaimed public speaker on this topic. Her life changed profoundly in 1994 when her daughter, Cheyenne, died. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/audio.opentohope.com/OpenToHope_JoanneCacciatore.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download

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Humor and grief: Jordon Ferber

Posted on September 24, 2015 - by admin

Jordon Ferber is a 14 year veteran of the New York comedy scene, as well as being a bereaved sibling. He has been seen on NBC’s Last Comic Standing, NBC’s The Restaurant and is a regular on The Joey Reynolds Show on WOR. He is the sibling facilitator of Manhattan chapter of The Compassionate Friends and writes for the chapter newsletter. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/audio.opentohope.com/OpenToHope_JordanFerber.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download

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A Double Loss: Death of a Daughter and Stepson: Cathy Seehuetter

Posted on September 17, 2015 - by admin

Cathy Seehuetter is a Certified Grief Service Provider and the bereaved parent of Nina and stepson Chris . Cathy serves as the Minnesota Regional Coordinator for The Compassionate Friends and is a chapter Leader for The St. Paul Chapter. She is a frequent presenter at TCF’s national conferences and is a past national board member. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/audio.opentohope.com/OpenToHope_CathySeehutter.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download

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Life After Death: Sandra Chaplain

Posted on September 10, 2015 - by admin

Sandra Champlain’s fear of dying led her on a 15-year journey to find proof that life after death is real. After a family loss she authored “How to Survive Grief,” a free audio that was quickly heard by thousands worldwide. Armed with this powerful information that has reduced pain and saved lives, she wrote the book “We Don’t Die – A Skeptic’s Discovery of Life After Death.” https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/audio.opentohope.com/OpenToHope_SandraChamplain.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download

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Celebrating a Life With Music: Anna Huckabee Tull

Posted on September 3, 2015 - by admin

Anna Huckabee Tull is an award-winning Singer-Songwriter/Composer, accomplished Psychologist and a life coach. People from all over the planet commission Anna to create original, one-of-a-kind songs of love, growth, loss, birth, and celebration, to honor some of life’s most meaningful passages. Her song “Sing” commissioned by a bereaved parent is played and discussed on the show. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/audio.opentohope.com/OpenToHope_AnnaHuckabee.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download

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Annette Childs: Spiritual Experiences and Grief

Posted on August 27, 2015 - by admin

Annette Childs holds a Ph.D. in psychology and is a licensed psychotherapist. She is the author of three award-winning books. As a researcher she has extensively studied the near death experience and other mystical phenomenon. As a grief therapist, her work is based on the premise that the spiritual experiences the grieving often have, are a foundational part of the healing process. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/audio.opentohope.com/OpenToHope_AnnetteChilds.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download

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