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Handling The Holidays After Loss: Melissa Pettignano

Posted on December 25, 2014 - by admin

Melissa Pettignano is the CEO of MPettignano Enterprises, LLC. One of the biggest losses she had to deal with was losing a family member in the September 11th, 2001 World Trade Center Attacks. Melissa is an Award-Winning Professional Music Artist, Songwriter, Author, Entrepreneur, inspirational Speaker and Humanitarian. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/audio.opentohope.com/OpenToHope_MelissaPettignano.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download

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A Good Goodbye: Gail Rubin

Posted on December 18, 2014 - by admin

Gail Rubin, CT, is author and host of the award-winning book and television series A Good Goodbye: Funeral Planning for Those Who Don’t Plan to Die. She’s a Certified Thanatologist, that’s a death educator, a Certified Funeral Celebrant and a speaker who uses humor and films to get conversations started on death, dying, advance directives and funeral planning. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/audio.opentohope.com/OpenToHope_GailRubin.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download

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Dating After The Loss of a Spouse and a Child; Guest: Abel Keogh

Posted on December 11, 2014 - by admin

At age twenty-six, after the tragic suicide of his wife and the death of their 9 day old baby Abel Keogh unexpectedly found himself a young widower and bereaved parent. Abel works in marketing for a technology company and is also the author of the memoir Room for Two, and four relationship guides. His current book is The Ultimate Dating Guide For Widowers. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/audio.opentohope.com/OpenToHope_Abel-K.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download

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Hope After Loss: Guest Angela Miller

Posted on December 4, 2014 - by admin

Angela Miller is a writer, survivor, bereaved parent of Noah, and grief advocate who provides support and solace to those who are grieving worldwide. She is the author of You Are the Mother of All Mothers: A Message of Hope for the Grieving Heart. Angela writes candidly about child loss and grief without sugar coating the reality of life after loss. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/audio.opentohope.com/OpenToHope_Angela-M.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download

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Dr. David Fajgenbaum: Support Network For Grieving College Students

Posted on November 20, 2014 - by admin

While a student at Georgetown University, David Fajgenbaum, MD, MSc founded Students of National Students of AMF Support Network, a peer-led grief support group and service program, in memory of his mother, Anne Marie Fajgenbaum. Dispite health challenges David carries on with his work and is currently an MBA Candidate at The Wharton School of Business. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/audio.opentohope.com/David-Fajgenbaum.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download

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Michele Neff Hernandez: Soaring Spirits

Posted on November 13, 2014 - by admin

Michele Neff Hernandez is a bereaved spouse and the founding President, and Executive Director of the Soaring Spirits Loss Foundation providing resources and peer support to people grieving the loss of a partner. Soaring Spirits has met the needs of over 500,000 widowed people around the world, and continues to increase their reach through innovative grief support programs. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/audio.opentohope.com/Michelle-Neff-Hernandez.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download

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Sheila Himmel: Changing the Way We Die

Posted on November 6, 2014 - by admin

Sheila Himmel is a Psychology Today blogger and the coauthor of Hungry: A Mother and Daughter Fight Anorexia and Changing the Way We Die. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, USA Today, the Washington Post, and the Robb Report. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/audio.opentohope.com/Sheila-Himmel.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download

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Rebecca Soffer: Modern Loss Coping with Grief in a Digital World

Posted on October 30, 2014 - by admin

Rebecca Soffer is the co-founder of Modern Loss a website geared to young adults addressing the many permutations of loss, from miscarriages to a parent’s death. Ms. Soffer lost both her parents, her mother to an automobile accident and her father to a heart attack. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/audio.opentohope.com/Rebecca-Soffer.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download

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Cornelia Cannon Holden: Miscarriage

Posted on October 23, 2014 - by admin

Cornelia Cannon Holden is a social entrepreneur and educator. Through her company, Mindful Warrior, she is dedicated to helping her clients reach their performance potential. In 2013 Cornelia was 18 weeks pregnant when she learned that her pregnancy was no longer viable. As a body-centered psychotherapist she shares with others her path to recovery. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/audio.opentohope.com/Cornelia-Cannon-Holden.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download

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Jill Smolowe: Resilience In A Time of Grief

Posted on October 16, 2014 - by admin

Within 17 months award-winning journalist and author Jill Smolowe lost her husband, sister, and mother. Jill, a senior writer for People, desiring to help others, used her experience to write Four Funerals and a Wedding: Resilience In A Time Of Grief. Jill then became a grief and transition coach helping clients learn how to restore momentum to their lives. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/audio.opentohope.com/Jill-Semolowe.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download

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