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Kathy Eldon: Celebrating and Remembering

Posted on January 16, 2014 - by admin

Kathy Eldon is a bereaved mother, journalist, author, and film producer. She is the founder of Creative Visions Foundation and co-founder of Sanctri, a new Facebook application to commemorate and celebrate those who have died. Author of 17 books including “Angel Catcher: A Journal of Loss and Remembrance,” and her new memoir, “In the Heart of Life.” https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/audio.opentohope.com/2014/01/Kathy-Elden.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download

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Andrew Morgan: Father Loss

Posted on January 9, 2014 - by admin

Andrew Morgan began work on his documentary film “After the End” following the untimely loss of his father in a car accident. This grief pushed him to begin speaking out to people across the country about how they overcame personal loss and found a new direction in life. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/audio.opentohope.com/2013/12/Andrew-Morgan.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download

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George Herald Jennings: Spiritual Dimensions

Posted on January 2, 2014 - by admin

George-Harold Jennings Ph.D. has experienced numerous spiritual events throughout his life. Most recently in reliving the physical death of his sister and through this experience connecting spiritually with his mother. As a psychologist, he believes the mainstream members of his discipline should be more readily open to exploring the spiritual dimensions of being human. He is the author of “Passages Beyond the Gate”. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/audio.opentohope.com/2013/12/George-Herald-Jennings.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download

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Marsha Maring: Where Was God?

Posted on December 26, 2013 - by admin

Marsha Maring is the author of I Know the Secret. On this show Marsha discusses God’s Promises to Care when tragedy strikes. She talks how God helped her through death, divorce and other challenges including the death of her son. She shares the Bible verses on God’s promises that touched her during her darkest moments. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/audio.opentohope.com/2013/12/Marsha-Maring.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download

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Laura Krawchuk MSW, LCSW: Finding Your Way Through Parent Loss

Posted on December 19, 2013 - by admin

Laura is a social worker and owner of Healing Concepts, LLC: a counseling practice in West Chester, PA. She is a lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy & Practice and lectures nationally about grief and loss. She lost her beloved dad 7 years ago and has been finding her way through grief ever since. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/audio.opentohope.com/2013/12/Laura-Krawchuck.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download

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Lisa Snyder: Death of a Parent

Posted on December 12, 2013 - by admin

Lisa Snyder lost both parents to cancer at 22 and 27. She now works to inspire others through her blog, http://www.LosingYourParents.org; she shares the journey of healing her own grief using creativity and self-expression. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/audio.opentohope.com/2013/12/Lisa-Snyder.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download

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Charles Sidoti: Practical Strategies for Growing Through Suffering: Bitter or Better?

Posted on December 5, 2013 - by admin

Charles W. Sidoti, is a clinically trained, board certified, Chaplain at Cleveland Clinic Health System. Charles is the author of two books, “Living at God’s Speed, Healing in God’s Time” with contributing author, Rabbi Akiva Feinstein and “Fortune Cookie Wisdom: a contemplative perspective”. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/audio.opentohope.com/2013/12/Charles-Sidoti.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download

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Christa Scalies: Healing Grief Through Laughter

Posted on November 28, 2013 - by admin

Christa Scalies has experienced the messy, fearful, ugly and soul-wrenching side of grief after losing two friends to suicide. In her e-book, “Suicide Sucks: Move thought the Pain of Suicide Loss and Learn to Laugh Again,”Christa provides 10 actionable steps to help people recover mentally, physically, and spiritually from loss. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/audio.opentohope.com/2013/11/Christa-Scalies.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download

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Linda Goldman: Helping Children Deal With Death Guest:

Posted on November 21, 2013 - by admin

Linda Goldman is a grief therapist in Chevy Chase, Maryland. She is an adjunct professor at Johns Hopkins University and Kings College and the author of Life and Loss: A Guide to Help Grieving Children, 3rd Edition, Children Also Grieve, and Great Answers to Difficult Questions About Death. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/audio.opentohope.com/2013/11/Linda-Goldman.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download

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Alicia Coppola: Death of a Dad

Posted on November 14, 2013 - by admin

Alicia Coppola, actress and writer, is the author of Gracefully Gone, which is based on her beloved father’s and her journals chronicling their journey through his brain cancer and her father’s death. Alicia hopes that by reading and hearing her story people young and old will know that they are not alone with their losses. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/audio.opentohope.com/2013/11/Alicia-Coppola.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download

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