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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 and officiates at memorial services. Her passion for facilitating change in the culture of death was fueled by a nine year journey as primary caregiver to her mother. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/audio.opentohope.com/2012/07/Judith-Johnson_01.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download

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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 experience of watching his youngest brother, Terrence, battle Multiple Sclerosis. Chris and his family were with Terrence when he passed away in 2011. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/audio.opentohope.com/2012/07/Chris-Donohue_01.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download

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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 New York and Adjunct Professor of Health Careers at the Eastern Campus of Suffolk Community College in Riverhead, New York. He gives seminars on death-related topics in schools, hospices, and health agencies https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/audio.opentohope.com/2012/07/Luis-E.-LaGrand_01.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download

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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 when Taryn was 21, her beloved husband Michael was tragically killed in Iraq. Through searching the country for other young military widows Taryn realized a new purpose, bringing women together for support and encouragement. Her organization now serves about 1300 women; and last year she was selected as one of CNN’s Top 10 American Heroes. Beth Marshall is a speaker and author of A Time to Heal, a grief journal. For more […]

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Tabitha Jayne; Death of a Sibling

Posted on June 28, 2012 - by admin

Tabitha Jayne is the author of Thriving Loss: Move beyond Grief to a Place of Peace, Passion and Purpose and a leading expert in the field of Grief & Growth Coaching. Her interest in this field stems from the death of her seventeen year old brother Peter in a car crash when she was only twenty-two. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/audio.opentohope.com/2012/07/Tabitha-Jayne_01.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download

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Robin Craig; Staying Positive After the Loss of a Spouse

Posted on June 21, 2012 - by admin

Robin Craig was born and raised in Houston, Texas. She became widowed in 2005 and went on to win three national Daytime Emmys as a TV Producer. She is a motivational speaker and host of Robin Craig LIVE, a weekly web TV show for the widowed and grieving. www.robincraigdirect.com https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/audio.opentohope.com/2012/07/Robin-Craig_01.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download

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Ron Villano; Embracing The Power of Change

Posted on June 14, 2012 - by admin

Ron Villano M.S. is a leading expert in working through change. As a father who lost his 17-year old son, Michael, in an auto accident, he always speaks from the heart. He is a licensed psychotherapist, certified clinical hypnotherapist and life/bereavement coach, author of The Zing and host of two radio shows. He encourages all he encounters to Embrace the Power of Change. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/audio.opentohope.com/2012/07/Ron-Villano_022.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download

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Madeleine Herrmann: Loss of a Husband to Suicide

Posted on June 7, 2012 - by admin

Madeleine’s Herrmann’s husband committed suicide many years ago. Through this loss she experienced pain, anger, guilt, and confusion, which she writes and speaks about with hopes of helping others to survive such ordeals. She was a Fulbright scholar and has a degree in transpersonal psychology. She is the author of the psychological mystery “Partita”. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/audio.opentohope.com/2012/07/Medeleine-Hermann_01.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download

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Kelly Buckley; Topic: Gratitude

Posted on May 31, 2012 - by admin

Kelly Buckley is an author, speaker and bereaved parent. In response to the loss of her 23 year old son Stephen in 2009, Kelly published Gratitude in Grief, a book about finding the goodness that remains in life, even in the pains of loss and making the connection between gratitude and resilience. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/audio.opentohope.com/2012/07/Kelly-Buckley_01.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download

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Gabriel Constans; Grief’s Wake Up Call

Posted on May 24, 2012 - by admin

Gabriel Constans’ latest book is “Don’t Just Sit There, Do Something! Grief’s Wake Up Call!”, which includes his personal losses and interviews with individuals around the country who have used the death of a loved one as a catalyst to help others. Dr. Constans worked as a social worker, chaplain and grief counselor with Hospice and the Center for Grief and Loss for over 35 years and with survivors of genocide in Rwanda. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/www.opentohope.com/files/2012/04/Gabriel-Constans_01.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download

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