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Tim Moore LCDR; Healing From Personal Loss and Tragedy

Posted on February 24, 2011 - by admin

Tim Moore has been serving as an active-duty Navy Chaplain for the past twelve years. He provides religious ministry to Sailors and Marines and has deployed to Iraq and was in the Persian Gulf during 9/11. His duties on board ships, stations or with Marines is to notify service members of personal loss or tragedy then provide follow-up grief counseling. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/audio.opentohope.com/2011/01/OTH_Tim-Moore_11_22_10.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download

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Susan W. Reynolds; Creating a Healing Environment

Posted on February 17, 2011 - by admin

Susan W. Reynolds, after being widowed at age 49, found that no matter where she went change in her surroundings were needed. Combining her training in physical therapy and interior redesign, Susan created a system for looking at your home as your haven and where creative healing can start. She is the author of Room For Change: A Story of Healing through Photos and Poems. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/audio.opentohope.com/2011/01/OTH_Susan-W.-Reynolds_11_22_10.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download

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Gordon Smith; Remembering Garrett

Posted on February 10, 2011 - by admin

Gordon Smith is a two time Senator from Oregon and currently president of the National Broadcasting Association. On September 8, 2003, Garrett, then a 21 year old college student committed suicide. Smith wrote a book entitled Remembering Garrett, One Family’s Battle with a Child’s Depression.[5] In 2004, President George W. Bush signed the Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act, authorizing $82 million for suicide-prevention and awareness programs at colleges. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/audio.opentohope.com/2011/01/OTH_Gordon-Smith_11_22_10.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download

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Apl.de.ap of The Black Eyed Peas; Death by Suicide

Posted on February 6, 2011 - by Dr. Gloria and Dr. Heidi Horsley

Apl.de.ap of The Black Eyed Peas premiers his song i cry and shares why he wrote it and his feelings around the death by suicide of his brother. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/audio.opentohope.com/2011/02/apl.de_.ap_.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download

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Leeat Granek PhD; Fully Mourning Losses

Posted on February 3, 2011 - by admin

Leeat Granek has a PhD in Psychology from York University in Toronto, Canada, her area of specialization is in death and mourning. She worked for three years with dying cancer patients in a psycho-oncology unit of a hospital and has lead workshops on grief, and the importance of fully mourning all losses. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/audio.opentohope.com/2011/01/OTH_Leet-Granek_11_01_10_01.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download

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Janelle Shantz Hertzler’s: Healing Through Journaling and Poetry

Posted on January 27, 2011 - by admin

Janelle Shantz Hertzler’s husband was killed by a drunk driver. On a quest for healing she studied trauma, wrote poetry, journaled, and began photography. She is the author of Seasons of Solace: A Story of Healing through Photos and Poems. Her website www.journey-through-grief.com is also a result of what she learned to heal. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/audio.opentohope.com/2011/01/OTH_Janelle-Shantz-Hertzler_11_01_10.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download

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Ed Gray; Healing Through Journaling and Poetry

Posted on January 20, 2011 - by admin

Ed’s grieving journey began when his wife, mother, and father died. Ed’s journaling evolved into writing poetry about his grieving process. This poetry is a crucial part of his transition back into life. He wrote a book, “Essence of Grieving” and has gone on further to write another: “Essence of Nothing”. Ed, his six children, and eleven grandchildren live in Michigan. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/audio.opentohope.com/2011/01/OTH_Ed-Gray_11_01_10.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download

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Kim Kluxen Meredith: Death of a Spouse

Posted on January 13, 2011 - by admin

Kim Kluxen Meredith was a young mother when her husband David was paralyzed from the next down after a tragic automobile accident. Kim and David had to condense a lifetime of plans and wishes into his remaining hours and days. Kim is the author of Listen for Whispers-Coping With Grief and Learning to Live Again. Author of Listen for the Whispers https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/audio.opentohope.com/2011/01/OTH_Kim-Kluxen-Meredith_10_25_2010.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download

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Joy Berger; Composing Life Out of Loss

Posted on January 6, 2011 - by admin

Joy Berger authored Music of the Soul, Composing Life Out of Loss, and is the Quality and Education Researcher for Hosparus Inc., in Louisville, KY. She is a recipient of the National Heart of Hospice Psychosocial/Spiritual Caregiver Award, by the National Council of Hospice and Palliative Care Professionals. Joy’s personal openness to hope took hold when completing her doctorate in piano performance, she suffered serious injuries to both hands. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/audio.opentohope.com/2011/01/OTH_Joy-Berger_10_25_2010.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download

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Louis A. Gamino, PhD; Tips for Adaptive Grieving During the New Year

Posted on December 30, 2010 - by admin

Louis A. Gamino, PhD is a Diplomate in Clinical Psychology at Scott & White Healthcare in Temple, Texas and Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Texas A&M University Health Science Center College of Medicine. He teaches medical students and resident physicians about psychological aspects of adaptive grieving after loss. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/audio.opentohope.com/2010/12/OTH_Louis-A.-Gamino_10_25_2010.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download

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