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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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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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Allen Klein: The Healing Power of Humor

Posted on September 25, 2014 - by admin

Allen Klein discovered the therapeutic value of humor after his wife died at thirty-four. He now shows others how to lighten up loss. He is the author of 19 books including The Healing Power of Humor and Learning to Laugh When You Feel Like Crying. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/audio.opentohope.com/Allen-Klein.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download

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Jill Kraft Thompson Rebuilding A Life After Losing Five People

Posted on June 19, 2014 - by admin

Jill Kraft Thompson had a life filled with love: an adoring husband, two young precious sons, a devoted mother, and a close extended family. Jill’s story begins as everyone’s worst nightmare. In 2002 she lost five close family members in a car crash that she survived. Her beloved young sons, husband, mother and niece were gone. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/audio.opentohope.com/Jill-Kraft-Thompson.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download

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Nita Whitaker LaFontaine: Death of a Husband

Posted on April 24, 2014 - by admin

After twenty years of marriage, three daughters, and an active career in music and film, nothing could have prepared Nita for losing her husband to cancer. Her acclaimed memoir Finding My Voice exposes readers to the pain she suffered and how she learned to live in a world without her greatest love. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/audio.opentohope.com/Nita-Whitaker-LaFontaine.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download

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Audrey Pellicano R.N.,M.S.: Wise Widow

Posted on April 10, 2014 - by admin

Audrey Pellicano is a nurse, mentor, educator, speaker, author, mom, wife and widow. Audrey helps clients tap into the power of their minds to heal from loss. Audrey hosts Death Café at The Open Center of New York City and is the author of the handbook Six Secrets to Surviving Widowhood. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/audio.opentohope.com/Audrey-Pellicano.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download

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Coping With the Death of a Parent: Galen Goben

Posted on March 27, 2014 - by admin

Galen, a Certified Thanatologist, is one of the Grief Support Coordinators for Forest Lawn in Southern California. He is responsible for providing grief education and services to the community and to the grieving families served by Forest Lawn. Galen is an ordained Disciple of Christ minister. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/audio.opentohope.com/Galen-Goben.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download

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Tom Zuba: Recovering from Multiple Losses

Posted on February 6, 2014 - by admin

Tom Zuba is a life coach, author and speaker teaching a new way to do grief. In 1990 Tom’s daughter Erin died suddenly. His wife Tricia died in 1999 and his son Rory died in 2005. He is the author of the upcoming book Permission to Mourn: A New Way to Do Grief. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/audio.opentohope.com/2014/01/Tom-Zuba.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download

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Jennifer Rouse: Loss and the Fight for Happiness

Posted on October 31, 2013 - by admin

Jennifer Rouse, Woodbridge Va., is the author of Infelicity: Life, Loss and the Fight for Happiness. On this show Jennifer shares with us her experience of being a single mother of an only child. She tells us how she made it through tragedy, what she did that worked and things she learned could have been done better. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/audio.opentohope.com/2013/10/Jennifer-Rouse_128kbs.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download

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Laurel Rund: Transformation After the Death of a Husband

Posted on October 24, 2013 - by admin

It all began in 2009 when a life-changing event would begin the transformation of Laurel Rund into the woman she is today. Never would she have imagined that the death of her 42 year old husband would send her on a journey through loss and grief to a redefined sense of self. Laurel is the author of “Emerging Voices”. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/audio.opentohope.com/2013/10/Laurel-Rund_128kbs.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download

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