The Bereaved Marriage: Mel Erickson
February 26, 2006 by The Grief Blog
Filed under Dealing with Grief, Death and Dying, Death of a Child, Grief and Families, Grief and Marriage, Men and Grief, Past Show Transcripts, Q&A, Radio Show, Radio Show Guests, Stages of Grief, Women and Grief
HEALING THE GRIEVING HEART
The Bereaved Marriage
Host: Dr. Gloria Horsley
With guest: Mel Erickson
February 16, 2006
G: Hello. I?m Dr. Gloria Horsley. Welcome to Healing the Grieving Heart. There?s a myth abroad that those who lose a child are at high risk for divorce. In fact, some say that divorce is inevitable. It?s not enough for us to lose our children but we may also struggle to keep our marriage together. Twenty-two years ago, I was warned by friends and professionals alike that after Scott?s death, I would be the lucky exception if our marriage stayed together. ?Well,? I said to myself, ?let?s face it. All of us who take marital vows and sign the contract are at 50% category for potential divorce anyway, so isn?t it just human nature to try to find a reason for that divorce?? Hence, my friends and colleagues, not meaning to, but scaring me by telling me that Scott?s death would be the end of my marriage. Well, it?s been forty-five years, twenty-two since Scott?s death, and Phil and I are still together. I have been a marriage and family therapist for twenty-five years and I can Read more
Healing the Broken Bond: Mourning Pregnancy Loss: Irving G. Leon, Ph.D.
February 23, 2006 by The Grief Blog
Filed under Dealing with Grief, Death and Dying, Death of a Child, Death of an Infant, Grief and Families, Past Show Transcripts, Q&A, Radio Show, Radio Show Guests, Stages of Grief, Women and Grief
HEALING THE GRIEVING HEART
Healing the Broken Bond: Mourning Pregnancy Loss
Host: Dr. Gloria Horsley
With guest: Irving G. Leon, Ph.D.
February 23, 2006
G: Hello. I?m Dr. Gloria Horsley. Welcome to Healing the Grieving Heart. There are no simple or quick solutions to dealing with loss. Each of us is unique and special as are our relationships and our responses to loss. This is especially true when we speak about perinatal loss or the loss of a child prior to birth or shortly after. Being sensitive to the grieving process of parents who have suffered a miscarriage is a fairly new concept in the medical community. Prior to 1980, there was according to our guest today, Dr. Irv Leon, a conspiracy of silence. Medical caregivers typically try to prevent parents from mourning a stillborn or neonatal death by prohibiting any contact with the dead child, disposing of the body unceremoniously and anonymously, prescribing tranquilizers for parents to dole any expression of grief, advising them to forget the experience and often suggesting another pregnancy soon. Fortunately, things have changed, and today we?ll discuss this most important issue of healing the broken bond. Please join us on our show today by calling our toll-free number 1-866-472-5792 with questions or comments regarding the losses in your life. And remember that just going about your day-to-day business is an Read more
Grief Relief: How We Can Help Ourselves and Others Through Grief: Marilyn Heavlin
February 6, 2006 by The Grief Blog
Filed under Dealing with Grief, Death and Dying, Death of a Child, Grief and Families, Grief and Marriage, Past Show Transcripts, Q&A, Radio Show, Radio Show Guests, Stages of Grief
HEALING THE GRIEVING HEART
Grief Relief: How We Can Help Ourselves and Others Through Grief
Host: Dr. Gloria Horsley
With guest: Marilyn Heavilin
February 9, 2006
G: Hello. I?m Dr. Gloria Horsley. Welcome to Healing the Grieving Heart. Loss is a universal experience. To live is to sometimes fail and to lose if you?ve risked the loss. The reality is that the longer we live, the more we lose. Family members we grew up with leave us. Some of us lose our marriages or our spouses and some of us are helped. Some of us are unlucky enough to even lose our children, siblings, or to grow up without a parent. The life you and I live may not be the life we planned, but it is the life we have and a great life it is. Healing the Grieving Heart is a show about healing and embracing the life you have been destined to live. My guests and I are here each week with wit, wisdom, and advice to give you the courage to move through the pain of loss and into the rich, wonderful life you deserve. It?s your turn. Please join us. Our topic today is Grief Relief: How We Can Help Ourselves and Others Through Grief and my guest today is Marilyn Heavilin. Please join us on the show by calling our toll-free number, 1-866, 369-3742 and we hope it is working because the show is having a bit of problems with that number but try us in 15 or 20 minutes and hopefully it will be working then. You may email me during the show at gchorsley@aol.com or through my website, www.healingthegrievingheart.org. These shows are all archived on www.thecompassionatefriends.org website. Today our topic is Grief Relief and my guest is Marilyn Heavilin. Hello, Marilyn, and welcome to the show.
M: Well, hello, Gloria. How are you today?
G: Great and it?s wonderful to have you on the show. Let me tell you about Marilyn before we get started. She is a woman with a love for the Word and God which has gifted her with the ability to express what she has learned from the Bible in practical terms. Marilyn is the author of the popular book Roses in December and is an inspiration to all with her positive attitude and zest for life. Marilyn has lost three Read more
Making Sense of Loss: Synchronicity: David Morrell
February 2, 2006 by The Grief Blog
Filed under Dealing with Grief, Grief Support, Grief Therapy, Past Show Transcripts, Q&A, Radio Show, Radio Show Guests, Stages of Grief
HEALING THE GRIEVING HEART
Making Sense of Loss: Synchronicity
Host: Dr. Gloria Horsley
With guest: David Morrell
February 2, 2006
G: Hello. I?m Dr. Gloria Horsley. Welcome to Healing the Grieving Heart. Our topic today is Making Sense of Loss: Synchronicity. Before I introduce my guest, I?d like to talk about synchronicity. Synchronicity is a word coined by the Swiss psychologist, Carl Jung, to describe an experience of having two or more things happen simultaneously in a manner that is meaningful to the person experiencing them where the meaning suggests an underlying pattern. This pattern makes it different than coincidence. Jung believed that many experiences perceived as coincidence were due not merely to chance, but instead suggested some higher governing pattern. To give you an example of synchronicity, the other day I was at a meeting in a hotel conference room when I decided to leave early. I thought myself rude as I was sitting in the front of the room, but I felt compelled to leave. As I entered the hotel elevator, I asked the occupants if they were going down, and they gave me a firm yes. Then I got on the elevator and we proceeded to go up to the fifth floor. Stuck on the fifth floor, the doors of the elevator began opening and closing as though they were in spasm. Finally, after some minutes and button pushing, the elevator started downward. As the doors opened, I came face-to-face with an out-of-state friend from whom I had received an email earlier asking if I might be interested in working with her on an internet project. What were the chances that we would meet at that unplanned moment? Was it coincidence? Too many events. I, like Jung, would call it synchronicity or a higher governing pattern. Please join us on our show today, Making Sense of Loss: Synchronicity, by calling our toll-free number, 1-866, 369-3742 with questions or comments regarding the synchronicities and losses in your life. You may email me through my website at www.healingthegrievingheart.org, and all of these shows are archived on www.thecompassionatefriends.org website and www.healingthegrievingheart.org website, and you can access them day or night. Today our topic is Making Sense of Loss: Synchronicity, and I?m pleased to welcome as my guest, Dr. David Morrell, New York Times best-selling author of 28 books including his award-winning, First Blood, which introduced the world to John Rambo. Dr. Morrell has more than 18 million copies of his book in print, including his most-recent book, Creepers. He holds a Ph.D. in American Literature from Pennsylvania State University Read more
