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January 10, 2008 – 11:34 pm | No Comment

Healing Through Service Hosts:? Dr. Gloria Horsley and Dr. Heidi Horsley With guest:? John Pete January 10, 2008 G:?Hello, I?m Dr. Gloria Horsley with my co-host H:?Dr. Heidi Horsley. G:?Each week, Heidi and I welcome …

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Healthy Grief Expression Can Happen in Many Forms
February 25, 2010 – 1:28 am | One Comment
Alex James

Many who grieve find it difficult to express how they are feeling. As time passes, the opportunity to talk about their deceased loved one becomes less frequent whilst inside them the need to talk continues. Finding …

Spending Valentine’s Day in the Saint’s Birthplace
February 3, 2010 – 1:41 am | No Comment
Reg Green

My memory of Valentine’s Day is spending it among the art treasures and history of St. Valentine’s birthplace, Terni, in central Italy. It was just a few months after our seven-year-old son, Nicholas, had been …

Healing the Grieving Heart 2008
January 21, 2010 – 12:52 pm | No Comment
Open to Hope Foundation

To listen to a show, click the MP3 Link. The program may be slow to start loading so give it plenty of time. We hope these shows can help you move from grief to hope.
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Grief and Loss During the Holidays
November 17, 2009 – 5:06 pm | No Comment
Allison Daily

When I lost my brother it was early summer time. The flowers were out, the heat hadn’t magnetized and yet I could find beauty in nothing. I felt like I was never going to get …

Another Man Down: Suicide Takes a Second Friend
November 3, 2009 – 6:50 am | No Comment
Christa Scalies

Late last night, I received an email with tragic news about the loss of another friend to suicide.
The news came with a copy of his suicide note, a well-written 9 page letter which I am …

Trying to ‘Turn Grief Around’ After Brother’s Suicide
September 19, 2009 – 1:16 am | One Comment
Allison Daily

By Allison Daily –
Does grief end?
It’s a question that varies for each person and depends in part on the person’s relationship to the one who has died. The death of a child is different than that of a parent …

God’s Greatest Work of Art: A Poem
September 8, 2009 – 5:43 am | No Comment
Mitch Carmody

God’s Greatest Work of Art
 
 If a picture is worth a thousand words
And nothing worthwhile is ever lost
Then what is the value of memories
For those who paid the highest cost?
 
When a parent loses a child
Words become …

Helping your Child with Loss and Grief
September 4, 2009 – 1:34 am | One Comment
Lauren Littauer Briggs

How can we help our children deal with deaths of loved ones? Here are some ways.

Prepare the children for what will come. The more open you can be about what is ahead, the less uncomfortable …

The Physical Aspects of Loss
August 21, 2009 – 2:15 pm | No Comment
Kirsti Dyer

People experience many losses in their lifetime. The most common loss is the death of a loved one, but people experience other losses e.g. loss of a relationship, loss of a job or loss of …

Learn to Die and You Will Learn to Live
June 27, 2009 – 1:19 am | No Comment
Stan Goldberg

By Stan Goldberg –
My life is tethered to a number that few people have ever heard of: a Gleason score of 7. It’s a measure of prostate cancer severity that ranges from a forgettable 1 …

Toasting My Mom by Eating Her Food
May 3, 2009 – 1:34 am | No Comment
Nancy Gershman

By Nancy Gershman –
Three times on Mother’s Day, I’m going to raise my glass to my mother Eveline.? For breakfast, it’s going to be black coffee with a cheese Danish. For lunch, it’ll be a …

Four Friends for the Grief Journey
April 16, 2009 – 1:02 am | No Comment
Claire M Perkins

By Claire M. Perkins –
During my journey through grief, here were four friends that never failed me: journaling, expressive arts, dreams and synchronicity. My book, The Deep Water Leaf Society, is full of examples of …

Film Review: The Savages
March 6, 2009 – 1:01 am | One Comment
Fran Dorf

Reviewed by Fran Dorf –
Written and directed by Tamara Jenkins, The Savages is a nuanced, closely observed film about a middle-aged brother and sister reckoning with their guilt, responsibility, and ambivalent feelings when their long …

Organ Donation and St. Valentine’s Hometown
January 28, 2009 – 1:49 am | No Comment
Reg Green

By Reg Green –
My memory of Valentine’s Day is spending it?among the art treasures and history of St. Valentine’s birthplace, Terni, in central Italy. It was just a few months after our seven-year-old son, Nicholas, …

Reminders of a Brother Who Rarely Saw the Sky
December 20, 2008 – 1:47 am | One Comment
Elizabeth DeVita-Raeburn

By Elizabeth DeVita-Raeburn —
A few years ago, I ended up at the American Folk Art Museum quite by accident. A friend was visiting from out of town, and we?d intended to go to the …

Helping Your Hurting Heart – Lauren Littauer Briggs
June 15, 2006 – 3:31 pm | No Comment
Open to Hope Foundation

HEALING THE GRIEVING HEART
Helping Your Hurting Heart
Host: Dr. Gloria Horsley
With guest: Lauren Littauer Briggs
June 15, 2006
G: Hello. I?m Dr. Gloria Horsley with my co-host Dr. Heidi Horsley. Each week, we welcome …