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Open to Hope ® is a non-profit with the mission of helping people find hope after loss. We invite you to read, listen and share your stories of hope and compassion.

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The International Day of Hope and Healing after Loss is a free online experience brought to you by the Open to Hope Foundation with the mission of helping people find hope after loss. Our expert presenters have generously donated their time, talents, and advice to share with you.

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Marcy Kelly: A Mother’s Journey Through Grief

Our guest today is Marcy Kelly, a writer whose work explores grief, trauma, and loss. After a career in communications and nonprofit leadership—including working with Paul Newman’s charitable foundation—Marcy turned to writing, earning her MFA from Antioch University. Her first book, The Porcelain Heart: A Memoir of Unexpected Loss, tells the deeply personal story of losing her only son, Michael, and finding a way to live with love, grief, and hope. Learn more at Marcy’s website: https://www.marcykelly.net

John Trautwein: When Tragedy Strikes; Transforming Grief into Hope, Healing, and Action

On this show Dr’s Gloria and Heidi Horsley interview John Trautwein former professional athlete, business leader, author, motivational speaker and nationally recognized advocate for teen mental health. When John’s 15-year-old son Will took his life in 2010, John thought his own life was over. He soon learned he was wrong thanks to the love and support of family, friends, teammates, the compassion of strangers, and his faith. Along with his wife, Susie, John co-founded The Will to Live Foundation, dedicated to raising awareness of teen suicide. He is the author of The Will to Live: One Family Turned Tragedy into […]

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Don't miss watching the award-winning TV series, "Open to Hope," hosted by Dr. Gloria Horsley and Dr. Heidi Horsley. Each episode will to introduce you to people who have suffered loss and again found hope.

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The Books That Carried Me Forward

In the days and weeks after my sixteen-year-old son, Jake, was killed in the summer of 2020, time lost its structure and any sense of a future had collapsed into something shapeless and irrelevant. There is a particular silence that follows the death of a child. It is not the absence of sound, but the absence of orientation. You no longer know where to stand inside your own life. In those early days, survival was the only measurable goal. Breathing. Standing. Enduring. Reading was the last thing on my mind. Books had always been companions. They were tools for growth […]

Grief: You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know

There is a phrase often used when we talk about life: You don’t know what you don’t know. It sounds almost obvious. Until life introduces you to something you never imagined you would have to know. Acute grief after the death of a child is one of those places.Before it happens, you may understand grief intellectually. You know people lose parents, spouses, friends. You may have attended funerals, sent sympathy cards, brought food, offered hugs, and maybe even sat with people in grief. You thought you understood what grief feels like. Then real tragedy strikes your life, when a phone […]

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Marcy Kelly: A Mother’s Journey Through Grief

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The Books That Carried Me Forward

Grief: You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know

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Marcy Kelly: A Mother’s Journey Through Grief

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The Books That Carried Me Forward

Grief: You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know

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