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Kudos From Kathy

I have been catching up on some of your past shows, and what you and Heidi are doing is just so fantastic – you have done a wonderful, wonderful thing […]

Poem: Wildflowers For Trevor

I never thought Texas bluebonnets would make me cry They always were the signs of the beginnings of spring Late March, early April and your birthday would be coming April […]

Check Out The Amelia Center in Birmingham

Heidi and I are very pleased that The Amelia Center in Birmingham, Al, that serves as a place of hope for grieving children, parents and families, has chosen to mention […]

How do I know if I have finished the grieving?

Note:?below you will find a “real-life” email exchange that?be helpful to many, many of you.??The correspondence is exactly as it was sent and received.??? Hi dr’s gloria and heidi, i’m?george?from […]

“Space Between Breaths:” A documentary of hope after great losses

Dear Fellow Travelers, Thought you might like a ?sneak preview? of ?Space Between Breaths.?? It is truly a documentary of hope after great losses.? Luther and Rosemary Smith have produced […]

About Thursday’s Healing the Grieving Heart

Dear Listeners to Healing The Grieving Heart, ? Heidi and I and Voice America would like to apologize for the mix-up on the Thursday’s show.? We advertised the show as […]

Dr. Heidi Speaks About the Divorce Rate among Bereaved Parents

I was glad to see that Wayne Loder cited several studies done on behalf of Compassionate Friends showing that the divorce rate among bereaved parents is 12%-16%, far below the […]

Does God answer prayer? ASU research says ‘yes’

Does God or some other type of transcendent entity answer prayer? The answer, according to a new Arizona State University study published in the March journal Research on Social Work […]

Male and Female Responses to Stress and Grief

From Dr. Gloria The following stresss rearch study is very important for all of us who have lost family members. Again the message to me is that the fact that […]

Thank You for Eric Hipple’s Show

As you know, I?ve been waiting to hear today?s topic on your show.It was really excellent and I know Eric ?s comments will be a great help to my husband. […]

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