Scott Mastley
After losing his brother in a car accident, Scott Mastley found The Compassionate Friends and became a regular at the monthly sibling group meetings. He helped lead the sibling group and eventually was asked to be the Sibling Representative for metro Atlanta. This led to opportunities to raise awareness by appearing on Peachtree Mornings television show and Fox 5 News. He searched for resources focused on sibling grief, and after finding none, wrote Surviving a Sibling, a book for surviving siblings and those who love them. Scott lives in Suwanee, GA with his wife, Doreen, and two daughters, Molly and Margo. He has a consulting business, Mastley Performance Group, that provides human resources and safety consulting to growing businesses, speaking/training, and coaching. Scott appeared on the radio show “Healing the Grieving Heart” discussing “Surviving a Sibling.” To hear Scott being interviewed on this show by Dr. Gloria and Dr. Heidi Horsley, click on the following link: www.voiceamericapd.com/health/010157/horsley080306.mp3
Articles:
Hanging Up the Holiday Blues
I believe, maybe because it helps me heal, that my brother would want me to enjoy the holidays. His car accident was in December almost 15 years ago, and that December date catches up with me each year. I start to hide from the world around mid-November. I want to sleep more. I blink back tears watching sappy commercials. I don’t feel like working or working out at the gym. It happens right on cue every year, but it took me several years to realize it. I just thought it was holiday stress. Now I recognize it right away and know […]
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Turkey Talks: Thanking the Man Who Comforted Brother
I gathered the courage to call the man who sat in the car with my brother while they waited for the ambulance to arrive. The man was a fireman, and he was off duty, painting a house to earn extra money, when he saw the accident. He jumped off of the ladder and rushed over to the car. He crawled inside the car and knocked out the windshield, because the driver was panicking and felt claustrophobic. The driver was my brother, Chris, and he died in the hospital about thirty minutes later from internal injuries. But while he waited for […]
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Groomin’ and Cryin’: Man Mourns Brother While Watching TV
By Scott Mastley — My first- and second-grade daughters, Margo and Molly, were surprised to see their daddy blinking back tears while watching a dog grooming show on TV. They were successfully avoiding bedtime by snuggling with me on the couch, so I found a show that we could watch together, and even though I had no interest in the Groomer of the Year, it was age-appropriate for them. Then something happened that instantly and emotionally connected me to the outcome of the show. One of the two finalists mentioned that he had buried his brother six months earlier and […]
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