Franklin Cook, whose father died by suicide in 1978, is a consultant, speaker, and trainer in peer grief support. After volunteering as a support group facilitator, he became an advisor […]
Podcast: Play in new window | Download
Listen
Diane Dettmann is the author of Twenty-Eight Snow Angels: A Widow’s Story of Love, Loss and RenewaI, a memoir about the sudden death of her 54-year- old husband. She is […]
Podcast: Play in new window | Download
Listen
Robin Lentz Worgan began writing after her first pregnancy ended in miscarriage. The stillbirth of her third child, Margaret, led her to write Journaling Away Mommy’s Grief: A Book and […]
Podcast: Play in new window | Download
Listen
Dorothy Foltz-Gray is the author of five books including With and Without Her: A Memoir of Being and Losing a Twin. A winner of the Tennessee Arts Commission Poetry Fellowship […]
Podcast: Play in new window | Download
Listen
Courtney Armstrong is a licensed professional counselor and the author of Transforming Traumatic Grief. In recovering from her own series of sudden losses, she discovered that healing occurs by sensing […]
Podcast: Play in new window | Download
Listen
After the death of his son Noah, Glen Lord joined The Compassionate Friends and now serves on the board. He founded The Grief Tool Box, a resource for the bereaved. […]
Podcast: Play in new window | Download
Listen
Sandi Amorello is an artist, author, speaker, serial entrepreneur, and single mother of three. Ten years ago she lost her husband and college sweetheart, Drew, to pancreatic cancer. She is […]
Podcast: Play in new window | Download
Listen
After the suicide of her husband, author Kerie Boshka felt a devastation that she thought would destroy her. Desperate and needing to care for her two children, she turned to […]
Podcast: Play in new window | Download
Listen
Jesse Roberts lost both of his parents before he graduated from high school. His church and a special school teacher mentored him. Jesse was determined that he would not let […]
Podcast: Play in new window | Download
Listen
Dr. Nate Hinerman is a faculty member at the University of San Francisco and Golden Gate University, where he teaches classes in death, dying, and bereavement. He also serves as […]
Podcast: Play in new window | Download
Listen
Open to Hope is an online community offering inspirational stories of loss, hope and recovery. We believe hope is the bridge between loss and recovery.
