Erika R. Barber lived the first fifteen years of her life as a sibling and has since lived as a sibling survivor. Following her sister’s suicide, Erika embarked on a life-long endeavor to merge these familial roles and discover her own unique identity. Her workbook, Letters from a Friend: A Sibling’s Guide for Coping and Grief represents one of these […]
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Karla Wheeler is a former newspaper reporter and editor who founded Quality of Life Publishing Co. in 1999 to help hospices provide their compassionate care. Karla is the author of several gentle grief support books and is honored to serve on the Board of Directors for the Open to Hope Foundation, bringing hope to the bereaved. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/audio.opentohope.com/2013/03/Karla-Wheeler_02.mp3Podcast: Play in new […]
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Laura B. Hayden spent her childhood in Brooklyn, NY, and her teens in Enfield,CT, where she went on to teach. She and her husband were raising their daughter and son when she was widowed. Ten years later she began writing Staying Alive: A Love Story. Told with the grit and wit of a survivor, her family’s experience may be considered […]
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Barbara is a leadership coach, yoga teacher, writer and bereaved parent and sibling. She lost her son Jim, brother Bill, and niece Amanda to the disease of addiction. Her foundation, James’ Place Inc. serves to educate and offer hope for all who suffer this disease and all who love them. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/audio.opentohope.com/2013/03/01-Barbara-Allen.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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Tom Gagliano is a social worker, life coach and author of The Problem is Me about that inner critic that gets in the way of finding hope after a loss. Tom uses his own personal experiences to help others meet their highest potential. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/audio.opentohope.com/2013/02/Tom-Gagliano.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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Motivated by the murder of his grandmother and death of his sister and father as a youth, Jason created Heroic Journey, an Colorado Outward Bound wilderness program that has transformed the lives of more than 550 grieving teens and young adults since 2006. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/audio.opentohope.com/2013/02/Jason-Stout.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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After the death of his wife, Barbara, in 2004, Jeffrey Berman began teaching courses on Love and Loss at the University at Albany, State University of New York. He realized the importance of death education, particularly, the healing power of writing. His new book, Death Education in the Writing Classroom, is the first book to show how students can use […]
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Gary Stokes is a life coach and guide in teaching how to live a life of sustained poise. He sees death as our advisor and teacher and points out the cost we pay when we allow our self-pity and anger to disrupt our poise. He is the author of Poise: A Warrior’s Guide. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/audio.opentohope.com/2013/02/Gary-Stokes_01.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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Mary R. Morgan, L.M.S.W. is a licensed psychotherapist and bereaved sibling specializing in working with twinless twins. She lectures on the subject of twin loss and has led a bereavement group for twins whose twin died in the 9/11 World Trade Center disaster. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/audio.opentohope.com/2013/01/01-Mary-R-Morgan.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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