Open To Hope Podcast – Open to Hope
Episodes
Justin Yopp: Bereaved Dads: Making The Most of Mr. Mom
04 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Justin M. Yopp, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist and Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of North Carolina. Dr. Yopp also co-leads th...
Sue Matthews: Cancer Treatment For Kids Needs To Change!
27 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Sue Matthews, along with her sister Andrea Cohane is the author of Paint Your Hair Blue, a mother’s longing to give enduring eloquence to her da...
Donna Codell: Is Grief Stealing Your Health?
20 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Donna Codell is a wellness educator helping others make good nutritional decisions. She lost her husband Evan Michael and her daughter, Jennifer withi...
John Polo: Grief Shame
13 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
John Polo is an author, blogger, speaker, and life coach. After the passing of his wife, Michelle, John discovered a deep passion for writing and spea...
Greg Adams: Good Mourning
06 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Greg Adams, LCSW, ACSW, FT is Program Coordinator for the Center for Good Mourning and Staff Bereavement Support at Arkansas Children’s Hospital...
David Gettings: Thrive after the Storm
30 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
David Gettings is a CPA, advisor and the elected Controller of Lawrence County, PA. He is the Father of Fallen Marine, Cpl Albert P. Gettings. He ...
Herb Knoll: Widower’s Network
23 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Herb Knoll was known as a man who could get the job done. But when the former bank president and author lost his wife to cancer he found few resources...
Danny Mayson Kinder: Fly High Billie
16 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Mayson-Kinder is a professional photographer living in Australia. She had everything until 2016 when his youngest daughter, Billie was killed in...
Bob Resciniti: Tragedy-Making Lemonade Out Of Lemons
09 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On this show Dr. Gloria and Dr. Heidi Horsley talk with Bob Resciniti about how the death of his son Bobby inspired him to start The Bobby Resciniti H...
Debbie Rambis: School Shootings Trauma Response
02 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On this show Dr. Gloria and Dr. Heidi Horsley interview Debbie Rambis executive director of The Compassionate Friends regarding support of the Parklan...
Christine Gallo: Baby Loss; The Littlest Guru
26 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Christine Gallo is a social worker and the author of The Littlest Guru a labor of love 10 years in the making. Beginning as Christine’s diary when s...
Gabriel Rao: Guys Losing Brother’s
12 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Gabriel Rao was called to a life of service after the unexpected death of his brother, Elijah while being deployed to Afghanistan. Gabriel has facilit...
Karla Helbert: The Healing Power of Yoga
11 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Karla Helbert is a licensed counselor, bereaved mother, yoga teacher and therapist. She is the award-winning author of Finding Your Own Way to Grieve ...
Basia Mosinski: Mind, Body, & Spiritual Alignment
05 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Basia Mosinski is founder of OneLife.Coach and serves as chapter leader for the Newport Beach Compassionate Friends. In 1993, Basia’s stepson, Logan...
Dr. Gary D Jaworski: Parent Loss: Effects Over The Life Span
28 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Gary D. Jaworski, Ph.D. is President of Children’s Brain Tumor Foundation. As a child he lost his dad to a sudden heart attack. Before becoming a ...
April Boyd: Love and Loss Project
21 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
April Boyd is a psychotherapist who is turning her daughter’s tragic life story into a love story by living as brightly as possible and helping othe...
Mary Jane Cronin: Unexpected Change and How You Can Grow from Them
14 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Lost a loved one and looking for hope? Join Dr. Gloria and Dr. Heidi Horsley in an interview with Mary Jane Cronin author and licensed counselor in a ...
Brooks Douglas: Choices: Forgiveness and Strength
07 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Brooks Douglass is a film producer and actor, lawyer, businessman and former state senator in Oklahoma. In 1990, Douglass was elected as the youngest ...
Jane Harris: A Love That Never Dies
31 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
How do we grieve? Why do we grieve? And why are we afraid of those that do grieve? In order to answer these difficult questions after the death of the...
Janine Salevsky: Sharing a Legacy of Love
24 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In August of 2013 Janine Salevsky’s daughter Natalia died to multiple complications relating to Leukemia. Natalia was diagnosed at age 6 and died at...
Harriet Cabelly: Living Well Despite Adversity
17 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Harriet Cabelly is a social worker and positive psychology coach. She counsels clients as they cope and grow beyond their grief and painful circumstan...
Alua Arthur: Wrapping Up the Practical Affairs
09 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Alua Arthur is the Founder of Going with Grace, an organization that exists to support people as they answer the question ‘What must I do to be ...
Joe DiNardo: Meditation Practice
03 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Joe DiNardo is a businessman, attorney and the author of A Letter to My Wife. In 2005 a brain tumor and the death of his wife to Pancreatic cancer i...
Dr. Mary-Frances O’Connor: What Makes Individuals Grieve Differently?
26 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Mary-Frances O’Connor, psychologist at the University of Arizona, studies the physiological correlates of the wide range of emotional responses ...
Nathalie Himmelrich: Peer support groups & FB Live
19 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Nathalie Himmelrich is a psychotherapist located is Switzerland. She is a grief recovery specialist, bereaved parent of a twin and the author of vario...
Deborah DeLisi: Grief: A Lifequake
12 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Deborah DeLisi is a mother, artist and author whose life was plunged into shock and despair when her 29-year old daughter, Kate ended her life. Her bo...
Linda Goldman: Supporting Children’s Grief, Loss, and Trauma
05 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Linda Goldman, MS, LCPC, FT, is a grief therapist, grief educator, and author of several books, including Creating Inclusion and Well-being for Margin...
Anxiety and Grief with Dr. Heidi Horsley and Dr. Gloria Horsley
04 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
If you are feeling anxious or out of control you will want to watch this and get 10 simple tips from Dr. Heidi and Dr. Gloria on how to manage your em...
Ken Brack: Hope Floats Healing and Wellness
29 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Ken Brack is a grieving dad and narrative nonfiction author moved by how people grow through catastrophic ordeals. His new book Especially For You tel...
Sue Hamby: Finding Purpose
22 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
After finding her only son murdered, Dr. Sue Hamby found herself, shattered and on a difficult and painful grief journey. Even though the murderer has...
Lisa Kolb: Dating After Loss of a Partner
14 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Lisa Kolb is a recovering lawyer turned pastry chef turned writer who lost her husband Erik in mountaineering accident in 2014, when they were both 34...
Stephanie Champion: Grief at Work
08 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Stephanie, a bereaved mom, has degrees in Industrial and Organizational Psychology, presented at TCF 2017, she originally qualified in Law in England,...
Jeannette Maré: Ben’s Bells Project
22 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Jeannette Maré is the founder and Executive Director of Ben’s Bells Project. Ben’s Bells was founded in 2003 after the sudden death of Jeannette’...
Barbara Hoffman: Don’t Run Red Lights
15 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Barb Hoffman is the Executive Director of Red Means Stop Traffic Safety Alliance. She joined this organization as a volunteer back in 2004 after her f...
Jason Jones: Limping But Blessed
08 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
After the accidental death of his three-year-old son, Jacob in 2011, Jason Jones went on a long, painful journey to make sense of how God could have l...
Neal Raisman: Finding Balance After Loss
01 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Neal Raisman Ph.D. is ex-college president who lost his son Isaac to meningitis. He struggled to reconcile and live with the loss finally finding outl...
Mitch Carmody and Jacob Yurich: Twin Loss
25 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Mitch Carmody a nationally recognized grief authority and author of “Letters To My Son, is a bereaved Dad and bereaved sibling. His twin sister Sand...
Harriet Hodgson: Raising Grandchildren
18 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Harriet Hodgson has been a freelance health/wellness writer for 37+ years, is the author of 37 books, and thousands of articles. Her latest writing fo...
Kelly Griffith: Sibling Loss-Tragedy Assistance Program
11 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Kelly Griffith is the TAPS Magazine Editor and Manager of Internal Communications and the surviving sister of Marine Corps Maj. Samuel Griffith. Kelly...
Ida D Gonzalez: Military Loss
04 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Ida Gonzalez, Mommy, Mom, Mama Gonzo, President of Butterfly Circle of Friends, her son Michael was KIA in Baghdad, Iraq on August 28, 2008. BCOF is n...
Catherine McNulty: Strategies To Help With Grief
28 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
After losing her infant son, Catherine McNulty embarked on a journey to do more than survive grief. She has created a framework to grief that disrupts...
Robert Goor: Writing Through Grief
21 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Robert Goor is a teacher, a writer, a mathematician and a scientist. He is an active member of the Bethesda Writer’s Center and of The Compassionate...
Nisha Zenoff: Techniques For Healing Loss
14 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Nisha Zenoff MFT Ph.D is a grief counselor, psychotherapist and certified dance/movement therapist. She has devoted her professional life to supportin...
Victoria Grinman: Finding Your Center After Loss
07 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Victoria Grinman LCSW is an adjunct faculty member of Columbia University and the owner of Growing Kind Minds, and is a Certified Family Trauma Profes...
Ashley Jones: Love Not Lost
30 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Ashley Jones is a helper. She’s always loved helping others from grade school through Clemson University, and then into marriage. After losing h...
Kathy Miller: Chippy Chipmunk Deals With Loss
23 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Kathy M. Miller is an award-winning author and photographer of the Chippy Chipmunk picture book series. Her latest book “Chippy Chipmunk: Friend...
Cheryl Jones MFT: Grief-We Suffer and Grow
16 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Cheryl Espinosa Jones MFT is Manager of Professional Education at the Women’s Cancer Resource Center, offering training in Cancer and Illness Compet...
Jenna Rogers Topic: Finding A Place of Hope
09 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Jenna Rogers is the Director of Advancement for Faith’s Lodge, a retreat facility that supports parents after the death of a child. As a bereaved mo...
Pamela Hagens: Helping Loved Ones After a Death
02 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Pamela Hagens is a lifetime proponent of taking care of health through exercise and yoga. She currently teaches and inspires others on how to work wit...
Carla J. Vagnini: Helping Loved Ones After a Death
26 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Carla J. Vagnini helped four family members after significant losses. Without a guide or “how-to manual” available to know where to begin, she kne...
Dr. Janis Johnston: Recovery and Rediscovery after Loss
19 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Janis Johnston is a counseling psychologist who uses her personal as well as her extensive professional experience to help those who have suffered...
Shari O’loughlin: Transformation After Loss
12 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Shari O’Loughlin is a bereaved parent and sibling. She is a transformational life and business coach, speaker, and author of Life from the Ashes w...
David Ferber: A Dad’s Grief
05 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
David Ferber is the father of Russell Ferber, who died in a car accident in 2002 at age 21. David soon joined, and then became the facilitator of a fa...
Dr. Gloria and Dr. Heidi Horsley: Option B
28 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Gloria and Dr. Heidi Horsley discuss what to do when there is no option A and instead going with Option B. They discuss Option B: Facing Adversit...
Rachel Kodanaz: Living Loss One Day at a Time
21 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Rachel Kodanaz has been speaking passionately to national audiences for over 20 years, addressing all aspects of loss, change and growth that comes wi...
Christine Duminiak: Afterlife Contacts and Signs
14 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Christine Duminiak is a Certified Grief Recovery Specialist, radio co-host, Member of National Alliance for Grieving Children and Founder of Prayer Wa...
Dr. Christina Hibbert: Coping With Family Crisis
07 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Christina Hibbert is a clinical psychologist and author specializing in women’s mental health, grief/loss, parenting, pregnancy, and personal gr...
Lisa Nalbantov: Sibling Loss
31 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Lisa Miller Nalbantov is an adult bereaved sibling. Her sister, Stephanie, the youngest of 3, died suddenly and unexpectedly at the age of 24. Realizi...
Brent Green: Questions Of The Spirit
24 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In 2015 Brent Green’s sister Judy died of lung cancer leaving him as the final surviving member of his nuclear family. Brent began his career as a...
Nancy Mae: Conception; The Fertility Journey
17 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Nancy Mae knows what it’s like to feel that deep pain caused by loss, miscarriage and the inability to conceive. She sought healing, studied with ...
Debbie Gossen: Remembering: Poetry and Pictures
10 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Debbie Gossen is a registered nurse currently working in Oncology and a Nationally Certified Grief Management Specialist. Her daughter, Kristin Lund, ...
Mark Keep: Grief-Keeping A Healthy Heart
03 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Mark Keep is a physician specializing in Internal Medicine, Cardiology and Addiction. After the death of his 7-year-old daughter, Alissa in 2007 h...
Jean Ann Williams: God’s Mercies After Suicide
27 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Jean Ann Williams published a book on suicide loss after her youngest son Joshua took his own life in 2004. “God’s Mercies after Suicide: ...
Ellie Andiorio: Daughters Losing Mothers
20 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Ellie Andiorio is a 26 year old woman who lost her mother to lung cancer 12 days before her senior year of college. She recently completed a Master...
Amy Cooper : Overdose Prevention
13 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Amy Cooper is a singer/songwriter and bereaved parent whose son died of an accidental overdose in 2014. She is the Outreach Director with the Nation...
Dr. Edward Shaw: Alzheimer’s: Keeping Love Alive
06 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Edward Shaw, MD, is dually trained as a physician and a mental health counselor. He was the primary care partner for his wife, Rebecca, who was diagno...
Mindy Cassel: Children and Grief
29 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Mindy Cassel, Ph.D., is the Co-Founder and Senior Clinical and Program Advisor of the Children’s Bereavement Center® . She is a Licensed Psycho...
Rod Mebane: Tributes To Lost Children
22 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Rod Mebane is a writer, editor, and independent publisher. Following the death of his 19 year old daughter Emma in 2011 he became curious about what...
John Ruark: Caring For The Bereaved
15 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
John Ruark, MD is a retired Clinical Associate professor of Psychiatry, Stanford University Medical School, Thanatologist; Medical Ethicist; award- ...
Alan Pedersen: The Compassionate Friends: A Place of Hope
08 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On this how Dr. Gloria Horsley and Dr. Heidi Horsley discuss with Executive Director of The Compassionate Friends Alan Pedersen the grief journey and ...
Marty Tousley: Finding A Place Of Hope
01 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Marty Tousley, RN, MS, FT moderates the online Grief Healing Discussion Groups, serving over 8000 members. As a bereaved mom and daughter, she uses so...
Ron Glenn Kelly: Men and Grief
25 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Glenn Kelly, author of Sometimes I Cry In The Shower, unexpectedly lost his teenage son and only child to a congenital heart defect. Since then, he ...
Christine Rosenblatt : Missing Gemini: A Tale of Twin-Loss
18 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Christine Rosenblatt is the composer of “Missing Gemini: A New Musical.” This intimate story tells a tale of twin-loss, illustrating with ...
Allen Roth: Overdose: Supporting Parents
11 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Allen Roth’s 30-year-old daughter, Tammy, died from a drug overdose in 1995. In the aftermath, he became involved with The Compassionate Friends and...
David Ferber: A Dad’s Grief
04 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
David Ferber is the father of Russell Ferber, who died in a car accident in 2002 at age 21. David soon joined, and then became the facilitator of a fa...
Stephen Stott: Sibling Loss
27 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Stephen Stott is a social worker and the Counseling Coordinator & LGBTQ Advocate for the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors of Military Loss...
Technology and Grief: Option B and Dear Evan Hansen
25 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On this show Dr. Gloria Horsley and Dr. Heidi Horsley discuss how technology has taken the world of grief, loss and recovery to a whole new level with...
Michelle Getchell: Twinless Twins
20 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Michelle became a member of Twinless Twins (TTSGI) in 1994 after the loss of her identical twin, Missy. She created the Twinless Times Newsletter an...
Paula Stephens, M.A. : Grief To Growth
13 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Paula Stephens is a speaker, yogi and blogger on the topic of healing after loss. Her blog, “What I Wish Other People Understood After Losing A chil...
Cheryl Lankford: Empowering The Bereaved
06 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Cheryl Lankford’s husband, Command Sgt. Major Jonathan Miles Lankford, served 23 years in the Army. At the time of his death, CSM Lankford was d...
Frank Campbell Topic: Bereavement Outreach
30 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Campbell is a certified thanatologist and Suicidologist . He is a past president of the American Association of Suicidology, and in his 30 years i...
Dr. Frank Campbell: Bereavement Outreach
30 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Campbell is a certified thanatologist and Suicidologist . He is a past president of the American Association of Suicidology, and in his 30 years i...
Nancy Gershman Topic: Healing Through Art
23 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Memory artist Nancy Gershman creates a picture of a memory you have — or wish you had — of your loved one. Her digitally-created photograp...
Heather Stang Topic: Calming Your Mind And Restoring Your Spirit Time
16 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Heather Stang is the author of Mindfulness & Grief, and a contributor to Techniques of Grief Therapy: Assessment & Interventions. Her inspirat...
Charles Sidoti Topic: Simple Contemplative Spirituality
09 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Charles W. Sidoti, BCC, is a clinically trained, board certified, Chaplain (NACC), and Coordinator of Spiritual Care at South Pointe Hospital, Clevela...
Jeanne Weaver: Death of A son in Military
23 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
After her son, Todd, was killed, Jeanne turned to her God-given talent to help her learn how to navigate through her new state of being. Art was her v...
Melanie Warner: Topic-Defining Moments: Coping With The Loss of a Child
20 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Melanie Warner is an author and speaker for over 25 years. She is the founder of the new Defining Moments book series that offer positive stories of h...
Tambre Leighn MA, CPC, PCC, Eli-Mp: From Grief To Growth
16 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Tambre Leighn, MA, PCC, ELI-MP, is a certified professional coach specializing in grief recovery and founder of WellBeyondOrdinary.com. After navigati...
Harriet Hodgson: Raising Grandchildren
09 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Harriet Hodgson has been a freelancer for 37 years and is the author of 35 books. In 2007 four family members, including her daughter (mother of her t...
Allison Gilbert: Ways to Remember
02 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Allison Gilbert is the author of Passed and Present, Parentless Parents and Always Too Soon. She is also coeditor of Covering Catastrophe, the definit...
Amy Sky: Healing Of Music
26 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Looking for music to heal? If so join singer songwriter Amy Sky as she and Dr. Heidi Horsley and Alan Pedersen, Executive Director of The Compassionat...
Dr. Gloria Horsley and Dr. Heidi Horsley: Bonding With Surviving Siblings
19 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
What was your response to the deaths of Carrie Fisher and a day later her mother Debbie Reynolds’s? On this show Dr. Gloria and Dr. Heidi Horsley ...
Sallie Lynch and Jim Giaccone: Losing A Sibling in a Terrorist attack
12 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Sallie Lynch is the Development Consultant for Tuesday’s Children an organization formed in response to September 11, 200l. Tuesday’s Childr...
Karen Soltero: Sibling Loss
05 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Karen Soltero is a bereaved sibling, having lost her younger sister Wendy in 2000 during a random robbery attempt in Hollywood. Karen is an active p...
Randi Ragan: LIVING MINDFULLY
29 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Randi Ragan is a holistic wellbeing expert and green-living entrepreneur. She is the founder of Green Bliss Eco Spa and for more than twenty years, ha...
Linda Goldman: Helping Grieving Children
22 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Linda Goldman is an adjunct professor at Johns Hopkins Graduate School and Kings College. Linda is the author of Lucy Let’s Go: Helping Children...
Joanne Moore: Spouse Loss, Living in a New Way
15 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
When Dr. Moore was widowed, she sought mentors for living in a new way. She was inspired by the stories of more experienced widows and widowers. This ...
Gabrielle Doucet – BSN, MBA: Reducing Stress After Loss
08 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Gabrielle Doucet works with those who have lost loved ones to suicide. Through speaking engagements and her book, she is able to council others on man...
Brooke Hopkins MSW: Stillbirth; Kelly Ryan Foundation
01 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In honor of their stillborn child Kelly Ryan, Brook Hopkins started the Kelly Ryan Foundation. By sharing their story and resources they hope to suppo...
Growing-up with Elisabeth Kübler-Ross: Ken Ross
24 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Ken Ross is an American independent commercial photographer who specializes in travel, location, people, and corporate photography. He is the son of p...