Open To Hope Podcast – Open to Hope

Thomas Gagliano: Reaching Your Highest Potential

28 Feb 2013

Contributed by Lukas

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....

Jason Stout: Heroic Journey for Grieving Teens

21 Feb 2013

Contributed by Lukas

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 wild...

Jeffrey Berman: The Healing Power of Writing

14 Feb 2013

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Gary Stokes; Regaining Your Poise After Loss

07 Feb 2013

Contributed by Lukas

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 c...

Carol Scibelli: Healing With Humor

31 Jan 2013

Contributed by Lukas

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Mary Rockefeller Morgan: Grieving the Loss of a Twin

24 Jan 2013

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Steven M. Southwick, MD; Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Resilience

17 Jan 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Steven M. Southwick, MD, is a Professor of psychiatry, at Yale Medical School and is a world expert on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and resilience. ...

Jeffery Kauffman LCSW; Shame

10 Jan 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Jeffrey Kauffman is a psychotherapist in private practice in suburban Philadelphia who specializes in the treatment of grief and trauma. His most rece...

John Duffy; Being Present in Relationships

03 Jan 2013

Contributed by Lukas

John Duffy is a clinical psychologist, certified life coach, relationship expert, and the author of  “The Available Parent”.  He is no stranger ...

Ken Druck, Ph.D; The Real Rules of Life for the New Year

27 Dec 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Ken Druck is one of the nations pioneers in personal transformation.  Since founding the Jenna Druck Center, in honor of his deceased daughter, h...

Beth Marshall; A Time to Heal

20 Dec 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Beth Marshall is an author and speaker who loves helping people find hope and healing through grief. Her journey began with the shocking death of he...

Carl David; Suicide Support

13 Dec 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Carl David is the third descendant of a four-generation art dealer family specializing in American and European nineteenth- and twentieth-century art....

Stan Goldberg; End of Life Issues

06 Dec 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Stan Goldberg has published seven books, written numerous articles and delivered more than 100 lectures and workshops throughout the United States, La...

The Bryan Allen show with Dr Gloria and Dr Heidi; Grief and the Holidays

05 Dec 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Gloria Horsely and Dr. Heidi Horsley, mother and daughter, and founders of The Open To Hope Foundation, joined The Talkshow to discuss Dealing wi...

Dr. Jill Harrington LaMorie, DSW, LCSW; Military Loss

29 Nov 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Jill Harrington LaMorie, DSW, LCSW is the Senior Field Researcher on the National Military Family Bereavement Study, former Director of Professio...

Terry Jones-Brady; Finding Love and Happiness After Profound Loss

22 Nov 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Terry Jones-Brady is a strong and deeply spiritual person. Both of Terry’s daughters were born with cystic fibrosis. Terry began an unfathomabl...

Dealing With The Loss of a Spouse; Janet Gallin

15 Nov 2012

Contributed by Lukas

After college, marriage and work came widowhood, single motherhood and the discovery that love and taking responsibility has healing power.  Today Ja...

Christine Jonas-Simpson RN; PhD; Perinatal Loss

08 Nov 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Christine Jonas-Simpson is an Associate Professor in the School of Nursing at York University in Toronto. After the loss of her own baby boy in 2001 s...

Amy Rovere; Helping Children and Families Deal with Loss

01 Nov 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Amy Rovere is a writer, editor, and artist. In her work at the American Cancer Society she helps create books for patients and families who are coping...

Dr. Bob Baugher; Men and Grief

25 Oct 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Bob Baugher, Ph.D. is a Psychology Instructor at Highline Community College in Des Moines, Washington where he teaches courses in Psychology and D...

Amy Robbins-Wilson, MA; Healing Music

18 Oct 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Amy Robbins-Wilson, MA is a Musical Parenting Expert, Healing Music Artist and the “Lullaby Lady.” In 2011 Amy recorded Angel Baby Lullabies for t...

John Fox; Healing With Poetry

11 Oct 2012

Contributed by Lukas

John is a poet and certified poetry therapist.  John is author of Poetic Medicine: The Healing Art of Poem-making and Finding What You Didn’t...

Dr. Darcie D. Sims; Choice Points in our Grief

04 Oct 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Darcie D. Sims, Ph.D. is a bereaved parent and child, a grief management specialist, nationally certified thanatologist,  pastoral bereavement sp...

Master Charles Cannon; Forgiving the Unforgivable

27 Sep 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Master Charles Cannon is a leader in the field of modern spirituality, a visionary and pioneer in the evolution of human consciousness. His latest boo...

Jo Higgins; Comforting Signs

20 Sep 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Joe Higgins  is the Author of Hello…Anyone Home?: A Guide on How our Deceased Loved Ones Try to Contact Us through the Use of Signs.  Joe has ...

Wendy Lipton-Dibner, M.A.; Death of a Mother

13 Sep 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Wendy Lipton-Dibner’s mother Doris died in 1994 from lung cancer. She was only 59 and her untimely death underlined the fact that life is far to...

Gerald J. Schaefer; Spouse Loss: Repairing Your Life

06 Sep 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Gerald J. Schaefer lost his wife to breast cancer and was left  a single parent with two young sons. He has been a large capital Project Manager in t...

Lu Anne De Vries; Death of an Adopted Child

30 Aug 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Lu Anne De Vries is the mother of four sons and the grandmother of eight grandchildren. Her fifth and youngest child, Mandy was adopted from Korea as ...

Diana Sundwall; Infant Loss

23 Aug 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Diana Sundwall  is the Founder and Executive Director of Infants Remembered In Silence, Inc. (IRIS) – founded in 1987 following the stillbirth of h...

Michael Nunley: Healing Family Losses With Music

16 Aug 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Michael Nunley’s father’s diagnosis of terminal cancer was like losing an anchor for the Nunley family.  A second blow came when Michael broke th...

Cathy Spear: The Healing Power of Grief Camp

09 Aug 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Cathy Spear, LICSW, is Director of Camper Services at Circle of Tapawingo, a week-long overnight camp program in Maine for girls who have experienced ...

Linda Triplett: Love Never Fails

02 Aug 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Linda Triplett is Co-Director of a Minnesota non-profit organization, in memory of her son Adam, which serves the Love Basket Grief Support Outreach, ...

Donna Marie Thompson Ph.D.; Topic: Bouncing Back From Loss Guest:

26 Jul 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Donna Marie Thompson, PhD is a speaker and best-selling author who through her own personal experiences has helped thousands of people.  Her recent...

Judith Johnson; Changing the Culture of Death Guest:

19 Jul 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Reverend Judith Johnson, PhD is a dynamic visionary and social change agent helping to transform the fear-based culture of death in America.  As a no...

Chris Donohoe; Honoring a Sibling With Music Guest:

12 Jul 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Chris Donohoe is a San Francisco based singer/songwriter. He has released 3 albums since 2009; WHAT DRIVES YOU, HERMOSILLA   His latest project MARC...

Louis E. LaGrand, Ph.D.; Healing Grief

05 Jul 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Louis E. LaGrand, PhD, has been an expert in the field of bereavement for more than thirty years. He is a Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus at ...

Beth Marshall and Taryn Davis; American Widow Project

28 Jun 2012

Contributed by Lukas

      Beth Marshall talks with a real American hero, Taryn Davis. Taryn is the founder of the American Widow Project- an outreach to US Military W...

Tabitha Jayne; Death of a Sibling

28 Jun 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Tabitha Jayne is the author of Thriving Loss: Move beyond Grief to a Place of Peace, Passion and Purpose and a leading expert in the field of Grief &#...

Robin Craig; Staying Positive After the Loss of a Spouse

21 Jun 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Robin Craig was born and raised in Houston, Texas.  She became widowed in 2005 and went on to win three national Daytime Emmys as a TV Producer. She ...

Ron Villano; Embracing The Power of Change

14 Jun 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Ron Villano M.S. is a leading expert in working through change. As a father who lost his 17-year old son, Michael, in an auto accident, he always spea...

Madeleine Herrmann: Loss of a Husband to Suicide

07 Jun 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Madeleine’s Herrmann’s husband committed suicide many years ago. Through this loss she experienced pain, anger, guilt, and confusion, which she wr...

Kelly Buckley; Topic: Gratitude

31 May 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Kelly Buckley is an author, speaker and bereaved parent.  In response to the loss of her 23 year old son Stephen in 2009, Kelly published Gratitude i...

Gabriel Constans; Grief’s Wake Up Call

24 May 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Gabriel Constans’ latest book is “Don’t Just Sit There, Do Something! Grief’s Wake Up Call!”, which includes his persona...

Mary Rondeau Westra; Death of a Son

17 May 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Mary Rondeau Westra is the author of After the Murder of My Son. A former teacher and fundraiser for arts organizations, she started writing after the...

Nadine Melhem; Trauma and Bereavement in Children

10 May 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Melhem is Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh. She has been studying trauma and bereavement in children for the past...

Mark Triplett; Death of an Adult Child

03 May 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Mark Triplett is Co-Director of a Minnesota non-profit organization, in memory of his son Adam, which serves the Love Basket Grief Support Outreach, a...

Richard Rosser; Keeping the Creative Spirit after Loss

26 Apr 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Richard Rosser is a Children’s Author/Playwright/Cartoonist. While in high school, his brother died in a car accident. Richard has worked in the...

Gabrielle Michel; Pregnancy and Infant Loss

19 Apr 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Gabrielle Michel is an interfaith minister, spiritual counselor, Grief Recovery Specialist and the Founder/President of Graceful Grieving, Inc., nonpr...

Dr. Katherine Shear; The Grief Journey

12 Apr 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Katherine Shear, M.D., is the Marion E. Kenworthy Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University School of Social Work and Columbia University Col...

Padraig Greene; Handling Easter After Loss

05 Apr 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Padraig Greene has been a priest for 35 years working in high schools, retreat work, adult education and parish ministry.  He has worked in family mi...

Dean Smith Topic: Forgiving Murder

29 Mar 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Dean Smith is the founder/director of ‘Live To Forgive. His passion is to help people break free from the burden of inability to forgive. Dean’s ...

Basia Mosinski, LCAT, ATR-BC, MFA; Step-child Loss

22 Mar 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Basia Mosinski, is an Art Psychotherapist in Private Practice in NYC. Basia attributes her career choice in Art Therapy to the traumatic death of her ...

Larry M. Barber, LPC-S, CT; Embracing Grief with Hope and Promise

15 Mar 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Larry Barber’s wife Cindy and two year old daughter Katie died from injuries suffered in a traffic accident in 1993.  As a widowed single parent he...

Diana M. Cimador Roscigno; Crazy Is Normal After Loss

08 Mar 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Diana Roscigno is a wife, mother, nurse, bereaved parent and author. After the death of her son, Mark Anthony, age 18, in an automobile accident Dina ...

Al Johnson: Topic: About God after the loss of a child?

01 Mar 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Al became a bereaved parent on March 18, 1989 when he and Vickie’s seven year old son Nicholas died from leukemia.  Since that time he has particip...

Stephanie Benbenek; Death of a Son

23 Feb 2012

Contributed by Lukas

The news that her only child, Clarke, was killed in a freak car accident, could have ended author Stephanie Benbenek’s life as well. Instead, sh...

Jennifer Collins Taylor; Conversations about Death

16 Feb 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Jennifer has a MSW focused in end of life care and is an author of  Living Life Dying Death: Guide to Healthy Conversations about Death and Dying. Th...

Jenny Wheeler; Finding Hope After Father Loss

09 Feb 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Jenny Wheeler is the teenaged author of the national award-winning book, WEIRD IS NORMAL WHEN TEENAGERS GRIEVE. She was 14 when her beloved father die...

Carole Brody; Widows wear Stilettos

02 Feb 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Widowed at age 40 after caring for her husband Mike, a police officer, in a two-year battle with ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease). Carole and her youn...

Allen Klein; The Healing Power of Humor

27 Jan 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Allen Klein discovered the therapeutic value of humor when his wife died at the age of thirty-four. He now shows others how to lighten up loss. He is...

Kim Kluxen Meredith; Who wants to be a widow at 40

19 Jan 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Kim Kluxen Meredith credits her colorful childhood in the small town of Ames, New York for her strong character which she later had to call upon when ...

Anne H. Berenberg; Parenting Grieving Children

12 Jan 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Anne has deep personal and professional experience with parenting grieving children.  Anne’s husband died suddenly of a heart attack when her sons ...

Jeffery Kauffman LCSW; Shame

10 Jan 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Jeffrey Kauffman is a psychotherapist in private practice in suburban Philadelphia who specializes in the treatment of grief and trauma. His most rece...

Sara Ruble; Trusting Love…Even in Death

05 Jan 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Sara Ruble is a bereaved mom whose only child, Scott, died suddenly at age nineteen. Her life would never be the same. A sign came the day after Scott...

Mitch Carmody; Hope for the New Year

29 Dec 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Mitch Carmody is an acclaimed author, artist, workshop presenter and keynote speaker on grief. He has written several books and is currently a staff w...

Alan Pedersen; Holiday Candle Lighting With Alan Pedersen, Dr. Heidi and Dr. Gloria

22 Dec 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Alan Pedersen is an award winning songwriter, successful recording artist and nationally recognized speaker on grief and loss. On August 15, 2001 Alan...

Angela Alexander; Turning Pain Into Power and Grief Into Peace

15 Dec 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Angela Alexander is retired from the Air Force Reserve.  She is currently an author & inspirational speaker.  Her autobiography is titled ‘Mir...

Sally Grablick; Hope and Help After Loss

08 Dec 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Sally Grablick lost her son to suicide in 2002.  Her road to recovery began by reading over 100 books on grief, spirituality and the afterlife.  A s...

Dave Roberts; Loss- Alcohol and Drug Abuse

01 Dec 2011

Contributed by Lukas

As a result of the death of his daughter Jeannine Marie at the age of 18, David J. Roberts founded Bootsy and Angel Books, to support those who have s...

Dr. Barbara Okun; Family Renewal Through Loss

24 Nov 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Barbara Okun, PhD is a professor of counseling psychology at Northeastern University and a clinical instructor at Harvard Medical School, and she ...

Dr. Barbara Okun; Family Renewal Through Loss

24 Nov 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Barbara Okun, PhD is a professor of counseling psychology at Northeastern University and a clinical instructor at Harvard Medical School, and she ...

Mark Kelso: Healing Through Music

17 Nov 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Mark Kelso’s 21st album Grief and Grace addresses finding grace in the midst of our grief.  Recorded immediately after the suicide of his 21 ye...

Mark Kelso; Healing Through Music

17 Nov 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Mark Kelso’s 21st album Grief and Grace addresses finding grace in the midst of our grief.  Recorded immediately after the suicide of his 21 ye...

Kim Wencl; From Tragedy to Transformation

10 Nov 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Kim Wencl’s daughter Elizabeth died on 9-20-03 from a fire while attending the University of Minnesota.  Kim is a contributor to the book, True Sto...

Kim Wencl; From Tragedy to Transformation

10 Nov 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Kim Wencl’s daughter Elizabeth died on 9-20-03 from a fire while attending the University of Minnesota.  Kim is a contributor to the book, True Sto...

Rachel Kodanaz; Returning to Work after a Loss

03 Nov 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Rachel Kodanaz, is a national author and speaker. Her experience of becoming widowed, with a 2-year-old while working as an executive provided insight...

Sherry Saturno, LCSW, DCSW, ACSW; Healing After Loss

27 Oct 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Sherry Saturno is the Clinical Director of the Westchester Medical Center Behavioral Health Center in New York.  She has Master’s degrees from Colu...

Ed Tick: Healing After Trauma

20 Oct 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Tick has developed a unique and comprehensive model to address the wounding of trauma. His transformational map for moving from loss to renewed li...

Laurel Rund;The Many Faces of Loss

13 Oct 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Laurel Rund a widow and author of an Emerging Voices a compilation of Rund’s original artwork and inspirational poetry that speaks to the many f...

Sheri Perl; Healing From the Inside Out

06 Oct 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Sheri Perl is a spiritual healer, interfaith minister, author and lecturer.  In 2008 Sheri lost her 22-year-old son Daniel to a drug overdose. In his...

Lauren Muscarella; Remembering My Mother

29 Sep 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Lauren Muscarella lost her mother to breast cancer in 2006.  After her mother’s death Lauren struggled to overcome depression and learn to positive...

Wendy Packman, JD, PhD Topic: Pet Loss

22 Sep 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Wendy Packman is a Professor of Psychology at Pacific Graduate School of Psychology in Palo Alto, California.  She has written extensively on sib...

Gordon Bolar Topic: Dealing with the Public and Private Nature of Loss

15 Sep 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Gordon Bolar’s 24-year-old son Army Spc. Matthew died in 2007 while serving during Operation Iraqi Freedom.  Matthew died in Baghdad of wounds sust...

Dr. Jane Simington Ph.D; Topic: Grief and Trauma

09 Sep 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Jane Simington, Ph. D., is a grief and trauma therapist, educator and author. Her work blends knowledge with personal experiences of her child’s...

Jerry Yellin; The Hidden Wounds of War

01 Sep 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Jerry Yellin enlisted in the Army Air Corps on his 18th birthday.  He was in combat in the Pacific Theater and Iwo Jima with the 78th Fighter Squadro...

David Morrell; When Lightning Strikes Twice

25 Aug 2011

Contributed by Lukas

David B. Morrell is a New York Times best-selling author of twenty-eight books, including his award-winning First Blood, which introduced the world to...

Kelly Farley; Grieving Dad

18 Aug 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Kelly Farley, lost two babes, Katie Elizabeth and Noah James, in an 18 month period due to severe genetic and chromosomal fetal anomalies.  In respon...

Diana C. Sands, PhD; Helping Families Deal With Suicide

04 Aug 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Diana Sands is the Director of the Bereaved by Suicide Service, Sydney, and has for over two decades provided family counselling and group programs fo...

Brigadier General Roger Machut: In My Brother’s Foot Steps

28 Jul 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Brigadier General Machut was only 7 yrs. old when his brother died in Vietnam.  He followed in his brother’s footsteps and joined the Marine Co...

Taryn Davis; Young Widows

21 Jul 2011

Contributed by Lukas

In 2007 Michael Davis lost his life while serving his country in Iraq. At a mere 21 years of age, Taryn Davis became a widow. In the wake of this trag...

Ann Hood; Adoption After Loss

14 Jul 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Ann Hood is a professional writer whose 5 year old daughter Grace, died in 2002 of a virulent form of strep.  In the years that followed Ann found he...

Tawna Righter; Murder and Suicide

12 Jul 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Tawna Righter realized after suffering two profound tragedies, that there were men, women, and children who had suffered this same heartbreak—that o...

Linda Goldman; Helping Children Deal With Death and Healing

30 Jun 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Linda Goldman Is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor and is in private grief therapy practice for children, teenagers, families with prenatal l...

Brian Schuff; Understanding Grief

23 Jun 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Brian Schuff is a professional writer whose mother died when he was eight years old, giving him a life-long interest in the subject of grief.  He is ...

Dennis Apple; Learning to Cope After Loss

16 Jun 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Dennis Apple is the bereaved dad of Denny, age 18, who died in 1991 after a brief illness.  Dennis counsels couples and individuals who are grieving ...

John Frykman; Risks of Substance Abuse After Loss

09 Jun 2011

Contributed by Lukas

John Frykman Ph.D. is a Lutheran Minister and American psychotherapist specializing in Brief Therapy, medical hypnosis and family therapy. He was the ...

Michael Mims; Helping Families Deal With Loss

02 Jun 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Michael Mims is the president of Cherokee Casket Company a family owned business making children’s caskets since 194l.  Michael realizes a families...

The Healing Power of Reminiscence: Robin Edger

26 May 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Robin Edgar teaches reminiscence workshops for bereavement programs and for individuals wishing to record family histories.  She points out the peopl...

Harold Ivan Smith: Grief of U.S. Presidents and First Ladies

19 May 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Harold Ivan Smith is a grief specialist and educator at both Saint Luke’s Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri, and the Carondolet Medical Institute in E...

Deneene Florino: Surviving and Thriving After Loss

12 May 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Deneene Florino is a grief counselor and intuitive author. Under the teachings of Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Deneene absorbed the wisdom of Ross’s ...