March 18, 2010 – Telling Your Story With Writing and Movement

// First Guest: Mel Menzies is an Author and Speaker, who lives in the Uk. Mel, a bereaved parent, offers free resources to inform, inspire, and encourage you - whether you’re an Aspiring Author; or a member of a Book Club. She is the author of A Painful Post Mortem and other books on social issues. Second Guest: Nancy Mellon is a therapist and teacher who has guided countless people through the process of giving their bodies voice. Very sensitive to the experience of loss, she helps us nurture our own natural intelligence by speaking directly to and from every organ ...

March 4, 2010 – Losing Grandchildren

1st Guest: Sherry Van Pelt - Sherry Van Pelt has lost two grandchildren Conner, who was stillborn and Conner’s sister Jacy, who two years later, was born with a heart defect and did not survive surgery. She is the author of Dear Conner: A Grandmother’s Pain *2nd Guest Mary Louise Schiavone - Mary Louise Schiavone is President of Ahana Enterprises. She is an accomplished teacher and practitioner in all aspects of Metaphysics and Spirituality. She is a Master Instructor in both Reiki Healing and the Adamantine Healing System, and has Bachelors in Psychology.

Feb. 25, 2010 – Loss of a Spouse

1st Guest Rosalie Stolinski Siciliano - After forty-one years of sharing a life together, Rosalie Stolinski Siciliano lost her beloved husband to a brain aneurysm followed by congestive heart failure. His sudden and tragic death left her feeling helpless, hopeless, and lost. In her book Stormy Waters she recounts a journey through harrowing despair and onward to the promise of a new beginning. 2nd Guest: Kate Braestrup Kate Braestrup held her family together in the wake of her husband's death, as she pursued his dream of becoming a minister. She ultimately found her calling as a chaplain to search-and-rescue workers. She is the ...

Feb. 18, 2010 Messages of Hope After Loss

1st Guest - Kathryn Williams is an artist and writer whose work centers on messages of hope and inspiration. Her book What Can I Say When Words Escape Me? Being Present in Times of Sorrow” is a collection of individual writings that were inspired from tragedy in her life including divorce, the loss of my father and job. Second Guest - Pat Murphy, PhD, APN is an advanced practice nurse working with dying and grieving people in the inner city. She is board certified in advanced psychiatric nursing by ANCC and in thanatology by ADEC. She has published extensively on bereavement, ...

February 11, 2010 – Living With Bereavement

1st Guest: Alex James - Alex James lives and works in England, and is currently based at a hospice, developing specific services for children, supporting children and their families pre and post, bereavement. She is the author of Living With Bereavement. 2nd Guest: Kay Sauck - Kay Sauck is a publisher whose experiences in taking care of family members including her father who died from Alzheimer’s disease and her grandfather who died by lung cancer inspired her to create Caregiving in Americaz - a new resource magazine for family caregivers.

February 4, 2010 Men and Grief

1st Guest: Ronald Keith Barrett - Ronald Keith Barrett is a professor of psychology at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. He is an internationally recognized specialist on the study of cross-cultural differences in death & dying and a specialist on African American funeral rites. 2nd Guest: Irvin D. Yalom - Irvin Yalom is a highly regarded psychiatrist and the author of numerous books including the New York Times best-selling Loves Executioner and the international bestselling novel When Nietzsche Wept. His latest book is Staring at the Sun: Overcoming the Terror of Death.

January 28, 2010 Moving Beyond Death

Guests: John W. James and Russell Friedman John W. James and Russell Friedman have been working with grievers for more than thirty years. They have served as consultants to thousands of bereavement professionals and provide Grief Recovery Seminars and Certification Programs throughout the United States and Canada. They are the founders of the Grief Recovery Institute. They are the authors of The Grief Recovery Handbook: The Action Program for Moving Beyond Death, Divorce and Other Losses.

Jan. 21, 2010 – Finding the Resilience to Cope

1st Guest: Kevin Quiles - Kevin Quiles, M.Div. is an ordained minister, bereaved parent, and spiritual and bereavement counselor. He has provided end-of-life spiritual care to both pediactric and adult clients. Kevin works for a nationally-based hospice helping families deal with grief, anticipatory loss, and recovery. He is the author of the forthcoming book, Spiritual Care to Elderly and Dying Loved Ones. 2nd Guest:Barbara Rubel - The journey Barbara Rubel took to get to the pinnacle of her profession began when her father, a retired New York City Police Officer, died by suicide while she was pregnant with triplets. Her focus is on ...

January 14, 2010 Dealing With Chronic Pain and Depression Without Drugs

Guest: Norm Shealey - C. Norman Shealy, M.D., Ph.D. is President of Holos Institutes of Health, Inc, a 501-C-3 organization devoted to research, education and clinical services in Holistic Health. A neurosurgeon, trained at Massachusetts General Hospital, after medical school at Duke University, he has specialized in successful treatment of depression and chronic pain, without the use of drugs.

January 11, 2010 – Spousal Loss

Topic: Spousal Loss Guest: Deborah Levinson Deborah S. Levinson, a widow, is a Johns Hopkins trained psychotherapist and licensed clinical social worker in practice in Manhattan and Baltimore. Mrs. Levinson published the Spousal Loss Model---a three stage roadmap for crafting the next chapter in one's life after major loss---death of a spouse. Mrs. Levinson has written three books: The Next Beginning; Surviving the Death of Your Spouse: A Step by Step Workbook; and most recently, Stories of Renewal--stories of others as a model for crafting one's personal journey.

Holidays

Important and Helpful Tips For Managing the Holidays For the Bereaved

November 23, 2009 · 4 Comments

By Gloria Lintermans - While grieving we go through many firsts as important dates come up on the calendar. Whether it’s the first anniversary, birthday or holiday, it’s good to have coping strategies in place to rely on to help us cope. The holidays can be a particularly difficult time. While we are used to being with our family members during this time, sadly, an important person in the family is missing. And while we take comfort in having family close-whom we depend on for support-often while in their midst we still feel sad or lost remembering past occasions and events because... [Read the full story]

Poems

Grief Poems by Shaakiera Schroeder

March 8, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Wednesday lost By Shaakiera Schroeder As “The” day draws nearer Spirits sink lower Fears rise, higher. Not completely sure why, It’s as if we expect something…or “That” to happen again… Anything worse…is impossible! Still so unbelievable _ surreal almost. Two months short of a year And we continue to struggle to grasp the fact_ You’re gone! How do you go about planning an Angel Day…? When you can’t believe… Yet register every Wednesday… As we stare at the clock…silence engulfs… We hold our breath…for that moment to pass… I find myself praying that this Wednesday... [Read the full story]

Dealing with Grief

A Special Free Event for the griefHaven Community! Monday, March 22, 2010.

March 15, 2010 · Leave a Comment

March 22nd at 7:00 P.M. Join Us For A Private Screening of the Soon-To-Be-Released Movie, The Greatest followed By A Question & Answer Period ONLY 100 SEATS ARE AVAILABLE Please join us at a special screening of the film The Greatest, starring Golden Globe Nominee Pierce Brosnan, Academy Award winner Susan Sarandon, and 2009 Academy Award nominee Carey Mulligan (An Education) For anyone who loves a beautifully written script, a meaningful story, and stellar acting, The Greatest is a film you will want to see in a room filled with people woven together by a silver thread of hope, love,... [Read the full story]

Today's Mail

I should have hugged him more

From Em - Jennifer, I’m so so sorry for your loss…its an unbearable pain where it cuts like a k nife…Oh i feel for you so when you say i should have hugged him more, yes I think all parents would be feeling that way all the things you did’nt do that maybe you should have, but in hindsight no knows what is going...

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I just hate coming home to an empty house

From Sanjuanita - I lost my husband on September 14, 2005. We all thought he was going to get better. He had heart problems, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, and had also been diagnosed with kidney failure. It was so hard to lose him. I miss him so much. He said he would always be with me and my daughter....

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You’ll get through it

Youll never get over it, but youll get through it!

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I am very hurt and angry

From Alita - I am very hurt and angry. The 4 month anniversary of our son’s death just came and went. I have been grieving in a very solitary way, partly because my daughter and husband can’t or won’t talk about their feelings. I respect that and don’t bother anyone with my copious tears. My husband and I went...

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The pain is still so raw

My Dearest Jennifer, I am so very sorry for the loss of your precious son. My son also died of a drug overdose in 2005. December is still so recent and your pain so raw. Take care of yourself and remember to take this journey one step at a time. I am so sorry for the circumstances around your son’s death. I have...

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