November 27, 2008: Finding Thanksgiving After Loss?

Thursday, November 27, 2008 - Dr. Bernie Siegel is the aauthor of Buddy’s Candle. This book is a great healing aid for grieving children dealing with the loss of a loved one. It takes the reader on a journey through life and death with the promise of forever.

November 20, 2008: Miscarriage and Infant Loss - Kira Copperman

Miscarriage and Infant Loss with Guest Kira Copperman -

Kira Copperman is a social worker and the President of  KBC Consulting, a healthcare consulting firm that specializes in helping medical professionals improve their frontline customer service.  Prior to KBC Consulting, she was the practice manager for a large fertility center in Manhattan entitled Reproductive Medicine Associates of New York.  I 20006, she was honored by RESOLVE, the national infertility support organization, with “The Friend of RESOLVE” award because of her dedication and commitment to the organization.  Her experience with patients dealing with the emotional side effects that can accompany infertility had a profound effect on her and was one of the main reasons she created KBC Consulting.

November 13, 2008: Adult Children Losing Parents - Pamela Gabbay

Adult Children Losing Parents

1st Guest:  Pamela Gabbay
Pamela Gabby’s lost both of her parents as an adult.  Their loss has had a powerful impact on her life. She is a certified grief counselor and President of the California Chapter of the Association for Death Education and Counseling.  http://www.griefposters.com

2nd Guest:  Alexander Levy
Alexander Levy explores with us the journey of coping with the grief and change after the death of our parents.  It is never too late to grieve about being an Orphaned Adult.  Levy is the author of, “The Orphaned Adult”.

November 6, 2008 Remembering Our Siblings

Remembering our siblings -

1st Guest: Ruby Rose Fox was a bone marrow donor to her sister Dalia who died of Leukemia in 1992.  She is a Boston based actor, trained solo-performer, of “Little Legacy” a solo performance about a family’s journey through bereavement.

rubyfx@yahoo.com

2nd Guest:  Frank R. Lewis
Dr. Frank R. Lewis lost his brother  Dean, in an automobile accident in 1983. He led a sibling support group of The Compassionate Friends for 10 years and was a keynote speaker at Compassionate Friends National Conference in Nashville Tenesee where he is a Senior Pastor of the First Baptist Church.

October 30, 2008: Miscarriage and Infant Loss

1st Guest:  Monica Novak Monica Novak became a bereaved mother in 1995 with the stillbirth of her daughter Miranda.  Monica’s mission has been to bring comfort to bereaved parents and to promote awareness to the physicians, nurses, clergy, counselors, family and friends.  She is the author of The Good Grief Club.

2nd Guest:  Beth Seyda Beth Seyda’s life was transformed in 1997 with the death of her newborn son, Dylan.  She is Executive Director of Compassionate Passages, researcher, author, and co-producer of the award-winning educational film When a Child Is Dying and the accompanying Supportive Care Handbook.

Hospice: End of Life Issues

October 23, 2008: Hospice: End of Life Issues -  Karla Wheeler is founder of Quality of Life Publishing which publishes books and periodicals to help families served by hospice. She lost her husband, Gary, to a brief bout with cancer in 2006, which put her hospice experience to the test.

Mary Tracy O’Keffe is the Author of Thin Places: Where Faith is Affirmed and Hope Dwells, and is the co-founder of Well Within, a nonprofit holistic wellness resource center. She isan author, speaker, and spiritual Director.

Thursday, October 9, 2008: From Trauma to Social Advocacy

Guests: Jannette Fennell and Bruce Murakami. Janette Fennell used her traumatic experience of being locked in a car trunk at gunpoint to get a Federal Regulation passed for internal trunk release. She then went on to found Kids and Cars dedicat4ed to eliminate the practice of leaving unattended children in cars.
Bruce Murakami teamed up with the drag racing teen, Justin Cabezas, who killed his wife, Cindy, and daughter, Chelsea, to create, Safe Teen Driver, a program designed to make our roads safer. His story was made into the Hallmark Hall of Fame movie, Crossroads: A Story of Forgiveness.

October 9, 2008: Recovering from a Traumatic Event. Guests: Richard Beck and Stephanie Frogge

Richard Beck, an Adjunct Professor at Fordham University, has conducted over 1000 hours of trauma groups since 9/11 and Hurricanes Katrina, Riga and Wilma. He has also lectured both nationally and internationally on the treatment of trauma. Stephanie Frogge is a professional crime victim services consultant working with programs that assist victims of crime, the bereaved, and addresses issues of social justice. She provides customized training, and program development in all facets of reaction to trauma.

Thursday, October 2, 2008 Serving Others in Honor of Our Daughters: Marrianne Dietzel and Linda Bergh and Writing to Heal the Loss of a Husband and Child: Dianne Rooks

Thursday, October 2, 2008 Serving Others in Honor of Our Daughters: Marrianne Dietzel and Linda Bergh and Writing to Heal the Loss of a Husband and Child: Dianne Rooks
Marianne Dietzel and Linda Bergh lost their teenage daughters, Nina and Kirsten, in a car accident in 1996.  Their mutual losses brought them through grief and gave them the desire to be of service to others suffering loss. Linda is the publisher of  She Would Draw Flowers\ a book of poetry by Kirsten Bergh. (See Grief Poems for  one of Kirsten’s poems, “For You, Papa.)

As a master storyteller, Diane Rooks found healing after the death of her husband and son in the stories that she heard and told. On this show Diane reveals how we can use our stories to repair even the most shattered lives. She is the author of Spinning Gold out of Straw: How Stories Heal.

September 25, 2008 - Guest: Judy Wolf - Healing the Soul and Guest: Suzanne Redfern & Susan Gilbert - Living With the Death of a Child

Judy Wolf, is an ordained Interfaith Minster who lost her 16-year-old son, Joe, and then embarked on a quest to discover, “How one heals the heart and soul after this?”  She is the author of , “Spiritual Life Rafts:  Women’s Stories of Profound Loss, Courage and Healing.

Suzanne Redfern’s daughter Aimee died of lung cancer in 1999 and Susan Gilbert’s daughter Amanda was killed in a van rollover in 1983.  There mutual losses brought them together and inspired them to write, “The Grieving Garden:  Living with the Death of a Child.”

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