June 28, 2007 Dealing With Grief and Loss – Dr. Kenneth J. Doka
HEALING THE GRIEVING HEART
Dealing with Grief and Loss
Hosts:Â Dr. Gloria Horsley and Dr. Heidi Horsley
With guest:Â Dr. Kenneth J. Doka
June 28, 2007
G: Hello. I’m Dr. Gloria Horsley
H: and I’m Dr. Heidi Horsley.
G: Each week Heidi and I welcome you to Healing the Grieving Heart, a show of hope and conversation with those who’ve suffered the loss of a [...]
June 28, 2007: Dealing With Grief and Loss – Dr. Kenneth J. Doka
JUNE 28, 2007 – DEALING WITH GRIEF AND LOSS: DR. KENNETH J. DOKA. Dr. Kenneth J. Doka is a Professor of Gerontology at the Graduate School of The College of New Rochelle and Senior Consultant to the Hospice Foundation of America. Dr. Doka is a prolific author whose books include: Men Don’t Cry, Women Do: [...]
Thinking—Going Beyond – Carol Ann Loehr
We all use our minds to try to understand why our children died. I am no different; when our son Keith died, I continued to ask that endless question—Why?
Throughout my pursuit for answers, my niece Juli and her son Cody helped me realize that maybe I was not looking at all possibilities—just maybe I would [...]
Reflections of a Bereaved Dad – Part 6 Conclusion by Patrick Malone CSE
So as it often does, once again, how we manage our grief becomes a matter of choice. I remember Rich Edler once said, “We cannot change what happened, but we do have a choice what we do about it. Grief is inevitable. Misery is optional.
So here are some of our choices.
We can choose whether that [...]
Reflections of a Bereaved Dad – Part 5 by Patrick Malone CSE
As many of you have been or are currently, I was consumed with the question WHY? I needed to make some sense out of these tragedies.
Why was Scott, a normal full term baby, only to experience difficulties during labor and expire after only 16 hours of life?
Why was Erin miscarried?
Why did the truck turn in [...]
Reflections of a Bereaved Dad – Part 4 By Patrick Malone CSE
I believe that early on, I reached an intellectual understanding that my wife and I were dealing with grief differently. When I was up, she was down. When I was down, she was up. When she needed company, I needed to be alone and vice-versa. I sort of knew that but it didn’t really sink [...]
Reflections of a Bereaved Dad – Part 3 By Patrick Malone CSE
I went back to work a couple of weeks after Lance’s death.
I was very fortunate to have a caring and compassionate work environment. My partners and associates covered for me while I was off. When I returned they asked me how Kathy was doing. They spoke Lance’s name. They asked how his brothers, Bryan and [...]
Reflections of a Bereaved Dad – Part 2 By Patrick Malone CSE
NOTE: This is the second in a series of six postings.
Three or four weeks after Lance’s funeral we received an information packet from The Compassionate Friends (TCF). When I came home Kathy told me about the information and how it was a support group for bereaved parents and how she wanted to go to a [...]
