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SubscribeJoin Dr’s Heidi and Gloria Horsley and Jeralyn Glass, internationally acclaimed singer, pioneering figure in the realm of Sound Healing, creator of The Source App. Following the tragic loss of her only son, Dylon; Jeralyn decided to write her book, Sacred Vibrations: The Transformative Power of Crystalline Sound and Music, as a guide to engaging Music as Medicine and how the power of sound can serve to transform us.
Read MoreBrooke Cralock is a bereaved mom who lost her daughter, dad, mom, and stepmom in a year and a half. Brooke is a schoolteacher, public speaker, host of The Mourning Coffee Podcast, creator of the Grief Sucks with Brooke Carlock YouTube channel and the author of Grief Sucks: But Your Life Doesn’t Have To. https://media.blubrry.com/open_to_hope_1/www.opentohope.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Brooke-Carlock_-Making-Sense-of-Loss.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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Read MoreFinding Hope in The Darkness The Grief of the loss of my daughter deeply embedded itself in my soul. The loss of a child is a profound, life-altering experience. The journey through this loss is one of unimaginable pain that seeps into every cell of existence. The unbearable despair of Grief makes Hope inconceivable and feels unreachable. The weight of Grief is suffocating, making it seem impossible to see any light. Understanding Grief Grief is a whole-body experience. The harsh impact attacks a person with changes that influence us physically, emotionally, cognitively, socially, and in every way possible. Depression, sadness, […]
Read MoreLingering Guilt about my Father’s Death On January 11, 2003, I sat on my father’s bed chatting with him at the Mercer Island Care Center. At age 80, he was attempting to recover from a bout of pneumonia. At around 9:30 pm, I kissed him good-bye, got up from the bed and said I’d see him tomorrow. I can still see him lying in the bed, waving to me, both of us feeling assured that we would indeed be together tomorrow. At 6:30 am the next day, I received a call from the nurse saying that he was having a […]
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