New York, New York and San Francisco, California (worldprline ) December 19, 2011 – At 100 pages, Open to Hope: Inspirational Stories for Handling the Holidays After Loss is a content-rich resource that has been organized into four major sections: Rethinking Holiday Traditions, Gathering at Thanksgiving, Finding Your Way Back to Christmas, and Embracing the [...]

New York, New York and San Francisco, California ( worldprline ) December 16, 2011 – Alan Pedersen is an award winning songwriter, successful recording artist and nationally recognized speaker on grief and loss. On August 15, 2001 Alan’s 18 year old daughter, Ashley died in an automobile accident. Alan travels the United States with his [...]

New York, New York and San Francisco, California (worldprline) December , 2011 – Angela Alexander is retired from the Air Force Reserve. She is currently an author & inspirational speaker. Her autobiography is titled ‘Miracles in Action’. Through her testimony, she shares how she turned her pain of losing two children into power, and grief [...]

New York, New York and San Francisco, California ( Worldprline ) July 9, 2011 – Tawna Righter realized after suffering two profound tragedies, that there were men, women, and children who had suffered this same heartbreak—that of a murder-suicide of friends loved ones. As a result of her son killing his girlfriend and then himself [...]

New York, NY ( Worldprline ) June 24, 2011 – 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 the co-author along with Ron Marasc of About Grief: Insights, Setbacks, Grace Notes, and Taboos. Open to Hope [...]

New York, New York and San Francisco, California ( Worldprline ) June, 2011 – Michael Mims is the president of Cherokee Casket Company, a family owned business making children’s caskets since 194l. Michael realizes families need for resources and is a longtime supporter of The Compassionate Friends. open to hope Radio broadcasts every Thursday. To [...]

New York, New York and San Francisco, California ( Worldprline ) April 7, 2011 – Barbara Roberts is an active public speaker on issues on death and dying. She openly discusses what she learned during the final year of her husband, Frank’s life and how she coped during the subsequent years of grieving. She is [...]

New York, NY ( Worldprline ) March 18, 2011 – March 18, 2011 – James P. Krehbiel, is a licensed professional counselor and nationally certified cognitive-behavioral therapist who specializes in treating adults and children experiencing anxiety and depressive disorders. He is the author of TROUBLED CHILDHOOD, TRIUMPHANT LIFE: Healing from the Battle Scars of Youth. [...]

New York, New York and San Francisco, California ( Worldprline ) March 15, 2011 – Norine Dresser’s husband died in 2007, after a year in home hospice care with Norine as the primary caregiver. The roller-coaster ride of emotions for the entire family as they faced end of life issues became the stimulus for her [...]

New York, New York and San Francisco, California ( Worldprline ) March 9, 2011 – Lori Ann Wood is the mother of eight children and 20 grandchildren. In 1983 Lori Ann lost her infant son Brant in a drowning accident. As well as having a strong commitment to family Lori is an artist specializing is [...]