Co-hosts:Gloria Horsley Ph.D. and Heidi Horsley Psy.D with guests: Alijah Marquez, bereaved sibling of Chris; Jason Stout, bereaved sibling and Outreach Manager for the Colorado Outward Bound, program “Heroic Journey for Grieving Teens”.
Tools for finding hope along the journey: Explaining our pain to others.
"In this sad world of ours, sorrow comes to all…it comes with bitterest agony…Perfect relief is not possible except with time. You cannot realize that you will ever feel better…and yet this is a mistake. You are sure to be happy again. To know this, which is certainly true, will make you some less miserable now.
Thinking of upcoming Valentine’s Day sends me back wistfully to a much lighter time in my past, a memory of the last Valentine's Day before Nina died. Chris and Nina had been dating for about two months. He was her first "real" boyfriend. Chris was a wonderful young man, just the kind that a mom would approve of.
Co-hosts, mother, daughter team, Gloria Horsley Ph.D. and Heidi Horsley Psy.D interview guests: Chandrama Anderson, MFT, and author of No U-Turn at Mercy Street: A Memoir and Resource Guide for Grieving Parents, G. David Adamson MD, Director of Fertility Physicians of Northern California, Clinical Professor Stanford University School of Medicine and Beth Jaeger-Skigen, LCSW.
Cliché – n. A stereotyped expression; a sentence or phrase, usually expressing a thought or idea that has lost originality and impact by overuse.
Condolence – n. An expression of sympathy, especially on the occasion of a death.
A very wonderful and wise person once told me when I was going through some tough days, (and we all have them) to be very frugal with my spoons...When I asked her what she meant, she said...Cathy, you are given 10 spoonfuls of energy a day.. thats it..when they are gone, you crash.
Ancient Calling
Today my heart soars
as sacred family gathers
in this powerful yet gentle
healing space, to breathe life
and energy into our intention
of healing Mother Earth
and all living things.
An ancient calling has sounded.
One by one we heed the call,
