Until We Meet Again

Author, seasoned conference speaker and host of nationally syndicated television program, “Freedom Today,” Robin Betram  shares practical solutions to the problems everyone must deal with when they are experiencing the degradation of the quality of their life or the potential loss of a loved one.  For more about Robin: https://robinbertram.tv/

My guest today is Merrit Hearing, a retired letter carrier whose life abruptly changed forever on July 3, 2007. It was on that day when his 16-year old son, Elliott, drowned at Cannon Beach after getting caught in a sneaker riptide. He writes about the whole experience in his book, “Lessons Learned from a Son’s Life…and Death.” Part 3: How to Help

My guest today is Merrit Hearing, a retired letter carrier whose life abruptly changed forever on July 3, 2007. It was on that day when his 16-year old son, Elliott, drowned at Cannon Beach after getting caught in a sneaker riptide. He writes about the whole experience in his book, “Lessons Learned from a Son’s Life…and Death.” Part 2:  Finding Your New Normal

My guest today is Merrit Hearing, a retired letter carrier whose life abruptly changed forever on July 3, 2007. It was on that day when his 16-year old son, Elliott, drowned at Cannon Beach after getting caught in a sneaker riptide. He writes about the whole experience in his book, “Lessons Learned from a Son’s Life…and Death.” Part I: The Day

My guest today is Derek Flores, a registered nurse and author who has worked with Hospice and Pediatric Patients for the past seven years. Derek and his daughters live on Colorado’s Front Range at the foot of the Rocky Mountains where he enjoys snowboarding and mountain biking. We’re going to discuss a few of his books today, as well as his ministry as a hospice nurse.  For more information about Derek:  amazon.com/author/derekflores https://www.derekjflores.com/#!

My guest today is Elaine Voci, a Life Coach, an author of 8 nonfiction books, and a Certified Life Cycle Celebrant trained in funerals. Since 2014, she has been hosting and facilitating a quarterly Death Cafe in her community.   For more information about Elaine: www.elainevoci.com

Kathryn L. Butler, MD, is a trauma and critical care surgeon who recently left clinical practice to homeschool her children.  She and her family live in the woods north of Boston. Today we will be talking about her book, Between Life and Death.

Reverend Patrick Riecke, author of How to Talk to Sick, Dying and Grieving People, and 101 Ways to Find Meaning in Suffering talks about his work as  the Director of Chaplaincy and Volunteers for Parkview Health in the Fort Wayne, Indiana Area. 

Marc Anthony Waters, a man with a heart as big as Texas. Author of Death by Suicide in Three Days in Heaven. And apparently quite a golfer.

Join Elizabeth Fournier for a conversation about near-death experience, the possible unimportance of a bucket list, and what it's like to work on the set of the Portland television show, Portlandia.

Jethro Heiko  is one of the creators of the conversational game called Hello, an easy, non-threatening way to start a conversation with your family and friends about what matters most.  Jethro learned how meaningful and surprisingly joyful these conversations about what matters most can be, and was struck that people do not have to wait until there is a health crisis to have, and benefit from these conversations .  You can find the game at www.commonpractice.com.

 Janet Haney, an author and creative journaling teacher who encourages her students to be brave and keep going! She recently wrote Write Your Way Through Change, a 21-day Devotional Journal for Grief & Major Life Transitions. 

Robert Leigh Pruitt, II is a national and internationally recognized leadership trainer and motivational speaker. He is the author of several books including It Is Well with My Soul, Watching Daddy Live! 

Angelo Merendino is a freelance photographer for Corbis News and Getty Images. Angelo’s photographs have been exhibited in New York City, Washington, D.C. and Rome, Italy.  Angelo's photo-documentary, The Battle We Didn’t Choose – My Wife’s Fight with Breast Cancer, has received worldwide recognition. Intimate, honest, and moving, Angelo’s photographs offer viewers a look inside the day-to-day life of a young couple facing breast cancer together.  To learn more: www.angelomerendino.com

My guest today is Alysha Lacey, Program Director at the Dougy Center, also known as the National Center for Grieving Children & Families is a nonprofit organization based in Portland, Oregon that offers support groups and services to grieving children and young adults. Its peer support program and network of children's grief services make the organization the first of its kind in the United States.

My guest today is Marlie Rowell, a woman trying to undo the stigma around mental illness through art after her husband died by suicide. She calls herself a suicide widow and has a website called Suicide Widow Etiquette, featuring her art and stages of grief. 

Pastor April Murchinson of Emmanuel Temple Church, a woman with a love for people and a desire for unity. I would hold her up to be a true example of a Proverb 31 woman.  

Amy Wright Glenn earned her MA in Religion and Education, she is a birth doula, hospital chaplain, and founder of the Institute for the Study of Birth, Breath, and Death. Amy is the author of Birth, Breath, and Death: Meditations on Motherhood, Chaplaincy, and Life as a Doula. I’m talking to her today about her latest book, Holding Space: On Loving, Dying, and Letting Go.

Her story is engaging, powerful, and heart-wrenching. Her book contains an honest look at the first year of a widow’s grief captures the immense difficulty of learning how to accept the unacceptable while transforming loss into positive change. 100% of proceeds go to the  John Petropoulos Memorial Fund. WOW! www.pinkgazelle.com

Winner of 3 international book awards, Touching, profound and poignant, this book gently and sensitively takes the child on the journey of the soul, reminding them that this life is only ever temporary and that wherever they go, the spirit of a loved one or pet always travels with them.