Laughter, an Antidote to Grief Neil Chethik, editor for the Open to Hope Foundation, posted a question to his contributing writers last week: “How has giving helped you in grieving?” My immediate thought was “Great Question” and I set about to write a brief synopsis about grieving, giving and giggling called, Using Laughter and Playfulness [...]

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It’s NYR time! You know…New Year’s Resolution time! Have you thought about your resolution yet? Do you do the NYR thing or are you the kinda person who doesn’t bother with all the resolution hype? I set mine! My resolution has nothing to do with reducing carbs, waving ba-bye to my chocolate covered espresso bean [...]

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Neil Chethik, one of the editors at Open to Hope, contacted me last month to ask permission to post my article Suicide Survivor’s Guilt on their web site. Open to Hope provides information and resources for people who have experienced loss. They provide a forum where people who have experienced loss can learn from and help each other [...]

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