Jun 28, 2019

In the last episode of our series on grief with LPC Chuck Olliff, our conversation centers around a “mixed bag” of grief emotions. It’s not unusual to feel anger, shame, guilt, or sexual grief. If your loved one (or a patient) committed suicide, there are lots of various emotions to manage.  

Chuck teaches us that...

Jun 24, 2019

Ellen Goodman is a Pulitzer Prize winning columnist, an award-winning journalist, an author of 7 books, and the co-founder of The Conversation Project. She recently shared with The Heart of Hospice hosts her most personal story of being her mother’s caregiver, and how it inspired her to create The Conversation...

Jun 21, 2019

We continue our series on grief with our friend LPC Chuck Olliff, discussing how the unexpected responsibilities after a death can surprise us and amplify our grief. Jerry and Helen ask how to manage the emotions that occur with grief milestones like receiving a death certificate or ashes of a loved one.

How do we react...

Jun 15, 2019

Our guest Tony Luciani was an artist and painter before he became a caregiver for his mother after her diagnosis with dementia. Using creative and unorthodox methods, Tony found ways to engage his mamma in life. They shared the new experience of learning photography together, and Mamma found ways of expressing herself...

Jun 14, 2019

This week continues our grief series with our friend and special guest LPC Chuck Olliff. In our discussion today we explore grief that’s disenfranchised, extended, or recurs long after the loss. It’s the kind of grief society tells us isn’t ours to own but it occurs more often than we think.

Chuck offers insight...