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Grief and Grace: Part 2

Grief and Grace with Dave Bailey Part Two

Part two of my conversation with Michele Neff Hernandez. Michele is a nonprofit leader, compelling speaker and dedicated advocate for widowed people around the world. She is the founder and Executive Director of Soaring Spirits International, a non-profit organization providing research-based programs and a...

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Grief and Grace: Part 1

Grief and Grace with Dave Bailey Part One

A conversation with Michelle Neff Hernandez. Michele is a nonprofit leader, compelling speaker and dedicated advocate for widowed people around the world. She is the founder and Executive Director of Soaring Spirits International, a non-profit organization providing research-based programs and a community of peers...

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Sidebar with John Duran

Sidebar with John Duran: Sidebar With Tammara and Michele

Interviews with TAMMARA BILLIK and MICHELE NEFF HERNANDEZ on the event CAMP WIDOW sponsored by Soaring Spirits. This organization is committed to helping widows and widowers deal with the loss of a spouse and living beyond that death. Soaring Spirits has now created a weekend for LGBT widows and widowers to process their grief.

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Share the Road Ride

Share the Road Ride Marks its Tenth Year on October 5th

Soaring Spirits International is gearing up to host the tenth annual Share the Road Ride on Saturday, October 5. “Reaching this 10-year milestone is amazing. Soaring Spirits is proud to host this event, which serves as a reminder to motorists to share the road with cyclists. Our...

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Widows' Words

Widows’ Words

Becoming a widow is one of the most traumatic life events that a woman can experience. Yet, as this remarkable new collection reveals, each woman responds to that trauma differently. Here, forty-three widows tell their stories, in their own words.

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No Widowed Person Should Grieve Alone

No Widowed Person Should Grieve Alone

When I was a young widow, there was no such thing as a support group to help me through. There was no such thing as online resources. There were no retreats for widowed people to share their experience. I sometimes thought I recognized the...

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Soaring Spirits Resilience Center opens at Schreiner

Soaring Spirits International is pleased to announce an exciting partnership with Schreiner University as they officially open the Soaring Spirits Resilience Center at Schreiner University. This will be the first center of its kind in the U.S. to focus primarily on grief and resilience,...

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The Kim Pagano Show

The Kim Pagano Show: The Brighter Side of Recovery

Welcome to the Brighter Side of Recovery sponsored by SOBA Recovery Center! Finally, a radio show that not only tackles the brighter side of addiction, recovery, and mental health, but a show with the answers for the family, friends, and those who love an...

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Camp Widow - Well Loved

Love In the Air at ‘Camp Widow’

Tanya Villanueva Tepper was thinking wedding plans -- not widowhood -- the morning of September 11, 2001. Her fiancé, a New York City firefighter, was among the thousands killed when the Twin Towers were attacked. She was forced to learn how to live every...

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