Heroes in Grief

By Tom Bender

I am a bereaved father, a bereaved son, a bereaved brother & a bereaved friend. Listening to other people's stories of how they cope with their death losses has almost always given me useful tools... more

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The podcast currently has 77 episodes available.

Heroes in Grief episodes:

November 03, 2024 E26 - Shining Light Dad Warren Gibbons - Helping Fathers Heal - Helping Parents Heal
Soulmates Tom & Warren talk about Warren's angel child Nolan & his amazing talents, men's grief & the stigma of grief in our society.
Links for Nolan:
Nolan's Spotify Channel: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1yDDSqXwz4bwQ8pzWoDZ2T?si=haLI-hXMSQClRQ0MpN0Ryw
Nolan Gibbons Memorial Fund: www.nolangibbons.org
Helping Fathers Heal: https://www.facebook.com/groups/381539785967854
Helping Parents Heal: www.helpingparentsheal.org
Compassionate Friends: www.compassionatefriends.org
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Heroes in Grief: www.heroesingrief.com
Contact Tom: [email protected]
You also can help support Heroes in Grief by using our affiliate links to wherever you do your online shopping or ordering. Message Tom at [email protected] to inquire or get a link. No extra charges or any cost to you!
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59min
October 27, 2024 E25 - Lisa K. Boehm - Grief Expert - Author - Podcaster
Lisa K. Boehm’s life was forever changed when her daughter Katie died in a car accident. Despite the immense heartache, Lisa found a way to rebuild her life with gratitude and intentional living, honoring her daughter's memory. She is the author of Journey to HEALING: A Mother’s Guide to Navigating Child Loss, a certified grief educator, and the creator of The Angel Moms Podcast, where she helps bereaved mothers carry their pain and rediscover joy. Lisa speaks on resilience, sharing her message of hope, healing, and human connection.
Website: www.griefsupportformoms.com
Email: [email protected]
Book: https://amzn.to/3UkDqE7
Please consider supporting the podcast here: https://buymeacoffee.com/heroesingrief
Heroes in Grief: www.heroesingrief.com
Contact Tom: [email protected]
You also can help support Heroes in Grief by using our affiliate links to wherever you do your online shopping or ordering. Message Tom at [email protected] to inquire or get a link. No extra charges or any cost to you!
Visit the Heroes in Grief shop for products discussed on the podcast & Tom's suggestions: https://linktr.ee/heroesingrief/shop
Thank you!!!
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30min
October 20, 2024 E24 - Sara Rian Author & Licensed Therapist
Sara Rian is an American poet, self-published author, mother, wife, licensed therapist, and griever living in Metro Detroit. She has been drawn to grief poetry ever since her mother's death in 2018. Her mother embraced the power of words through her own love notes and poems and had always wanted to publish a book. As a mental health professional, suicide loss survivor, and grieving human, Sara shares her work with others to let them know that they are not alone in their big love or big grief. This has also been a way for her to help make her mother’s wish come true as she is the inspiration behind every poem and book.
Book: Find Me There: https://amzn.to/3YfkxDJ
Book: Loving The Gone: https://amzn.to/3YgomZH
Book: We Are Carried: https://amzn.to/3A6KCNl
Book: When Bones Bloom: https://amzn.to/40bCkyf
Book: My Momma Has A Momma Too: https://amzn.to/407dsYH
Sara's website: https://www.sararianbooks.com/
Sara's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sara_rian_books/
Sara's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61553870953082
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Please consider supporting the podcast here: https://buymeacoffee.com/heroesingrief
Heroes in Grief: www.heroesingrief.com
Contact Tom: [email protected]
You also can help support Heroes in Grief by using our affiliate links to wherever you do your online shopping or ordering. Message Tom at [email protected] to inquire or get a link. No extra charges or any cost to you!
Visit the Heroes in Grief shop for products discussed on the podcast & Tom's suggestions: https://linktr.ee/heroesingrief/shop
Thank you!!!
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48min
October 13, 2024 E23 - Pet Loss Grief Coach Kelly Cormier
From Kelly...I am a Pet Loss Grief Coach and Certified Grief Educator, honored to walk with others through the challenging journey of pet loss. Having supported many individuals and families, and navigated my own losses, I am dedicated to addressing topics in pet loss that often go unspoken. My passion is in writing about the many unique aspect of pet loss and offering pet parents both compassionate understanding and valuable insights.
Kelly's website: www.griefeverafter.com
Grief Ever After Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/griefeverafter
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Please consider supporting the podcast here: https://buymeacoffee.com/heroesingrief
Heroes in Grief: www.heroesingrief.com
Contact Tom: [email protected]
You also can help support Heroes in Grief by using our affiliate links to wherever you do your online shopping or ordering. Message Tom at [email protected] to inquire or get a link. No extra charges or any cost to you!
Visit the Heroes in Grief shop for products discussed on the podcast & Tom's suggestions: https://linktr.ee/heroesingrief/shop
Thank you!!!
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43min
October 05, 2024 E22 - Certified Grief Coach Christina Stiverson from Addiesresearch.org & graduategrief.com
Christina Stiverson is a certified grief coach, retired US Air Force officer, fitness professional, and President of Foundation for Addie’s Research. Christina became passionate about rare pediatric cancer research and helping other mothers through grief after her 3-year-old daughter passed away in 2016. Her transformational story recently captured the hearts of millions when she was featured by Tony Robbins on his Time to Rise Summit. Amidst her volunteer work and coaching business, Christina finds immense joy in her life as a wife and mother to her three beautiful girls.
In this episode Christina shares her story of how she turned the worst moment of her life into her most rewarding, and how she reshaped the pain of her daughter’s death. She also talks with us about her experience taking an end-of-life class and how it helps her live more in the present moment.
Combined with her extensive background, personal story, and gratitude mindset, Christina is dedicated to helping others lead an extraordinary life empowered by loss and driven by self-discovery.
Episode Links:
Coaching Website: https://www.graduategrief.com
Foundation for Addie’s Research: https://www.addiesresearch.org
Tony Robbins Priming: https://www.tonyrobbins.com/priming
Christina’s e-mail: [email protected]
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Heroes in Grief: www.heroesingrief.com
Contact Tom: [email protected]
Help support Heroes in Grief by using our affiliate links to wherever you do your online shopping or ordering. Message Tom at [email protected] to inquire or get a link. No extra charges or any cost to you!
Visit the Heroes in Grief shop for products discussed on the podcast & Tom's suggestions: https://linktr.ee/heroesingrief/shop
You can also directly support us here: https://buymeacoffee.com/heroesingrief
Thank you!!!
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53min
September 29, 2024 E21 - Dolores Cruz & Anne-marie Taplin of Helping Parents Heal
Tom, Dolores & Anne-marie discuss the book Shining Light Parents Speak from Helping Parents Heal.
What are the odds that the four mothers behind this book (all formerly strangers) each have a son ‘on the other side’, who passed in a single-vehicle vehicle accident?
A hopeful new book launched at the annual conference for non-profit grief support group, Helping Parents Heal Inc, will help thousands of parents globally who have lost a child – as well as many others living with profound grief.
Based on interviews with 130 parents around the world, the book was created by four ‘shining light’ parents who have each had children cross over, and published by Mark Pitstick MA DC,1 who has a long-term interest in afterlife research.
A child’s passing is said to be the most difficult of all losses, and yet these 130 ‘shining light parents have each managed to infuse their lives with meaning, love, joy and grace.
Some have lost multiple children; others have lost only children – all precious souls who continue to communicate and make their presence known from the other side.
Free Kindle download of the book until 10/1//24: https://amzn.to/3ztnRmG
Anne-marie's links:
Instagram at artforharry_by_annemarie (www.instagram.com/artforharry_by_annemarie/)
TikTok at Art for Harry (www.tiktok.com/@artfofnhf9k)
Dolores' link:
Website: https://www.doloreslookaround.com/
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dolores-cruz-9505054b/
Blog: https://doloreslookaround.blogspot.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dolorescruzauthor/
Book: Look Around: A Mother's Journey from Grief and Despair to Healing and Hope
Book: A Bird Called Wisdom: Poems on Grief, Transformation, and Renewal
Helping Parents Heal: www.helpingparentsheal.org
Mark Pitstick: Soul Proof - If you really knew, how would you live?
Suzanne Giesemann: www.suzannegiesmann.com
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Heroes in Grief: www.heroesingrief.com
Contact Tom: [email protected]
Help support Heroes in Grief by using our affiliate links to wherever you do your online shopping or ordering. Message Tom at [email protected] to inquire or get a link. No extra charges or any cost to you!
Visit the Heroes in Grief shop for products discussed on the podcast & Tom's suggestions: https://linktr.ee/heroesingrief/shop
You can also directly support us here: https://buymeacoffee.com/heroesingrief
Thank you!!!

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57min
September 22, 2024 E20 - Certified Grief Educator Liz Wolczko ~ Multiple losses, Hospice, Compassionate Friends
Liz Wolczko is a bereaved mom, sibling and daughter. Her journey with grief began in 1974 with the death of her oldest brother John. Liz’s 26-year-old daughter and only child, Joana, died in 2008, the same year she lost her sister-in-law and Mother.
Liz and her mother Sally Ketchum, were pioneers in the Hospice movement, creating the first Hospice in Maryland in 1979, that was also the third in the US. Liz didn’t stop there – she was part of creating one of the first Hospices in Southern New Hampshire. As a Hospice Volunteer Coordinator, she recruited and trained volunteers to sit with dying patients.
Shortly after her daughter Joana’s death, Liz became a member of Compassionate Friends, a National non-profit support group for bereaved parents, siblings and grandparents. After benefiting as a member, she became a Facilitator for both the Nashua and Manchester, NH Chapters and Treasurer for the Manadnock Chapter in Peterborough, NH.
In 2023, Compassionate Friends afforded Liz the opportunity become a Grief Educator, certified by world-renowned Grief Expert, David Kessler. Liz went on to study with Emmy-nominated, Public Speaking Coach Rachel Hanfling in her signature program, “Own the Power of Your Story”.
Next up for Liz – turning our grief-denying society into a grief-accepting society by creating a program for high school and college students.
To collaborate with Liz, book her for speaking engagements or to become a client in her private Grief Educator practice, contact her at [email protected]. Follow
@LizKetchumWolczko on Facebook and Instagram.
National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization: www.NHPCO.org
Link to Compassionate Friends: The Compassionate Friends Non-Profit Organization for Grief
David Kessler: www.grief.com
Rachel Hanfling (Coach for Public Speaking etc.): https://www.rachelhanfling.com/
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Heroes in Grief: www.heroesingrief.com
Contact Tom: [email protected]
Help support Heroes in Grief by using our affiliate links to wherever you do your online shopping or ordering. Message Tom at [email protected] to inquire or get a link. No extra charges or any cost to you!
Visit the Heroes in Grief shop for products discussed on the podcast & Tom's suggestions: https://linktr.ee/heroesingrief/shop
You can also directly support us here: https://buymeacoffee.com/heroesingrief
Thank you!!!
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44min
September 16, 2024 E19 - Your host Tom Bender shares his story
Your host Tom Bender shares his story of the loss of his son Jeff & what has happened since. Very sorry to Michael G. Reccia, I pronounced his name wrong. The last name is pronounced "Ray-Cha"
Links related to the episode:
David Kessler's site: www.grief.com
Helping Parents Heal: www.helpingparentsheal.org
Helping Fathers Heal Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/HelpingFathersHeal
Michael G. Reccia's YouTube Channel for learning how to meditate: https://www.youtube.com/@step-by-stepcourseinhigher2727
Link to support Heroes in Grief: https://buymeacoffee.com/heroesingrief
Tom's email: [email protected]
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Heroes in Grief: www.heroesingrief.com
Help support Heroes in Grief by using our affiliate links to wherever you do your online shopping or ordering. Message Tom at [email protected] to inquire or get a link. No extra charges or any cost to you!
Visit the Heroes in Grief shop for products discussed on the podcast & Tom's suggestions: https://linktr.ee/heroesingrief/shop
You can also directly support us here: https://buymeacoffee.com/heroesingrief
Thank you!!!
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1h 6min
September 08, 2024 E18 - Grief Recovery Specialist/Grief Coach Gina Waterman
Gina Waterman is a certified Grief Recovery Specialist and Grief Coach who walks people through the Grief Recovery Method®, an evidence-based program that eases your emotional pain and shows you healthier ways to cope with life transitions. Her insights into grief and loss run deep. She has overcome emotional and physical pain that overlapped with her full-time family caregiving responsibilities (for her son with autism and brain trauma). After her divorce 6 years ago, she found GRM and it was so transformative that she decided to get certified and take it to the community. She specializes in caring for caregivers, knowing how much unresolved grief affects the entire family.
For over 15 years, Gina has been an active advocate in the DFW disability community, always looking for ways to connect the silos of support groups (autism, Down Syndrome, IDD). She is sought after for her expertise in navigating divorce and special needs, helping children grieve, and co-parenting ‘with a side of autism.’
She has a B.S. in Technical Communication from the Rochester Institute of Technology. Gina worked in the oil and gas business both in Tech Comm and software training for over 15 years. Originally from New Jersey, she has lived in Dallas since 2002.
Episode links:
Grief Recovery Method: https://www.griefrecoverymethod.com/grms/gina-perales-waterman
Grief Recovery Method programs: https://www.griefrecoverymethod.com/our-programs
Loss of Life Advocates: Grief Help in Texas | LOLA
Feeling Free Again podcast by Cole James, President of Grief Recovery Institute: https://www.youtube.com/@Griefrecoverymethod
Gina's email: [email protected]
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Heroes in Grief: www.heroesingrief.com
Help support Heroes in Grief by using our affiliate links to wherever you do your online shopping or ordering. Message Tom at [email protected] to inquire or get a link. No extra charges or any cost to you!
Visit the Heroes in Grief shop for products discussed on the podcast & Tom's suggestions: https://linktr.ee/heroesingrief/shop
You can also directly support us here: https://buymeacoffee.com/heroesingrief
Thank you!!!
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44min
August 18, 2024 E17 - Award Winning Jazz Vocalist DeeAnn DiMeo
Tom & DeeAnn are both local award winning vocalists. Although not acquainted personally they were connected on social media. When Tom lost his son Jeff, DeAnn messaged him because she has also experienced the horror of losing her son William.
Join with us as Tom & DeeAnn share their common plight in music & their losses.
From DeeAnn's website:
Hailing from a small steel town outside of Buffalo, DeeAnn was raised in a musical family, learning standards that would eventually become part of her repertoire. In addition to the smooth vocal stylings of her father Frank, she was inspired early on by Buffalo Blue Note legend, DoDo Green and attended multiple jazz jams. During her early days as a pop/rock singer, she won Best Female Vocalist at the Buffalo Music Awards two years in a row. Her later success as a country artist earned her placements on numerous radio CD compilations, resulting in airplay throughout the U.S and Europe. When she returned to music as a jazz-blues singer in the mid-2010’s, she won Best Female Blues Vocalist at the Buffalo Night Life Music Awards and her 2019 EP Stay Here won Best Jazz CD from JazzBuffalo.org.
The singer soon had a painful story to tell. The tragedy of losing her 23-year-old son William Michael Tompkins to a motorcycle accident, after she and Odel had completed most of the tracks of “It’s My Time’ threw DeeAnn’s life into a tailspin and delayed the project indefinitely. Her original concept was to record an album of old standards, and the two had 90 percent of them.
When DeeAnn came back to the project she added a few new, very personal songs, starting with a heartrending, gospel-influenced version of “You Are My Sunshine”, a song she sang to William to put him to sleep when he was a child. Odel’s sensitive yet rousing and inspirational production features members of the Buffalo Philharmonic String Quartet (Roman Mekhulnov).
DeeAnn's website: https://deeannmusic.com/
Link to support her son William's Scholarship Fund (click dropdown on "Designation" and select "William Michael Tompkins '16 Scholarship Fund"): https://www.canisiushigh.org/support/gift
DeeAnn's "It's My Time" album: https://music.apple.com/us/album/its-my-time/1692844770
DeeAnn on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3TQejr5SYcgEAec0DJDaEb?si=gXj1hudfQXO_G-gSg0Mtcw
YouTube link to William's Song: https://youtu.be/K7ONV7IUmIU?feature=shared
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Heroes in Grief: www.heroesingrief.com
Help support Heroes in Grief by using our affiliate links to wherever you do your online shopping or ordering. Message Tom at [email protected] to inquire or get a link. No extra charges or any cost to you!
Visit the Heroes in Grief shop for products discussed on the podcast & Tom's suggestions: https://linktr.ee/heroesingrief/shop
You can also directly support us here: https://buymeacoffee.com/heroesingrief
Thank you!!!
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50min

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