Click on the location nearest you to find a Helping Parents Heal group in your area, or join the online group. HPH goes a step beyond other grief support groups by allowing the open discussion of spiritual experiences and afterlife evidence in a non-dogmatic way. HPH welcomes everyone regardless of religious or non-religious background and encourages open dialog.
Please also check out our wonderful online Special Interest Groups, including Helping Fathers Heal.
Please contact us at Hphaldirector@gmail.com if you are interested in starting an affiliate group of Helping Parents Heal.
New groups are starting for siblings, too! Click here to learn more about Helping Siblings Heal.
Please watch a series of interviews with our Affiliate Leaders and Caring Listeners by Dr. Mark Pitstick and Lynn Hollahan by clicking here.
Helping Parents Heal has been an amazing and powerful tool for me during this difficult journey we call grief. My husband and I raised our boys in Cave Creek, AZ. My oldest son TJ is 24 and my youngest son Tyler is forever 19. Tyler gained his angel wings on May 14, 2015 when he was hit by a car on his motorcycle. Tyler is always with me, as are all your children; he has proven it many times. I am honored to be able to share my wonderful experiences with parents and siblings. I look forward to helping each other heal.
Carol's meetings are held from 6-8 pm at her home each month. Please contact Carol for more information: 602-499-5840.
Facebook Group:www.facebook.com/groups/Helpingparentshealcavecreek/
Janean’s Bio
Five months after his transition, my son led me to Helping Parents Heal which not only completely changed the trajectory of my journey but also initiated a quest for the Greater Reality that will keep me learning and growing for the rest of my days. Without his departure, there would have been no need to search as I was a very happily married, mother of four healthy children living a comfortable life in Flagstaff AZ. Sean Patrick Quigley was the first born, rule follower, respectful, intelligent, sweet soul young man that loved and lived life passionately. In retrospect, I can now recognize signs from early on that he was not going to need to have a long earthly life. He was wise beyond his years and the kindest person that I have known. His departure by suicide was cataclysmic. Putting on my own oxygen mask first became a necessity. As I recognized the many signs that he sent, and had validations of those signs through talented mediums, the heaviness lifted. Sean sends me heart shaped rocks, song downloads, tickles my head and lives in my heart 24/7. With a newfound understanding that there is no death, I have become a hospice nurse. It has become my honor with Sean’s help, to walk souls home gently and peacefully. He helps me co-manage my local HPH chapter in Flagstaff AZ, as well as HPH Moving Forward after Suicide, the online group.
Megan’s Bio
In 2017 the unthinkable happened when I lost my son Lane at age 23. I was navigating through the world of grief and loss with the belief that he was not gone but had transitioned to a new place. This gave me hope but it was a lonely road to travel alone. In 2019 I had a chance meeting with a Shining Light Parent who had also lost her son, she shared the information for HPH. I was astonished and relieved that I had found a place with others with whom I could validate my feelings about my son and the Afterlife. This group, the resources, and the people have allowed me to grow through my heartache and stay connected to my son. The path of a bereaved parent is a rough ride. We don't have to travel alone.
Meetings will be held at 3033 N Boldt Street on the first Sunday of the month from 2-4 pm.
Please join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/flagstaffhelpingparentsheal/
Elizabeth is the President and Co-Founder of Helping Parents Heal. Two of Elizabeth’s children have transitioned; her daughter Chelsea two days after she was born on January 21, 1991, and her son Morgan at the Base Camp of Mount Everest due to severe altitude sickness on a student trip to Tibet on October 20, 2009. Elizabeth felt Morgan hug her as he passed and knew that love lives forever. Immediately following Morgan’s passing, Elizabeth created the Facebook site and began holding monthly meetings in Arizona. In March, 2012, she joined forces with Mark Ireland to found 'Helping Parents Heal'. She also publishes the monthly newsletter and is the Phoenix/Scottsdale Affiliate Leader. Elizabeth is a certified yoga instructor and teaches yoga for healing grief.
Elizabeth holds a free, Healing Yin Yoga class on Thursday mornings from 8-9 am AZ time. The Zoom link is: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87481090777?pwd=NFYwdHA0MGJiTWwwOGczQWNLdTJidz09
Our Main Group meetings are normally the third Sunday of the month from 1-3 pm at Unity of Phoenix, 1500 E Greenway Parkway in Phoenix. Contact me for more details, elizabeth@helpingparentsheal.org.
Sophia Mecum:
Meetings will be held in person on every second Wednesday of the month.
Group Facebook address: www.facebook.com/groups/hphazhealinghearts/
Hello, my name is Kris Killian. Both my adult sons passed in 2022. They were my loves, my world, my everything. I didn’t want to continue on this earth, but somehow I found Helping Parents Heal; instead of profound grief, I now have hope and even moments of joy in my life. My boys still exist! My spiritual journey is on a new vector that is mind-blowingly cool. Of course, I still have dark moments, but they are not as frequent and don’t last as long. I am not clear why this tragedy happened to us, but I would like to use whatever time I have left to help others. I can start by facilitating in-person monthly gatherings for parents in the Tucson area. I live in the NW part of town, but depending on the membership, we can adjust our meeting places accordingly.
Please join our FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/hphtucson
Hi! My name is Cynthia and I consider myself to be the lucky mother of a beloved daughter on this Earth and my beloved son, Ian, on the other side. I had been a home educating mother and total agnostic before losing physical Ian to suicide at 19 years old. Like many of us, I suffered the agony of not knowing where my son was when he left this Earth. In my search to find him, I found Helping Parents Heal. Here I could see that there is no timeline for moving through grief towards the connection with our children, that we can connect with them in many ways, and that it is okay to get through the grief WITH them, not all on your own. Helping Parents Heal was an integral part of my path to connection with my son and I am excited to help share this with other parents.
Please join our Facebook Group: www.facebook.com/groups/hphgilbertaz/
Dolores Cruz:
My name is Dolores and I am the mother of 4 children – Nick, Jessica, Vanessa and Eric. Our youngest child, Eric, transitioned at the age of 24 in May of 2017 as the result of an automobile accident. As you all know from experience, we were devastated and lost. We had no idea how to go on with our lives. By a “coincidence” I was contacted by a cousin of a cousin who I didn’t even know, who told me about Helping Parents Heal. This amazing organization changed my life. I found my way out of the dark hole I was in, and found hope and healing. I remain connected to Eric through the many signs he sends, which I learned to recognize through the many members of HPH who share their connections as well. I can’t imagine where I’d be without this wonderful healing group.
Lin Dobie:
My beautiful and oldest son, Ryan, crossed over February 25, 2019 unexpectedly and tragically at the age of 26. He had a huge heart and was loved by so many. This loss shook me to the core and awoke such a deep spirituality in me that I didn’t know existed. Previously, I studied (more like dabbled in) reiki, meditation, yoga and energy work. Now I long to know with every cell of my being that my son carries on in spirit and promised him and myself that I would learn how to thrive and find joy again in my life despite my biggest and most devastating loss. This is what led me to HPH. This is my tribe. lindadobie20@aol.com
The closest HPH group to me was in Ventura, a couple of hours away. I have found that the individuals that support HPH are uplifting, hopeful and helpful individuals that have given me hope that I will once again thrive in my life. I am embarking in the start-up of an HPH group in my area in order to help myself and others become shining light parents by collectively supporting each other and participating in various healing methodologies.
Ana Esquivel:
I’m a mother of two beautiful boys, one here on earth and one across the veil. Until autumn of 2019, I was moving through life, enjoying the balance between family, career and my passion of exploring and backpacking whenever possible. Then my reality shifted.
September 16, 2019, my oldest son, Josh, passed in a tragic car accident a mile from our home. Within a couple days, still in my haze of shock, I began to “hear” and sense him as if he had never left. Understanding and awareness found its way through my grief and filled my heart as I realized that he WAS still here. As the subsequent weeks and months progressed, through the experience of several spiritually transformative moments, I came to understand that we are so much more than I had believed, and it was incredibly humbling. Our children have not left, they have only run ahead to explore the next stage of their own evolution. Through our grief, we are challenged to also evolve our relationship with our children as we complete our experience here on earth. I believe our children still learn from our actions and choices and we are tasked with becoming more than we were in their honor. As my son shared from across the veil…. “A tragedy, without growth, is just a tragedy”. I’ve joined HPH, so like so many of you, I may find growth through this pain....To become more than I was, in my Josh’s honor.
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Amy Sanders
The day that changed my life forever, was March 21, 2020, when my beautiful son Brandon, 28, crossed over to the other side after accidentally and fatally ingesting fentanyl. The signs from him from across the veil were immediate and strong, I felt strangely blessed at the most terrible time of my life. With the intense pain, denial, and guilt that overtakes every parent in this situation, I found myself searching for the answers to the sometimes unanswerable questions that face us all, no matter the circumstances. From that day, I’ve been on a growth journey immersed in all things spiritual, which has included many resources I’ve found through HPH. And from day one my son has been with me and my family, and his close friends, showing up in so many undeniable and remarkable ways that I feel compelled to help others to find their way as well. We all move through this at our own pace, in our own way, and it can be work that requires dedication, but the reward is a beautiful connection with our kids!
Please join our Facebook Group by clicking here: www.facebook.com/groups/HPHSanDiego/
Babette Gould Gettler:
My name is Babette Gould Gettler and I live in Marin County, California. I have two beautiful sons, Daniel and Joseph, two years apart. In 2016 Daniel went “back to God”, as he used to call it. He had just turned 25. Daniel started communicating with me immediately, sending many heartwarming signs, among them, tiny tree frogs that continue to appear in the most surprising and delightful locations! I have recorded all of Daniel’s amazing signs, and his beautiful messages he gives me, in journals, which have become my greatest treasures. I am so grateful. What a blessing it has been to find Helping Parents Heal, and this extraordinary group of people who share these miracles of connecting with our children. We grieve and learn together. We take care of each other. We learn that we can hold both grief and joy at the same time. There are many wonderful resources provided by HPH, and we all share the knowledge we acquire along the way and lift each other up. We celebrate our children, as we come to know that they are not gone at all, but they are right beside us, closer than ever.
Kate Ruehle:
Lisa Hudson:
Hi! On Jan 25, 2020, my sparkly 16-year-old son, Shayne Rebbetoy, had a mushroom-related fall in our home and transitioned to the light. As my only born child, navigating this spiritual connection has been both challenging and rewarding. Shayne sends powerful signs and messages, illuminating my path forward. Helping Parents Heal has been my vital support, offering tools and perspective for living, loving, and growing through grief. Inspired by this, I eagerly anticipate assisting others on their journey. Grateful for the transformative journey with Shayne and the invaluable support from Helping Parents Heal, I'm committed to helping others through their grief.
Galen Call
Our oldest son Weston passed from a sudden and most unexpected seizure on August 12, 2018. He was otherwise a very healthy, happy, gregarious, 32-year-old, successfully running his own business in Big Sur, California. He had big plans for the future! Despair, a massively broken heart and the overwhelm of grief led me to seek hope and new solutions to living. Through reading endlessly, I discovered that suffering is optional grief is not and because I continued to open doors, I found Helping Parents Heal. COVID-19 closed the window to life as we knew it, yet again. However, thanks to the supportive environment of HPH and countless zoom presentations enjoyed in the comfort of my home, my spiritual grounding began to evolve, one day at a time, slowly adjusting, ever evolving bringing peace, belief and trust in extraordinary ways. I am so grateful. I know Weston is with us, right here right now! In honor of his legacy, a fund was created to support non-profits in the town he cherished. More can be read at www.LoveBigSur.com
Michelle Hamilton
My name is Michelle Hamilton. I am a mother to a beautiful 19-year-old young man who lost his life to a fentanyl poisoning. Tyler is my only child. Upon losing Tyler, I felt that I lost myself along with him. I remember the morning of his passing and looking at the sky and thinking how vast it was. I thought, “Where are you?”. I needed to know where he was and that he was okay. I immediately immersed myself into grief groups, fentanyl awareness groups, afterlife articles, etc. Finally, I stumbled upon Helping Parents Heal. I am so grateful that I did. I now know that this was no coincidence nor was it a mistake. I feel that my son led me here. I feel my son near me every single day. This has saved my sanity and restored my hope.
Please join our FB group:www.facebook.com/groups/hphmontereypeninsula/
Hello, I’m Hope Duffy and I have been married to my loving husband Jeff for the last 32 years. I have been blessed with 4 beautiful children and 7 grandchildren. Our youngest daughter Gabby transitioned by suicide in January 2023 at the age of 27. Three months earlier at our second daughter’s wedding, a guest had commented on how loving and inspiring our family was and my first thought was, “please don’t jinx us”. I thought it strange that it would be my first thought after such a compliment. But in my soul, I can now say that I knew we were headed towards a devastating loss. In Gabby’s goodbye letter, the last line she wrote to me was, “I’ll forever shine in every way within you.” So when I found HPH and read that they call us Shining Light Parents, I knew I was meant to be here. Gabby later confirmed in a medium reading that she led me to HPH.
I have fully committed myself to the healing process through inspired writing, reading, attending support groups, praying, meditation and more. I have come to understand that Gabby remains with me in everything I do and there is so much healing in that. Do I still have bad days? Absolutely! But with the love and support of so many I’m able to get through those bad days and I hope to make Gabby proud by also sharing the same love and support to my community.
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Louis Weingart
My wife, Maria, and I are the parents of 4 children. On December 28, 2010, our youngest son, Joe, graduated Earth School. At first, the pain and grief we were experiencing seemed so overwhelming. As we searched for answers we looked to afterlife for hope and healing. As my understanding of where our son is changed from being buried in the cemetery, to a soul full of life. Our burden started to lift. Still much grief work to do, but now there is hope to share with other parents.
Bob Perry
On February 18th, 2014 our journey through this life took a turn we did not see coming, my wife Erin and my worst nightmare for a parent came true, our son Robert transitioned in a car accident at 7:30 in the morning. We also have a daughter, Taylor, who currently resides in New Mexico and I have a daughter from my first marriage and 3 grandkids who reside in Florida.
We have always thought that there is “more” than us here, now we know. Since that day we have experienced many signs. I was always the type that needed to touch it feel it before I would fully believe in something to be true. Well, with some of the physical signs we have experienced on our own and with the help of others who believe and can deliver messages from Spirit, we have found so much comfort in our grief journey. We want to help others find their comfort on their journey, After attending the 1st HPH conference we were so uplifted and shown a path that all on this journey should be shown. With Peace, Love and healing to us all and our children.
FB Group: www.facebook.com/groups/hphnorwich/
Elise Hingson
After my only child, Ava, transitioned to the spirit world due to a fatal horseback riding accident, I began to sense and feel her loving presence—not only through mediums but also through my own deeply personal experiences. I’ve come to understand that we all have the ability to raise our awareness and connect with the spiritual realm, where our children now reside.
One of the most comforting realizations I’ve had is to never doubt the signs and feelings that come from my beloved Ava. Trusting in those moments has been a source of healing for me, and I know it can be for you as well.
I truly look forward to meeting you. I have faith that our Shining Light children, will be eager to bring us all together. When we gather, whether through Zoom or in person, we will share in the beautiful and joyous energy that arises when our hearts connect.
Our time together during the group’s meeting will provide a supportive space for open discussions about spiritual experiences and afterlife evidence. Everyone is welcome to join, regardless of religious or non-religious background. I’m confident that through our shared experiences, we will find hope, healing, and understanding.
Pamela Hamad:
Greetings Shining Light Parents! Our Helping Parents Heal community is a sacred, comforting, and expansive space to connect with each other and with our precious children who have gone home before us. My name is Pamela Hamad and I live in West Hartford, Connecticut. My husband Michael and I were blessed to raise our son Samuel and our daughter Jacqueline. Jackie was diagnosed with a glioblastoma at the age of 17 right before her senior year of high school. She transitioned eight months later, just two weeks before her 18th birthday. As you all know, my soul was shattered. However, I was also experiencing a spiritual transformation beyond my comprehension and began to learn everything I could about the afterlife. It was powerful to discover Helping Parents Heal early on, along with a supportive group that is walking a similar road. When we meet, we are instantly family and can share our experiences with one another in deeply meaningful ways. I look forward to building a local HPH community with you while growing our connection with our beautiful children. Jackie and all of our children are guiding us while bringing love, joy, and light to our gatherings.
Our monthly meetings take place the first Saturday of every month at 10:00 am at the Unitarian Society of Hartford, 50 Bloomfield Avenue, Hartford, CT 06105. Feel free to email me at hphhartford@gmail.com
Please join our Facebook Group: www.facebook.com/groups/HPHHartford/
Amy Diehl’s Bio:
Greetings everyone, It is pleasure to be so welcomed into this wonderful organization. It felt like this was the natural progression of the remarkable journey I have been on ever since Chris passed. Chris’s death was the hardest, most soul searing experience I have ever gone through and continue to go through. However, it is also the most loving, heart opening, soul expanding experience I have ever had as well. I am so appreciative of Marla asking me to join her in this vital community offering and hope to help her build this program so it reaches anyone in need. The death of a child can be so crippling and if we can help grieving parents feel some sense of hope and relief, I’m in!
Marla Grant’s Bio:
I could never have imagined the trajectory of my life as, over a period of 38 years, I experienced the devastating loss of three of my five children, all at different ages, from very different causes. But during those years, I knew I was always supported and inspired by my spiritual support team outside of the world of form, as well as by my children who had passed. I always felt compelled to discover “what is this life experience for?” In 2016, a chance meeting with Dr. Mark Pitstick helped me discover the answer to that question when he asked me to establish the Tampa Affiliate of Helping Parents Heal. Since then, I have been passionate about helping parents reclaim a life of joy and fulfillment, even as they carry the ever-present awareness of their child’s physical absence.
Cathy Zimmerman’s Bio:
My husband and I raised two wonderful, smart, and caring boys. Unfortunately, our younger son, Ross, became addicted to drugs in his teen years. For nine years we did everything we knew possible to help him including sending him to numerous rehabs. During those years Ross advised me to seek help for myself in a support group for family members of people with addictions. Thankfully I took his advice. Twenty months after I joined that support group, Ross grew weary of fighting the battle against drug addiction and chose to leave by suicide. I feel at peace knowing he finally has the peace he couldn’t find here. Helping Parents Heal has taught me that I can still have an on-going relationship with Ross and that our love continues on and grows stronger every day.
Tampa Affiliate meetings are typically held the last Wednesday of each month.
Please feel free to reach out with questions to the Tampa Co-Leaders Marla Grant, Cathy Zimmerman or Amy Diehl at HPHTampa@earthlink.net.
Please visit our Helping Parents Heal Tampa Facebook:www.facebook.com/groups/helpingparentshealtampabay/
I'm a mother of four beautiful children, one of whom passed in March 2018 as a result of an accidental overdose at the age of 30. At that moment, my world was forever changed and the pain was unimaginable. I remember, in those early days, all I wanted to do was talk to someone else who had lost a child. I knew that the best way for me to help myself was to reach out to others. From there came the awareness that, although I could no longer help Josh, I could help others in similar circumstances to him and proceeded to do just that by speaking each month at a rehab to those in recovery.
I consider myself to be on a deliberate grief journey, one which honors my son’s life. I feel his presence often and his sense of humor makes me smile as it did when he was physically here. I’m so grateful to have the connection I do. This journey is one no one has to travel alone and I’ve been a member of this Helping Parents Heal chapter almost from its inception. I’m delighted to have the opportunity to become affiliate leader and am looking forward to being a part of this group as it continues to grow and thrive.
Catherine Prescott:
I am a poet, yoga philosophy teacher, and, most recently, a shining light parent. I’m a mom to Connor, Austen, and Celia. My middle child, Austen (f18), left the body on 8/3/23 at 11:23AM after facing a rare pediatric brain cancer, DIPG/DMG. Austen began sending signs and communicating with us as he was leaving the body. It was a heart-breaking, heart-opening, mystical, and very sacred experience. Shortly after, I connected with a medium, and then a few more, who brought through Austen brilliantly. These readings gave so much peace and healing to me and my family. I have moved from studying and teaching the continuation of consciousness (yoga philosophy) to experiencing it firsthand (mediumship). In other words, I’ve made the leap from hoping and believing to knowing. I look forward to holding space for parents with children in spirit and walking alongside them during their journeys.
Please join our Facebook Group: www.facebook.com/groups/hphmiami/
Beverly Birtley
Laura McKeithen
I had the pleasure of mothering three wonderful children, including two daughters in Spirit. My older daughter, Edie passed away at age 9 due to a rare degenerative disorder. After Edie’s diagnosis in 1999, I developed an interest in life after death and reincarnation. That served me well when her younger sister, the ever-vivacious Liza, transitioned suddenly before her 2023 college graduation, just six weeks after diagnosis of a glioblastoma. A few days after Liza’s crossing, I was attempting to nap when a voice kept repeating three simple sentences. It didn’t stop until I repeated them back… “Life is just a blip. Go enjoy yourself. We’ll be waiting for you.” Nowadays, I’m full-throttle into trying to connect with my girls and sharing their love of life and what I’ve learned from them with others.
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Tammy Wardemann:
I am the mother of two sons, Christopher and Sean. Chris transitioned to the other side 8/12/2014, forever 32. I lost my only brother in 1976 which sent me on a Spiritual quest to understand what happens when our physical life ends. I was only 16 years old and inconsolable until I read Dr. Raymond Moody’s book, Life After Life. His book changed the trajectory of my life from religious to spiritual. Even though I never received any signs from my brother, I had total faith in the afterlife. When I lost my son 40 years later, my life was changed forever. Once again I found myself on a Spiritual journey to find my son and how to connect with him. One of the greatest lessons I’ve learned about deep grief that comes with losing a child is it breaks you wide open. I received my first sign from Chris less than a week after he transitioned which was tremendously comforting. I still receive signs and continue to learn everything I can about the afterlife.
After moving to Atlanta, I knew I wanted to start a group for parents that would acknowledge our children are still alive in Spirit. When I found Helping Parents Heal, I knew it was a perfect fit! I’m excited to be a part of this very special group and looking forward to walking this journey with other parents.
Kay Hendricks:
My name is Kay Hendricks and I am the mother of three children. My oldest son Jack passed away in February of 2017 from fentanyl at the age of 25. Even now, years later, sometimes when I wake up in the morning and the memory seeps in, I still can’t believe it. Ineffable – the new word I learned that year.
I have always believed in the afterlife and soon realized that reading, watching, and listening to the stories of others was the only way I was going to survive. The belief that someday I would see my son again allowed some resemblance of life to continue. Armed with this thought and looking for help, I contacted a few help groups only to be told that “we don’t talk about that kind of stuff”. What a blessing to find the HPH Organization and Tammy Wardemann who showed me that not only do we talk about it – we embrace and celebrate it. It is here that true healing can begin.
Please join our Facebook Group:www.facebook.com/groups/hphatlanta/
Jean Felts:
My name is Jean Felts, I have four children, three walk this earth and one lives in spirit. Joseph, my precious second child, lost his battle with heroin on May 2, 2017. I learned about HPH when his friends mom reached out to me to tell me that a medium said he was with her daughter who left just a few weeks after Joseph. I was intrigued, amazed and skeptical all at the same time. I’ve since had many confirmations and learned that Joseph sends me signs all the time, I just had to be open to receiving them. My first and most amazing sign was just weeks after his leaving when I was at the darkest point in my life. I truly believe that’s what has given me the strength to walk this journey.
I believe we all get signs and I look forward to continued learning, growing and healing with other families in the south Atlanta area.
Pat Rudd:
My husband Mark and I are parents to three children. Jenna, Tyler and Brian. Tyler transitioned on 10/16/2013, at the age of 20, from Methadone intoxication. After Tyler transitioned, I dealt with my grief by reading every article, every book, every posting I could get my hands on about Death, Near Death Experiences and the Afterlife. I wanted a glimpse of where my son was. I wanted to feel close to him, I wanted to find some confirmation that he was ok. I had my first reading with a medium 8 months after Tyler’s transition. I left that session feeling like I had spent an afternoon talking to Tyler. Every question I had that was spinning around in my head was answered. I felt a lightness that I had not felt since the day Tyler transitioned. This was a turning point in my grief. Finding Helping Parents Heal and meeting others that believe in the afterlife is just the place I need to be right now. I want to continue my quest for knowledge of the afterlife and where else to do this better than with other parents who are going through the same grief and searching for more understanding of where our children are.
This group meets the second Thursday of the month at 6:30 pm.
Please join our FB group: www.facebook.com/groups/HelpingParentsHealSouthAtlanta/
About Heather:
Hello, I am a mom of 4 and grandmother of 1. My son Luke transitioned via suicide on 10/27/2022. The signs from Luke were immediate and I found solace and healing in the exploration of the afterlife. I feel that Luke is guiding me on a personal journey to understand and connect with the spiritual realm. I was fortunate to find HPH early in my journey. They have been such a wonderful resource for me. I have a genuine desire to support others who have experienced loss and are seeking comfort, and my goal is to create a safe and nurturing space to discuss and explore the possibilities of the afterlife. I invite you to join me in this journey of healing, connection, and understanding.
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My name is Candi Henley. I have two boys. My youngest son James transitioned to spirit on April 3, 2021, at 22 via suicide. I have always known that there was an afterlife but, I had no reason to explore this belief until James transitioned. James started sending me unbelievable signs almost immediately after he transitioned. I really thought I was going crazy. I mentioned these signs that James was sending me to an online Suicide Support group and another mother pointed me in the direction of the Helping Parents Heal group. I have learned so much from this group and I feel that this group has helped me heal. I am a Registered Nurse and I have always loved helping others. I can't wait to help other parents move forward in this journey. The Facebook site is: https://www.facebook.com/groups/northernlouisiana
Meetings are on the last Thursday of the month at 6PM Central time at Willis-Knighton Pierremont, 8001 Youree Dr, Shreveport, LA 71115 in the 6th floor classroom.
Hi, my name is Christiane Robbins, I am the mother of two beautiful children, Gabrielle and David. My son, David was diagnosed with osteosarcoma in April 2014 and fought this horrific disease for almost four years. After exhausting countless clinical trials and numerous alternative healing methods, David transitioned on November 30th, 2017 at the age of 18. I am comforted with the knowledge that David is now with his father who transitioned 12 years earlier and have received countless signs that both are still with us. My dear friend Sandi H. told me about HPH and even before attending the first annual HPH conference, several of the “souls sistah’s” reached out to me providing me with much needed support. I would like to offer a space for healing as we share signs from our children, learn and teach one another how to become shining light star parents.
Our monthly meetings will be on the third Wednesday of the month from 7 - 9 pm (EST) at Christ Episcopal Church Kensington, 4001 Franklin St, Kensington, MD 20895. I also maintain a Zoom option.
My name is Renee and I have been a single parent to Zachary since 2000. Zachary is my only child and it has always been just the two of us. He transitioned on 8/7/17 at 24 years old from a seizure in his sleep. It has not been an easy road, but, I have been very fortunate to get numerous signs from my Son on a daily basis. It has really helped me in my healing process. The bond of love is never broken and Zachary shows me that every day. I have been to several evidential mediums and that has given me proof that he is still here. Now, I am on a new journey, a Spiritual one, in which I will be working together with my Son and helping other parents. I hope to help other parents by showing them how to look for signs and how to communicate with their kids. I hope to reach out to other bereaved parents as I know how important it was for me having someone who understood what I was going through.
We will be meeting at the Danvers YMCA from 6:30 to 8:00. We will meet every last Monday of the month.
My name is Louise and I am the lucky mother of three beautiful girls. I live in Coldwater (which is very close to where Michigan, Indiana and Ohio all merge together) and have worked as an RN at the same local hospital for over 32 years.
Growing up in a close-knit community, I was deeply touched by the coping skills that the parents of several classmates we lost before graduation demonstrated by their examples of faith and love. Those experiences gave me the opportunity to show compassion in my career as a nurse, but more importantly, they prepared me for November 19, 2011; the day that my 19 year “old soul” middle daughter Jillian suddenly went Home in a car accident.
In April 2018, I attended my first HPH worldwide conference (a life-changing experience) and hope to help others become Shining Light Parents. I wrote a book about the journey (7 years in the making and due out in February) and the incredible signs that Jilly sends to assure us that without any doubt, the end is NOT the END. I will be holding online meetings a few times a year to start and am also willing to host a potluck Candle Lighting Ceremony once a year so that we can meet in person. I am looking forward to walking with you on this difficult journey towards Home, where our beloved children wait for us.
The meetings will be the fourth Monday of the month, 7:30 pm, at Occasions Hall, 430 W. Chicago St. Coldwater MI 49036. It is located next to Dutcher Funeral Home.
Please join our FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/HPHColdwater
My husband David and I have two wonderful children together: our son Ryan and his younger sister Kathryn. Kathryn transitioned to the afterlife on April 20, 2019 at the age of 29. She had a sudden cardiac arrest due to prolonged QT Syndrome. In the moment of her transition I knew without a doubt that there was an afterlife and was determined to find and connect with Kathryn there. Within a few hours of her passing, she came to me to say goodbye and let me know she was okay and not alone. I was completely shattered by what happened to Kathryn and within a few months I had found my way to Helping Parents Heal. HPH has been such an integral part of not only my healing but my spiritual journey as well. I look forward to meeting parents in the southeast Michigan area to celebrate our beloved children and help each other with this most difficult healing journey we are on.
Facebook Group: www.facebook.com/groups/helpingparentshealannarbor/
My name is Diane Lees, and I am the mother of two beautiful children, Jenifer and Larry, who now reside in spirit. Jenifer was born prematurely in September 1974 and transitioned shortly afterwards. In March 1979 we were blessed with our son, Larry, who brought us so much laughter, love and joy. He transitioned on March 6, 2022, from renal failure due to complications from the disease of alcohol abuse.
My husband and I were attending another grief group when a mother from that group told me to check out the Helping Parents Heal website. I did and HPH became my lifeline. My husband had been getting dream visits, and we both were getting signs but prior to HPH we didn’t understand the connection. After our first evidential medium reading with a HPH provider, we were firmly convinced and comforted that our children were still with us.
I want to “pay it forward” in the hopes of giving other parents the same hope, healing and comfort we’ve received. I am excited to lead the HPH affiliate serving the Oakland and Macomb County areas.
Please visit our FB group: www.facebook.com/groups/hphmadisonheights/
Heidi Mairs
Hi my name is Heide and I’m the single mother of my handsome, adventurous sweet son Chip. Chip transitioned in 2018 one week after his 20th birthday after ingesting a pill laced with fentanyl. Chip had struggled with addiction for several years and had been clean and sober for a year prior to this relapse. The night prior to his leaving this earthly plane he came home and was crying and I had the opportunity to hug him and hold him and tell him I loved him. He knew something I didn’t. The day after his transitioning, a red cardinal showed up on my back doorstep! That was my first sign that he was still right here! I found HPH at the time of the pandemic and was spiritually fed by the near daily zoom opportunities. My life has changed since finding HPH and becoming involved in this community of other like-minded parents. I hope I can help others in finding the spiritual growth, hope, and “knowing” that I have gained so far on my journey.
Sherry Maxwell
I am Sherry, and I am the blessed mother of two born children, Sam f27, and Sydney, 25 years old. My beautiful, sweet Sam transitioned on May 12, 2022, as the result of fentanyl poisoning. He was handsome, smart, kind, funny, friendly, compassionate, athletic, warm.
I had my children later in life, and they are the world to me! Once born, I couldn’t imagine my life without either of them. And now, I was forced to do just that. As we all know, it is hard to imagine anything more painful than the loss of your child.
HPH has introduced me to a whole new world of wonder and belief in the “other side”. I have had amazing visits from Sam, with the mediums I have found, and some powerful incidents and messages directly from Sam, that assure me that he is ever present in my life today.
Zelda Redfield
Hi, I’m Zelda, mom of two children, one still here on Earth and one in Heaven. I have always known there was an “after” in death, but I had never pursued learning about it until the unthinkable happened. In 2019 I found myself trying to survive in a world without my daughter Jennalee’s physical presence. Early on I recognized signs from her, but I knew there had to be more. After a year of searching and trying different grief groups, mediums and classes I found Helping Parents Heal. I knew instantly that I had found my community. I was connected with other parents who had experienced the same type of loss and was offered new opportunities and resources to grow and learn about connecting with Jennalee again. As I continue my relationship with Jennalee I can now do it with a sense of hope, purpose, and joy.
Heide, Sherry & Zelda will be replacing Lynn Argetsinger and Alicia Moag-Stahlberg, who have been excellent Affiiiate Leaders and who have recently stepped down.
Please join our FB group: www.facebook.com/groups/HPHMinneapolisSt.Paul/
Born in New Orleans, I grew up on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Earning undergraduate and master’s degrees, I found my dream job providing educational and vocational services to Veterans at the Dept. of Veterans Affairs for 41 years. In 2007, I joined VA Central Office to develop national policy and provide training to field vocational staffs.
I am blessed with amazing children, Dustin (1983) and Danielle (1986) who excelled academically and in life-being kind, compassionate, standing-up against injustices. During college summers, Dustin cared for children of migrant farm workers. After earning a master’s his employment was to protect and improve the rights of hotel workers and servers. My darkest day (4/28/15) was finding Dustin, not sleeping but having transitioned. Without a doubt, Dustin unled me to HPH which has provided me hope and light beyond measure. I aim to walk with bereaved parents on their journey to Shining Light parents.
We will meet at The Nourishing Place, 606 Tennessee Street, Gulfport, MS 39507 at 6:00 pm on the third Tuesday of the month.
Rosanne Norris:
My name is Rosanne Norris. I am the proud mother of five children and six grandchildren. On January 9, 2018, our middle son, Lee, age 30, left this earth plane due to a carbon monoxide poisoning in his home.
Out of this most unimaginable pain was born a seeking of the truth which lead me to Helping Parents Heal. I want to dedicate my life to helping other parents suffering from the crushing loss of their child. Together, we will support and guide each other on our journey to becoming shining light parents.
Meetings will be held the first Saturday of each month at 10 am est.
Patricia and Michael McHenry
Mike and I have been married for 36 years. Mike is a Construction Supervisor and I am a Personal Trainer and Holistic Health Coach. We have both been natives of Long Island our entire lives and raised our two children Michael and Melissa here. On May 9, 2016, we lost our daughter Melissa suddenly from a heart condition due to mitral valve prolapse. She was a lifeguard and attended college in Massachusetts. We had just gotten home to Long Island from packing her dorm room from her freshman year when she collapsed on our back deck." How could this have happened"? I know we all ask ourselves this question! As surreal as it all was to my family, I knew she did not leave us. Melissa has been a strong communicator appearing to me only days after her passing.and we have many Transimages and EVP's from her! Her personality has come through to mediums, and signs such as skywriting, and license plates to name a few. The name Melissa means "Sweet Honey Bee" and she has absolutely made us "Bee'Lieve". The signs she has sent to her family and friends have been so amazing it has helped us to find peace. We would like to extend that peace to others and let parents know that their children are still right here with them!
Deanna Galkiewicz:
I lost my first-born son Matthew at age 25 to the disease of addiction in 2011. Not religious, nor having really considered the afterlife, it surprised me to just “know” he was around and wanted to contact me (He did).
I spent the next several years vacillating between unimaginable pain and tremendous awe as he guided my journey. My son is not gone and wants me happy. I have to make the decision every day to live with joy rather than grief. Meditation, energy work, and gratitude help give me balance.
I am excited to lead the Helping Parents Heal affiliate in the Buffalo area. It is so powerful when our children get us all in one room to celebrate their lives and communications! The love is palpable.
I look forward to meeting you.
Please join our Facebook Group: www.facebook.com/groups/HelpingParentsHealBuffalo/
My name is Colleen Byrne and our youngest son Denis (DJ) passed away on October 4, 2019. He transitioned after a short illness that affected his respiratory system. DJ began sending signs right away and came through to us via a medium Maura Geist one month after his passing. I chat with DJ daily and he often comes to me with music and butterflies. I know that helping others on this journey is where I am meant to be. Our group will cover NYC and Westchester counties.
Meetings will be held by Zoom for the time being. Our first meeting on 3/25 at 7pm ET. Then going forward it will be every Wednesday at 7pm.
Please join our Facebook Group: www.facebook.com/groups/helpingparentshealnycwestchester/
About Renee:
Hello, I'm Renee Novotny and I live in Asheville, NC. My son Ryan Wong, forever 27, loved nature and hiking Colorado's 14ers. On February 24, 2023, Ryan's adventurous soul left his body during an ice climbing accident. Our family began experiencing beautiful signs and miracle moments while Ryan was in ICU.
I attended WNC HPH's first meeting in March 2023. Through HPH, I discovered how I can continue to have a relationship with my son in spirit. I love communicating with Ryan, especially while hiking. Our bond continues to grow as we share memories and new experiences together.
I'm honored to co-facilitate our WNC HPH group alongside Kelley Worth, fostering hope, healing, and compassion with our members. We believe our children in spirit lovingly guide us, inspiring us to embrace life fully while honoring their memories, as we navigate our grief and healing journeys together.
About Kelley:
Kelley is a classically trained mental health clinician. She practiced for 20 years in various group practices, inpatient and outpatient programs. She offered support and healing to families and adolescents in individual sessions and group work. When she and her husband were blessed with a child, she retired. They moved to North Carolina to live a more sustainable lifestyle and Kelley chose to be a stay at home mom. Rob and Kelley had 16 years of love, life and adventures with their daughter ~ Aleia Jade. In May of 2022, Aleia transitioned herself to seek relief from PTSD and depression. In the wake of the pain of their only child, their vibrant daughter leaving, she started searching for answers about “what happens next?” In that journey she was led to find Suzanne Geisemann and her work, which lead to finding Helping Parents Heal. This is where her healing began. Learning to live in her grief and learning to strengthen her soul connection to her beautiful daughter. It is the continuing support and proof that HPH offers that led me to want to start a group in our area.
The facebook site is: www.facebook.com/groups/westernnorthcarolina/
Christine's Bio:
My name is Christine Moncheck, wife and mom of three amazing children with one in Spirit at age 18, our Andrew, as of July 2014. Early on, Andrew would connect with me through signs and synchronicities. I could also “hear” him in my thoughts, but that did not make sense to me at the time. I knew there had to be more! I have been blessed with a wonderful local support system and believe they are my earth angels who ultimately led me to Helping Parents Heal. HPH has provided a safe place for me to openly share about my child in Spirit and find validation with like-minded individuals lighting the way on this journey.
Because of Andrew’s transition, I continue to grow and to search for purpose and meaning. I know it is possible to have a relationship with your child in Spirit and to know peace and joy again. I want to help other parents in our area know this too and help them grow from bereaved to Shining Light Parents.
Sylvia’s Bio:
Hello, my name is Sylvia Christian. I am a Heartfulness Meditation Trainer and am married with four wonderful adult children. I found HPH when seeking grief support after the loss of my beautiful daughter, Bethany Cocco. Bethany transitioned from this physical world to the spiritual realm on October 10, 2014 at the age of 35. She was diagnosed with lung cancer in February of 2014.
The online HPH group has been a great help in my healing journey. It’s a place I have felt safe in expressing myself without fear of judgment. I look forward to starting this local affiliate with Christine Moncheck, who I met through HPH. These meetings will facilitate us coming together to share our experiences, our tears and our deep love for our children. In sharing together we can help each other to become the Shining Light Parents we are meant to be.
Celia's Bio:
I am a former Labor & Delivery Nurse. I currently work in home care. I have always been spiritually intuitive since childhood. 4 out of 5 of my children have also been blessed with psychic abilities. After my 19 year old son Quin transitioned to Heaven in 2017 my abilities expanded tenfold. It’s like the veil between the two worlds didn’t exist. I have been able to incorporate my spirituality along with my nursing background/education, and my life experiences to help other parents like myself to heal from the grief of losing a child. I can supply you with the tools but I cannot do the work for you. That is all up to you. I can however offer guidance and support along the way. It is possible to live, laugh, thrive again...I am living proof.
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Marc and Annie are parents to Ben (21) and Zenzi, a foREVer 15 year old. Zenzi transitioned March 30, 2018 from complications from leukemia diagnosed just 4 days earlier. Amongst the tears, shock and disbelief, we were each always open to the signs sent and received from Spirit. Each of us are on our own personal journey yet realize it is through love and connection that we will heal and create peace as we live out our days in Earth School. It is our goal to create safe, open and inviting spaces for parents to connect with each other, to connect with Spirit and to learn more about what it truly means to be a Shining Light Parent.
Antonietta Forte
I am the proud mother of two boys, Ryan my oldest is 19 years old and studying to be a chemical engineer and Daniel who is 18 years old is in spirit. Daniel transitioned in January 2020 at the age of 16 after a courageous battle with cancer (melanoma). My one word to describe Daniel is BEAUTIFUL! He adored his little cousins and loves animals, especially his cat, Jazz. I am committed to growing and nurturing my relationship with Daniel, even though it is across the veil. He communicates with me via pendulum. And loves to send me messages through music. HPH is about finding ways to connect to your child and providing so many resources to help you on your journey. I look forward to co-leading the Philadelphia chapter starting in May 2022.
Chris Volpe
I am honored to be the mother of two amazing children. My oldest, Michael, is still in the physical world. My youngest, Daniel, transitioned on July 4, 2020 by his own hand. He was just 23 years young and was the most caring and compassionate person I have ever known. When Daniel transitioned my pain was excruciating and a feeling of hopelessness set in. After joining other support groups, I was not making much progress in my grief journey. I then found Helping Parents Heal and knew I had landed in the right place. HPH has various resources that helped me grow spiritually and gave me hope during the darkest time of my life. I am now a field advocate for suicide prevention in the state of Pennsylvania and I participate in walks to increase awareness of mental health issues. Daniel and I continue to communicate across the veil and our connection grows stronger every day. His signs are unmistakable… and creative! I perform monthly service projects in Daniel’s memory so I hope that he is as proud of me as I am of him. Chris will also begin co-leading the Philadelphia chapter in May 2022.
Our 2023 HPH - Philadelphia Meetings will be every month on the First Tues of the month at 7 pm EST.
Please join our FB site: www.facebook.com/groups/hphphiladelphia/
About Tracee Slagel:
Hello Shining Light Parents! My name is Tracee and I lost my son April 25, 2017, due to cocaine laced with fentanyl. He is forever 18 and survived by 2 younger brothers and 1 younger sister. I joined this group shortly thereafter and my journey, although consists of many ups and downs, has been better because of the support of this group. I went to the HPH First Conference in Arizona last year. I cannot explain the amount of love, support and energy that being there provided for me. I have been toying with the idea of starting a group in Pittsburgh because there is none here and my son has been pushing me, many times through mediums that I need to be helping other parents in this situation. Well, I am finally ready to begin this journey.
For now, I am going to run a small group format, very casual. I want others to feel comfortable to share, to be themselves, and to bring whatever grief, frustrations, or suggestions to help all of us heal.
I have actually felt my son in spirit touch me. I know he is still here without a doubt. And although we miss his physical body we know he isn’t missing any of our lives. He constantly is giving me signs and I thank him for that!
Meetings will be held the first Saturday of every month at the First Spiritualist Church. 1318 Singer Place, Pittsburgh PA 15221, from 12 - 2 pm. Hope to see you there.
My name is Diana Vukel and I am a shining light parent. Our beautiful daughter Natalie transitioned on December 8 2019 after a long journey with bone cancer
Several days after the funeral services, I heard Natalies voice say “mom go to your email, I sent you something.” I assumed it was grief and impossible. I had spammed anything to do with spirituality weeks prior while I was in Natalies hospital room. I went to my email and Suzanne Giesemann’s story made it into my inbox. There were similarities to our story but nothing stood out more than when she said she did not recognize her step daughter Susan in the coffin. Suzanne helped me with a realization. The reason that I did not recognize Natalie in that coffin is because 99 percent of who she is, was not in there, but very much alive.
Please join our Facebook Group: www.facebook.com/groups/helpingparentshealmilford/
My best friend, my only child, my beautiful 24 year old daughter Carly Elizabeth Hughes passed to esophageal-gastric cancer on February 17th, 2013. Like so many of us who have had this devastating experience my daughter’s passing sent me on a spiritual quest. I have found friends and comfort through this remarkable group Helping Parents Heal. In the short time since Carly’s passing I have had definite proof that consciousness survives physical death, that Carly is well, and with me always. I have been fortunate to speak with mediums who were able to provide absolute evidence of the afterlife, indisputable information relayed bringing comfort and helping to lighten the heavy weight of grief. With family and Carly’s friends we have created a foundation in her honor- Carly’s Kids A Foundation For Education, I hope you will take the time to read about us and what we are doing in Carly’s memory.
Visit: Carly’s Kids
Irene's meetings will normally be held on the second Sunday of the month from 1-3 PM
Hello, my name is Maggie Spaulding. I currently live in the Nashville/Brentwood, Tennessee area. I have three sons. My youngest son Mitchell’s physical death came as an accidental overdose to “opioid” prescription drug on May 26, 2015, at the age of 27.
This event catapulted me into an “inspired quest” of finding answers to questions about life after death. I was not ready to give up my relationship with my son. My first reading with a Spiritual Medium comforted me immensely and confirmed my son was still alive, just in a different form.
This connection inspired me to broaden my knowledge about life after death. Also, through my Yoga Teacher Training, I learned how to meditate. Through this daily meditation, I found peace and joy in my life again.
Out of all the books I read, Suzanne Geisemann’s “Message of Hopes” inspired me the most. This book indirectly led to me the HPH organization.
Wednesday Monthly Meetings:
6:30pm – 8pm
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Rhonda Andrews
Hi there...I'm Rhonda from Austin, Texas. My sweet son Reece transitioned by suicide at 17 in March 2017. Right from the start, he was sending me signs and synchronicities. I was so fortunate to find Helping Parents Heal about six months into this journey. Reece and I have grown together and he has taught me so much along the way. I'm forever grateful for the friends in HPH that I've made along the way. So many have been instrumental in my healing. I look forward to helping other parents and getting the message out that our children are always with us.
Please join our FB group: www.facebook.com/groups/HPHAustin/
My name is Asta Daniels and I am a native German. I am the mother of two beautiful children Natasha 27 and Tyler forever 20. Tyler transitioned February 1, 2014 due to an accidental overdose, but have learned through 2 mediums that he was poisoned which I had suspected all along. I fell into a deep, dark hole and could not find comfort anywhere, no Therapists or Grief support groups. I searched the Internet excessively to read anything I could find about child loss and the Afterlife and came across HPH. Every night after work I would read the new posts and slowly started to have hope. Tyler sends me signs and I know he is around us all the time and I will keep his memory alive. I am honored to be a part of the HPH Dallas Chapter and walking this journey with other parents.
Mary Dooley:
My name is Mary Dooley. I live in Houston Texas with my husband, Boxer dogs and horse. I have two children, Lea in spirit and my son Devan. My daughter Lea 32, transitioned in 2020 from sepsis and colon cancer. I immediately felt her presence and my search began. I feel like I stumbled onto HPH but now I truly believe Lea guided me. I know many of us shining light parents say the same. HPH gave me the support, care and comfort I needed. My spirituality blossomed and so did my soul which helped me heal. Lea was full of gratitude and that is how I strive to live my life everyday. I hope I can be of service to other parents through HPH the way it helped me.
Pamela Hidinger:
I am a mother of three beautiful girls. My oldest, Michelle “Emjay” transitioned on February 28, 2018 at the age of 20. Before my Michelle crossed to the other side, I didn’t put much thought into the afterlife or spiritualism, but her passing started me on a spiritual journey and guided me to Helping Parents Heal. Michelle has made it very clear to me that she is still here and we have work to do together, including meeting other shining light parents and their shining lights so that we may all continue the relationships in love.
Deb Neubek:
A proud mom of two sons, my oldest, Dean, took himself Home September 2020 at 24 years old. Just hours after he transitioned, he made sure that we knew he was still here in Spirit. The amazing people, resources and genuine love we found at Helping Parents Heal made me want to reach out and help others. Retired after 30 years at NASA, I enjoy researching the hereafter, walking daily in nature and taking pictures of wildlife. I am grateful for Kurt, my supportive husband of almost 40 years, and adult son, Grant who walk beside me on this journey.
Meetings will be the 3rd Sunday of the month at 7:30pm starting in August. In July, since there are 5 Sundays will will be having our meeting at 7:30 on 7/23.
Please join our Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/groups/HPHHouston/
Andy and Kathy MacMannis
Andy was raised in Billings, NY. He graduated from Penn State University in 1985. He was commissioned into the Marine Corps the same year. Andrew served as an Infantry Officer for 30 years retiring at the rank of Colonel. Kathy was raised in Mamaroneck, NY. In marrying Andrew, Kathy married into the extended Marine Corps family. This was the perfect fit for Kathy as it filled 2 passions she had, travel and helping others. This started what she called her job as a “Professional Volunteer”. They lived in many locations around the world. They were blessed with 3 beautiful and energetic boys, Conor (1993), Jack (1996) and Aiden (1998).
In March of 2013 their youngest, Aiden, died by suicide at the age of 15. Eight months later their oldest son, Conor, died in an accidental fall while attending Penn State University. This started a journey in not only the deepest grief and pain a parent can experience, but also an extraordinary awakening and enlightenment that came in the form of signs, messages and real-time communication. All of this has led them to know that Conor and Aiden continue this journey with them. They are still very present and together they have much work to do!
Meetings will be the last Wednesday of the month at 7:30 pm. Please email Kathy for more information:HPHNoVA@gmail.com
Please join our FB group: www.facebook.com/groups/helpingparentshealnorthernva/
Amy Boyer Cox
Amy is the mother of 3 beautiful children, McKellar, who transitioned on July 1, 2017 and 22 year old twins, Will and Claire. McKellar gave Amy the gift of knowing he was still in existence on July, 2nd 2017, when she woke and could visibly see a beautiful energetic field moving all around her room. That experience began her journey of researching the afterlife and how to establish a non-physical relationship with McKellar. After finding Helping Parents Heal, her healing journey skyrocketed. Her desire to become an affiliate leader is to offer hope, compassion, non-judgement, love and healing to other parents that she received as a member of HPH. She also wants to demonstrate that healing is possible with our children right by our side. Amy is a Reiki Master, 21st Century Shaman, Grief Massage Therapist, Esthetician, and Retired Massage Therapist.
Owen Jaeger
I am mom to my daughter, Reynolds (1993) and son, John (1992) who transitioned from an accidental overdose August 7, 2022. He was always so much more than the SUD brain disease by being the proud dad to his daughter, having the most tender heart, contagious laugh, witty sense of humor and lover of the outdoors like none other! When I discovered his body that morning, I went on a mad quest to “find” him by gathering all his physical belongings and communications to us via letters, texts, and videos. Searching for him quickly launched a spiritual awakening within me. Through a medium, who is now an approved HPH medium, I was led to HPH, my tribe of like-minded parents who, through our pain and heartbreak, experience the wonder of Spirit through beautiful, soulful connections with our children. I experience joy knowing that John is with me every step of the way and I believe my journey of expanded awareness and soul connection with John is our souls’ plan. He has taught me first and foremost that love never dies. John has been a remarkable communicator sending beautiful signs, dream visits with his sister, electronic wackiness and angel numbers in abundance! I have gone from the agonizing despair of longing for his physical presence to being thankful for his communications to knowing he is with me all the time. In trying to find John, I am finding my true self in large part because of his transition and the HPH community – all of which I hope to be able to share with others on their own healing journey.
We will meet in person on the second Monday of the month at 5:30 pm at Unity of Charlottesville / Fillmore House / 2825 Hydraulic Rd, Charlottesville VA 22901. (Fillmore House is the first house on the right once you've entered the Unity parking lot).
Please visit our Facebook Group here: www.facebook.com/groups/helpingparentshealcharlottesville/
Beth Newkirk:
Beth is a mother to three beautiful children, two have passed away; her son, Steven when he was 8 years old from cancer and her daughter, Erin at 21 from suicide.
She is looking forward to meeting other parents on this journey and bringing Helping Parents Heal to the Seattle area.
Wendy Saffel:
I’m passionate about helping parents after the loss of a child because I lost a child too—my beautiful 20-year-old son Hugh, in 2020. Through mediumship and the fantastic support and resources offered by Helping Parents Heal, I’ve come to a place where I know and experience that Hugh is still right here, right now—and that our relationship continues. This has brought me tremendous comfort and peace. I am now able to feel happiness and enjoy life, with Hugh forever a part of it. I look forward to supporting you on your journey.
Meetings are on the fourth Wednesday of every month, 7 pm PT on Zoom, with some in-person get-togethers as well.
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Hello!
About Carolyn:
I take immense pride in being the mom of two extraordinary children. My son Philip resides amidst the majestic Rocky Mountains of Colorado, while my beloved daughter Cara resides in the realm of Heaven. On January 11, 2020, a car accident tragically took Cara from our family. However, since then, Cara has made her presence felt by showering us with remarkable signs.
As a mother, I yearned to know where Cara was and if she was safe. This led me to discover Helping Parents Heal, and thus began my journey toward hope and healing. Now, I am fully aware that Cara is by my side every day, diligently working to help me recognize and comprehend the messages she sends.
Cara's true happiness always came from being outdoors. Her adoration for the mountains, nature, skiing, and hiking shaped her life. We now find solace and delight from immersing ourselves in the activities and places that Cara cherished. My hope is to live my life to the fullest, bringing honor to Cara's memory, and assisting others in moving forward to find peace and joy in their lives.
About Barb:
Hello to all. What happens when our hearts are cracked open is so unique to everyone. We all have in common an urge to connect with our children and motivation to find joy again as shining light parents. I have three wonderful grown children and a loving spouse of more than 37 years. Our journey began on December 14, 2021, when our middle child, Jordan, of almost 26 years chose to transition. We were not aware of the severity of his pain and were devastated by his physical loss. I found Helping Parents Heal about 9 months after his transition and it has offered continued support, comfort, and healing. I want to facilitate this support through connecting with you and building relationships with those who can also understand this transformational life experience.
The Erie/Boulder group meets every third Tuesday of the month in person at Unity of Boulder Spiritual Center. Doors open at 6:00pm. The meeting is from 6:30-8:00pm. There will also be a live Zoom link to the meeting posted on the Erie/Boulder facebook page for those who cannot join us in person. These meetings are not recorded.
Please email us at erie.boulder.helpingparentsheal@gmail.com
Please join us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/hpherieboulder/
Third Thursday of each month at 7:00PM MST
About Michelle and Bill:
Our daughter, Jordan, transitioned 8/29/16. She suffered with a rare disease called Gastroparesis. Her stomach and intestines were paralyzed. She was 32, our only child. Days after her passing, she was communicating with me telepathically. She was moving things in our home! Even still the grief and trauma was excruciating! We were blessed to attend the first HPH conference in 2018, where we felt a shift in our grief. This group of loving parents has become our lifeline.
In our group we share stories, we share signs from our kids. We cry and laugh together. We lift each other up!
Call or text Michele for more information~805-441-6280~ Email SedonaHPH@gmail.com
Facebook:www.facebook.com/groups/helpingparentshealcoloradowesternslope/
Colette Kraemer:
I'm Colette, a nearly life-long resident of Las Vegas. I'm also a "Shining Light" parent and friend to all who grieve. My son's light shines through me - everywhere I go and in everything I do. In my heart, I knew my second child, Cameron, would be a boy, and this scared me. My soul must've known that he’d be the most important teacher in my life. When I got the news that Cameron had passed of an accidental fentanyl overdose, I was beside myself with grief, but I didn’t “feel” like he was gone. Yes, his physical self is gone, but his essence is not gone. For a few weeks, I felt him tugging at me, “Pay attention Mom, I’m here, I want to show you things!” The electricity was palpable. Finally, I told him I had to get both feet into this world. I’d get there soon enough, but for now he would have to wait. Then my grief work began, learning about the afterlife, recognizing the signs, finding helpful books & videos, navigating the rise & fall of grief, and YES - finding Helping Parents Heal. My healing journey wouldn't be the same without them. And remember, love will always be bigger than grief.
Jayme Phillips:
I am the mother of 4 amazing young men, ages 20-28. My second oldest son, Devin, decided to move to heaven on September 27, 2021 at the age of 24. Devin’s sudden and unexpected passing rocked our family’s world and shattered this momma’s heart in a million pieces. In those early painful days, it was Devin who gently guided me to find Helping Parents Heal’s Facebook page, which has been an amazing ongoing source of love and support. The group’s many resources has helped me to expand my awareness of spirit and helped me learn how to continue my relationship with my son in spirit form. Now, after having been on this journey for almost 2 years, I am ready to help organize the first Las Vegas Chapter of Helping Parents Heal, and bring together all the parents in this area who have lost a child, to help provide a source of support and connection along this journey. Together I know we can help each other heal and find joy again!
We will have our meetings on the first Wednesday of the month, starting on Wednesday, October 4th from 5:00 to 6:30 pm!
at: Sun City MacDonald Ranch Community Center
Desert Willow Golf Course
2020 W. Horizon Ridge Pkwy
Henderson, NV
Please email us at hphlasvegas@gmail.com with any questions
Please join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/hphlasvegas
I'm not sure exactly how I found out about Helping Parents Heal. I was reading and watching everything I could online. Maybe it was from watching the Life to Afterlife movie. I just know that once I found this group- I finally found people who could understand. My first son, Austin, was only here for 14 hours after his birth on 7-31-90 and then I got to keep my youngest son, Kyle until 12-21-19, when he was 20 years old. Although I don't feel I have really received signs, this group gives me hope that I will some day. And it definitely gives me hope that there is still much joy to come. I was disappointed when there wasn't a group in my area, so I will start one and see where it goes.
Please join our Facebook Group: www.facebook.com/groups/helpingparentshealutah/
Ginny Kern:
Hi! My name is Ginny Kern, and I am Samuel (“Sam” / “Sammy”) Miller Kern’s mom. Sam transitioned on 9-26-20 at the age of 29. Sam was a kind, thoughtful, compassionate, creative, witty person, and I miss him every single day. There is some comfort knowing that Sam is with his dad, Ted, who transitioned 3 years ago. Having lost two of some of the most important people in my life within the past 3 years is unfathomable; but, I try to be as strong as possible for my other two children, Grant (27) and Jennifer (22) (plus, Ted and Sam would want me to be happy). Also, I am delighted to be serving as the Maine Affiliate Leader for Helping Parents Heal. Volunteering was an integral part of Sam and Ted’s lives, and I want to honor them in a way that makes them proud, so this opportunity seems befitting. I sincerely hope to provide support to others who are on this same unexpected journey. Love & Light to you all. My email is: ginnykern8@gmail.com
Lisa Ann Reilich:
Lisa is a dairy farmer, theatre teacher and mother to five children in all — Uilame, Ella Meera, Maiah Alyssa, Margaret Mae and Willow — three of whom are now in Spirit. Uilame and Willow transitioned in pregnancy and continue as muses for Lisa’s creative writing — as does Maiah who transitioned on March 3, 2020, just shy of her 19th birthday, in a freak accident while away at her first year of college in Tennessee.
The greatest gift and turning point for both Lisa and Maiah following Maiah’s transition was moving away from holding her in the past to fully embracing her in the present moment, including Maiah as an active presence in daily life.
She is grateful for the Helping Parents Heal Community which supports, encourages and normalizes our continuing and evolving bonds with our children in spirit. She is an HPH Affiliate Leader serving the HPH Maine Chapter. My email is: HPHLisaAnn@gmail.com.
We will be meeting by Zoom every fourth Monday of the month @ 7:30 pm EST.
Please join our FB Group: www.facebook.com/groups/helpingparentshealmaine/
I was blessed to be guided to Helping Parents Heal very early on my grief journey and know it changed my healing trajectory. My son Grant was in an accident at his 12th birthday party and transitioned 6 days later on November 21, 2020. My husband and I immediately began receiving signs from him. On Grant's first birthday in heaven, I had my first reading with an HPH certified medium, Shelly Wilson. The reading was full of "NOE's" (no other explanation) golden nuggets. In fact the reading was so powerful and healing that it lead me to start taking classes and I've been consistently been learning ever since.
Maureen Underhill:
I am Maureen Underhill and am the proud mother of three beautiful children and two step daughters.
My sweet son, David, a twin, died by suicide at age 26 in 2018. He had an enormous heart and was loved by so many. My brother sent me a podcast of Suzanne Giesemann, which led me to HPH. I have always believed in the “principles” of HPH. Life is so beautiful and so precious and I choose to live for myself, my husband, my children and my 8, soon to be 9 grandchildren.
David gives me continual signs and I speak with him almost daily. On the day he transitioned, a huge flock of white feathers came down from the sky….wow! Thank you sweet soul. I love you.
I am a Spiritual Director and reside in Louisville, KY.
Learning via zoom and YouTube has been wonderful but I miss the camaraderie and support only found through in person connections. I look forward to meeting other local parents and supporting, learning, transforming and connecting with our kids together. I have no doubt our kids are already hanging out together knowing we'll be meeting soon.
Please join our FB group: www.facebook.com/groups/hphlouisville/
Jo Greaney:
Kia Ora/Hello fellow parents from New Zealand. Our precious son Dylan died by suicide December 1st 2019 - the youngest of our 3 children - and so we try to find our way… to learn and feel new ways of connection with Dylan and soothe our broken hearts. I am grateful to be a part of the HPH Tribe and sad to be here with you as we discover different ways to move with the flow of emotions; to wear our pain without resistance or friction, to live this new way of life. The goal is to remember Dylan with more love than pain and honouring my heart by embracing all the ways she can do that.
With much love and kindness - Always xxx Jo xxx
Kerry Alderuccio:
I'm a psychic medium and author, but more importantly; I'm Sam's mum. Sam passed to the spirit world in May, 2012 in a tragic car accident. I have always believed in the afterlife, and this gave me the strength to survive my grief. My own mediumistic abilities were only realised after Sam's passing and sadly, I had no idea that HPH existed until early 2022. I wish that I knew about this amazing group earlier, as their understanding of the continuation of life is in full alignment with my own. I want to give parents hope of a better future, through knowing that their children live on.
Karolina Barac:
I found HPH shortly after the unexpected & tragic passing of my beautiful daughter, Olivia at 15 in Oct 2021. We are a very open minded & spiritual family & noticed Olivia was sending signs & trying to communicate straight away - we just needed to learn how to receive them! I dived into healing & educating myself on energy work, soul planning & spirit communication, which has now extended to facilitating the healing of others. I am a Usui Reiki Master, Advance Akashic Records Practitioner, Psychic Medium student & currently undertaking a Kinesiology degree. The physical loss of our children is devastating but the love & relationship continues as our children live on.
Danny & Angela London, FOUNDING MEMBERS:
My wife Angela and I are raising our boys in the suburb of Aldinga Beach in South Australia. We live close to the beach and all of our 3 boys love the ocean and in particular the surf. Our three boys are Ethan (18), Gemtree (14) and Lacy (12). Ethan passed in December of 2019 in a car accident. Our boy loved life and was always up for adventure. He loved the ocean and the outback and his heart was torn between the two. He loved to laugh and his laugh made others laugh and every time I hear a Kookaburra I know he is close. He had a tremendous capacity to love in the moment and the extent of the hearts that he touched only became apparent to us after he passed. This capacity has not diminished and his lessons on love come to us daily and we are painfully but joyfully going along for the ride. We hope to share this legacy and journey with others.
Marie Sulda, FOUNDING MEMBER:
My beautiful son Chris, 34 years old, transitioned in Dec 2018 while overseas in Bali with his family. It was a tragedy.
I have been blessed with an upbringing of knowing that heaven exists right here and that our loved ones are right here with us, this gave me great peace at the time and acceptance. I was still very sad. I went searching to validate my beliefs and found Helping Parents Heal through watching the interview with Craig McMahon “Life to AfterLife, mom can you hear me.”
I would like to bring hope and connection to others, helping others to see our kids are not ‘gone’ but are now precious loving light and energy doing everything they can to help us on our journey forward on this earthly plane in joy and love.
I am a mother of 3 wonderful children and have been married to their father for 30 years. I lost my son Adam in 2006 in a tragic auto accident. Since Adam’s passing I have had afterlife signs that have helped me. I began to search for like-minded parents to share our experiences. I came across the wonderful group Helping Parents Heal and asked if I could start a group here in Canada.
Meetings will be the third Saturday from 2-4 at her place:
5425 North Riverside Drive Manotick Ontario K4M1H2.
Please join our Facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/hphottawa/
Teresa Cernigliaro
My name is Teresa Cernigliaro and I am blessed to be the mother of 3 children, 2 daughters here with me and my son Joey, forever 19, in Heaven. Shortly after Joey’s passing on November 25, 2017, I couldn’t sleep and I was on the internet looking for resources to help me navigate this horrible journey I now found myself on. My search was primarily about the afterlife and I came across the podcast that Tracy Soussi did on We Don’t Die Radio and therein my journey led me to Helping Parents Heal. The resources and support I find in Helping Parents Heal have aided in my healing and shown me hope. I am from Ontario, Canada and Ottawa (4 hours away) was the closest affiliate group. It is my desire to have a place where parents in my area who find themselves in this unimaginable situation of child loss, have a place to come where they are met with compassion, support and provided an accepting, safe place to begin to heal. I have no doubt my precious Joey directed me here and I am forever grateful to be a part of this community.
Please join our Facebook Group: www.facebook.com/groups/helpingparentshealtorontogta/
We are Susan and Bill Van Oije, parents of two amazing and beautiful children: our son Greg, who passed from this earth age 27 in 2014, and his younger sister and our daughter Kristin. Since Greg's passing, he has opened up the Universe for us and made it abundantly clear he is still here with us. It's all about love! We are retired and discovered HPH when a friend told us about medium Suzanne Giesemann, whose writings led us to HPH. Not coincidentally, as we now know that nothing happens by chance, we had a second home in Scottsdale, Arizona, and were able to attend many meetings in Phoenix and Cave Creek, and attended the first HPH conference in Scottsdale. Now that we're back in Calgary full time, our son in spirit nudged us to start the first chapter here. We hope to offer many parents who are suffering with grief the knowledge that our children who have passed are gone in body only, and someday we will see them again.
The Calgary chapter Zoom meetings are the third Tuesday of the month starting at 6:30 p.m. Mountain Time, which is 8: 30 pm Eastern Time. We are so proud to be part of this incredible organization, and we pray that we can help many bereaved parents become Shining Light Parents here in Calgary and all other parents who Zoom in from around the world!
Please join our Facebook Group: www.facebook.com/groups/HelpingParentsHealCalgary/
Shyrose Nurmohamed:
I am blessed to be the mother of two boys: Aly and Adam-- compassionate, kind, intelligent, empaths and givers as well as my best friends! My whole world was knocked off kilter when my eldest son, Aly’s soul returned home, forever 32 years old. Fumbling in the darkness of my own grief, I was led to a reading with a medium whereby Aly told me to join Helping Parents Heal. Therein I discovered a beacon of light for my path on this new journey. Aly had a website where he helped so may young souls struggling with deep depression to find healing and move forward with their lives. I feel guided now to gently hold the hands of parents like myself and lovingly help them discover this path so that they too can find their beacon of light. I have learned that grief never goes away, it just changes form, so that we can learn to live with it and still shine.
Jodie Werier:
I am a Shining Light Mom to Koby ( my one and only ) who tragically joined the Spirit World in May 2020 at the age of 30, due to fentanyl poisoning. Koby began to send me signs almost immediately, but I was in a profound state of grief and totally unaware of the existence of an afterlife. So after sending me multiple signs including birds, dimes, flashing lights, and 11’s, Koby directed me to HPH so that I could become more aware of his existence. I began to attend HPH Zoom meetings (during Covid) and through the support of this amazing organization I now see light where there used to be only darkness. I look forward to meeting more Greater Vancouver Shining Light Parents so that we can continue to heal together.
HPH Greater Vancouver is in person and is always the 1st Sunday of every month at 1:00 pm. Anyone who is not already a member of our affiliate group is welcome to contact me or Shyrose Nurmohamed for further details!
Please join our FB group by clicking here.
Terri MacDonald:
I am a mother to four children Shayne, Ricki, Carly and Chloe, my son Ricki, forever 23 passed due to an accidental heroin overdose on 30/06/2015. I honestly believe we have a soul agreement and mission together. The pain we all suffer as parents, whatever age in whatever circumstance our child passes, it changes our world forever. I had a spiritual awakening through Rick reaching out to me straight away with amazing signs and synchronicities, I searched for him and we met ‘somewhere in the middle’. From this beautiful place, we are so strongly connected. I developed my Mediumship abilities at my local Inverness Spiritualist Church and supported Mentorship programmes, a huge part of my healing journey. Mediumship is my passion. I recently became an Accredited Medium and an Accredited Tarot Reader. I continue to learn and grow and love to watch other Medium’s work. I believe Ricki and I have a soul mission helping other parents.
Our healing journey is not easy, but I do believe we grow as a soul and go on to finding a purpose, what we came here to do. Becoming UK Affiliate is in my heart and I have no doubt I was guided to meeting Kat and the unfoldment of what lead to me being here. I feel so honoured to connect with such amazing parents and look forward to sharing this amazing space together.
Anna is an actress born in Surrey, UK. Her brother and only sibling Pete passed in 2014 in a car accident. Being left as an only sibling, she realized there were no support systems or communities, specifically for bereaved brothers and sisters, and struggled to find people in similar situations to confide in. After her parents joined Helping Parents Heal and gained a great deal of comfort in the community, she felt compelled to create a sibling branch of the group to allow a space for people to connect and talk openly about their experiences. She hopes that this group, as the first of its kind, will provide hope and comfort to those who are told to stay strong for others and often struggle alone. Please visit our Facebook page, Helping Siblings Heal, or our Helping Siblings Heal page on this Web site.
Linda O’Neill:
My name is Linda O’Neill and I am the mother of two wonderful sons Thomas and David. In February 2021, my youngest son David who was 28 years old - passed by suicide. This sudden and life changing event, made me question everything about life and plunged me into a very dark place emotionally. Over the past 2 years, I have developed a very strong connection with David in spirit and I feel his presence with me daily. He sends me so many signs and synchronicities, guiding me to the right people and situations. I am a certified Grief Educator, Reiki Master and Holistic Coach. I also love attending sound baths, conscious breathwork and meditation sessions. Out of this immense pain has emerged the motivation and passion, to reach out to help other parents and help them to navigate their own healing journeys.
Anni Poole
I am a mum to two stunning children, Lindsey my daughter and my beautiful son in spirit, Anthony xx He made a choice to transition on 22.8.22, Forever43. I love to learn how to connect with his amazing energy and I have so many signs from him and conversations with him too. I do feel really called to connect with other grieving parents , and I am currently writing a book to take away the stigma of suicide and to coach and inform readers from such a deep level, deeper than I could ever fathom on my own. You just can’t beat a conversation where someone listens deeply, and you feel truly heard. That’s something I hold dear.
I have been a primary headteacher and consultant, and I bring my energy healing and love of Spirit into working with children and families. This is at the heart of everything I do. I retrained in counselling, authored a book, and trained in Spiritual Coaching to find ways to support my families.
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Terri MacDonald:
I am a mother to four children Shayne, Ricki, Carly and Chloe, my son Ricki, forever 23 passed due to an accidental heroin overdose on 30/06/2015. I honestly believe we have a soul agreement and mission together. The pain we all suffer as parents, whatever age in whatever circumstance our child passes, it changes our world forever. I had a spiritual awakening through Rick reaching out to me straight away with amazing signs and synchronicities, I searched for him and we met ‘somewhere in the middle’. From this beautiful place, we are so strongly connected. I developed my Mediumship abilities at my local Inverness Spiritualist Church and supported Mentorship programmes, a huge part of my healing journey. Mediumship is my passion. I recently became an Accredited Medium and an Accredited Tarot Reader. I continue to learn and grow and love to watch other Medium’s work. I believe Ricki and I have a soul mission helping other parents.
Our healing journey is not easy, but I do believe we grow as a soul and go on to finding a purpose, what we came here to do. Becoming UK Affiliate is in my heart and I have no doubt I was guided to meeting Kat and the unfoldment of what lead to me being here. I feel so honoured to connect with such amazing parents and look forward to sharing this amazing space together.
Angela Boughey:
My name is Angela I live in rural Aberdeenshire. I first became involved with HPH 4 years ago after my beautiful daughter Eireann f 22 yrs passed with cancer. We had lost our first daughter Emily as a baby many years prior to this ....
On this journey I have met many parents and I have learnt through this that self-care, love of our children and being with those who understand is a huge support in the process of grief especially in the early days. I used HPH caring listening service at that time and today I volunteer as a caring listener to give back the support I had once received. I trained with David Kessler as a grief educator and met in person at the Conference. My background was nursing for 40 years. I travelled with Terri to that conference as strangers, now friends who met other lifelong friends there. Art, reiki, yoga, wild swimming, meditation, have all become some of my pursuits in soul searching however I have learnt that bringing parents together offers the greatest support in the healing process.
Email: angela_boughey@hotmail.com
Area covered; Grampian Scotland
Meeting monthly for various interests, coffee, chats, lunches.
Joanna Buckmaster:
E-mail: joannabuckmaster@msn.com
I have been an HPH member for many years and support Terri who is the UK lead. I also run a monthly book club. I am married to Philip and have a daughter Anna, who helped set up the Helping Siblings Heal group. Our son Peter passed in 2014 in a car accident, aged 22. He was a very talented drummer. I felt his presence strongly as he passed and started to hear words in my head from that point on. This developed into an ability to channel through writing, and I have sometimes shared my experiences with the group, offering guidance and encouragement to try out this method of communication. We have been blessed with love and support from friends old and new, including those we have met through HPH. We have also received many “reassurances” in the form of spiritual experiences. My desire is to share these experiences with others to give them hope and help them open up to the amazing healing power of spirit.
Area covered: South-West London area.
Meeting info: walks/lunches/workshops
Sam Dickenson:
My name is Sam and I’m mum to 4 boys. Our youngest, Seth, transitioned in 2021, following a struggle with brain cancer. Despite only being here on earth for 7 years, Seth made a tremendous impact on many people.
We have always felt blessed, not only to have had Seth, but to have had the privilege of making memories with him and helping shine his light for others. After transitioning, Seth strongly showed us with signs and affirmations that he is still with us every day. Discovering HPH about a year after Seth left provided a whole community of likeminded people to share our experiences with. It was a relief to find somewhere to share not only our grief, but also our firm belief that Seth is with us and guiding us every day.
Inspired by Seth, I have set up my own children’s yoga business. I enjoy sound baths, wild swimming, kayaking, walking and travelling and I know that Seth sees it all alongside me.
Email; dragonflychildrensyoga@hotmail.com
Area covered; Cornwall
Meeting info; coffee and chat, walks, (monthly or as desired)
Val Griffiths
email: hope4val@hotmail.com
Dan, the youngest of my 3 children, passed,, age 26, by accidental overdose in 2019.
I've since come to understand there are no 'accidents' after reading Your Soul's Plan by Robert Schwartz and experiencing a past life regression, shortly after Dan passed.
Dan began communicating immediately and our connection has only deepened over time. Inspired writing is one of the ways we connect and he helped me write a book about my grief journey which I published under the title Embracing Grief: A Love Story.... A journey of hope after loss. HPH helped me during some dark times and it's good to pass along that help to others on the path.
I attend many Zoom meetings, but there is nothing like meeting face to face with another parent.
I live by the sea in a beautiful part of South Wales.
Meeting up for coffee, lunches, walks etc. with anyone within an hour's drive, would be wonderful.
Linda O’Neill:
E-mail: linda.oneill0162@gmail.com
Areas covered: County Durham and Darlington (North East England)
Meeting info: coffee and chat meet ups, walks, lunches/workshops.
My name is Linda O’Neill and I am the mother of two wonderful sons Thomas and David. In February 2021, my youngest son David who was 28 years old - passed by suicide. This sudden and life changing event, made me question everything about life and plunged me into a very dark place emotionally. Over the past 2 years, I have developed a very strong connection with David in spirit and I feel his presence with me daily. He sends me so many signs and synchronicities, guiding me to the right people and situations. I am a certified Grief Educator, Reiki Master and Holistic Coach. I also love attending sound baths, conscious breathwork and meditation sessions. Out of this immense pain has emerged the motivation and passion, to reach out to help other parents and help them to navigate their own healing journeys.
Anni Silverdale:
Area covered: Lancashire
Hello, I am Anni.
Email: annipoole2@gmail.com
I am a mum to two stunning children, Lindsey my daughter and my beautiful son in spirit, Anthony xx He made a choice to transition on 22.8.22, Forever43. I love to learn how to connect with his amazing energy and I have so many signs from him and conversations with him too. I do feel really called to connect with other grieving parents , and I am currently writing a book to take away the stigma of suicide and to coach and inform readers from such a deep level, deeper than I could ever fathom on my own. You just can’t beat a conversation where someone listens deeply, and you feel truly heard. That’s something I hold dear.
I have been a primary headteacher and consultant, and I bring my energy healing and love of Spirit into working with children and families. This is at the heart of everything I do. I retrained in counselling, authored a book, and trained in Spiritual Coaching to find ways to support my families.
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Chandra Ramamurthy
My name is Chandra Ramamurthy, from Mumbai, India. In 2016, after my husband's life-threatening accident, we knew about my son's depression. My son left home on the night of 23rd September 2018- to never return. We found his body after 10 days- off the coast of Mumbai. Naman was our everything, our reason to live. Through HPH, I found the strength to stand in my grief and know about others, who have also walked the same path as me. I hope to continue to work with mental health issues and hope to hold space for others.
Anal Shah
I am Anal Shah, living in Ahmedabad, India. I am a mom to two kids, one in heaven and one here on earth. My son Smayan was 15 when he passed on 27th June 2017, after 21 days of illness. Doctors labeled my son as having pyrexia of unknown origin. Learning to accept this illogical occurrence, finding the reasons to the "why's?", "what if's?" and "should I's?", I realized that life doesn't come with an instruction manual. Today, I live for my daughter and husband- helping others through this journey. By doing this I honor Smayan in every way.
Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/HelpingParentsHealIndia
We are Marilene and Tom Madsen. Our warrior son Kevin (with Marilene in attached photo) transitioned in June of 2018 after a three-and-a-half year battle with cancer. He was a warrior in life, and his relentless personality persists from the other side, even four years after his passing, which is such comfort to us! He is so forceful in his signs and demonstrations that he has simply wiped out any possible doubt.
We now live in Paraguaçu, MG, Brasil. Formerly we lived in the San Francisco Bay Area of California. There we co-founded the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of HPH in 2019. Now that we live in Brasil, we know that there must be many grieving parents here that could use the healing we’ve seen and received from HPH. So we feel called to start a Portuguese-speaking chapter.
If you’re reading this, it is because your child has steered you here. You can be healed, and you can help bring healing to others. It is like a warm blanket! We hope you will join us on Zoom on the first Sunday each month at 10AM Brasilia time. Please see our Facebook page to join the group:www.facebook.com/groups/helpingparentshealbrazil/
Somos Marilene e Tom Madsen. Nosso guerreiro filho Kevin transitionou em junho de 2018, depois uma batalha contra o cancer durante três anos e meio. Ele foi guerreiro na vida, e sua personalidade implacável persiste mesmo do outro lado, quatro anos depois de sua passagem, o que nos tras muito conforto! Ele é tão forte em seus sinais e demonstrações que não nos deixa nenhuma dúvida.
Nós agora moramos em Paraguaçu, Minas Gerias, Brasil. Anteriormente, moravamos na Area da Bahia de San Francisco, California. Em 2019, co-fundamos o San Francisco Bay Area Chapter de HPH. Agora que moramos no Brasil, sabemos que existem muitos pais enlutados aqui que poderiam se benificiar da cura e apoio que recebemos do grupo HPH. Então, nos sentimos chamados a iniciar esse capitulo na lingua portuguesa.
Se você esta lendo isso, e porque seu filho ou filha te trouxe até aqui. Você pode se curar e pode ajudar outras pessoas a se curarem. E como um cobertor quente que nos conforta. Esperamos que você participe conosco via Zoom no primeiro domingo de cada mes, as 10 horas da amanha, horario de Brasilia. Favor ver nossa pagina no Facebook a: www.facebook.com/groups/helpingparentshealbrazil/ para se afiliar ao grupo.
Não estamos sozinhos nessa jornada!!
Hi, I was born in Lima, Peru. I came to the US when I was 18. I live in Philadelphia, PA and I have been doing translations and interpretations for the past 25 years. I have worked in court and in medical offices doing simultaneous interpretations for special needs children and enjoy doing so. It is extremely important that the message get translated in the same exact manner in which it was spoken. Over the past 5 years, I have also worked in voice overs. I love being able to use my native language, Spanish, in various ways.
I am a single mom, divorced, and have 4 children, all boys: Franky (25), Cesar (22), JoseLuis (20) and Armando (14). 2 of my boys are in spirit; JoseLuis and Franky (In order of their transition)
After the transition of my 2 beautiful sons, I watched the documentary by Craig McMahon, ‘Life to Afterlife: Mom, Can You Hear Me?’ and all of the following ones and I became a member of Helping Parents Heal. I have met and I am still meeting many wonderful parents. This is now my new family and I am so very grateful. Helping Parents Heal saved my life after the transition of my two boys.
Please join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/helpingparentshealenespanol
Ann-Christin Östling
HPH Norway/Norge
Hello, my name is Ann-Christin. I am a mother of three wonderful children; Benedict,Mathias and Joachim. We lost our youngest son summer 2018. He was found in the mountains here with a farewell letter in his pocket. In the blink of an eye our world turned upside down. Joachim was 21, already a skilled martial artist, and he had a bright future in front of him. This traumatic loss has changed everything in my life, and in my family's life. I was lucky to find Helping Parents Heal and Suzanne Giesemann early on, and in her reading she gave me solid evidences about my son. The following year I traveled to The Arthur Findlay Collage where I got further confirmation about Joachim's continuing presence in my life. Zoom meetings with other parents and resources from HPH have been, and still are very important for me.
Last year (2022) I finished a Grief Education Certification Course with David Kessler. I feel very honored to be able to participate in HPH as a Caring Listener, and I would love to help, share and listen to other parents on this journey.
Hei! Jeg heter Ann-Christin, og jeg har tre fantastiske barn, Benedicte, Mathias og Joachim. Sommeren 2018 mistet vi yngstesønnen vår Han ble funnet med et avskjedsbrev i lommen. Der og da ble livet som vi kjente det knust i millioner av biter. Joachim var 21, og allerede en erfaren martial artist med en en lovende fremtid foran seg. Det traumatiske tapet har forandret både meg og familien min for alltid. Jeg var heldig og fant både Helpings Parets Heal og Suzanne Giesemann tidlig. Bevisene Suzanne ga meg, sammen med beskjedene Joachim selv sendte hjalp meg videre. Terapi, zoom møter med andre foreldre og ressurser fra HPH har vært og er fortsatt viktig for meg. Informasjonen og støtten vi foreldre kan gi til hverandre på denne vanskelige vegen er avgjørende. Forrige året (2022) gjennomførte jeg et Sertifiseringskurs i sorg med David Kessler. Jeg er veldig takknemlig for å ha fått muligheten til og delta i Helping Parents Heal som en Caring Listener.
Ann-Christin lives in Norway
Anna & Frode Storåker
HPH Sweden/Sverige
Our 16 years old son Alexander gained his wings after a traffic accident in May 2020. Alexander is an amazing kid in every way, always curios, funny and caring. Shortly after his passing, he began communicating through dreams, birds, and mediations. The signs gave us hope and strength to keep on going despite years of investigations, trials, and media coverage.
Alexander will forever be an important part of our lives. He is included when we set the table and his shoes are still in our hallway. We talk about him and to him every day.
We’ve always travelled frequently with Alexander and his three siblings. After the accident, we‘ve honored Alexanders love for adventures by bringing a rock with his name or #Ride4Alex written on it and placing it in beautiful spots. Others have also done this for him. The rocks have brought us so much joy. For inspiration, please visit www.ride4alex.se/alltid
In august 2022, we attended the amazing HPH conference for the first time. During the stay, one of us dreamt that a medium approached us, announcing a message from our son. To our surprise, that’s exactly what happened the next day. No doubt, Alexander is still with us.
HPH has meant so much to us since the accident. We would like to be there for other angel parents searching for hope and meaning.
Please join HPH Norway/Sweden that are offering joined zoom meetings approximately once a month. You are so welcome.
If you need someone to talk to, you can reach out to Anna who’s also a Caring listener at the address HPHSweden@gmail.com.With love, Anna and Frode
HPH Sweden/Sverige
I maj 2020, fick vår 16-åriga son Alexander sina änglavingar efter att ha varit involverad i en trafikolycka. Alexander är fantastisk på så många sätt, alltid nyfiken, rolig och omtänksam. Kort efter olyckan började Alexander kommunicera genom drömmar, fåglar och meditationer. Tecknen gav oss hopp och styrka att ta oss igenom åren med förundersökningar, rättegångar och mediabevakning.
Alexander fortsätter vara en viktig del av våra liv. Vi dukar för honom och hans skor står fortfarande i vår hall. Vi pratar om och med honom varje dag.
Vi har alltid rest mycket med Alexander och hans tre syskon. Efter olyckan har vi hedrat Alexanders äventyrslust genom att ta med en sten med texten Alexander eller #Ride4Alex, som vi placerar på vackra platser. Andra människor har gjort det samma för honom. För inspiration kan du titta på www.ride4alex.se/alltid
I augusti 2022 deltog vi på den fantastiska HPH konferensen för första gången. Under vistelse hade en av oss föräldrar en dröm om att ett medium kom fram till oss och berättade om ett meddelande från vår son. Till vår stora förvåning var det precis det som hände dagen efter! Det finns inga tvivel om att Alexander fortfarande är med oss!
HPH har betytt väldigt mycket för oss sedan olyckan. Vi skulle vilja finnas där för andra änglaföräldrar som söker hopp och mening.
Gå gärna med i HPH Norway/Sweden som erbjuder zoommöten ungefär 1 gång i månaden. Varmt välkommen.
Behöver du någon att prata med så är Anna också en Caring Listener. Ta kontakt via HPHSweden@gmail.com.
Med kärlek, Anna och Frode
Charmaine has two children, one of whom is in Spirit: Aiden, who passed when he was 23 years old due to an accidental drug overdose. She also has a beautiful daughter, Sydney, who is 30. Charmaine is the Affiliate Leader of the Baja Sur HPH group and resides in Todos Santos, BCS Mexico with her husband John. She has a BA in Business and Leadership from Antioch University, Seattle and is also a certified professional coach and mental fitness trainer.
Charmaine Bostwick ACC
Our FB site: www.facebook.com/groups/hphbajasur/
Helping Parents Heal Baja Sur will hold its first in person meeting in Todos Santos (message me for the location) on July 20th, 2024 and monthly thereafter on the 3rd Saturday of the month from 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm.
You are welcome to bring family members and friends. Suggested donation of $80 pesos to help cover any incidental meeting expenses (not required)
For further information and to attend, contact the HPH Baja Sur affiliate leader Charmaine Bostwick at 1-805-452-9554 or email hphbajasur@pm.me ❤️
I am a writer, creative writing teacher and, a freelance clinical hypnotherapist based in Dubai, UAE. My husband, Suresh and I are originally from India. Our only child, our daughter, Sakshi (F16) crossed the veil on 6th July 2022. She was and continues to be the centre of our lives and we try and live our lives to the fullest to honour her and her wishes.
I have always been spiritual, an optimist and a learner, but Sakshi's year and a half long battle with cancer and her passing over, sent me on a journey of self-discovery and learning that blew my mind and sense of self, wide open. I am still in the initial stages of my learning.
I keep busy with my writing, managing the Sakshi's Joy Foundation, and small freelance clinical hypnotherapy practice. UAE doesn't have an organisation or a support group for assisting parents on this journey. I hope that HPH Dubai (UAE) will provide other parents in this region the comfort and hope that only a fellow shining light parent can.
Please join our FB group: www.facebook.com/groups/hphdubai/
Abby De Beer