Bereaved But Still Me

Send us Fan Mail Boomers on the Launching Pad 2 picks up our continuing conversation with comedians, actors, writers, and all-around great people Philip Proctor and Jamie Alcroft. In a round table discussion, they talk with Host Michael Liben about birth, death, life - and all things before and after. It's a fascinating look at friendship that will surely bring a smile to your face. Support t...

Send us Fan Mail This month on "Heart to Heart with Michael," Philip Proctor is back this time with fellow Boomer, Jamie Alcroft. Recorded back in those thrilling days of yestermonth when men could sit at the same table and share a microphone. In this episode, which we call Boomers on the Launching Pad, Jamie reveals the shocking truth about John Wilkes Booth, maple syrup, and Joseph Ken...

Send us Fan Mail This episode of "Heart to Heart with Michael" features Jay Handlin. A childhood friend of Host Michael Liben, for the very first time they openly discuss what Jay's life was life for him after the loss of his brother. These two friends explore different losses Jay has experienced and how those losses have shaped him into the man he is today. Please take a moment to...

Send us Fan Mail Steve Gambichler is a retired Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Army. He was an Army Aviation Officer and he served for 32 years from 1985 to 2018. Steve deployed for Operation Iraq Freedom 2003, invasion of Iraq, and then he deployed again in 2006 to Iraq. Steve is father to two boys, ages 21 and 18. Steve’s 18-year-old just joined the US Air Force. He is 52 years old. He i...

Send us Fan Mail This episode is “Beyond the Five Stages of Grief” and our guest is Carole Sanek. Carole tells us about the trauma of her husband's death following his stroke.  She also tells us what Complicated Grief is and how ART (Accelerated Resolution Therapy) has helped her and how EMDR therapy can help PTSD victims.  Carole also explains how healing the trauma part of the brain can hel...

Send us Fan Mail This is a look back at the Heart to Heart with Michael episodes that aired in 2019. Host Michael Liben reviews Season 3, the Guests and provides excerpts from each episode. Special thanks to all of our Guests:  Nancy Jensen, Peter Pugliese, Julie Joiner and Brittany Ramos, Danny Mack, Ron  Glenn Kelly, Alden Solovy, Hannah Sherebrin, and Dr. Sandra Schatz. Thanks, too, to C Jay An...

Send us Fan Mail חני סידיס  גרה בחיפה. היא עובדת כמרפאת בעיסוק, ומשתמשת במחול  כדי לעזור למטופלים שלה להבין את הקשר שבין הגוף ונפש.  היא עובדת עם המטופלים שלה בעזרת תנועתיות  מיוחדת , שעוזרת להם ומאפשרת להם לחבר בין הגוף והנפש  , בכדי לנסות לעזור להם לפתור בעיות רגשיות, וסוגיות שעולות בקשרים  שלהם עם משפחה וחברים, כמו בעיות של נתינת אמון אחד בשני, ולהבין את הנזק שנגרם מטראומות שחוו.   חני מדריכה א...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Sandra Schatz is a Clinical Psychologist who works with soldiers at Fort Hood Army Base. Her days are spent conducting psychological testing, individual therapy, and group therapy for problems ranging from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to adjusting from being away from home for the first time. Personally, Sandra’s mother recently passed away -- in June 2019. Originally...

Send us Fan Mail Hannah Sherebrin returns on this episode of Heart to Heart with Michael to talk with him about how she has learned to process her grief through art. With a very traumatic event occurring in her childhood, surviving the Holocaust, she has come to realize the effects of trauma on the human psyche and how people need to process their past trauma before they can process any new grief...

Send us Fan Mail How can we use art to help us with our grief? Hannah Sherebrin, M.S., ATR, RN is a retired Director of the Art Craft studio of the University of Western Ontario, Canada. She moved to Israel in 1997 where she continues to work as an Art Therapist in private practice dealing mainly with trauma bereavement and depression with adult populations. She supervises practicum students and o...

Send us Fan Mail Alden Solovy talks with Michael about his wife Amy, his passion for writing prayers, his current projects and where we can buy his books. Alden Solovy spreads joy and excitement through prayer. A liturgist and poet, his work has been used by people of all faiths throughout the world. He’s written more than 700 pieces of new liturgy, offering a fresh new Jewish voice, challenging t...

Send us Fan Mail Christiana Whallon is the mother of three, two heart-healthy sons and Jaylee who was born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome and an intact atrial septum. She had the Norwood procedure at three days of age.  She went into heart failure, which prevented her from being a candidate for the 2nd open-heart surgery, the bi-directional Glenn. Jaylee was listed for a heart transplant at...

Send us Fan Mail Hanny Sidis is from Haifa Israel. Hanny is an occupational, dance, and mind and body therapist. She works with people through movement to connect the body and mind in order to work through a variety of issues such as relationships, emotions, trust, and trauma. Hanny guides them to have a better understanding of themselves and to connect their inner self so they can make better cho...

Send us Fan Mail Pastor James Driskell has a vast amount of experience in caring for those going through loss in hazardous situations. Pastor Driskell served in the U. S. Coast Guard Reserve for 29 years with over 2,000 hours of operational time on Coast Guard boats. He was involved in a variety of situations to comfort the dying, injured and survivors. As a Police Chaplain he has been called on s...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Michael sits down with Kristine Brite McCormick, mom to Cora, who died at only five days old of an undiagnosed CHD. Kristine talks about her ebooklet, "When Your Friend's Baby Dies" as well as ways to find happiness during the holiday season. Kristine has also advocated for "Cora's Law" which mandates hospitals to conduct heart defect...

Send us Fan Mail Mia Moreno is the "Heart to Heart with Michael" Guest this week. She talks about her gratitude for her life, despite suffering from chronic illness. Mia and Michael investigate how her chronic illness has affected other relationships in her life. Tune in to hear her expound on how her faith has helped her and why she believes it's so important for people living with...

Send us Fan Mail Our guest is Ron Glenn Kelly, author of Sometimes I Cry in the Shower . Ron is no stranger to grief and today he’ll tell us his personal story and how he is committed to helping others deal with grief in their personal lives and in the workplace.  Ron Glenn Kelly unexpectedly lost his teenage son and only child to a congenital heart defect. He has become a leading authority on gri...

Send us Fan Mail This month "Heart to Heart with Michael" features Dawn Fuller. She is best known as Canada’s Laugh Lady, is a Registered Clinical Counselor with 37 years counseling experience in a variety of areas, author of the book The Heart of Joshua, and the mother of a child born with serious medical problems. While learning to traverse the bureaucracy of the medical world, she adv...

Send us Fan Mail C Jay Anderson-McKay is the mother of four; two in heaven, two here on earth. C Jay has founded two non-profits. The first, “Grief Bridge” is a non-profit organization with the mission to close the gap between the bereaved and the world by way of education and grief work centered around God's Word. The second non-profit is called “JAWS,” which stands for John-Benjamin Action...

Send us Fan Mail This episode of "Heart to Heart with Michael" features returning Guests Jackie Renfrow and her mother Wilodene Gist. Featured in July, this mother-daughter duo talked to Michael about losing loved ones to a misdiagnosis. In today's episode this dynamic duo talk to Michael about what it means to suffer loss after loss generation after generation. They talk about what...

Send us Fan Mail Today's show features Jackie Renfrow and her mother, Wilodene Gist. These women have suffered losses to Long QT Syndrome including both of Jackie’s children. Tune in to hear how the cause of their deaths was finally diagnosed correctly and why they are such staunch advocates willing to talk with our Host, Michael Liben, about how this tragedy has affected their lives. Support...

Send us Fan Mail Danny Mack is a graduate of The University of North Texas and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is currently the Director of Spiritual and Social Services for Christian Care Hospice. Danny Mack, a.k.a. The Happy-o-logist, is a philosopher, theologian, motivational speaker, life coach, spiritual healer and expert on rock ‘n roll. In today's show, Danny and Michael...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, our guest Lynne Machado discusses a little-known law in Texas that forbids hospitals from disconnecting life support from a patient who is pregnant. Lynne’s daughter, Marlise, died in 2013 while she was fourteen weeks pregnant. She was, at the time, declared brain dead. This little-known law was invoked and, against the wishes of her family; and those of Marlise a...

Send us Fan Mail In this classic Heart to Heart with Michael episode, Emily Perl Kingsley, the mother of a child born with Down Syndrome, talks with Michael about what it was like to have a child with Down Syndrome at a time when handicapped children were not seen in the mainstream. Because of this experience, she wrote an essay, "Welcome to Holland" which has been made famous thanks to...

Send us Fan Mail Rachel Greenbaum is the daughter of the late Horror and Speculative novelist T. M. Wright's first marriage to Sally Edwards. In this episode of Heart to Heart with Michael, Rachel commemorates her father, his many talents and the way his gifts are still living on today. She shares how his talent has been passed down to her children and her and how those talents have manifeste...