From Heartache to Healing and Hope

A Very Special Podcast Release Celebrating the One Year Anniversary of The Telephone of the Wind: Oneonta Connection located at Lower Wilber Park, Oneonta, NY, a special community project in collaboration with The City of Oneonta, Oneonta Parks and Recreation, BOCES and sponsored by The Alzheimer's Association Executive Producer: Bernadette Winters Bell, LMSW, PLLC Produced by Beatrice Georgalidi...

Andrew Rosetti PhD, LCAT, MT-BC is a New York State board-certified music therapist, and Director of Oncology and Music Therapy at the Louis Armstrong Center for Music and Medicine in New York City at Mount Sinai Healthcare System. Join Bernadette as she learns from Dr. Rosetti how music heals, with the legendary Louis Armstrong to thank. This is a must watch for anyone seeking pathways to healing...

Two healers. One conversation. Diving deep into their respective work healing relational trauma, treating grief, and how they have trained themselves to sustain joy, happiness, and ease... and continue, every day, to learn. If you have ever wondered what it takes, this is the episode to watch. "I don't look at things like good days / bad days. If I have a "bad" day I think of it as "I'm taking res...

Big Hats, Big Voice, True Shine Season three, From Heartache to the Art of Healing, features “triple threat” actor, singer, dancer (and so much more) Gabrielle Lee, in conversation with podcast host and life, loss and grief master therapist Bernadette Winters Bell, LMSW PLLC about how the art of theatre brings healing to audiences and performers alike. Gabrielle Lee, Theater Graduate, Eugene O’Nei...

NY Goat Yoga takes place at the gorgeous wedding venue Gilbertsville Farmhouse, where our host Bernadette Winters Bell visited to experience Pip and Squeak, and fabulous conversations with goat yoga instructor and marketing queen Vanessa Pellegrino and the wise and kind owner Sharon K. Boustani. Sharon talks about the importance of acceptance - the root is to receive! and Bernadette experiences wh...

A look inside the Process of Lake Arts Project and how they build bridges through bereavement ™, filmed on location at The Visionary during their residency, Summer 2022, interview hosted by Bernadette Winters Bell,LMSW PLLC. Annually, Lake Arts Project (2013 - present) brings together community groups and arts educators to workshop, cleanse, share, and then create. Collaborators include Feast of C...

Sherry, an Oneonta native who attended SUNY Albany, worked in the industry in New York City for about a year before moving to Saratoga in 2017. He’s worked as a production assistant on films like “Set It Up” with Zoey Deutch, Glen Powell, Taye Diggs, Lucy Liu and Pete Davidson. “The Monkey,” which was published as part of King’s book “Skeleton Crew,” marks the first time Sherry has adapted an auth...

In Season 2, Episode 9 of From Heartache to Healing and Hope, Bernadette chats with Korey Rowe, Founder/Owner/Creative Director of Otsego Media (Oneonta, NY) about the four things he does every day to help to cope with PTSD and seasonal affective disorder. Korey Rowe was born and raised in the Oneonta area. Korey trained as a producer in the Los Angeles film industry, and brings over 15 years’ exp...

Hope Podcast with host Bernadette Winters Bell featuring her mentor, special guest Cathleen Fanslow, MA, RN | SSN II| Episode VII in a fascinating conversation about her advancements in the field of death, dying, bereavement and pre bereavement. "From the beginning of the journey, until the end of the journey," this deep look into how we cope with loss amd grief is not to be missed. Cathleen Fansl...

The podcast From Heartache To Healing and Hope with host Bernadette Winters Bell, LMSW PLLC will launch Season Two, Episode VI, "Rosa Mystica, Faith and the Art of Joanne Von Zwehl," on Monday, November 8 at 9 AM on Facebook Live, Spotify and Apple Podcasts, featuring artist and Rosa Mystica Foundation president Joanne Von Zwehl Season two of the podcast will highlight how guests practice and cult...

From Heartache to Healing and Hope Podcast Weathering The Storm; Cultivating Kindness | Season Two | Episode IV "How to Photograph Your Life... and Buddy Holly's Glasses" Featuring Special Guest Nick Kelsh Nick Kelsh (Treadwell, NY) is a renowned photographer and author of nine books, including the bestselling Naked Babies and Siblings (co-authored with Pulitzer Prize winning writer, Anna Quindlen...

The podcast From Heartache To Healing and Hope with host Bernadette Winters Bell, LMSW PLLC launches season two, Weathering The Storm; Cultivating Kindness Episode II, "The Magic Man" on Monday, September 27 at 9 AM. Season two of the podcast will highlight how guests practice and cultivate kindness as we collectively endure the second year of the pandemic.

The season two premiere episode, "Twenty Years of Kindness, Bees, Moose, and The Good Life in Delaware County" features special guest Jennifer Finkle, and her story of how twenty years of journal entries written by Andes Central School teachers came to be published, and subsequently inspired The Kindness Project, a partner program founded by Bright Hill Press and Literary Center executive director...

Episode twenty-two features Bernadette in a spirited conversation with Peter Gerstenzang, Esq., one of only four lawyers in the entire state of New York who has been board certified as a specialist in DWI Defense Law by the National College for DUI defense (NCDD). Peter also served as Dean of the National College for DUI defense. Peter and BWB talk law, what practicing law looks like during the pa...

Bernadette Winters Bell, LMSW, PLLC, a life, loss and grief therapist with a private practice in Oneonta, New York, airs episode twenty-one of her podcast From Heartache to Healing and Hope featuring special guest Cheryl Dedecker. The goal of this series is to share and archive stories of varying experiences that may help to shed light and offer hope during the challenging, unprecedented times of...

Episode twenty features Bernadette in a spirited conversation with Jenny Mannion, an author and intuitive healer based in Oneonta, New York. Jenny found her passion for healing through her own journey and is now an intuitive healer, mind/body mentor, and teacher who inspires people to connect with their inner power to create the life they desire. Featured Guest on Episode Twenty Jenny Mannion, BA...

Episode nineteen of the podcast From Heartache to Healing and Hope with host Bernadette Winters Bell, LMSW PLLC features Jim Havener, owner and proprietor of the little independent, wonderful bookstore, The Green Toad in Oneonta, New York. Jim discusses what he's reading these days, some of his favorite books of all time, amidst stories of his experiences operating an independent bookstore during...

Episode sixteen features Bernadette in spirited conversation with Marc Renson, owner and operator of Ambition, a funky urban bistro in Schenectady, NY that pivoted during the pandemic to offer "boozy muffins" to the glee of their customers. Featured Guest on Episode Fifteen Marc Renson is the owner of Ambition Coffee & Eatery, a funky urban bistro in Schenectady NY. Marc Renson opened Ambition on...

Featured Guest on Episode Seventeen Suzanne Summers is a Reiki Master Teacher, practicing since the early ‘90s. Suzanne was trained locally, and also by John Harvey Gray, one of the original 12 Reiki Masters in the East. Now practicing privately, Suzanne has taught classes at Hartwick College, SUCO, Bard College and has given multiple presentations about Reiki and other energy work. She is a gradu...

Bernadette Winters Bell, LMSW, PLLC, a life, loss and grief therapist with a private practice in Oneonta, New York, airs episode fifteen of her podcast From Heartache to Healing and Hope on Monday, May 10 The goal of this series is to share and archive stories of varying experiences that may help to shed light and offer hope during the challenging, unprecedented times of the pandemic. Episode fift...

Featured Guest on Episode Fourteen Ben Riker, CRPA Ben is a father of two, a person in long term sustained recovery and a passionate advocate for intelligent evidence-based policy surrounding education, treatment and recovery from substance use disorders. His professional background includes all aspects of organizational peer-professional integration and programming including training, coaching, a...