March 24, 2014

Watch griefHaven on Good Morning America

      Susan discusses the TV show Resurrection,  an American fantasy drama television series about dead people who return to life. It is based on Jason Mott’s novel The Returned (2013). The series follows the residents of Arcadia, Missouri, whose lives are upended when their loved ones return from the dead, not having aged since their deaths.
October 7, 2013

Grief Relief Talk Show

      Episode 20: Finding Meaning After Loss Watch Susan Whitmore on Grief Relief talk show. She is halfway through the show. On this show, Dr. Gloria Horsley and Dr. Heidi Horsley explore the topic of finding meaning after loss. They interview two inspirational women who, rather than be broken by their experience, have used their tragic losses to make meaning and to help others. The first guest is Ann Khadalia, Social Worker and the second guest is Susan Whitmore founder and CEO of griefHaven. The show closes with a song, I Will Friend You, sung by singer-songwriter Michael Davis.
July 26, 2012

Starting Over Television Show – NBC

      Starting Over was a daytime reality show from the creators of “The Real World” which followed six women who came from all walks of life to overcome issues that had held them back from leading a fulfilling life. The producers of Starting Over contacted Susan Whitmore, asking her to visit with Bethany who was one of the Starting Over house guests. Bethany had just lost her only child, Shelby, in a tragic car accident a few months earlier (see Shelby’s photo on our memory page). The holidays were coming, Bethany was far away from her home, living in the Starting Over house in Southern California, and feeling the painful separation from family and friends. The hardest part for Bethany was that she was missing Shelby terribly. Bethany was trying to decide whether or not she would continue living in the Starting Over house while feeling such intense pain […]
January 15, 2011

Tragedy in Tuscon

      On January 8, 2011, U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords and eighteen others were shot during a constituent meeting held in a supermarket parking lot in Casas Adobes, Arizona, in the Tucson metropolitan area. Six people died, including federal District Court Chief Judge John Roll; Gabe Zimmerman, one of Rep. Giffords’ staffers; and a nine-year-old girl, Christina-Taylor Green. Giffords was holding the meeting, called “Congress on Your Corner” in the parking lot of a Safeway store when Jared Lee Loughner drew a pistol and shot her in the head before proceeding to fire on other people. One additional person was injured in the immediate aftermath of the shooting. News reports identified the target of the attack as Giffords, a Democrat representing Arizona’s 8th congressional district was shot through the head at point-blank range. In the video below Susan Whitmore discusses this tragedy.