
Helping Parents Heal assists bereaved parents in very significant ways. It provides personal and specialized support, tips, and tools for finding hope for those parents whose children have passed. It offers much-needed peer support which aids in the healing process going a step beyond other groups because it supports the open discussion of spiritual experiences and evidence for the afterlife in a non-dogmatic way. Everyone is welcome regardless of religious or non-religious background allowing for open dialogues for those to wish who wish to share their personal afterlife communications. I’m truly both delighted and honored to have been asked to introduce some of the enlightened presenters who were at this conference in August, 2022 in Phoenix, Arizona. These insights provide uplifting interviews comprising a special new series on the Grief and Rebirth Podcast that will illumine the wondrous healing work of Helping Parents Heal – the organization’s sole mission is to help other parents who have also lost their precious children ensuring them that they need not walk alone through their profound grief.
The next conference will again take place in Phoenix, Arizona in 2024.
Recent Episodes

William Peters: The Shared Crossing Pathway: Accompanying loved ones through a beautiful end of life
William Peters is the Founder of the Shared Crossing Project, whose mission is to positively transform relationships to death and dying through education and raising awareness about Shared Crossings and their healing benefits. As the Director of the Shared Crossing Research Institute, William and his team collect and study extraordinary end of life experiences called shared crossings. A global leader in shared death studies and end of life phenomenon, William has developed methods to facilitate the shared death experience and to assist experiencers in meaningfully integrating their experiences.
Michelle Clare is a Certified Medium, an Angel Intuitive, a Spiritual Coach, an Energetic Healer, an Intuitive Life Coach and a 3 time Near Death Experience (NDE) survivor; during Michelle’s third NDE, she suffered a traumatic brain injury. All 3 NDEs were a reminder of an unconditional love and connection that surpasses our earthly life, but shortly after her 3rd NDE, which was a monumental event, Michelle started receiving information for other people from their loved ones who had transitioned to the Other Side.
Nothing could have prepared Mary for the death of her 19-year-old Marine son Chas, early in 2012. Mary’s spiritual education, an excellent therapist and journaling helped her move through her intense grief, and through this journey, she began to understand how she could be of service to others. With Chas’ guidance, Mary wrote her first book titled The 21 Day Doorway Across The Veil and she recently published her second book titled Never Miss a Chance to Shut Up: Listening for Our Loved Ones in Spirit. Mary is now a Certified Coach with the International Coach Federation, and she is also the founder and co-leader of the HPH affiliate called Connecting with Our Loved Ones, which currently has 1400 members.
Stacey Cripps is a well-known and highly respected Spiritual Medium, Mentor and Advisor of the Gift of Spirit. Thanks to her rare God-given gift that allows heart-to-heart Spirit communication with departed loved ones, Stacey transmits evidential healing messages that instill peace, love, and joy. Her work with grieving families, St. Jude, and others shines a light on how our loved ones are never far away, still loving and guiding us here on many levels through their Spiritual signs, Synchronicity, and so much more.
Ann Albers is a popular author, a spiritual instructor, an angel communicator, and a modern-day mystic. After she entered pre-med at Notre Dame University, she graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering with a Computer Concentration and got an amazing job in the aviation electronics industry. When she discovered to her surprise that she was very unhappy, she started to pray. “Dear God, whoever, whatever you are, please… Help me wake up happy, go to bed grateful, & make a living doing something I love.” That prayer was the key that opened the door to a whole new life for Ann. She started experiencing dreams and coincidences, teachers and healers appeared, she learned the language of silence and she began to discern the rich tapestry of signs and symbols. She also started receiving messages from her angels, and she began to enjoy the mystical world of energy. One day, when she least expected it, she clearly heard voices that told her to “turn in her resignation the next day.” She took a leap of faith and never looked back.
Lisa Wilcoxson is a spiritual evidential medium, a psychic, a mystic, and a mentor. As a tested and certified medium who is a recommended provider for Helping Parents Heal, she is renowned for delivering detailed evidence and stunning connection in readings. She compassionately provides undeniable proof that the bonds of love are unbreakable, there is no death, and our lives are forever intertwined. With both of her children in spirit, Lisa has overcome great personal trauma. Her mindful and inspirational guidance and connection have helped bereaved people across the globe, and she also dedicates much of her time to Helping Parents Heal as an affiliate leader for two groups, one dedicated to parents whose special needs children have crossed, and one for parents who have lost all or their only child.
Three tragic personal losses inspired Dr. Gloria Horsley, who is an internationally known grief expert, psychotherapist, and bereaved parent and Dr. Heidi Horsley, who is a licensed psychologist, social worker, and bereaved sibling, to become the Founders of the Open to Hope Foundation, whose mission is to help people find hope after loss. Gloria and Heidi reach about 7 million people a year through their weekly podcast, their cable television show, and the 8 books they have written together about loss.
LaVonne is a Spiritual Teacher, a global speaker, and a Love Activist, who became motivated to become a Spiritual Teacher when her daughter Kiva transitioned. She assists other grieving mothers through peaceful connections and insights and has made it her life’s work to create systems of JOY in this lifetime.
The charismatic and gifted Tina Powers has worked in film, theatre, and television. She was a news anchor and reporter for 15 years, then her life took a turn, and she is now a Psychic/Medium and author who lectures on intuition and holds private sessions with clients at the world-renowned Miraval Resort in Arizona. Tina’s clientele is a veritable “who’s who” of people from all walks of life, from business leaders to celebrities who span the globe. And she has assisted in experiments testing mediums with world-renowned scientist and author Dr. Gary Schwartz, who is a senior professor at the University of Arizona and the Director of Research at the Laboratory for Advances in Consciousness & Health.
Andrea Courey is an award-winning entrepreneur, an author, a speaker, and a sound healing meditation guide who became a caregiver to her 28-year-old daughter Chloe when she fell ill with cancer. About six weeks after Chloe’s death, Andrea sat down to write her a letter – the kind of letter a mother writes to help express her grief. Fully expecting to burn the letter upon completion, her world changed when Chloe answered back. There began a five-month long conversation touching on everything from what Chloe was experiencing out-of-the-body to 12 Steps to Bridging Across the Veil. The result was Andrea’s first book, Conversations with Chloe – A Mother and Daughter Dialogue Across the Veil. When she wanted to understand more about how grieving mothers handle this huge loss, Andrea joined Helping Parents Heal and from those conversations came her second book, the book she wished she could have read when Chloe passed, titled: Magical Thinking…not!
Gordon Smith is an International Medium, a Public Figure, a tutor, and the author of an impressive 23 books that have sold over a million copies in many different languages. Internationally recognized as one of the world’s leading psychic mediums and spiritual teachers, he developed his outstanding natural ability under the tutelage of some of the world’s most sought after mediums, and his prestigious reputation for being accurate and authentic has meant that he is constantly in demand, presenting as well as featuring, in numerous television documentaries and shows about the paranormal for prestigious broadcasters. His charismatic nature brings a sense of healing and restores balance to many lives.