Our Documentary Film – Voices of Grief, Honoring The Sacred Journey – shares a fresh perspective on the many ways we navigate successfully through grief or companion others along their journey.
Wisdom from contemporary authors, grief experts and spiritual teachers is woven through personal stories of loss to explore the roles of community, compassion and connection in this sacred journey.
Voices of Grief explores the discouragement in our culture for the normal grief and mourning process while at the same time offering a new perspective on how to honor, transform and integrate our grief. The film is based on the interplay of teachings from contemporary authors, poets, and spiritual teachers coupled with the stories of our group participants as we companion one another in our group support work.
Our Mission:
Restoring compassion, forgiveness and loving kindness
in the process of grief in our culture.
Watch a 3 minute excerpt from our film.
Somehow you manage to wrest the beauty from terrifying losses, and make it the last say.
Paula D'ArcyThis film brings grief out of the darkness and into the light of hope and healing.
Rev. Dr. Leanne HadleyThe most groundbreaking guide through grief since Elisabeth Kübler-Ross wrote about death and dying.
Karen EverettFilm Inspiration
Our purpose is educational in nature and it is our great desire to make this tool available to all who might have a need. As a grief educator for a Woodland Park, Colorado based hospice, I witness and companion the pain of people in my educational support groups who apologize for crying as they tell me the story of the love of their life. This film offers the possibility of reaching and inspiring a larger audience and will offer the possibility of a more heart and soul based reconciliation of grief.
Kathy Sparnins Executive Director and Co-Producer
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Click Here to support the distribution of this valuable Film-Based Grief Education Resource to all US Hospice organizations for in-house use at no cost!
Voices of Grief is under the Fiscal Sponsorship of From the Heart Productions. Any monetary donations to their Fiscal Sponsorship Program qualify as charitable contributions under the U.S. Tax Code.
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Some wonderful coverage on Voices of Grief in the January 2019 edition of Funeral Home & Cemetery News by Nomis Publications Inc . We’re grateful for the article highlighting the National Funeral Directors Association convention session titled “Voices of Grief – A film-based approach to community outreach” that was presented in partnership with The Springs Funeral Services & The Springs Funeral Services-North and Koch Funeral Home. Our grief education outreach campaign is under the fiscal sponsorship of From the Heart Productions Inc. #grieffilm
Love this... it merits a look. (in advance, apologies for any ads that may interrupt the video)
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How To Support A Friend Going Through A Difficult Time
Validate w/ empathy.no words necessary. Compassion shared....
Truth!
A simple hug or a card is welcomed by most people!
We’re just wrapping up an incredible week in the Washington D.C. area where we had eight screening events over the past five days. The message of compassion for the grief journey was well received! Special thanks to ACCfamily for pulling this together and hosting – we met many remarkable folks including the teams at CaringMatters, Virginia Hospital Center, Inova Mount Vernon Hospital, Inova Alexandria Hospital, Brandywine Living, and Mount Vernon At Home. #grieffilm
Any chance you are coming to the Philadelphia area
You have done such an amazingly beautiful job sharing your knowledge on grief and sharing incites.
What an incredible group of folks we keep finding in these different communities!!!
Kathy. This is amazing. I’m so excited for you.
Great journey!
Sounds wonderful.
Good news!!
Today is Children's Grief Awareness Day. This is one child’s response to what gives them protection from the “rain.” #CGADHOPE
Join us for a Voices of Grief Holiday Grief Remembrance and film screening - Saturday, December 8, 1:00 PM to 3:30 PM at First United Methodist Church, 420 N Nevada Ave, Colorado Springs. Participation is free, but RSVP is requested – call Tina @ 719-328-1793 or send email to tina.g@tsfs.co . Thanks to The Springs Funeral Services & The Springs Funeral Services-North, First United Methodist Church and Pikes Peak Hospice & Palliative Care for hosting this event. #grieffilm
