David J. Roberts, LMSW, became a parent who experienced the death of a child, when his daughter Jeannine died of cancer on 3/1/03 at the age of 18. He is a retired addiction professional and an adjunct professor in the psychology and psychology-child life departments at Utica College. Dave has also been a past keynote speaker and workshop presenter at national and regional grief conferences. Mr. Roberts has been a past HuffPost contributor and has contributed other articles to Medium, Open to Hope Foundation, Mindfulness and Grief, Thrive Global, and the Recovering the Self Journal. He has also appeared on numerous radio and internet broadcasts including the BBC podcast World Have Your Say, as well as Open to Hope Television. Rev. Patty Furino chooses to walk a sacred path obtaining wisdom from a variety of spiritual practices and philosophies. After completing a two year program at the New Seminary in New York City she was ordained an Interfaith Minister in June 1998, at St. John the Divine Cathedral. She was inspired to embrace other spiritual paths "never instead of, always in addition to" by the founder, Rabbi Joseph Gelberman. She made a vow to learn to walk through life like the Masters helping people through challenging times offering hope, following the motto of St. Francis, "Make me an Instrument of Peace." The goal of her ministry work is to empower others to discover and develop their own unique life paths. Her goal is to inspire a peaceful perspective for people during their challenging times. She feels sometimes people just need someone to bear witness to their stories and offer hope. http://www.psychologyprofessorandminister.com/ ------------------------------- ?Path 11 TV Membership Perks? One of the perks of being a member of Path 11 TV, is the free monthly live events! Our July event is a gallery reading with Mark Schmidt.  As of this moment, we have over 100 hours of premium videos available at path11tv.com, with new videos added regularly. Watch Path 11 TV wherever you want, on the iPhone, AppleTV, Android, Amazon Fire, and Roku Apps. ?Podcast listeners can use coupon code: PODCAST30, for a 30% discount off the annual plan. This code is only available for a limited time.  -------------------- Dr. Eric Pearl and Jillian Fleer https://www.thereconnection.com Be sure to use coupon code PATH2PORTAL on checkout, to take 25% of your purchase of the portal. -------------------- Check out our new music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/connections