{"id":187,"date":"2015-01-15T18:41:03","date_gmt":"2015-01-15T18:41:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thresholdguidance.com\/?page_id=187"},"modified":"2015-02-27T18:26:04","modified_gmt":"2015-02-27T18:26:04","slug":"signs-and-synchronicities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.thresholdguidance.com\/?page_id=187","title":{"rendered":"Signs and Synchronicities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sherry talks with Drs. Gloria and Heidi Horsley about Signs and Synchronicities on the Grief Journey. The program aired February 26, 2015, and can be listened to here.<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-187-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thresholdguidance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/OpenToHope_SherryCassidy.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thresholdguidance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/OpenToHope_SherryCassidy.mp3\">http:\/\/www.thresholdguidance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/OpenToHope_SherryCassidy.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Also: http:\/\/www.opentohope.com\/radio<\/p>\n<p>Following the loss of a loved one, many of us have experiences that are difficult to explain. \u00a0Perhaps dreams of our loved one that feel incredibly real and linger with tastes or smells. \u00a0Perhaps an encounter with nature that seems extraordinary, an amazing rainbow out of the blue, a multitude of butterflies or dragonflies. \u00a0Perhaps an ordinary token &#8212; a coin, a heart, a hand &#8212; that appears frequently at potent times. \u00a0Perhaps a confluence of events that connect us deeply to our loved one. \u00a0We may tend to dismiss these signs and synchronicities because we don&#8217;t understand them and don&#8217;t want to appear foolish. \u00a0But I believe they appear to comfort us.<\/p>\n<p>I am reminded of James Taylor&#8217;s lyric: &#8220;Tell me how do you stand there with your broken heart, afraid of playing the fool.&#8221; \u00a0Our heart has already been torn open and in our vulnerability, we are reluctant to trust in even heartening signs and events.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thresholdguidance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/OpentoHopeRadio.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-179\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thresholdguidance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/OpentoHopeRadio-300x297.jpeg\" alt=\"Sherry talks with Drs. Gloria and Heidi Horsley about Signs and Synchronicities on the Grief Journey.  Airs February 26, 2015.\" width=\"300\" height=\"297\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.thresholdguidance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/OpentoHopeRadio-300x297.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/www.thresholdguidance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/OpentoHopeRadio-150x150.jpeg 150w, http:\/\/www.thresholdguidance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/OpentoHopeRadio-505x500.jpeg 505w, http:\/\/www.thresholdguidance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/OpentoHopeRadio-500x495.jpeg 500w, http:\/\/www.thresholdguidance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/OpentoHopeRadio.jpeg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sherry talks with Drs. Gloria and Heidi Horsley about Signs and Synchronicities on the Grief Journey. The program aired February 26, 2015, and can be listened to here. Also: http:\/\/www.opentohope.com\/radio Following the loss of a loved one, many of us &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thresholdguidance.com\/?page_id=187\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":141,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-187","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thresholdguidance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thresholdguidance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thresholdguidance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thresholdguidance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thresholdguidance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=187"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.thresholdguidance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/187\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":213,"href":"http:\/\/www.thresholdguidance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/187\/revisions\/213"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thresholdguidance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thresholdguidance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}