CUTV News Radio spotlights Barbara J. Hopkinson of A Butterfly’s Journey

Newburyport, MA – Barbara J. Hopkinson is a certified Grief Recovery Specialist, founder of A Butterfly’s Journey as well as creator of Faces of Resilience.

A Butterfly’s Journey offers a free online broad-based Resource Center for grievers, group or one-on-one Grief Recovery Method (GRM) classes and Faces of Resilience (™) photo shoots at events. The GRM program is an evidence-informed, practice-based program that has been shown to effectively influence components of grief and grief recovery, proven for more than 40 years on six continents. Faces of Resilience are emotionally cathartic photos of the bereaved to raise awareness of the need for open discussion on the difficult topic of grief. Participants are photographed expressing a phrase meaningful to them, written on their skin with washable marker. They later receive their digital photos, which can be printed and often become a catalyst to discuss their grief with family and friends. An online video by Mitch Carmody of Heartlight Studios, showcasing these is at http://bit.ly/ABJ-FOR and there is a photo gallery at http://facesofresilience.org

Hopkinson’s first book A Butterfly's Journey: Healing Grief After the Loss of a Child is about the loss of her 21-year-old son, Brent. Her second book was a collaborative, an Amazon e-book best seller, FAITH – Finding Answers In the Heart – Volume II. Since then, she has co-authored multiple books from the Grief Diaries anthology series. A new photo book Grief Diaries – Faces of Resilience is being released this summer.

For more information on www.abutterflysjourney.com and www.facesofresilience.org