Mary Jane Hurley Brant, M.S.,CGP has a Masters Degree in Counseling and Human Relations. She is a Certified Group Psychotherapist and Grief Specialist and Certified Leader of Simple Abundance Workshops. She has been on national TV, Radio, Internet radio. Her expertise is about the grieving process. It comes from her clinical education, her 29 years working in the field and her life. In 1989 her beloved 18 year old daughter, Katie, was diagnosed with a cancerous brain tumor. Katie died in 1999 at age 28 but not before she lived a 100 lifetimes of good. Katie began her own 501(C)(3) foundation to help fund pediatric brain tumors Katie's Kids for the Cure. After Katie's death, MJ wrote to survive. Then she wrote to help others through the grieving process. On Oct. 1, 2008 When Every Day Matters: A Mother's Memoir on Love, Loss and Life was published by Simple Abundance Press - It takes the reader through MJ's journey of loss and finding hope again so others might do the same. Her book discusses also what happens to families when they go through traumas and the effects on a marriage. It is a candid, deeply spiritual and intimate book. She stills maintains her practice in person and by phone.

Interests:

My favorite activity is being with our 3 grandchildren and my husband, son and daughter-in-law. Absolutely love the Internet and it's possibilities. Love helping people. Love to paint and write because I am a artist.

Music:

Classical Rock

Movies:

Philip Seymour Hoffman Gwyneth Paltrow Top Gun and ET are my favorite movies

Books:

Simple Abundance by Sarah Ban Breathnach When Every Day Matters: A Mother's Memoir of Love, Loss and Life by Mary Jane Hurley Brant The Bible Eternal Echoes by John O'Donohue Angele's Ashes by Frank McCourt Anything written by James Hollis, Ph.D Women Who Run With the Wolves by Clarissa P. Estes, Ph.D Anything written by Amy Tan Necessary Losses by Judith Viorst

Television:

Seinfeld Good Morning America World News Tonight