What Good Comes from Death? - Alexander Alexandrovich Blok shares his own...
If you’ve ever experienced the grief of having lost a loved one after weeks, months or even years of suffering, chances are that you are no stranger to the commonly spoken phrase “at least they are no...
View ArticleBook Review: Looking for Alaska by John Green - John Green explores the...
Looking for Alaska is a wonderfully beautiful tragedy. In it, we follow Miles “Pudge” Halter as he is sent away from his hometown in Florida to boarding school in Culver Creek, Alabama in a scenario...
View ArticleHow Does Hospice Improve Quality of Life? An Interview with Sheena Boyd -...
Today SevenPonds speaks with Sheena Boyd, a former UK hospice worker at St. John’s Hospice in central London. Boyd has had 10 years of hospice experience as a day services manager, where she would help...
View ArticleBehind Death Masks: A History of How a Funeral Decoration Transformed Into a...
The practice of creating death masks to remember those who have passed is a ritual that can be traced back to ancient Egypt and Rome. The most recognizable death mask comes from the tomb of Tutankhamun...
View ArticleFilm Review: Alive Inside by Michael Rossato-Bennett - Rossato-Bennett...
Rossato-Bennett’s Alive Inside (2014) is a must-see documentary for anyone who is familiar with the struggles of dementia. At the start of the film, we are introduced to Dan Cohen, who is both a social...
View ArticleMemorial Music: “Taps” by Major General Daniel Butterfield - One of the most...
When it comes to funeral music, there is one haunting melody that reigns supreme in the minds of Americans. Having origins in the 1800s, Taps goes by many names, including Day Is Done, Lights Out,...
View Article“One day can make your life. One day can ruin your life. All life is, is four...
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View ArticleUnlocking the Tibetan Practice of Phowa - The Tibetan Buddhist practice of...
In Tibetan Buddhist tradition, the practice of phowa (pronounced po-wa) is a sacred form of meditation designed to prepare your consciousness to transcend your body after death. Like mantram singing,...
View Article“The Truth About Pretty Girls” by Karin Slaughter - Karin Slaughter explores...
“The Truth About Pretty Girls” is a salty and bitter story about how anger and grief can rule over the heart, even decades after someone has passed. Slaughter’s story comes to us as an audiobook...
View ArticleBook Review: Love Each Day: Live Each Day so You Would Want to Live It Again...
Love Each Day is a novel of assorted candies that gives us insight into what a well-lived day can look like for a wide range of people. While a couple of stories skate around the issue of death, the...
View ArticleHow Can You Work with a Funeral Director to Plan a Personalized Funeral? An...
Amy Cunningham is a New York funeral director and the founder of The Inspired Funeral blog. A former magazine journalist and blogger for beliefnet.com, Amy has much experience with home vigils, Jewish...
View ArticleBreaching the Death Zone: Death and Memorials at the Top of Mount Everest -...
Standing at 29,029 feet ( or 8,848 meters) and growing taller each year, Mount Everest remains the ultimate bucket list item for serious mountaineers and wistful dreamers. For so many, the challenge...
View Article“Spikes” by Michael Chabon - Michael Chabon’s “Spikes” offers readers a...
The process of grieving is a healing pain that can revitalize the spirit, just as much as it can signal the end of something or someone that we are beholden by. This is the main lesson for the short...
View ArticleBook Review: Being Mortal by Atul Gawande - A practicing surgeon contemplates...
The concept of death is a compelling subject to dwell on. As we grow and mature, it becomes ingrained in us that, while a life may be the longest thing we will ever experience, the experience itself is...
View ArticleWhat is Jin Shin Jyutsu? An Interview with Judy Andry: Part One - In this...
Today SevenPonds speaks with Judy Andry. Judy Andry has been studying Jin Shin Jyutsu since 1984. She was one of the first three members of the Jin Shin Jyutsu Advisory Council in 1998 and she has a...
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