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How Can Acupuncture Improve End-of-Life Care? (Interview)
Today SevenPonds concludes its two-part interview with Susan Wilmoth, a nationally certified acupuncturist whose private practice is based in east Portland, Oregon. Besides treating patients suffering from pain and stress in order to get them back to their active lives, Susan provides end-of-life care for patients at both Providence Hospice and Kindred Hospice. After speaking…
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Spousal Caregivers Are a Lonely Bunch
Spousal caregivers are largely fending for themselves, according to a new study published in the June issue of Health Affairs. The study concludes that the focus of serious-illness care should ideally “expand from the patient to the family unit.” Caregiving for a loved one who is dying is an onerous task. It’s arguably even more…
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“That Good Night”
In this book, a palliative doctor helps patients navigate the hard questions around death and dyingIn “That Good Night,” palliative doctor Sunita Puri helps patients determine what it means to live and die well. By doing so, she encourages us to ask those questions, too. As the daughter of deeply spiritual Indian immigrants, Puri was raised to see life as fleeting and impermanent. Yet when she followed her mother into…
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Grieving at The Temple at Burning Man
Where art, grief, and community come together in the Nevada desertBlack Rock City exists for just a few short weeks every year before it’s torn down and all evidence of its presence on a dusty lake bed called the Playa is erased. It’s constructed anew each August for Burning Man — the 9-day community and arts event that draws 70,000 participants from around the world…
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What Are the Benefits of Acupuncture at the End of Life? (Interview)
Today SevenPonds speaks with Susan Wilmoth, a nationally certified acupuncturist whose private practice is based in east Portland, Oregon. Besides treating patients suffering from pain and stress in order to get them back to their active lives, Susan works with end-of-life patients nearby at both Providence Hospice and Kindred Hospice. After speaking with her it…
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Jeffery Beale, Tattoo Artist With Terminal Cancer, Has Painted His Own Coffin
“It’s strange…that you have to get to this stage to appreciate it,” said Jeffery Beale, 60. Beale was diagnosed with terminal esophageal cancer this past May. He’s taken this sad news and flipped it into something positive, deciding to beautify his own coffin. Beale is an English tattoo artist who’s owned a shop in Plymouth…
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“Mom’s Cancer”
The award-winning graphic novel, “Mom’s Cancer,” recounts the impacts a Stage 4 Cancer diagnosis has on a familyBrian Fies’ short, graphic novel, “Mom’s Cancer,” recounts his mother’s battle with metastatic lung cancer and the family dynamics that unfold during treatment. Originally created as an online comic, Fies work won an Eisner Award for best digital comic and has since then been collected into this physical book. The book doesn’t waste any time…
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People Are Struggling with “Climate Grief”
Mental health professionals are increasingly encountering a phenomenon known as “climate grief” or “eco-anxiety.” These and other similar terms refer to the depression, mourning and overwhelm resulting from global warming and its effects on our planet. A March 2019 Gallup Poll found that 44 percent of American adults worry a “great deal” about climate change.…
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