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  • Keanu Reeves Tells BBC: “ I’m Thinking About Death All the Time”The practice reminds him to appreciate each moment

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    Mitch Lobrovich

    Keanu Reeves Tells BBC: “ I’m Thinking About Death All the Time”
    The practice reminds him to appreciate each moment

  • Our Weekly Tip: Estate Planning – You Don’t Have to Go it Alone
    Estate planning can be overwhelming, but having a team to help with your decisions can make a big difference

    Our Tip of the Week: Estate planning can be overwhelming, but there’s no need to figure it out all by yourself. Forbes published a great and extensive article on estate planning and mentioned how beneficial it can be to have a team helping you out with your decisions. Of course, it’s up to you to determine…

    Augusta Wise

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  • “Cake“This dark drama paints a conflicting portrait of a woman dealing with complicated grief

    “Cake“
    This dark drama paints a conflicting portrait of a woman dealing with complicated grief

    When Cake came out in theaters last year, I remember hearing all the buzz about how “America’s Sweetheart” Jennifer Aniston made herself completely unglamorous in the role of a woman dealing with chronic pain (along and the snub she received when she didn’t get an Academy Award nomination). To be honest, I’m not really a…

    Zoë Byrne

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  • “Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils.”
    – Hector Berlioz

    Marissa Abruzzini

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  • Hermes the Death DoulaGreek god of transitioning and boundaries

    Hermes the Death Doula
    Greek god of transitioning and boundaries

    Many of us today are thrust into the role of lay death midwife unwittingly. There are altruistic hospice volunteers and angelic professional death doulas and hospice chaplains and hospice nurses who feel called to work with the dying. They choose the difficult and rewarding task of supporting people transitioning out of this life. To care…

    Ellary Allis

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  • Listen to This Song Parody about End-of-Life Care
    Eminem and Rihanna get a one-of-a-kind remix

    You’ve never heard Rihanna and Eminem like this. ZDoggMD rewrote the lyrics to their song, “Love The Way You Lie,” but with a twist. The new parody song, “Ain’t The Way to Die,” speaks candidly about the dying process and what patients and doctors go through when someone dies. Unlike most song parodies, this one…

    Marissa Abruzzini

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  • “For Once in My Life”Let Stevie Wonder's song bring strength and joy to your memorial ceremony

    “For Once in My Life”
    Let Stevie Wonder’s song bring strength and joy to your memorial ceremony

    Gone are the days of somber memorials defined by a dreary black dress-code and a slew of sad songs. It’s important to create an atmosphere sensitive to the grieving process, and a memorial ceremony will always embrace that. But, in the quest to create a memorial that feels more like a celebration of life, why…

    Mary Frances Knapp

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  • Performance in School Linked to Risk of Developing Dementia
    Study demonstrates that the correlation between school grades, one’s level of formal education and career complexity makes a big difference in the risk for developing dementia

    At this year’s Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC), a press release was given about the results of a study done on “the role of childhood school performance, education and the complexity of a person’s job on the risk of dementia.” At the Aging Research Center and Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet & Stockholm University,…

    Zoë Byrne

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  • Monday Hearts for Madalene
    Page Hodel creates the most beautiful hearts in an ongoing celebration of love

    Sipping on a Drink of Eternal Love It’s an honor for SevenPonds to share with our readers the story of the Monday Hearts for Madalene project, a true account of the power of love in the midst of death. The project’s origins take us to 2005: the moment Page Hodel encountered Madalene Rodriguez and fell “instantly, dizzyingly in love…

    Zoë Byrne

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  • The Tomb of Poets in Maqbaratol Shoara, Iran
    An astounding resting place for the creatives of Iran

    Mystics, scholars, poets — it seems that all of Iran’s esteemed creatives end up at the Maqbaratol Shoara mausoleum, otherwise known as “The Tomb of Poets.” The mausoleum has welcomed everyone from Asadi Tusi (in 1079), the very father of the Persian language, to the country’s beloved tragic poet Seyyed Mohammad Hossein Behjat-Tabrizi (1906-1988). Located…

    Mary Frances Knapp

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