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Adrian Arleo’s Sculptures About Loss Meld Nature with Humankind
The sculptor crafts haunting displays that represent loss, death and rebirthWhen we die, our bodies eventually revert back to nature, allowing new life to occupy the space that we’ve left behind. Few artists are able to capture this complex cycle of death and rebirth as accurately as Adrian Arleo. Her sculptures about loss showcase stunning, and slightly disconcerting, hybrids of humans and animals, which represent…
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How Can We Open Our Hearts to Grief? (Interview)
An interview with Dr. Joanne Cacciatore, the founder of the MISS Foundation and an expert in traumatic grief, Part TwoToday SevenPonds concludes our interview with Dr. Joanne Cacciatore, Ph.D. a psychologist and educator who specialize in helping clients navigate the experience of traumatic grief, especially in the wake of the death of a child. The founder of the MISS Foundation, an international nonprofit which provides counseling, advocacy, research and education to bereaved families, she is a…
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Business Makes $27 Million Selling Donated Bodies on the Open Market
An Arizona company makes enormous profits selling body parts from bodies donated to scienceAt first glance, you probably wouldn’t associate a brand called Science Care with the human cadaver trade. However, that’s exactly what the Phoenix, Arizona-based company deals with, as it is perhaps the country’s most well-known company that legally profits off the sale of cadavers and body parts of people who have died. Companies like Science…
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The Sad, Green Burial of Pilgrims in 1620
In honor of the Thanksgiving holiday, SevenPonds shares a post from the Merry Burial BlogFor this month’s cultural perspectives post, SevenPonds shares an article from the Connecticut Green Burial Ground’s Merry Burial Blog. Written by Glenn Alan Cheney, the author of Thanksgiving: The Pilgrims’ First Year in America, it is the sad but true story of the Pilgrims of Plymouth’s devastating first winter in America and the struggles they…
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Join Us at the Third Annual JCCSF End of Life Resource Fair
The Jewish Community Center of San Francisco is hosting the event on Nov. 12, 1017SevenPonds is excited to announce “Embracing the Journey,” the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco’s third annual End of Life Resource Fair. Presented in conjunction with a number of Bay Area businesses and nonprofits, the event will be held at the Jewish Community Center, located at 3200 California Street in San Francisco, from 9:30 a.m.…
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Heart Surgery May Be Best Performed In the Afternoon
A new study shows that patients who underwent heart surgery in the afternoon fared better than their morning surgery counterpartsResearchers who have studied the effect of the body’s circadian rhythms on patients undergoing complex heart surgery have found that the time of day has an effect on the outcome of the surgery. Collecting data on nearly 600 patients who underwent aortic heart valve replacement over the course of six years, authors of a study recently…
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Monday Hearts for Madalene
Page Hodel creates beautiful hearts as a tribut to enduring loveIt’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 enduring love.The project began in 2005, when Page Hodel first met Madalene Rodriguez and fell “instantly, dizzyingly in love with her.” Soon afterwards, Page began leaving handmade hearts on…
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What Is Traumatic Grief? (Interview)
An interview with psychologist, grief counselor and educator Dr. Joanne Cacciatore, Part OneToday SevenPonds speaks with Dr. Joanne Cacciatore, Ph.D. a psychologist and educator who specialize in helping clients navigate the experience of traumatic grief, especially in the wake of the death of a child. The founder of the MISS Foundation, an international nonprofit which provides counseling, advocacy, research and education to bereaved families, she is a…
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