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How Can Holistic Healing Help You Cope With Grief? (Interview)
Five different holistic healing approaches that can guide you through the grieving processCarol Harada is the founder of The Fluent Body, a holistic healing approach that communicates with the body’s inner wisdom through the language of physical sensations, emotions, movement, and metaphor. Carol has a background in arts and healing, hypnotherapy, meditation and holistic practices that informs her innovative approach to helping patients through the grieving process. …
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“The Namesake”
A sensitive, honest portrayal of loss in this book telling the story of the Ganguli familyThe family saga is a tried-and-true literary genre, one that usually follows a central clan as they grow, marry, have children, age and eventually die. There’s a certain rhythm to these types of stories — unlike so many other novels, they don’t focus on a particular period or event in the main characters’ lives, but…
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Hawaiian Cave Burials
Creating a domain for the deceased lies in hollowed groundMany know the cavernous mountains of Hawaii by their post-card fame. And yet, prior to their celebrity, they served a far more intimate purpose: the native tradition of cave burial. The process of a cave burial began immediately. Firstly, there was the removal of the sacred organs and bones, which were then preserved with salt in…
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Twitter Chats on End of Life and Health Care
Chat with end-of-life professionals and peers through your favorite social network!Want a chance to talk with health care and end-of-life professionals and peers from the comfort of your own home? We’ve compiled the list below of Twitter chats on a variety of health care and end-of-life topics. Through these regularly-scheduled chats, you can connect with professionals in the field as well as others like you…
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John Donaldson Writes Us A Wonderful Note
Another heartwarming letter from a SevenPonds readerGood morning Suzette, I found your website when I googled a quote I was looking for, spent a little time looking around and posted a comment on one of the blog posts. Very nice site and something that needs to get greater visibility. I discovered FCA a couple of years ago and joined the local organization and…
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For Those Who Have Lost A Spouse Today
They take pleasure in talking about their dead husband or wife in a loving wayJust the other day we were ruminating about our past dating experiences when a friend mentioned a woman he dated who took special pleasure in talking lovingly about her dead husband. It got me thinking about all the women out there who relive their lives through the memories of their long-gone spouse (and the…
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The Ephemeral Art of Tracey Kessler: Grieving and the Painting Process
Exploring the meditative, therapeutic process behind painting during the grieving processTracey Kessler always had an artistic spirit; she worked in the design industry and painted recreationally throughout her life. When her mother, Sara Lou, suddenly passed away from pulmonary fibrosis in October 2010, Tracey took up her brush and created a series of ethereal, abstract expressionist paintings entitled Breath. Prior to her mother’s passing, Tracy…
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How Can Clowning Help Those With Serious Illnesses? (Interview)
Laughter is the best medicine for patients of all ages.This is an interview with Dan Griffiths, a therapeutic clown and Executive Director of ClownZero in San Francisco. ClownZero is a San Francisco based, community supported, non-profit organization dedicated to improving life for children and communities worldwide through humanitarian clowning and therapeutic performing arts for those with serious illnesses. ClownZero currently maintains the Healing Through Humor…
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