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  • “Pictures of You”A moody, nostalgic track for reflecting on the loved ones we've lost

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    Erin Fleming

    “Pictures of You”
    A moody, nostalgic track for reflecting on the loved ones we’ve lost

  • What is End-of-Life Planning? (Interview)Author of "You Only Die Once"

    What is End-of-Life Planning? (Interview)
    Author of “You Only Die Once”

    Margie Jenkins is nationally recognized for her work with end-of-life planning issues. She has worked for decades as a therapist, and she presents seminars across the country on this topic. […]

    Dana Sitar

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  • “Beasts of the Southern Wild”An imaginative, engaging film about the death of a way of life

    “Beasts of the Southern Wild”
    An imaginative, engaging film about the death of a way of life

    In the opening sequence of Beinh Zeitlin’s Beasts of the Southern Wild, a wildly imaginative independent film set on the Louisiana Gulf Coast, a herd of Ozarks, towering beasts that […]

    Antal Polony

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  • “The worst time to have a heart attack is during a game of charades, especially if your teammates are bad guessers.”
    -Demetri Martin

    Photo courtesy of this site

    Kelly Larsen

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  • Tibetan Sky Burials
    Taking a look at a little known, ancient practice

    In Tibet, the word burial has little to do with going underground.  Commonly known as a “sky burial,” Tibetan culture practices a different kind of funeral service–one that involves releasing the […]

    Katie Ryan

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  • Best Cities for Successful AgingHow does your city stack up?

    Best Cities for Successful Aging
    How does your city stack up?

    This summer, The Milken Institute put out a list of Best Cities for Successful Aging, which measured the performance of 359 U.S. cities and metropolitan areas in promoting and enabling […]

    Dana Sitar

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  • “Given the choice between the experience of pain and nothing, I would choose pain.”
    -William Faulkner

    Kelly Larsen

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  • PaperWhite by Bradley L BowersThe stunning vases explore life and death

    PaperWhite by Bradley L Bowers
    The stunning vases explore life and death

    Bradley L. Bowers’ PaperWhite series explores the beauty of life, death, and decay through these stunning paper vases. from the artist: The concept of planned permanence frightens me. I believe […]

    Dana Sitar

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  • What is PAWS? (Interview)How one organization aids the sick and elderly by offering animal companionship

    What is PAWS? (Interview)
    How one organization aids the sick and elderly by offering animal companionship

    Tara Whitefield is the Director of Companion Animal Services at PAWS (Pets Are Wonderful Support), a San Francisco-based, privately funded non-profit that facilitates animal companionship for the physically ill and […]

    Antal Polony

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  • “The Land before Time”Lovely animated tale of dinosaurs could help children to understand and deal with losing a parent

    “The Land before Time”
    Lovely animated tale of dinosaurs could help children to understand and deal with losing a parent

    Here on the SevenPonds blog, we’ve reviewed many healing films and suggested many more (you can check out a full list of our suggestions on our Multimedia page). Many of […]

    Liz Matsushita

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