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  • “The Ghost of You”Rock band’s song about loss explores the darker innermost thoughts during grief

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    Ariana Barnes

    “The Ghost of You”
    Rock band’s song about loss explores the darker innermost thoughts during grief

  • 7 Thoughtful Holiday Gifts for Someone Grieving: 2025 EditionSuggestions for some beautiful and thoughtful gifts for a loved one going through loss

    7 Thoughtful Holiday Gifts for Someone Grieving: 2025 Edition
    Suggestions for some beautiful and thoughtful gifts for a loved one going through loss

    Grief affects everyone differently, but the holiday season is typically a difficult time for most people who have gone through the loss of a loved one. If you know someone […]

    Ariana Barnes

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  • Meaningful Things to Consider After the Sudden Death of a Loved One, Prior to Making Final Arrangements (Interview)An interview with Erica Hill, licensed funeral director and founder of Sparrow, a contemporary funeral home

    Meaningful Things to Consider After the Sudden Death of a Loved One, Prior to Making Final Arrangements (Interview)
    An interview with Erica Hill, licensed funeral director and founder of Sparrow, a contemporary funeral home

    With a background in video production, merchandising, and philanthropy, Erica Hill’s passion for storytelling is evident when she helps families say goodbye to their loved ones. The funeral ceremonies she […]

    Caitlin Manner

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  • Has Death Gone Disney? Former Disney Star Sparks Controversy Over New AI App — Or Grief Trap?Calum Worthy advertised his new AI app, sparking fear and outrage with a video that showed a family using it to speak to an AI avatar of a grandma who had died

    Has Death Gone Disney? Former Disney Star Sparks Controversy Over New AI App — Or Grief Trap?
    Calum Worthy advertised his new AI app, sparking fear and outrage with a video that showed a family using it to speak to an AI avatar of a grandma who had died

    In reflecting on the promo video for his new app that disturbed many on November 11, it’s fitting that Calum Worthy is a former Disney star. The video, which went […]

    Maria Mocerino

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  • Happy Thanksgiving from the SevenPonds TeamMay your heart be nourished by meaningful connection, peaceful reflection, and an extra side of self-compassion

    Happy Thanksgiving from the SevenPonds Team
    May your heart be nourished by meaningful connection, peaceful reflection, and an extra side of self-compassion

    Chelsea Kirtley

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  • Have You Considered What to Read Before you Die?A book about 1001 movies to see before you die nicely highlights the greatest moments of the Boomer generation

    Have You Considered What to Read Before you Die?
    A book about 1001 movies to see before you die nicely highlights the greatest moments of the Boomer generation

    According to my earliest memory when considering my own death, albeit far in the future, I was still a child at the time. I had no fear of the possibility […]

    Suzette Sherman

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  • Recent Study Shows Physicians Choose Much Different Treatment Options for Themselves vs. Their PatientsDoctors often prefer to refuse invasive medical interventions if faced with their own terminal illnesses

    Recent Study Shows Physicians Choose Much Different Treatment Options for Themselves vs. Their Patients
    Doctors often prefer to refuse invasive medical interventions if faced with their own terminal illnesses

    While most physicians indicated that they would not prefer invasive treatments regarding end-of-life care, these same treatments are routinely administered to their patients. Credit: sjobjio on Unsplash A 2025 international […]

    Ariana Barnes

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  • On Loss and Absence: Textiles of Mourning and Survival at the Art Institute of ChicagoFiber art across many centuries and cultures highlights both cultural and personal loss

    On Loss and Absence: Textiles of Mourning and Survival at the Art Institute of Chicago
    Fiber art across many centuries and cultures highlights both cultural and personal loss

    In Chicago, threads of memory and grief are woven over time in a new exhibit that started in September 2025. Titled “On Loss and Absence: Textiles of Mourning and Survival,” […]

    Ariana Barnes

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  • Historic French Cemeteries Offer Resting Places Amongst the Famous, But Only To A Select FewThirty gravesites were recently made available to Parisians willing to restore abandoned headstones in disrepair, and the response was overwhelming

    Historic French Cemeteries Offer Resting Places Amongst the Famous, But Only To A Select Few
    Thirty gravesites were recently made available to Parisians willing to restore abandoned headstones in disrepair, and the response was overwhelming

    Paris’s historic cemeteries have been full since the beginning of the 20th century, so burial plots are mostly unavailable for today’s inhabitants. But in April of 2025, the Paris Council […]

    Caitlin Manner

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  • What Does It Mean to Be Terminally Ill?A new perspective on terminal illness

    What Does It Mean to Be Terminally Ill?
    A new perspective on terminal illness

      “Everything that’s born has to die” ~ Jonathan Safran Foer From the moment we are born until we close our eyes for the last time, we walk hand in […]

    Kathleen Clohessy

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