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How Virtual Reality Can Help You Make Peace With Death
How virtual reality and technology are changing the way we see life and deathDeath is nothing short of humanity’s most palpable, inescapable fear — but we’re starting to find some loopholes. Enter: virtual reality.
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Peacocks Symbolize Rebirth and Renewal
Many cultures revere these majestic birds as spirit guidesWhen a majestic male peacock fans his feathers and struts his stuff, we take notice. Peacocks exude an air of confidence; they are true to themselves. Some cultures revere these majestic birds as a good omen, believing they bare prophetic significance. Their images are strongly associated with Gods, royalty and immortality.
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“Grieving While Black”
A book arguing for a more expansive understanding of griefIn “Grieving While Black,” Breeshia Wade invites the reader to explore the ways that grief and a desire to prevent loss pervade our world and cause division. She writes as a Black woman who was raised Southern Baptist but is now Buddhist, and intertwines her experiences as a hospital chaplain with theoretical explanations of the…
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The Dead People’s Group Offers Support to Grieving Millennials
The group offers a safe virtual space where grieving 20 and 30-somethings can talk about deathThe Dead People’s Group is a safe virtual space where 20 and 30-somethings gather to grieve, to heal. The group was founded in 2020 by Bre Metcalf-Oshinsky, who lost her mother to cancer at age 16. She says a high school bereavement group was the only place she felt fully understood. The teens called it…
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Our Annual Seven Holiday Gifts for Someone Who Is Grieving, 2022 Edition
Here are some lovely presents for the person in your life who has experienced a lossHolidays can be a challenging time for a person who is grieving the loss of a loved one. They may miss their loved one even more during this time of the year. Traditions and special moments may feel like they’ll never be the same or hold the same warmth and tenderness. Their hearts may ache…
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Is Daylight Saving Time Ruining Our Health?
Losing an hour in spring and gaining an hour in fall could be harmful to our internal clocksIt seems every November and March, the U.S. population is ready to debate the benefits of Daylight Saving Time. Many agree with the one-hour time change that occurs twice in a year while others hate how much their internal clock is impacted by the change. In March of 2022, the Senate passed the Sunshine Protection…
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“Dancing Queen”
This classic disco song is a funeral favoriteAt first glance, “Dancing Queen” by ABBA may not readily come to mind as a funeral song choice. While classical, traditional or religious hymns may still be preferred by some, modern rock and pop songs are becoming increasingly more popular. Funerals and memorials now tend to be less somber affairs, as life celebrations and thematic…
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“When Words Are Not Enough
A couple who lost their son in 2011 help families make sense of pain through art in this bookJane Harris and Jimmy Edmonds are on a mission to “change the landscape and language of grief.” The Good Grief Project is their joint effort to help families dealing with grief as a response to the sudden loss of a loved one. Harris and Edmonds lost their son, Joshua, in a road accident in 2011,…
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