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Comfort After Tragedy: A Love Legacy From a Friend

Learning how to live better after loss

This is Jeri’s story as told to Melissa Gouty. Our “Opening Our Hearts” stories are based on people’s real-life experiences. By sharing these experiences publicly, we hope to help our readers feel less alone in their grief and, ultimately, to … Continue reading

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“When we fully honor our many losses, our lives become more able to embody the wild joy that aches to leap from our hearts into the shimmering world.”

- Francis Weller
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How Do You Accept Loss During The Holidays? An Interview with Dr. Paul Coleman, Part One

In this two-part interview, Dr. Paul Coleman talks about his latest book about accepting loss and ditching the five stages of grief

Today, SevenPonds speaks with Dr. Paul Coleman, a psychologist who recently wrote a book about loss called Finding Peace When Your Heart Is In Pieces: A Step-By-Step Guide to the Other Side of Grief, Loss and Pain. In part one of … Continue reading

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Giving Permission to Die

Discovering the importance of letting go even before a loved one has passed

You might remember a couple months ago when we first talked about the chakras and the cleansing process that facilitates a more peaceful death.  The basic idea behind the practice is to rid oneself of all negativity in a holistic, … Continue reading

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