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Our Annual Seven Holiday Gifts for Someone Who Is Grieving, 2024 Edition:
Gracious gifts that spread love and beauty -
“Making Mobiles” by Karolina Merska:
An artist’s manual on how to create beautiful Polish pajaki -
“Hands Up to the Sky” by Michael Franti & Spearhead:
A surprisingly upbeat song about acknowledging both loss and the beauty of life
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Author Archives: Antal Polony (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)
“They say such nice things about people at their funerals that it makes me sad to realize that I’m going to miss mine by just a few days.”
-Garrison Keillor
What is the Nature of Sound Healing? An Interview with Silvia Nakkach, Part 1
How sound and music can help to heal psychic wounds
This is the first of a two-part interview with Silvia Nakkach, an innovative, award winning composer, multi-instrumentalist, voice culturist and author. Her specialties include music to aid in the healing process. Founding director of the Vox Mundi Project, an organization … Continue reading
Posted in Professional Advice
Tagged Ambient Harmonies, Bedside Music, Empathic Resonance, Harp, Multi-instrumentalist, Musical Healing, Musical Healing Psychologist, Musical Therapists, musical therapy, Professional Advice, Shamans, Silvia Nakkach, Sound Healing, Therapeutic Music, Voice Culturist, Vox Mundi Project
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”My girlfriend’s weird. One day she asked me, ‘If you could know how and when you were going to die, would you want to know?’ I said, ‘No.’ She said, ‘Okay, forget it.'” — Steven Wright
Posted in Laughter is Medicine
Tagged death and laughter, Relationships, Steven Wright
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“The Last Frontier: Exploring the Afterlife and Transforming Our Fear of Death,” (2012) by Julia Assante
Where we all must boldly go
For the uninitiated, Julia Assante’s The Last Frontier might be a bit of a stretch. The aim is certainly ambitious, certainly admirable, and she will surely win as many fans as she will accolades. Deservedly, in this reviewer’s humble opinion. … Continue reading
Posted in Lending Insight
Tagged Afterlife, Encounters, Julia Assante, Life After Death, Near Death Experience, New Age, the Last Frontier, Visitations
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More Than a Hallmark Holiday
Rooted in Catholic and Ancient Roman tradition, the history of Valentine’s Day is fraught with love, death and trial
Every year, in the days and weeks leading up to February 14th, millions of people around the country drive themselves to distraction preparing special occasions for that special someone, all the while aware of the insurmountable expectations each year innate … Continue reading