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Trans Remembrance Project Provides a Community of Grieving: Online shrine offers commiseration, resources and hope around the world -
Caring for a Dying Loved One? Be Gentle With Yourself.: Dying is unpredictable and messy. Don’t blame yourself if it doesn’t go according to plan -
Terminal Sedation at the End of Life: When a person is dying, sedation is sometimes the only way to ease unbearable suffering
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Author Archives: Aurora Wells (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)
What is a green funeral? An Interview with Esmerelda Kent
The founder of Kinkaraco Green Burial Products talks shrouds
Kinkaraco is a San Francisco based green business, providing elegant biodegradable burial and cremation shrouds, ranging in design from classic to ornate. These shrouds and other green burial products draw from a diverse history of sacred traditions — the company … Continue reading
Posted in Professional Advice
Tagged Cremation, Green Burial, History, Home Funeral, Shrouds
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What is NODA? An Interview with Carleen McCornack
The Program Coordinator of No One Dies Alone enlightens and uplifts, sharing her experience with death and dying
No One Dies Alone is a wonderfully compassionate, volunteer-driven service pioneered through the Sacred Heart Medical Center in Eugene, OR. Carleen McCormack is the Program Coordinator. She can be reached at 541.222.2263 or cmccornack@peacehealth.org. Carleen: 25 years ago, there was a … Continue reading
Posted in Professional Advice
Tagged Aid in Dying, Caregiving, Spirituality and Belief, Volunteer Services
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How to Cope with a Terminal Illness? – An Interview with Michael Engelberg
A longtime oncologist shares his thoughts on coping with a terminal condition and dying a "good death"
Doctor Michael Engelberg is an oncologist of 40 years, based at Cedars-Sinai medical center in Los Angeles, California. Aurora: Let’s say I’ve just been diagnosed with cancer, or another terminal illness. What should my first steps be? Dr. Engelberg: I … Continue reading
What are some advice for cancer patients? An Interview with Doctor C
How doctors can make a killing keeping end-of-life patients "alive"
This is an interview with an oncologist at a leading cancer treatment center in Tucson, Arizona. We will call him Doctor C. Aurora: What question do you most often receive as an oncologist? Dr. C: “How do you stand it?” … Continue reading
“Every blade in the field, every leaf in the forest, lays down its life in its season, as beautifully as it was taken up.”
-Henry David Thoreau
When I’m Dead And Gone
- McGuinness Flint
When I’m Dead And Gone – Lyrics By Graham Lyle & Benny Gallagher Ooh I love you baby, I love you night and day When I leave you baby, don’t cry the night away When I die, don’t you write … Continue reading
