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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: Juniper Quin (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)
Our Weekly Tip: Talk About Estate Planning
Sharing your estate plans with those who will be affected by them builds intimacy and trust
Our Tip of the Week: For many, estate planning is a complex and distasteful endeavour full of legal jargon and a nagging feeling that you’d rather be living your life than planning for its end. However, organizing your estate can … Continue reading
“The Lonely Funeral” by Maarten Inghels and F. Starik
A documentary about how a Dutch poet and civil servant uphold the dignity of human life with "lonely funerals"
For the last 20 years, Ger “Gerry” Fritz, a civil servant living and working in Amsterdam, has been meticulously arranging three pieces of music, a chapel, and flowers for funerals that no one attends. Every year, between 15 and 20 … Continue reading
Posted in Lending Insight
Tagged Amsterdam, Civil Servant, Funeral, Funeral march, Lonely, Lonely Funeral, memento mori, Poetry
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Why is Death Midwifery Important? An Interview with Pashta MaryMoon, Part One
A Canadian Death Midwife shares a lifetime of insight
Today in this interview, SevenPonds speaks with Pashta MaryMoon, Death Midwife at Journeys Beyond, and co-founder of CINDEA (Canadian Integrated Network of Death Education and Alternatives). Pashta lives and works in Victoria, BC, Canada. Juniper: What is a Death Midwife? … Continue reading
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Amputee Palliative Physician Discusses What Really Matters at the End of Life
BJ Miller suggests that including life's simple pleasures alongside symptom management is urgently needed in palliative care
In his 2015 Ted Talk, palliative physician BJ Miller asserts that life’s simple pleasures are more powerfully healing on an emotional and psychological level than symptom management as people navigate their final days. He recounts an incident in his early twenties … Continue reading
”Seeing the end of your life is the birth of your ability to love being alive. It is the cradle of your love of life.”
- Stephen Jenkinson
A Night for All Souls Creatively Welcomes All Generations to Remember Loved Ones
The All Souls event at a Canadian cemetery builds community through remembrance
In 2005, artists Paula Jardine and Marina Szijarto began All Souls, an annual event in Mountain View Cemetery in Vancouver, BC, Canada. Their website explains that, “In many cultures around the world, the days at the end of October and … Continue reading
Posted in Soulful Expressions
Tagged A Night for All Souls, All Souls, Art, Canada, Cemetery, community, Memorial, Multicultural, Multigenerational, Night, Soul, Vancouver
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