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Category Archives: Professional Advice
What Is a Life-Cycle Celebrant? An Interview With Holly Pruett
Holly Pruett helps clients tell their stories through ceremony and ritual
Today SevenPonds chats with Holly Pruett, a life-cycle celebrant based out of Portland, Oregon. Holly is a certified Life-Cycle Celebrant through the Celebrant Foundation and Institute. She helps her clients find a way of telling their stories at pivotal times in their … Continue reading
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Tagged A Guide to healthy Conversations about Death and Dying to inspire Life and Living”, A mother dies, Bereavement, Burial Shrouds, Celebrant, Death, Grief Loss and Bereavement, Holly Pruett, Life Cycle, Life Cycle Celebrant, Memorial, Memorial Service, Oregon, Portland, Shrouds
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What Is Pediatric Massage Therapy? An Interview with Tina Allen: Part One
An expert in pediatric massage therapy explains her work with healthcare providers across the globe
Today SevenPonds speaks with Tina Allen, the founder and director of Liddle Kidz™ Foundation, an organization that provides education and outreach in the areas of children’s health and nurturing touch. A recognized leader in the field of pediatric massage therapy, … Continue reading
How Does Reiki Help With Healing? An Interview with Jennifer Brinn, Part Two
A Reiki practitioner and trainer talks about using Reiki to help with death and bereavement
In this second part of our interview with Jennifer Brinn, the Master level Reiki practitioner discusses how she uses Reiki to facilitate healing and help clients have a peaceful and comfortable death. She also talks about using Reiki to comfort … Continue reading
How Is Reiki Used for Emotional and Physical Healing? An Interview with Jennifer Brinn, Part One
A Reiki practitioner uses positive energy to dispel negative energy and help clients heal
Today, SevenPonds speaks with Jennifer Brinn, who has been a Reiki practitioner since 2003. She achieved a Master level in 2006 and now teaches new practitioners as well. Debra: Jennifer, thank you so much for taking the time to speak … Continue reading
How Do You Create An Alternative To Conventional Palliative Care?
An interview with palliative medicine specialist Dr. Michael Fratkin, founder of ResolutionCare, Part One
Today SevenPonds speaks with Dr. Michael Fratkin, palliative medicine specialist and president and founder of ResolutionCare. Birthed by Dr. Fratkin’s desire to expand palliative care beyond the limitations of our country’s broken healthcare system, ResolutionCare is a telemedicine project that uses videoconferencing technology … Continue reading
What is a Death Care Midwife? An Interview with Akhila Murphy
An expert shares her advice on alternative ways to personally memorialize your loved one
Today SevenPonds speaks to Akhila Murphy, a trained death-care midwife who has been practicing since 2013. Murphy’s job is to help families create beautiful personalized memorial services for loved ones inside their own homes. In this first part of our … Continue reading
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Tagged Death, Death-Care Midwife, end-of-life, Family, Final Passages, Full-Circle Living & Dying Collective, green burials, Grief Loss and Bereavement, Guide, Home Funeral, Home funeral rituals, Home funeral service, Hospice, Interview, Life, Loved One, Memorial, Mortuary, Parlor, SevenPonds
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