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When Will So Many Conferences on Death & Dying Cease to Happen Around Halloween?
Yes really, sadly it’s true…
I just came off a five-week string of conferences centered around death and dying. All of them were amazing to attend, but all of them took place just before Halloween (In fact, I noticed at many of them, there was an … Continue reading
A Big Week for California Assembly Bills Addressing End-of-Life Issues
California tackles both the aid-in-dying as well as the first digital assets bill
It’s been a big week for end-of-life legislative action in the state of California. Given the state’s size, hence importance, many eyes watch as two assembly bills currently work their way through the process. The first is the aid-in-dying bill. This past … Continue reading
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Tagged Aid in Dying, Assisted Suicide vs Aid-in-dying, California Aid-in-Dying Bill, California Assembly Bill AB 691, Death and Dying, Digital Assets, Google, Google and Apple, Lobby Group that Represents Microsoft, physician assisted dying, What are Digital Assets, Yahoo and Facebook Digital Assets
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Witnessing the Changes Around Funerals and Burials
My evening attending a discussion on new practices and needed policies
I attended a recent event in San Francisco to help support the green burial and natural death care movement. For those who are unaware of just what green burial is you can read about it on SevenPonds here or natural … Continue reading
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Tagged Changes Around Funerals and Burials, Founder of Grounded Guild, Green Burial and Natural Death Care, Janelle Orsi, New Practices and Policies Around Green Burial, SevenPonds, The San Francisco Sustainable Economies Law Center, Tom Long, Urban Death Project
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There’s Nothing Like a Highly Unusual Story
To underscore how a loss can greatly impact one's life
Today I was thinking about how loss not only impacts our lives but it can also, in some situations, completely change the course of it too. I have met many end-of-life experts who have devoted their lives to some amazing … Continue reading
Imagine a Day when Funeral Homes, Morticians and Cemeteries Are Even Creepier than They Are Now
Ahh yes, consider what was and what is now
As the topic of death becomes more popular, I watch our morbid fascination with the macabre play out in the media. I also get concerned about the mental stronghold the funeral industry is retaining on our personal experiences with death. … Continue reading
My Most Unusual Valentine’s Day Ever Resulted in an Epiphany About Life
What the most underrated part of life really is
Boy did I have an unusual Valentine’s Day this year, and it brought to me the most amazing epiphany! This past year resulted in a love not real (that’s the short version), followed by many Valentine’s Day gifts given and … Continue reading
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Tagged Drugs and Rock & Roll, Emotions, Epiphany, Gifts, Life, Love, Plutchick's Wheel of Emotions, SevenPonds, Sex, Unusual Valentine's
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