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Tag Archives: Death and Dying
How Did SevenPonds Come to Be?
We revisit our beginning
It’s been two years at SevenPonds since we launched our first blog post and it’s hard to believe we have arrived at our second anniversary already! What a wild ride it has been. I cannot begin to express how heartwarming … Continue reading
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Famous Last Words” by Katie Alender
Pocket-sized book takes a lighter look at some notable final utterances
Are a person’s last words important? Do they leave some indelible mark on this world, having been the final vocalizations of a human being before he or she passes into the next one? I’ll leave that for you to decide. … Continue reading
Truth & Beauty by Ann Patchett
A remarkable story about friendship, love, life, and death
I rarely make it through an entire book without leaving a few notes and dog-earing a couple pages, but by the end of Truth & Beauty, I was surprised to find every page unmarked and unbent. I picked up the … Continue reading
Giving Permission to Die
Discovering the importance of letting go even before a loved one has passed
You might remember a couple months ago when we first talked about the chakras and the cleansing process that facilitates a more peaceful death. The basic idea behind the practice is to rid oneself of all negativity in a holistic, … Continue reading
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Semi-autobiographical novel reflects Plath's own struggles with depression and suicidal tendencies
Sylvia Plath’s life reads like a tragedy. A gifted writer and poet from an early age, she struggled with depression starting in her teenage years. She married poet Ted Hughes, with whom she shared a tumultuous relationship and two children. … Continue reading
Posted in Lending Insight
Tagged Death and Dying, Depression, Mental Heath, Suicide, Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar
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What Is Palliative Care? An Interview with Dawn Gross
Why palliative care physicians are fairy godmothers, not "Grim Reapers"
Dawn Gross, MD, PhD, is a hospice physician at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). Her background is in hematology and immunology, and she now works for the hospital’s Palliative Care Service, specializing in treating patients facing life-altering illnesses and … Continue reading
Posted in Professional Advice
Tagged Death and Dying, End-of-life care, Healthcare, Hospice, Hospitals, Palliative Care
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