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Tag Archives: end-of-life
Can a Video Game Save Your Life?
Jane McGonigal saved her life and improved countless others with SuperBetter
Can a video game save your life? Game designer Jane McGonigal had never been on her own deathbed — nor had she ever worked in a hospice center, or spent time in an end-of-life environment. She did, however, spend three … Continue reading
What Is The Centre for Living with Dying Program? An Interview with Janet Childs
The Director of Education at the Centre for Living with Dying program on grieving the loss of a loved one
Janet Childs is the Director of Education and Critical Incident Stress Response at the Centre for Living with Dying program. She works specifically within the Bill Wilson Center, a nonprofit located in the San Francisco Bay Area that is dedicated … Continue reading
What is Death Midwifery? An Interview with Cassandra Yonder
Beyond Yonder Death Midwifery is a contemporary approach to a bygone end-of-life practice
Today, SevenPonds speaks with Cassandra Yonder, a Nova Scotia based homesteader with a passion for death midwifery. Yonder is dedicated to bringing death midwifery back into the home domain as a positive, accessible end-of-life option. In her own words, *“[a] … Continue reading
NPR’s Scott Simon on Tweeting at a Death Bed
The National Public Radio host tweeted his mother's witticisms from her death bed
NPR’s Scott Simon has an admirable bevy of followers on Twitter, with over 1 million people reading and re-tweeting the Weekend Edition Saturday host’s thoughts. So when Simon’s 84 year-old mother checked into a Chicago hospital last week, he began … Continue reading
“The Gay Science” by Friedrich Nietzsche
Happiness and misfortune are brother and sister
Often misunderstood, or misinterpreted by many, Friedrich Nietzsche, the controversial philosopher whose work is as fascinating to ponder today as it was obscure in the late 1800s when he wrote about death and God, or rather, the death-of-God prolifically, was … Continue reading
What is Art Therapy? An Interview with Constance Hunt
The relationship between art therapy and end-of-life care at the AgeSong Institute
Constance Hunt is an art therapist working at the AgeSong Institute, located in San Francisco, CA. AgeSong is an eldercare facility committed to shifting the typical perspective on aging by bringing greater acceptance and respect to end-of-life care. In her … Continue reading
