Tag Archives: Family dynamics

How Can Ceremony and Ritual Ease Loss? An Interview With Holly Pruett: Part Two

Holly Pruett helps clients tell their stories through ceremony and ritual
Posted on December 10, 2016 by Juniper Quin (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

Today SevenPonds shares part two of our conversation with Holly Pruett, a life-cycle celebrant based out of Portland, Oregon. (Read part one here.) Holly is a certified Life-Cycle Celebrant through the Celebrant Foundation and Institute. She helps her clients find a way … Continue reading →

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“When Someone Has A Very Serious Illness: Children Can Learn To Cope With Loss And Change” by Marge Heegaard

Interactive children's therapy book clarifies complicated experiences
Posted on June 24, 2016 by Juniper Quin (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

Published in 1988, Marge Heegaard’s book “When Someone Has A Very Serious Illness: Children Can Learn To Cope With Loss And Change,” remains widely useful today. This 36-page workbook is a collection of chapters or thematic sections that take a … Continue reading →

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“There Are Two Kinds of Terrible” by Peggy Mann

A 12-year-old boy loses his mother and struggles to bond with his father
Posted on April 22, 2016 by Debra L. Stang (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

Peggy Mann wrote “There Are Two Kinds of Terrible,” a book about a child who loses his mother to cancer, in 1977. Much of the technology and hospital policies have changed since the book was released, but the feelings of … Continue reading →

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