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Our Annual Seven Holiday Gifts for Someone Who Is Grieving, 2024 Edition: Gracious gifts that spread love and beauty -
“Making Mobiles” by Karolina Merska: An artist’s manual on how to create beautiful Polish pajaki -
“Hands Up to the Sky” by Michael Franti & Spearhead: A surprisingly upbeat song about acknowledging both loss and the beauty of life
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Tag Archives: Healing
An Interview with Sherri Lynn Wood
Part 2/2: Sherri explains how her artwork evolved into healing work
Read Part One of the interview, where Sherri guides us in the process of healing through quiltmaking. Dana: Do you explain the parallels between the quiltmaking process and the grief process in your workshops or with clients, or do you … Continue reading
Posted in Professional Advice
Tagged Art, Craft, Grief, Healing, Quilting, Sherri Lynn Wood
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Looking at the essay, “The Love of My Life” by Cheryl Strayed
Bravely confronting the ways we choose to grieve
“The first time I cheated on my husband, my mother had been dead for exactly one week.” With this powerful statement, Cheryl Strayed begins her personal story of love, life, and death that could very well alter the way we … Continue reading
Posted in Lending Insight
Tagged Buddhism, Cancer, Cheryl Strayed, Cultural Perspectives, Death, Grief, Grief Loss and Bereavement, Grieving, Healing, Sadness, Unexpected Loss
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An Interview with Sherri Lynn Wood
Part 1/2: The quiltmaker teaches us how the craft can guide us through the grieving process
I first discovered the craft of passage quilting just a few months ago when I featured artist Sherri Lynn Wood here at SevenPonds, and I was very excited to invite her to chat with us more in-depth about the process. … Continue reading
Posted in Professional Advice
Tagged Art, Craft, Grief, Grieving, Healing, Passage Quilts, Quilting, Sherri Lynn Wood, Workshops
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What is Commonweal? An Interview with Susan Braun
SevenPonds learns about the healing community of Commonweal
Susan Braun’s extensive background in the healthcare and non-profit fields have made her a great addition to the Commonweal team as they increasingly contribute to the end-of-life conversation. Susan, now Commonweal’s Executive Director, has led The American Society of Clinical … Continue reading
Posted in Professional Advice
Tagged Cancer, Commonweal, Healing, Health, Health and Wellness, Susan Braun, The New School
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Passage Quilting Aids in the Grieving Process
Memorial and Bereavement Quilts Made from the Clothes of the Deceased
Since 2002, Sherri Lynn Wood has been creating artful quilts from what she calls the “materials of everyday life”. Through collaboration and consultation with clients, Wood crafts the quilts from clothing and other common materials to create lasting memories in … Continue reading
Posted in Soulful Expressions
Tagged Art, Art About Death, Grief, Grieving, Healing, Loss and Bereavement, Memorial
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Pleasure Healing: The Hand-Sized Guide to Self-Healing
Step-by-step mindful practices for starting a new life after grief
During a recent visit to the Kabuki Gardens of San Francisco’s Japantown (where I’d stopped in for a Swedish massage), I picked up the delightful read Pleasure Healing: Mindful Practices & Sacred Spa Rituals For Self-Nurturing. As I waited for my … Continue reading
Posted in Lending Insight
Tagged Books and Literature, Grieving, Healing, Mindful Practices, Personalized Ritual, Spa
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