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“Prayer” by Lizzie West: Singer-songwriter reminds us that our loved ones live on in the sun and rain -
Rutgers Health Study May Improve End-of-Life Care: Medicare data analysis finds that people typically follow one of nine paths -
Mary Oliver’s “Heavy” Speaks to the Weight of Grief: The poet eloquently conveys the dizzying effect of loss
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Tag Archives: San Francisco
Seeking Solace in the Landscape
Memory, visibility and healing at the National AIDS Memorial Grove
Landscape is so central to how we see and move through the world that it is often easily overlooked. When we perceive nature as wild and untouched, we seek solace in the vibrant forces at play, finding our lives dwarfed … Continue reading
How Do Children Heal from Loss? An Interview with Daniel Clifford, Part Two
In the second part of his two-part interview, counselor Daniel Clifford talks about what parents can do to help their child understand death and loss
In part two of a two-part interview, SevenPonds speaks with marriage and family therapist Daniel Clifford. Through his work as a counselor and yoga instructor, Daniel has expertise in coping with complicated grief mentally and physically. He began his work … Continue reading
How Does Hospice Improve Quality of Life? An Interview with Sheena Boyd
Sheena Boyd illuminates how hospice services can improve the quality of life for clients with terminal diagnoses
Today SevenPonds speaks with Sheena Boyd, a former UK hospice worker at St. John’s Hospice in central London. Boyd has had 10 years of hospice experience as a day services manager, where she would help clients maintain a quality of … Continue reading
The AIDS Memorial Quilt
An ongoing project that began in San Francisco continues to remember those lost to AIDS
With World AIDS Day being this week, we thought it would be an appropriate time to reflect on the efforts of an important, ongoing project: the AIDS memorial quilt. The quilt, which is known as the largest collaborative project of … Continue reading
God’s Hotel by Victoria Sweet
Dr. Victoria Sweet shares how medieval medicine and slow medicine can be used in modern hospitals to create life-changing experiences from which both doctors and patients can learn to grow
What is the most efficient strategy of providing health care? Should quality food and one-on-on doctor-patient care be replaced with high tech machines and fast-paced diagnostics? What does it truly take to turn a hospital into a community? God’s Hotel … Continue reading
A Film About Love and Loss Debuts in San Francisco
Join us for the screening of "When The Fall Comes" and support Josie's Place, which provides for bereaved children and families
Come join Adriana Marchione and filmmakers Wyatt Roy and Michael Brandt for the initial screening of the documentary film, When the fall Comes—a film about love and loss. Tickets ($12) are available for this Sunday, March 9th at 2 pm. Doors … Continue reading
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Tagged Films on Loss, Loss, Love and Loss, San Francisco, San Francisco Bay Area, When the Fall Comes
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