Tag Archives: San Francisco

How Can Clowning Help Those With Serious Illnesses? An Interview with Dan Griffiths

Laughter is the best medicine for patients of all ages.

This is an interview with Dan Griffiths, a therapeutic clown and Executive Director of ClownZero in San Francisco. ClownZero is a San Francisco based, community supported, non-profit organization dedicated to improving life for children and communities worldwide through humanitarian clowning and … Continue reading

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How Can We Detect and Prevent Elder Abuse? An Interview with Talitha Guinn

Bringing to light the actionable steps we can take to detect, prevent, and stop elder abuse in our communities.

Today we talk with Talitha Guinn, Director of Elder Abuse Prevention at the Institute on Aging here in California. We address the under-acknowledged and multi-faceted issue of elder abuse — what it is, how to detect it, how to prevent … Continue reading

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How Can We Support Men and Women Living with AIDS? An Interview with Michael Smithwick

The Executive Director of Maitri shares the facility's history and offers advice for caring for loved ones

Michael Smithwick is the Executive Director of Maitri, a residential care facility in San Francisco for people living with AIDS. Maitri was founded in 1987 when Zen teacher Issan Dorsey took in a homeless student who was dying of AIDS. The … Continue reading

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Celebrate Day of the Dead and Halloween with SevenPonds!

A round-up of our most popular posts on these Fall holidays

In the upcoming week, we’ll see the celebration of two beloved holidays with very disparate cultural histories: Halloween and Dia de Los Muertos. This year, to help you understand and celebrate the traditions and beliefs surrounding these annual holidays, we … Continue reading

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How to deal with Grief? – An Interview with Ken Breniman

How the practice of yoga can aid the grieving process

Ken Breniman is a yoga therapist based out of San Francisco. His studio focuses on classes specifically designed to those with physical impairments, and those grappling with difficult emotions, which oftentimes become one and the same. He teaches a special … Continue reading

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“Notes for a Story of a Man who Will Not Die Alone,” by Dave Eggers

Eggers' imagining of how one man flouts tradition and makes his death into a grand party

Dave Eggers is something of a San Francisco hometown hero, if literary figures can be heroes. His novels, including A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, are well-known and critically-acclaimed. He founded McSweeney’s, a publishing house with a respected quarterly literary … Continue reading

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