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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: Switzerland
A Man Suffering Dementia Is Humiliated To Tears
A private community run by men humiliates a member - at what point does chauvinism cross the line?
We all love touching holiday stories, so this is an Easter story. My middle brother called family members for the Easter holiday and told the same story to each of us. He was quite upset. It all begins on the … Continue reading
Posted in Sharing Suzette
Tagged Alzheimer Disease, Dementia, Easter, Stroke, Swiss, Switzerland
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Swiss Pragmatism Extends into Death
The ever-pragmatic Swiss approach burial practices and cremation scattering with a heavy dose of reality
Since many members of our SevenPonds team have tapped into their ethnic roots for this column, I’m long overdue to contribute. I’m half Swiss, so I’m familiar with Switzerland’s more progressive burial practices (and cremation scattering.) Let’s face it, the … Continue reading
What are Death Cafes? An Interview with Jon Underwood, Part I
Creating a safe environment for people to talk about death and dying
Today we talk with Jon Underwood, the founder of Death Cafe. Based on the sociology studies of the Swiss Bernard Crettaz, the goal of Death Cafe is to create a safe environment where people can engage in conversation about death … Continue reading
What is End-of-Life Counseling? An Interview with Kathy Jacobson
"I shared with her what I believe – that the material world is just the tip of the iceberg, and that your spiritual body is tenuously encased in your physical form – though I held a space for her own beliefs and didn’t push mine onto her."
Kathy Jacobson is a body worker and life coach in San Francisco, who also works as an end-of-life counselor. I sat with her to discuss her entry into this burgeoning, and much needed, field of therapy. Most people do not … Continue reading
Posted in Professional Advice
Tagged Arthiritis, Coaching, Death, Dignitas, Dying, end-of-life, God, Health, Jacobson, Parkinson's disease, Reiki, San Francisco, Switzerland
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