A Graphic Designer’s Brother Dies in a Plane Crash - Using her experience and...
Dana Shields, a graphic designer in Menlo Park, California, has used her design sense to help herself heal from the unexpected death of her youngest brother, Jeb, in 1991. Jeb was a Navy pilot who died...
View ArticleMemorial Song: “Angel” by The Corrs - A tribute song focused on...
In 2004, the Corrs, a Celtic folk rock group consisting of three sisters and one brother, released a beautiful, upbeat song called “Angel.” The song serves as a tribute to the group’s mother, who had...
View ArticleGrief as a Gateway to the Divine - James Merrill explores the divine that is...
James Merrill’s elegiac poem, “A Dedication” observes grief in its most intimate setting: the mind. Addressed to his friend, the Dutch poet Hans Lodeizen (who died while still a young man in 1950), the...
View ArticleWhen Giving a Holiday Gift to Ease Someone’s Stages of Grief - Express the...
Now that the holidays are upon us, there’s so much to do: the tree, holiday gifts, food and preparations. In the midst of all this hustle and bustle, there are those who are deep into the depths of a...
View ArticleLosing Gina - A young woman loses her best friend to cancer.
This is Erin’s story, as told by Jeanette Summers. Our “Opening Our Hearts” stories are based on people’s real-life experiences with loss. By sharing these experiences publicly, we hope to help our...
View ArticleThe Power of Grief: Widow Stays by Spouse’s Side after his Death - Why a...
When a loved one passes, we suddenly feel our body become susceptible to unimagined emotions associated with death. No one person is exempt from the reality that grief becomes a curious blend of fear,...
View ArticleA Complicated Grief: Moby Opens up About Parents’ Deaths - The American...
The Guardian recently spoke with American musician Moby, who revealed what it was like to grow up poor with a single, absent mother in an otherwise ritzy Connecticut town. The artist elaborates on the...
View ArticleMessages from Beyond Death: “My Husband’s Things” - In the midst of...
The latest non-fiction essay by Joans Marans Dim, “My Husband’s Things”, is an intimate look into the grieving author’s struggle to accept the death of her husband, Stuart. Published in The New York...
View ArticleAs Time Goes By: Chinese Designers Zijina Li and Xueping Chen’s “43 Minutes...
Chinese designers Zijina li and Xueping Chen want to redesign the way we look at urns and cremated remains. Their design, “43 Minutes With Grandma,” was featured by Designboom’s Design for Death...
View ArticleFlower Power: Oils for Loss and the Stages of Grief - Oils to aid the stages...
5 Tips to Heal from a Loss with Floral Oils: Overlooking the affects a loss can have on our emotional and physical well-being is not an uncommon scenario. But in the middle of the flurry that is...
View ArticleHealing with Craft: A Sachet for the Stages of Grief - A DIY sachet can bring...
No two people grieve alike. During the stages of grief, some crave outlets of creative expression while others prefer quiet reflection; some experience the stages of grief relatively quickly, while...
View ArticleFilm Review: Transforming Loss (2013) by Judith R. Burdick - Director Judith...
The death of a loved one is never easy. Whether the loss is sudden and unexpected, or if it is a long time coming, the grief that we feel in the moments, days, or even years after losing someone who …...
View ArticleThe Paddle Out: Grief & Healing After Death - A ceremonial “Paddle Out” can...
Paddle Out: 3 Tips for a Cathartic Grieving Ceremony Certain stages of the grieving process can feel like trudging through mud. You motivate yourself to move one foot forward, only to end up in grief...
View ArticleA Teaspoon of Sugar & Memories: The Grieving Candle - DIY candles made with...
5 Tips for Making Your Own Grieving Candle: We seek to both let go and hold on when a loved one dies, creating a contradiction that causes major emotional turmoil in the grieving process. That’s where...
View ArticleExercises in Grief: The Button Bouquet - How a simple button bouquet can be a...
Grieving Exercises: 3 Tips for a Button Bouquet You adored your loved one. Just not his or her fashion sense (i.e. anything triangle-collared circa 1970). At the same time, it’s hard to let go of...
View ArticleWeekly Tip – Grief Healing: A Message in a Bottle - Why throwing a message in...
Weekly Craft Idea: A Message in a Bottle What is it that makes the idea of a message in a bottle so alluring? I remember sitting down at eight years old to write a list of fantastic hopes and...
View ArticleHow a Bride’s Photoshoot Helped Heal the Loss of a Fiancé - Janine's fiancé...
“I began to develop a plan,” explained Matt Adcock, “one that would involve a symbolic and ceremonial liberation from grief.” It’s important to understand that Adcock does not work in the funeral...
View Article“The Truth About Pretty Girls” by Karin Slaughter - Karin Slaughter explores...
“The Truth About Pretty Girls” is a salty and bitter story about how anger and grief can rule over the heart, even decades after someone has passed. Slaughter’s story comes to us as an audiobook...
View ArticleOur Weekly Tip: Guided Imagery Grief Healing - Guided imagery can be a useful...
Our Tip of The Week: One of the most important aspects of the grieving process includes not only evaluating our relationships with those who will help us heal, but the relationship we have with...
View ArticleWhat Is a Memorial Quilt? An Interview with Lori Mason - Lori Mason Design...
Today SevenPonds speaks with Lori Mason of Lori Mason Design in Portland, Oregon. Lori is a fabric and textile artist who creates custom quilts, often for those who wish to commemorate an event or...
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