A Perfect Ending

04/23/2024

Thursday (April 25) online event with Therapsil on the transformative power of psychedelic therapy for patients facing life-limiting conditions, where science meets the sacred.

Explore the transformative power of psychedelic therapy for patients facing life-limiting conditions, where science meets the sacred.

09/28/2023

What a wonderful service

The Listening Line offers a free place for folx to call and talk about grief, in its many forms and all its uncomfortable edges.​​​​​​​​
We are offering a 4 day Listening Line training this October, to prepare folx to be a compassionate non-medical listener. The Listening Line will support anyone who wants to talk, vent, and share without receiving advice or suggestions. Having an accessible safe neutral place to talk is important.​​​​​​​​
Please consider taking our training and volunteering for listening shifts.​​​​​​​​
Cost: $100 to attend OR FREE for those wanting to volunteer on the Listening Line​​​​​​​​
Training Schedule: Saturday will be learning/teaching with some practice together, each Sunday will be fully practice together​​​​​​​​
Day 1: Saturday, October 21, 9am - 1pm PT: Listening Skills & Activation (4 hours)​​​​​​​​
Day 2: Sunday, October 22, 11am - 1pm PT: Community Call Practice (2 hours)​​​​​​​​
Day 3: Saturday, October 28, 9am - 1pm PT: Deepening Questions & Role Play (4 hours)​​​​​​​​
Day 4: Sunday, October 29, 11am - 1pm PT: Community Call Practice (2 hours)​​​​​​​​
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Link: http://bit.ly/fall-23-listening ​​​​​​​​
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Image description: Light blue background with green text describing the Listening line Training (same info as caption). Small white flowers growing on branches with green leaves behind the text.

09/28/2023

What a wonderful service to offer.

The Listening Line offers a free place for folx to call and talk about grief, in its many forms and all its uncomfortable edges.​​​​​​​​
We are offering a 4 day Listening Line training this October, to prepare folx to be a compassionate non-medical listener. The Listening Line will support anyone who wants to talk, vent, and share without receiving advice or suggestions. Having an accessible safe neutral place to talk is important.​​​​​​​​
Please consider taking our training and volunteering for listening shifts.​​​​​​​​
Cost: $100 to attend OR FREE for those wanting to volunteer on the Listening Line​​​​​​​​
Training Schedule: Saturday will be learning/teaching with some practice together, each Sunday will be fully practice together​​​​​​​​
Day 1: Saturday, October 21, 9am - 1pm PT: Listening Skills & Activation (4 hours)​​​​​​​​
Day 2: Sunday, October 22, 11am - 1pm PT: Community Call Practice (2 hours)​​​​​​​​
Day 3: Saturday, October 28, 9am - 1pm PT: Deepening Questions & Role Play (4 hours)​​​​​​​​
Day 4: Sunday, October 29, 11am - 1pm PT: Community Call Practice (2 hours)​​​​​​​​
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Link: http://bit.ly/fall-23-listening ​​​​​​​​
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Image description: Light blue background with green text describing the Listening line Training (same info as caption). Small white flowers growing on branches with green leaves behind the text.

08/24/2023

"Made this tonight and my hubby and I ate almost half of it, just the two of us! I'm sure the rest won't last past breakfast. Delicious!"
WORLD’S BEST GREEK VEGAN SPANAKOPITA
Must express something to keep getting my recipes.... Thank you. *
Recipe in First (c.o.m.m.e.n.t ).

07/06/2023

For family members or any caregiver this training provides an accessible approach to EOL caregiving.

Join the Movement, Learn the Skill, Change the World!

05/13/2023

A new guidebook from the Home Funeral Alliance.

This labor of love was created by the NHFA Board with the help of our community volunteers. ​ We are making our guidebook available on a pay-what-you-can basis. Any donation you can make supports...

03/05/2023

I'm with her! How'd she get so smart so young?

02/02/2023

Love both Bob Thurman and Alberto Villoldo. Sounds like a tall order but a tasty intro from these great minds.

10/31/2022

Check out this article in G&Mn the move to talking more about death.

Queen Eliza­beth gra­ciously embraced her life and her funeral. The death pos­it­iv­ity move­ment says we should fol­low her lead, writes Gayle Mac­Don­ald On a Monday night in early Octo­ber, a group of about 30 people sat under heat lamps on the...

10/14/2022

5th state in the US now to have human composting. I think it's our time!!

HAPPY NEWS: CALIFORNIA LEGALIZES HUMAN COMPOSTING

The golden state becomes the fifth U.S. state to embrace the green burial method.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a law that will make human composting available in California by 2027. In directing state officials to establish regulations for the process, known as natural organic reduction, California follows four other U.S. states that have legalized human composting: Washington, Colorado, Oregon and Vermont.

Read more about this on our blog: https://blog.sevenponds.com/something-special/california-legalizes-human-composting

09/15/2022

I love Francis Weller on Grief - this "At the Threshold: Grief, Initiation, and Transformation" I'll watch over and over. "When we stopped crying collectively we stopped feeding the ancestors, so a bridge was broken between this world and the other world."

This program is hosted by the Choosing Earth Project