We’re flipping the script on a pragmatic experience: a person you love will die, is dying, or has died. What are you going to do? These experiences are just as life-changing as a birth. They define us. They transform us. And we think it’s time we talk about them without stigma so that we can honor the lives of those we love and share their stories to inspire our days.
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Eterenva is for the living, and our focus is on grief wellness. We’ve come to realize the eight-month journey to the diamond is as important as the diamond itself. Memorializing a loved one will be one of the most poignant and challenging chapters of a person’s life, and there’s joy to be found amongst the pain if they can be active through their grief, and pour themselves into meaningful projects and rituals.
read moreSelf-care during grief is about engaging, listening, understanding, providing comfort, and using words when necessary. It is about not avoiding the experience. It is about embracing the experience, same as you would other major life moments like a birth, graduation, or marriage.
Read moreCOVID-19 has changed our world. Popular podcasts like RadioLab now end every episode reminding people that someone they know will likely die from this pandemic. Business publications like SAP’s are publishing content from their editors about this new normal full of grief.
Read moreLife and death are one thread, the same line viewed from different sides.
— LAO TZU
Decisions around death are hard. They are personal. They are as important as those around birth and marriage. And yet, so few Americans talk about it. That's a problem.
Grief isn’t a topic that is talked about all that often. Most of us feel awkward when around those who are grieving. We don’t know what to say, how to say, etc. As a result, so many of us end up quiet –– avoiding the elephant in the room. Cremation diamonds help to change that, putting a bright and beautiful memorial front and center.
My Dad, John Meintel, died unexpectedly on May 4, 2013 when he was 50 years old. He had six children, and needless to say, our family was rocked from the loss.
Weddings are happy, but can also be challenging if a loved one is no longer with us. Here are ways to remember loved ones at a wedding.
Grief is as old as humanity, and yet, so much about the emotion remains a mystery to us.
My Dad, John Meintel, died unexpectedly on May 4, 2013 when he was 50 years old. He had six children, and needless to say, our family was rocked from the loss.
Weddings are happy, but can also be challenging if a loved one is no longer with us. Here are ways to remember loved ones at a wedding.
Grief is as old as humanity, and yet, so much about the emotion remains a mystery to us.
Data shows that 80% of Americans say they want to die at home, but only 20% do. Many think a stigma around even having the conversation with friends or family about what they would want is a huge miss.
Alex Casas and Allie Garcia are the co-founders of Pale Hearse, a new death care media company with a mission to educate the public on their options when they or someone they love dies.
Not only is Tika so special to us, but to thousands of people around the globe. It would feel correct to make sure there’s a special something to keep her spirit alive.
Whether you are grieving the loss of normalcy, the loss of a loved one, or the loss and change of anything else –– there is a collective and cumulative grief weighing heavy on us all.
Put your $100 deposit down to order the Eterneva Welcome Kit. It contains cubic zirconias so you can see the different diamond size options in person, and the tools you need to package up 1/2 a cup of ashes to send back to us.
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