Medical Aid-in-Dying Diary by Barbara Garlock What follows is a diary kept by Barbara Garlock, chronicling the year and a half leading up to her husband, Gayle’s, death via Medical Aid-in-Dying (MAiD) in Victoria, Canada in 2019. Gayle had been diagnosed with Lewey Body Dementia in 2014,...
LISTEN TO Episode Seven: The Story of Gayle Garlock, Part Two This episode is the second part of the story of Gayle Garlock, a man diagnosed with Lewey Body Dementia, who legally accessed Medical Aid-in-Dying in Victoria, Canada in 2019. We spoke to Geoff Garlock, one...
Welcome back to the Completed Life Poetry Corner! In this video, Delano Copprue, PhD. walks us through the work of Langston Hughes. Delano explores how Hughes' poetry, and his work in the larger context of the Harlem Renaissance, can help us to heal. During Black...
Welcome to the first Completed Life Poetry Corner of the New Year. In this video, Delano Copprue, PhD. introduces us to history of the field of the humanities, through the work of Dr. Cornel West. The history behind the humanities informs the connection between art,...
Welcome to the first of the new Completed Life Poetry Corner (Formerly known as: Poetry Lunch Hour). In this video, Delano Copprue, PhD, leads a reading and discussion of the work of Rita Dove and Frank O'Hara. Delano selected these poets because of what their...
In this Spotlight, Completed Life Steering Committee Member, Margaret “Peggy” Battin, PhD, describes an "ideal" case of a completed life. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6IZYox96_8&list=PLGI5vXsQ3LVX_pLtMfMbBpGxe5k-jZhWv&index=5 WATCH FULL SESSION ...
LISTEN TO Episode Six: The Story of Gayle Garlock, Part One This episode is the first part of the story of Gayle Garlock, a man diagnosed with Lewey Body Dementia, who legally accessed Medical Aid-in-Dying in Canada. We spoke to Gayle's wife, Barbara, as well as...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2i0qmdLB4YRoundtable Death Café feat. Corinne Alstrom-Sonne and Kathy Kastner - November 2022 (Read More) Welcome back to the Completed Life Initiative's Roundtable Death Café series!The guest panelists for this session are Corinne Alstrom-Sonne and Kathy Kastner; two experienced Death Educators with years of experience running Death...
LISTEN TO EPISODE 5: Faith Sommerfield - Founder of the Completed Life Initiative In this episode, we interview Faith Sommerfield, Founder of the Completed Life Initiative. Faith’s mission was to change the way people die. Throughout her life, close experiences with horrible deaths taught Faith that...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkQeA1vIGJI Keynote Address by Faith Sommerfield, Founder - Completed Life 3rd Annual Fall Conference Speakers: Faith SommerfieldEdited by: Zoey Willshire Our Founder, Faith Sommerfield, started the Completed Life Initiative (CLI) with the goal of helping everyone in the world access a good death, with autonomy as the guiding...
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