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22 Mar Indigenous to Latin America & The Caribbean – Indigenous End of Life Symposium, Session Two

Posted at 11:19h in 2024MarchSymposium

https://youtu.be/1kFcJlQ2bEoThis session is presented in Spanish. English and Spanish transcriptions are provided below: English Spanish Session two from the Completed Life Initiative's Indigenous End of Life Symposium, held on March 21st, 2024. This session features perspectives Indigenous to Latin America & The Caribbean: Didi Sanchez, Tatiana Vidaurre, Jose...

22 Mar Indigenous to Canada – Indigenous End of Life Symposium, Session One

Posted at 11:17h in 2024MarchSymposium

https://youtu.be/YwHjCjgrEK0Session one from the Completed Life Initiative's Indigenous End of Life Symposium, held on March 21st, 2024. This session features perspectives Indigenous to Canada: Alexander Kmet, Bev Cardinal, Jennifer Mallmes, and Jo-Anne Gottfriedson. RETURN TO INDIGENOUS END OF LIFE SYMPOSIUM PAGE ...

21 Mar Friends of CLI x Grief Hotel @ The Public Theater – 4/12/24

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The Obie Award-winning play, GRIEF HOTEL, returned for a limited engagement at The Public Theater in New York City. The Completed Life Initiative was pleased to gather with Friends of CLI for this amazing production on Friday, April 12th, 2024. Loss is fast, but grief is...

18 Mar Friends of CLI @ The Met – 3/15/24

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On March 15th, 2024, our Friends of CLI joined our staff for a private tour of the exhibit "Anxiety and Hope in Japanese Art" at The Met. Our tour guide took us through the Anxiety and Hope in Japanese Art exhibit, while briefly touching on...

14 Mar Suerza – Lexicon of Life and Death #2

Posted at 17:53h in Lexicon Podcast

LISTEN NOW Available on and most major podcasting platforms.In this episode, our hosts discuss the word "Suerza" – a combination of the Spanish words for luck and force: suerta and fuerza. It was coined by the author John Koenig in his book The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows.Lexicon...

08 Mar Sisu – Lexicon of Life and Death #1

Posted at 10:04h in Lexicon Podcast

LISTEN NOW Available on and most major podcasting platforms.Welcome to Lexicon of Life and Death, a new podcast series from the Completed Life Initiative. In this series, Lynn and Mark Barger Elliott will explore the vocabulary we employ to express beliefs, hopes and attitudes towards life and...

06 Mar CLI@Home in Grand Rapids, MI – March 2024

Posted at 12:33h in CLI@Homeevents

The first CLI@Home conversation took place in Grand Rapids, Michigan on March 7th, 2024. To read this session's discussion guide and explore more resources from the Completed Life Initiative to use in your own at-home discussions, view below: VIEW our Discussion Guide: CLICK TO VIEW VIDEOs Interview with Lynda...

23 Feb Instarring – Gifts of the Completed Life #7

Posted at 11:34h in Gifts Podcast S2

LISTEN NOW Available on and most major podcasting platforms.Welcome back to Gifts of the Completed Life: Transitions and Transformations. In this episode, Executive Producer Lynn Barger Elliott reflects upon transformations - when we no longer find ourselves in that in-between space. Inspired by the works of Rebecca Solnit...

14 Feb In Love: A Conversation with Amy Bloom – Voices of the Completed Life #15

Posted at 10:30h in Voices Podcast S3

LISTEN TO OUR INTERVIEW WITH AMY BLOOM Available on and most major podcasting platforms.Welcome to this special Valentine's Day episode of Voices of the Completed Life. In this episode, we will hear the “voice” of New York Times-Bestselling Author of In Love, Amy Bloom – from our...

09 Feb Friends of CLI x Last Flight Home @ the University of Utah – 3/7/24

Posted at 13:00h in FriendsofCLIevents

Thank you to everyone who joined us on March 7th, 2024 in Salt Lake City for a wonderful Friends of CLI event and screening of Last Flight Home. From delicious box dinners, to insightful questions during our Q&A, and reflections on how to live our...