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09 Feb Timing the Harvest – Gifts of the Completed Life #6

Posted at 12:45h 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, we explore the external and internal signs, and the “complete moments,” that indicate it is time to leave the “in-between spaces” of our lives.Gifts of...

09 Feb Press Release for 2024 YouGov Poll indicating New Yorkers’ strong majority support of Medical Aid in Dying

Posted at 11:34h in CLI Announcements, Policy Announcements

New York, New York, February 8, 2024 – New Yorkers represent the state motto of Excelsior, or “ever upward” – namely, a desire to improve, grow, and evolve. Our shared mortality should be no exception. A new poll released by YouGov illustrates that nearly three-quarters of New...

02 Feb Visions, Perfume, and How the Heart Heals – Gifts of the Completed Life #5

Posted at 15:30h 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 we discuss Visions, Perfume, and How the Heart Heals, by continuing to explore “in-between spaces" – and specifically the liminal space between life and death.Gifts...

29 Jan In Between the Tides – Gifts of the Completed Life #4

Posted at 17:03h in Gifts Podcast S2

LISTEN NOW Available on and most major podcasting platforms.Welcome to a new Gifts of the Completed Life podcast series – Transitions and Transformations. Join us as we begin with In Between the Tides, an exploration of the “in-between spaces” that we experience in our families, health, workplaces,...

25 Jan Press Release for New York Medical Aid in Dying (MAiD) Bill

Posted at 12:57h in CLI Announcements, Policy Announcements

New York, New York, January 25, 2024 –The Completed Life Initiative, which advocates for a patient’s right to direct their end-of-life care, is gratified that the New York State Bar Association issued a formal statement in support of the pending MAiD bill (A995a/S2445). This New...

11 Jan Interview with Lynda Shannon Bluestein, Medical Aid-in-Dying Patient and Pioneering Advocate

Posted at 09:48h in Videos

https://youtu.be/3G0ZncJPhAwOn August 19th, 2023, Mark Barger Elliott, Executive Director of the Completed Life Initiative, interviewed Lynda Bluestein at the CLI Film Festival in New York City. At that same event, we proudly and gratefully recognized her passionate advocacy with the Completed Life Initiative Pioneer Award.The Completed Life Initiative would like...

22 Dec Open Windows – Gifts of the Completed Life #3

Posted at 10:27h in Gifts Podcast S1

LISTEN NOW Available on and most major podcasting platforms.The end of the year can prompt us to reflect upon the past year and to gaze towards what is to come. Join us for a special podcast series with Director of Outreach Lynn Barger Elliott and Executive Director...

19 Dec Friends of CLI x Last Flight Home @ Stanford University – 12/13/23

Posted at 16:30h in FriendsofCLIevents

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15 Dec Unfinished Business – Gifts of the Completed Life #2

Posted at 10:04h in Gifts Podcast S1

LISTEN NOW Available on and most major podcasting platforms.The end of the year can prompt us to reflect upon the past year and to gaze towards what is to come. Join us for a special podcast series with Executive Director Mark Barger Elliott and Director of Outreach...

12 Dec Friends of CLI @ the Rubin Museum of Art – 12/8/23

Posted at 12:29h in FriendsofCLIevents

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