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How We Got Started

Garrick C Colwell

Kinsloe Kelley Colwell

Kinsloe Kelley Colwell

Advance Care Planning, End of Life 

and Grief Educator

Kinsloe Kelley Colwell

Kinsloe Kelley Colwell

Kinsloe Kelley Colwell

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist

July 26, 1956 to February 12, 2019

 

It was April of 2017 when Garrick and the late Kinsloe Kelley Colwell, LMFT, invited over 20 Austin area healthcare professionals to meet and discuss ways in which 

they could assist the Central Texas community in becoming aware of 

the importance of completing their advance care directives. 


Over the next few months, the group met and decided to offer educational

 programs and resources through a non-profit organization they would call 

Kitchen Table Conversations. They felt the name of the organization's name 

 would encourage people to have the end of life conversations in the comfort 

of their homes instead of during a medical crisis in the ICU. 


July 1, 2017, this website was launched. The first workshop was offered 

the following month. In October, AARP of Central Texas began sponsoring

 The 3 Ds of Advance Care Planning: How to Decide, Discuss, and 

Document Your End of Life Wishes workshops.


These workshops, which are now webinars, are facilitated by Garrick Colwell, President and CEO of Kitchen Table Conversations.  Garrick has been a Hospice Volunteer since 1987, serving  as an on-call hospital and hospice chaplain. 

He is a Respecting Choices® Person-Centered Care First Steps® Advance 

Care Planning Certified Instructor and Facilitator. 


As a Certified Grief Recovery Specialist, he co-created with Hospice Austin 

Conversations On Grief, a monthly online grief support program. As a 

volunteer, he co-facilitates drop-in and loss of spouse 

grief support groups.


Garrick is a Certified Grief Educator through grief expert David Kessler 

at grief.com. And holds a Death and Grief Studies certificate from the 

internationally recognized Center for Loss and Life Transition, 

a private organization founded byDr. Wolfelt that is dedicated 

to furthering our understanding of grief.  


In addition to offering advance care planning webinars, Kitchen Table 

Conversations also offers webinars on End of Life Planning and Grief. 

Topics, dates, and times can be found on our Home Page.


Garrick can be reached at 512-787-3402 or

garrick@KitchenTableConversations.org  


 

Host a Kitchen Table Conversations Webinar, Activity, or Event

If you're interested in hosting a FREE webinar, workshop, activity, or event on 

End of Life Planning, Advance Care Planning, or Grief Education for your 

the company, faith community or special interest group,  

please call us today at 512-787- 3402


Vision - Mission - Goal

Vision

Mission

Mission

We envision a community in which the end of life wishes of all people are honored and respected. And that each person's grief is witness with kindness and compassion.
 

Mission

Mission

Mission

 We provide education and resources that empower peoiple to have end of life planning, advance care planning and grief and mourning conversations with loved 

ones and health care providers. 

Goal

Mission

Goal

We become an integral part of end of life planning, advance care planning and grief 

support conversations within 

our community. 

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