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 would
encourage people to have end of life conversations in the comfort
of their homes instead of during a medical crisis in the ICU.
On July 1, 2017, this website was launched. The first workshop was offered
the following month. In October, AARP of Texas began sponsoring
Advance Care Planning Made Easy: How to Decide, Discuss, and
Document Your End of Life Wishes workshops and webinars.
Garrick Colwell, President, and CEO of Kitchen Table Conversations facilitates these workshops and webinars. 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 educational
program. He co-facilitates drop-in and loss of spouse
grief support groups as a volunteer.
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 and directed by Dr. Alan Wolfelt.
In addition to offering advance care planning webinars, Kitchen Table
Conversations also provide webinars on End of Life Planning,
After Death Care and Support and Grief Education. 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 Workshop
If you're interested in hosting a FREE webinar, workshop, or activity
End of Life Planning, Advance Care Planning, or Grief Education for
your company, faith community, or special interest group,
please call us today at 512-787- 3402
