Alie Ward Instagram – Birthday post on main! Today is Cole @imperi’s birthday and I am so lucky to have her in my life. In 2017 was looking for a #Thanatologist (expert in death & dying!) for my then-fledging podcast @ologies and found Cole through that very hashtag. We met a few weeks later in a Hampton Inn in Cincinnati and that conversation about death, dying & being your truest self changed my whole life. We became fast friends, and she and @vimperi moved to LA! As my dad went into hospice last year, Cole was there every step of the way, even recording an episode about grief while sitting on a sidewalk. She is brilliant, generous, inspiring, creative, and the perfect amount of weird. So if you don’t know her work, consider this a lucky introduction. Follow her, read her newsletter #GriefOrMadness, check out her @schoolofamericanthanatology, or listen to her @ologies episodes from July 2022. Her spirit and work is a great addition to any life, or death. Love you, Cole @imperi! 💜🎂🎉 If her work has impacted you, let her know below!