Interview: Cincinnati Magazine

Interviews
Written By Cole Imperi
Cole Imperi Death Illustration Cincinnati Magazine

Another fun interview anniversary!

This feature piece Cincinnati Magazine did on me was really meaningful. I was born in Cincinnati and growing up, Cincinnati Magazine was always cool. You could find the publication in every waiting room around town, in all the hotels, and inside the homes of a lot of my friends and family. So! In 2019 I was so excited to be included within the pages of such a staple Cincinnati publication.

This article was published less than a year before the pandemic, and right before some major career developments. The pandemic absolutely impacted my work, and the way in which the public connected with me.

My favorite part of this interview was the custom illustration they had commissioned.

This interview originally appeared in the April 2019 issue of Cincinnati Magazine. You can read the article online here.


Cole Imperi

Cole Imperi is a triple-certified thanatologist, a two-time TedX speaker, and one of America’s experts on death, dying and grief. She is best known for her work pioneering the fields of Thanabotany and Deathwork (which includes Death Companioning) and through her development of Shadowloss, Shadowlight and Dremains. Cole is the founder of the School of American Thanatology, which has students from 20 countries across 12 timezones. Cole has worked as a chaplain-thanatologist in a jail, mortuary college professor, crematory operator, hospice volunteer, grief support group leader for children as young as 3 to adults, and served on the board of a green burial startup. Cole served as the first female Board President of the 178-year-old Historic Linden Grove Cemetery & Arboretum in Covington, Kentucky, works with death-related businesses through her consulting firm, Doth, and publishes death and loss-related content. Her forthcoming book, A Guide to Your Grief, will be published by Kids Can Press in 2024.

https://coleimperi.com
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