THE TEAM

Life Over Dinner consists of a collaborative team of multi-disciplinary humans led by Michael Hebb.

Michael is the Founder of Life Over Dinner. He currently serves as a Board Member of Village Health Works and as Board Advisor (Emeritus) at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts, is the primary editor of the COVID Paper; and in the recent past served as a Partner at RoundGlass and Senior Advisor to Summit Series, Theo Chocolate, CreativeLive, Architecture For Humanity, and Mosaic Voices Foundation. His second book "Let's Talk About Death" was published by Hachette in the U.S., U.K., and Australia in October of 2018 and Russia, China, Taiwan, Indonesia, Poland and Romania in the fall of 2019, and will soon be published in Finland.

In 1997 Hebb co-founded City Repair and the Architecture firm Communitecture with architect Mark Lakeman, winning the AIA People's Choice Award for the Intersection Repair Project. In 1999 Michael and Naomi Pomeroy co-founded Family Supper in Portland, a supper club that is credited with starting the pop-up restaurant movement. In the years following they opened the restaurants clarklewis and Gotham Bldg Tavern, garnering international acclaim. He served as a Teaching Fellow at the Graduate School of Communication at University of Washington. His writings have appeared in USA TODAY, GQ, Food and Wine and numerous other publications. Michael can often be found speaking at universities and conferences, here is his TEDMED talk.

Advisors. Life Over Dinner has a long list of advisors including: Dr. Gabor Mate, Arianna Huffington, Paul Stamets, Marshall Davis Jones, Eleanor Cleverly, Chip Conley, Monica Guzman, Richard Leider, Dr. Ira Byock, Sutton King, Bruce Feiler, Michael Franti, Dr. Elissa Epel, Marc Freedman, Dr. Shauna Shapiro, Rabbi Sharon Brous, Rabbi Amichai Lau Lavie, Frank Ostaseski and many others.

SPEAKING AND WORKSHOPS

Michael Hebb continues to speak and teach workshops at conferences and institutions around the world. Topics include End of Life, Grief, Psychedelic Medicine, The Art of Gathering and Community Building. For speaking engagements and workshop inquiries please contact:
michael@hebb.life

Past speaking and workshop events include: Obama Summit, TEDMED, World Economic Forum, Clinton Global Initiative, Summit at Sea, Summit LA17, The Nature Conservancy Annual Trustee Meeting, Forbes Health Summit, University of Sao Paolo, Reed College, Lewis and Clark College, SXSW, SXSW ME Conference Stockholm, XPrize, University of Washington, DELL Medical School, Google, Google X, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Kripalu, Esalen, Deakin University, Stanford University, Alfred Health, Cleveland Clinic Patient Experience Summit, YPO, Boston University, American Academy of Religion, Global Wellness Institute, Schwartz Center for Compassionate Care, C-TAC, American Telemedicine Association, Exponential Medicine, Singularity University.

BOOKS

**Let's Talk About Death (Over Dinner)**

Let's Talk About Death (Over Dinner) was published by Hachette in the U.S., U.K., and Australia in October of 2018 and Russia, China, Taiwan, Indonesia, Poland and Romania in the fall of 2019, and will soon be published in Finland.
Death is one of the most important topics we need to discuss—but we don’t. We know why—it’s loaded, uncomfortable, and often depressing. But what if death wasn’t a repressed topic, but one filled with possibility, a conversation capable of bringing us closer to those we love?

In Let’s Talk About Death (over Dinner), Michael Hebb encourages us to pull up a chair, break bread, and really talk about the one thing we all have in common. His practical advice and thought-provoking have led hundreds of thousands of discussions—and they will help you broach everything from end-of-life care to the meaning of legacy to how long we should grieve. There's no one right way to talk about death, but with a little humor and grace, you’ll transform your difficult conversations into an opportunity of celebration and meaning, changing not only the way we die, but also the way we live. Purchase here.

"Wise, poignant, compelling--Hebb tackles hard issues with honesty and good taste. This book is food for the soul."―Ira Byock, MD, author of Dying Well and The Best Care Possible

"Hebb aims to make death less taboo in all ways possible. The book ultimately offers practical advice on how to have conversations related to death, no matter the setting, yet manages to be amusing at times. This is a recommended read, to say the least."
―The Hype

"A reader-friendly guide to the conversations most people avoid having...A vade mecum that will make one's reaping a bit less grim."
―Kirkus Reviews

"Explores just how crucial discussions of death are to living a happy, fulfilling life. It's packed with lessons on how we can approach those conversations purposefully and effectively."
―Thrive Global

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