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When life throws devastating changes at you, be ready for it with Nancy Juetten’s ‘Life Goes On Roadmap’. One of your legacies will be no chaos, no crisis, just a clear road to follow in comfort!
In this episode we discuss how to get your Stories, your Will, your Valuables, your Passwords, and many other elements of your life organized, so you don’t leave a mess for your family - tomorrow or decades from now.

This new 14-minute episode of the Legacy Café podcast features the story of man who dramatically refocused his life, and you can take advantage of his work.
Dennis was a ‘money guy’…. doing very well. But after losing both parents he realized he never asked them about their values, their wisdom, their life stories.
So he left his successful 20 year career and co-founded a global initiative that's saving the greatest body of wisdom in history from being lost forever.
This remarkable story can affect your family today and for generations to come.
Make sure your wisdom and life lessons aren't wasted by going to LegacyStories.org

15 years ago, Marilyn Norry challenged women actors to write the facts of their mother’s life. She then turned those stories into a stage play.
She’s now helped over 500 women write their mother’s stories.
And to ensure many mother’s stories aren’t lost, Marilyn has just published “Writing Women’s History. Starting with your Mother.” It will help every woman take stock of their mother’s legacy.
At the end of this conversation Marilyn will give you what you need to get started. And yes, wherever your mother is… she’ll help.
Get the download at https://legacycafe.org/mother

Is there something you’d love to have in your community… that just isn’t there?
Would you like one of your legacies to enhance life where you live? But building it yourself is just, well…. a big challenge. It would be difficult to get it done on your own.
Here’s my best advice: Walk in the door of your local Community Foundation.
In this podcast Brad Ward will tell us a few stories about how Community Foundations work, and how they can help you build some really cool legacies you’ll be proud of.

What is the lasting gift of Legacy? And - who’s giving that gift? Or not bothering at all?
My guest in the Legacy Café is Ken Dychtwald, CEO of Age Wave and internationally recognized author and gerontologist. He recently released a landmark study on legacy and aging as a research project with Bank 0f America/Merrill Lynch.
In the study titled, “Leaving a legacy. A lasting gift to loved ones”, Ken discovered that 82% of us will likely be remembered with the phrase: “Well, you left a heckuva mess.” Not good!
Turns out 94% of the 3000 people surveyed said they would like their legacy to be “a life well lived with family and friends that love me,” while only 4% said their legacy is the wealth they accumulated. Hmmm...
Join my conversation with Ken for a fascinating review of his eye-opening study and what various generations are thinking of ‘legacy’, how each is acting to live it....and give it.

Boe Workman argues that many of us 50+ are living a revolution… determined to leave our mark on the world. "We want to disrupt the traditional aging process so we can spark new solutions that will allow us to live the best life we can."
Yes, we want to be more independent, with more intimacy and fun, And yes, more legacy building. We want to lead a richer, more self-sufficient life as we age. But (and it's a big 'but'), are we constrained by a cultural view that aging means deterioration and dependence?
Boe is the Director of CEO Communication at AARP and has co-authored several books that shake up some outdated beliefs about aging. He recently co-authored a book with Jo Anne Jenkins, AARP's CEO, called Disrupt Aging, well worth the read.
Will the opportunities of aging outweigh the negatives? Give a listen to find out.