#35 - The Currency of Grief
Reluctant Executor News
Not all interviews are the same.
I recently sat down with Justin Weidenfeld, creator of "The Currency of Grief" podcast. Justin is dedicated to helping families through not only his role in financial services, but more impressively, through the work he's done helping families dealing with grief.
Justin is heavily involved in Experience Camps, which is a summer camp for children that lost parents. The idea is to give these kids a summer camp experience, but in an environment with the unfortunate shared experience of grieving a parent's death.
He also runs "The Currency of Grief" podcast. His goal is to inspire deeper conversations with loved ones around the fragility of life, normalize family conversation around money and legacy, and educate around mortality. If you've tried to bring up these topics with family, you know it's not easy.
When I went back and listened to my episode, I learned a few things from myself. That is what makes this interview different. Instead of talking about Reluctant Executor, Justin and I had a conversation. What unexpectedly came out this talk were reasons that I started Reluctant Executor; things that I hadn't directly realized before.
Why should you spend 1.5 hours listening to this podcast? Among my self-reflections are a lot of examples of paper cuts that I had to figure out. By setting an expectation of what it's really like to close out an estate, I hope to inspire others to prepare as much as possible.
The Currency of Grief podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube.
My episode is titled "From Engineer to Executor." Let me know what you think.
Legacy Planning Session
Now that you have a better understanding of the types of paper cuts that families go through after a death, you know that you can prepare for a lot of them. But where do you start? Schedule a meeting with me and I will walk you through how to minimize the stress from both the expected hassles and the unexpected ones.