Mel reports on her experience after surviving the 3rd deathiversary, and Anita survives more remodeling. The fancy lady joins them to bestow many ideas of how to leave a legacy for a lost spouse/partner.

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You can reach Joy D. Kirsch, CFP, CeFT at [email protected] and learn more about the financial services she offers widows at https://www.meritfinancialadvisors.com/services/loss-of-a-spouse/.  You can learn more about the non-profit, The Widow’s Journey at www.thewidowsjourney.org .
 
Joy offers securities through LPL Financial, Member FINRA/SIPC.  Investment advice offered through Merit Financial Group, a registered investment advisor.  Merit Financial Group, The Widows Journey and LPL Financial are separate entities.

Anita and Mel pull themselves together after Halloween. Anita is getting one step closer to figuring out her headstone situation while Mel faces her husband's 3rd 'deathiversary' in a few days. The fancy lady, Joy Kirsch, enters the conversation and drops amazing financial knowledge bombs on them. Anita and Mel realize JUST how fancy the fancy lady is.

Second Opinion for listeners and Free checklist/articles for widows:

https://www.meritfinancialadvisors.com/services/loss-of-a-spouse/

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You can reach Joy D. Kirsch, CFP, CeFT at [email protected] and learn more about the financial services she offers widows at https://www.meritfinancialadvisors.com/services/loss-of-a-spouse/.  You can learn more about the non-profit, The Widow’s Journey at www.thewidowsjourney.org . Joy offers securities through LPL Financial, Member FINRA/SIPC.  Investment advice offered through Merit Financial Group, a registered investment advisor.  Merit Financial Group, The Widows Journey and LPL Financial are separate entities.  (see how fancy?!)


footnotes:
(1) Widows’ Voices: The Value of Financial Planning, Rehl, et.al, Journal of Financial
Services Professionals. Vol. 70, No.1, pp 53-60, January 2016) (2) Social Security
Administration, 2005)

After Anita gets investigated by the police, and Mel returns from multiple dogmergencies, life gets a whole lot fancier. Joy Kirsch, "The Fancy Lady", discusses her 27 year journey since her husband's suicide. Anita and Mel keep their fingers crossed that Joy can snag Oprah as their new fancy friend.

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You can reach Joy D. Kirsch, CFP, CeFT at [email protected] and learn more about the financial services she offers widows at https://www.meritfinancialadvisors.com/services/loss-of-a-spouse/.  You can learn more about the non-profit, The Widow’s Journey at www.thewidowsjourney.org . Joy offers securities through LPL Financial, Member FINRA/SIPC.  Investment advice offered through Merit Financial Group, a registered investment advisor.  Merit Financial Group, The Widows Journey and LPL Financial are separate entities.  (see how fancy?!)

Anita and Mel report on the happenings at Widow Bingo (hint: clarinet solos were present). They interview Jennie Taylor who was widowed after her husband, mayor of his city, was killed in Afghanistan.

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Anita and Mel discuss the topic of boundaries as a follow up to Episode 39 - What I Want My In Laws To Know - with LMFT and young widow, Carly Kropf.

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Anita and Mel delve into the rarely-talked-about-in-public topic of: in-laws. The scope and spectrum of experience among young widows is wide with this one, but is a hot topic. Anita is stoked. Mel is terrified, but copes by wearing cat leggings.

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Anita and Mel interview Melissa Ponder-Brackman, who shares her INSANE story of how she became a widow by way of a serial killer. Melissa talks about the many unbelievable facets of her journey, and how she has come to a place of forgiveness. Her story was so riveting that Anita and Mel forgot to ask her what her favorite cheese is.

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Anita and Mel interview Jennifer Hanks, the young widow behind the popular instagram account, @cocoscaravan, who was widowed several months after giving birth to twins.

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Anita and Mel share their "20 Practical Widow Tips" for the low price of free dollars and free cents.

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The Widow Coyle and The Widow Shore interview 25-year old Hannah Legasa who has only been a young widow for a few months. In fact, her situation is a little different than most widows we have encountered.

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