192. How to Protect Your Money and Family with Estate Planning Expert Pamela Maass Garrett

Financial Feminist

Her First $100K

Self-improvement, Education, How To, Business

4.7 • 6.2K Ratings

🗓️ 14 October 2024

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Facing our own mortality isn't easy, but it's one of the most important conversations we can have for the sake of those we love. In this episode, I sit down with Pamela Maass Garrett, an award-winning estate planning attorney and CEO of Law Mother LLC, to unravel the mysteries of estate planning. We dive deep into why everyone—not just the wealthy—needs a will or trust, especially if you have kids or digital assets that need protection. This isn't just about money; it's about ensuring peace of mind and safeguarding your legacy Pamela’s Links: Download a free copy of Pamela’s best-selling book: “Legally Ever After” Law Mother website Instagram Read transcripts, learn more about our guests and sponsors, and get more resources at https://herfirst100k.com/financial-feminist-show-notes/192-how-to-protect-your-money-and-family-with-estate-planning-expert-pamela-maass-garrett/ Not sure where to start on your financial journey? Take our FREE money personality quiz! https://herfirst100k.com/quiz Are you registered to vote? https://vote.org/ Special thanks to our sponsors: Thrive Causemetics Get an exclusive 20% off your first order at thrivecausemetics.com/FFPOD Squarespace Go to www.squarespace.com/FFPOD to save 10% off your first website or domain purchase. Masterclass Get an additional 15% off any annual membership at masterclass.com/FFPOD. Rocket Money Stop wasting money on things you don’t use. Cancel your unwanted subscriptions by going to RocketMoney.com/FFPOD. This is Small Business Check out This Is Small Business, an original podcast from Amazon, on your favorite podcast app.

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0:00.0	While you can't control when it's going to happen, you can control what your
0:04.0	loved ones are going to have to go through, what their experience is going to be,
0:07.0	what your real legacy is, and I feel like that gives a lot of peace of mind and
0:12.1	ownership and empowerment over the whole process, which makes it much more comfortable to go through.
0:21.0	It's officially spooky season, everybody.
0:23.4	And if you're not chronically online like I am,
0:25.4	I had to explain to my partner the other year what
0:27.4	spooky was.
0:28.4	Okay, so they're spooky, right?
0:30.1	Spooky is like actually scary, right? Bates in Misery or haunted corn mazes
0:35.2	Which I did when I was a kid and was literally forever scarred have you done a haunted? I hate getting scared
0:40.4	That's a quick side note. I hate it I will not do haunted mansions. I don't watch horror movies. I have absolutely no interest in doing that even talking about it literally I'm like goose bumping as I speak
0:52.0	Definitely didn't watch goosebumps growing up. Like don't like getting scared. So that's spooky.
0:57.5	Spooky is horror movies and it's scary stuff. Spoopy is cute spooky. So we're talking like the cute little ghosts that like have the big eyes and like our cute like little animations. We're talking like Charlie Brown
1:15.3	Halloween. We're talking children trick-or-treating, right? Spoopy. Spopy is the cute part of Halloween and I love Spooppy. So it is Spoopy season.
1:28.8	I realize now saying Spoopy so many times I'm at the point where Spoopy doesn't sound like a real word because it kind of isn't. But yeah, it's spooky season, it's spooky season. So to all of those who celebrate, welcome.
1:43.5	In the theme of Halloween, we are talking about something
1:46.4	a little scary, which is death, but really estate planning.
1:50.3	I know it's not a fun topic.
1:51.8	I know it's not exciting to talk about your death or somebody who loves death,
1:56.7	but this is one of those personal finance things that just is so overlooked and has a huge impact not just on your money but on your mental health, on your life.
2:09.0	The last thing I want you dealing with when you are in a time of grief and stress and chaos is
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