Why Should I Leave a Legacy Letter?

On today’s Intelligent Money Minute, we’ll interview Kathleen Rehl on why you should leave a legacy letter. It’s wise to have your final will and testament in order, but your possessions aren’t the most valuable gift for family and friends. Kathleen says, “you can give loved ones a far more precious treasure that’s a legacy of who you are.” During this episode, Kathleen talks about the priceless value of leaving your family and friends a legacy letter. 

Your family will likely read and re-read a legacy letter should something happen to you. As Kathleen said, your family will likely pull out and look at a legacy letter that you have written more often then they will pull out your final will and testament. We also talked about our core values which spell out the word, CLIENT. If you’d like to know more about Intelligent Investing’s core values, please visit here.

Please be sure to subscribe to our podcasts as we will be interviewing Kathleen on an upcoming podcast where she explains how to simply write a legacy letter to your family and friends. You will not want to miss it. You can purchase Kathleen’s book here.  

Kathleen Rehl Bio

Kathleen M. Rehl, Ph.D., CFP®, CeFT® wrote the multi-award-winning book, Moving Forward on Your Own: A Financial Guidebook for Widows. Experiencing widowhood herself, Dr. Rehl empowers widows financially™ and inspires their advisors. Her work has been featured in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, AARP Bulletin, CNBC, USA Today, U.S. News & World Report, Journal of Financial Service Professionals, Journal of Financial Planning, and other publications. Rehl owned a financial planning firm for 17 years before retiring to her “encore” career. She walks an hour daily, practices yoga, enjoys art and music festivals, writes poetry and makes art, loves her grandsons . . . and continues to evolve on her journey.