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Michael Krasny

"Helga writes from the heart and she puts lucidly into prose good, sound and wise advice about the ways for us to begin needed conversations across the generation chasm."

– Host of KQED Forum and author of Spiritual Envy: An Agnostic's Quest

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Stan Jernigan

"A pathway, guide and instruction book for dealing with two taboo subjects – money and death. Helga shows how families can avoid misunderstandings about these two issues. This book should be mandatory reading for every parent and adult child."

–Founder, The Mentor Group

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Robert Burton, M.D.

"A common sense approach to rethinking personal relationships in the light of not-so-intuitively obvious cognitive science discoveries."

– – Author of On Being Certain: Believing That You Are Right Even When You're Not

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Bruce Feldstein, M.D.

"I've seen the peace that comes to families who can have the conversations included in this book."

– Director, The Jewish Chaplaincy
Stanford University Medical Center

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A guide to crucial conversations before it’s too late

Posted on the blog BabyBoomers U.S. 

Money Love & Legacy: Conversations That Matter Between Generations, written by Helga Hayse, is a guide for thinking and talking about money, inheritance, entitlement, responsibility, forgiveness, love and legacy.

It makes the case for why parents and adult children need to have these crucial conversations before it’s too late.
Families confuse money with love. Parents procrastinate about planning. Siblings fight about inheritance. The author bares her own soul about having, and not having, crucial conversations with her family.  Her research documents the experiences of people who share their thoughts, fears and concerns about unfinished business within their own families.

In a series for Baby Boomers US, Helga will outline 4 crucial steps to avoiding the “Race to the Bedside” scenario which leaves so many families with critical matters unsettled, both emotionally and financially.

The steps she will cover include:

  • Consider “Fair vs. Equal” Distribution of Inheritance
  • Create a Legacy Binder
  • Tackle Difficult Conversations
  • Ask the Most Important Questions

About the author: Helga Hayse educates people on the role that money plays in family relationships. She works with financial and estate planning groups about how to help their clients overcome resistance to planning and conversations between generations.

Read original article HERE.