Widowhood Resources

This season of life is as confusing as it is heartbreaking, but having the right resources can make it much less of a burden.

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Finding Financial Success After The Death Of A Spouse

Listen to Joy D. Kirsch, founder of our TruWealth for Widows division, speak about the importance of finding financial success after the death of a...
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Tips for Widows When Selecting a Financial Advisor

Ask yourself, “Do I want someone to recommend and manage my investments or someone to sell me insurance to protect my family? –or-- Do I...
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Tips for Widows: How to Sort Through the Chaos After the Death of a Spouse

Financial Advice for Widows: 6 Tips The loss of a spouse can be crippling—emotionally, physically, spiritually, socially, and equally important, financially. A recent survey found...
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Love it Forward

As a widow, there was always something about Valentine’s Day that made me feel unloved.  Of course, this is the complete opposite feeling that this...
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A Financial Advice Checklist for Widows

Losing a spouse is tough both emotionally, as well as financially. You might be wondering how to plan for your future without your partner, or...
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Post-Widowhood: Reinventing Your Future

Reinvention: It's Not Easy When your spouse dies, so does the future that the two of you planned together. You’re overwhelmed by the grief, newfound...
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Planning for the Unexpected

A Story of Loss and What You Can Learn from It. “We never truly get over a loss, but we can move forward and evolve...
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Being Stuck and Resting are NOT Equal

Decisions, Decisions… If you have traveled, or are traveling, the widowhood road, you probably know how overwhelming its myriad changes and choices can be. Making even one...
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Moving Past Pessimism with Purpose

Becoming a Widow Since recently becoming a widow, Deborah often feels as if she’s trapped on a renegade roller coaster of stress, fear, confusion, exhaustion...
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Finding the Right New Financial Advisor

Saying Goodbye Many estimates suggest that after their spouses die, a whopping 70% of widows fire their financial advisors. Anecdotal evidence suggests this often happens because the...
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The Gift of Giving

First Things First For centuries, some of the world’s greatest thinkers have contended that helping others is the key to happiness. So you might think...
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When Money Isn’t Just Money

By Joy Kirsch Repetition-Worthy Advice for Widows Make sure your bills are paid so you can keep your good credit. (Don’t pay your husband’s bills...

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