Real Talk with Life After Grief Chris
"Helping those in grief (and the advisors who support them) navigate financial matters."In 2008, at the peak of the recession, I lost my mother to cancer in August and my father to a broken heart in November. In 2010, my grandmother passed away after a stroke. Then a heart wrenching experience in 2012 of losing my oldest child.I became a financial planner in 2003 during the process of helping my parents in their declining health. In 2011, three years after my parents passed, I became a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ to better help families in need. In 2021, I became a Certified Financial Transitionist® to complete my personal and professional experience with formal education and scientific theory. My personal experiences and knowledge of grief and loss of loved ones helps me to understand and assist families enduring similar situations. I’ve helped over 400 families navigate many financial issues and life circumstances such as grieving loss of loved ones.
Episodes
In this week's episode, I answer financial questions for middle school students.
1. "Does everyone need a budget?".... Everyone needs a budget to make sure you have more money coming in versus going out.
2. "How do I make money now?".... Odd jobs, tutoring, mowing lawns, dog walking, car washer, yard work, assistant, etc.
3. "What leads to making more money later?&qu...
This week's episode is all about teaching kids good money habits. In this episode, I use personal examples of things I have learned and implemented with my own boys to build good money habits. I also explain many ways to teach kids about money.
--- Pay Yourself First
--- Count Your Money
--- Stuff Costs Money
--- Talk About Money
--- Delayed Gratification
--- Giving
--- Commis...
Today I had an awe-inspiring conversation with college student, Adam Delisle. Adam lost his father at the age of sixteen. He also witnessed his mother and family picking up the pieces during his formative years. The financial impact made a lasting impression on Adam.
Adam approached me due to the unique nature of my firm. He is very outgoing and had the courage to reach out and ask questions to push himself ...
I was super excited for an inspiring chat with PreMed Student, Sophia Donovan. Sophia also happens to be my Goddaughter.
We talk about things like....
What makes sense financially...traveling abroad or staying stateside for an internship or residency?
What makes sense financially....attending an expensive top tier med school or a modest well established med school?
We also talk about finances a...
Today's podcast is with SuperStar US Naval Academy Student, Maddox D. Maddox challenges me with real life questions facing college students aspiring to transition to careers after college. He also asks great questions pertaining to any young adult, who has recently transitioned from high school to college.
Maddox's parlay into the the US Naval Academy is no easy feat. The US Naval Academy has an ac...
Today I had the pleasure of interviewing High School Student/Athlete Luka D. Luka is also known as my godson and nephew. Luka came to me about a year ago and asked why I have not interviewed any young folks on the podcast about their questions about finance. Well, I decided to bring his question to life. Luka is wise beyond his years as you will see by his questions and methodical process on the podcast.
I...
We are back for another wonderful season of Real Talk with Life After Grief Chris. The opening of Season 7 is all about teenagers and college students asking financial questions. During Season 6, I was probed by some very curious high schoolers and college students to answer financial questions, which are important to up and coming full-fledged adults.
This was really fun for me as it took me back to my hi...
In the final episode of Season 6, I bring a life of trauma full circle. I talk about being grateful in spite of all that life has thrown my way. The people in my life have carried me to the promise land of Life After Grief. Honorable mention includes: my wife, my sons, Fr. Leo and my family and friends.
We will return in the fall. Have a great summer!
Cheers and Be Well!!
In this week's episode, I have someone who knows all of my podcasts very intimately. Meet Caroline Schafer. She is a friend and also happens to be my podcast editor. Caroline is very similar to many of my podcast listeners through our shared experiences.
We share experience with childhood trauma. We also share experiences through the lens of parental caretaker. Her stories really resonate as she e...
In this week's episode I go into detail about Trauma Response. More specifically, the six trauma responses.
I talk about the details of each response and provide personal examples. I was asked to somewhat normalize the explanation, to help others feel at ease when understanding their trauma responses.
I hope you like this week's episode.
See on next week's episode.
In this week's episode I talk about the idea of a Bliss List. I did not create the idea or resource, but I do use it in practice for myself and with clients. Basically, a Bliss List is an idea list of things you would like to do or accomplish if time or money were no object. I like to keep things simplistic and remove barriers to happiness in life. I am happy to say that I have accomplished many things on m...
In this week's episode, I talk all about Self Care. I have spoken loosely about self care over the last few seasons. I was recently asked, "How Do I Self Care?" I go into detail about the self care wheel I use. I also provide a ton of examples with regard to each part of the self care wheel.
I hope you enjoy this week's episode.
Cheers & see you on the next episode!
Have you ever heard of a Certified Divorce Coach? I recently met and had the pleasure of interviewing Debra Doak. Debbie is a Certified Divorce Coach. She helps with those hard decisions concerning marriage, divorce, money and life.
My initial exposure to Debbie was based on a presentation she did about Financial Abuse. And boy, was I blown away with her expertise.
I was simply amazed with her...
In this week's episode, I share some listener feedback. I was simply wowed at the folks who reached out to me to share their trauma experiences. I was equally amazed how certain therapies, including EMDR really helped them.
Some of the listeners I spoke to talked about the gravity of their trauma such as: abuse, molestation, death, addiction, racial trauma and many other forms of trauma. I took solace...
In today's episode I want to talk about trauma therapy. Specifically, one that I have experienced called EMDR. EMDR is short for Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing.
Let me describe EMDR in layman’s terms. Imagine walking past a grassy area and have no emotional response. Imagine, I walk by that same grassy area and my heart begins to race, I get anxious, I start to get very nervous, my mind starts raci...
Depression is a subject not often talked about by men. In this episode, I will talk about my experience with depression. I also talk about how I identified periods in my life where I experienced depression. With a ton of support and resources at my fingertips, I have a steady flow of positivity that helps me deal with extreme hardship and trauma. You will hear ongoing habits that I have instilled to help me avoid ...
Greetings and welcome to episode 4 of Season 6-Racism and Discrimination
I decided to reboot a previous episode on the subject. As I have gotten older, and maybe wiser, I understand the traumatic effects of dealing with years of unsolicited biases due to the color of my skin.
In this episode, I describe some horrible experiences I have had with racism and discrimination. These experiences have be...
Greetings and welcome to Episode 3. In this week's episode, I use a personal example of a traumatic event to demonstrate its emotional effects.
I share the many emotional and physical effects of trauma.
I share what trauma looks and feels like.
My hope is to normalize trauma and shed light on the subject.
I hope you like this week's episode.
Cheers and see yo...
Welcome back to Real Talk with Life After Grief Chris episode 2. In this episode, I go into further detail about trauma. Listen in as I provide a personal example as well as the emotional and physical effects.
Trauma is not something we create, but something from which we recover.
I also provide a link, which details the dramatic effects on both the mind and body. themind.org.uk
See y...
Welcome back to Real Talk with Life After Grief Chris. We have made it to Season 6 with a tremendous amount of support.
This season is all about Trauma.
On the heels of releasing a lot of information at the tail end of Season 5, I thought a natural extension would be a deep dive into trauma.
As trauma can very emotional and triggering, I am going to be very thoughtful as to any potentia...
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