The Currency of Grief

When a parent’s “we have time” suddenly becomes five months, what actually deserves your attention first? The paperwork. The passwords. Or the care conversations that shape every decision that follows?

Angie Ingraham joins Justin Weidenfeld to talk through what it looks like when grief collides with healthcare in real time. An independent patient advocate and trauma surgeon, Angie brings both professional insight and personal exp...

When grief enters your life, money often follows close behind, and without financial agency, inheritance and responsibility can quickly become part of the loss.

Justin Weidenfeld sits down with Rebecca Feinglos, founder of Grieve Leave, for a conversation about what happens when grief and money collide. Rebecca shares how losing her mother after a long illness, her father suddenly at the start of COVID, and later her marriage res...

Caregiving for anyone is an act of love, but that responsibility and unspoken end-of-life plans can linger in grief long after loss.

In this episode, Justin Weidenfeld reflects on caring for his grandmother, Grandy B, and marks the first grief anniversary and birthday following her death. He shares how caregiving gradually became part of his life and how stepping into medical and financial responsibility brought both closeness an...

What happens to your relationship with work, money, and time when losing a parent at 23 forces you to confront death far earlier than expected?

Justin Weidenfeld speaks with Brian Helfman about how early loss reshaped his understanding of success, security, and purpose. Brian shares how his father’s death challenged the belief that life can be postponed and pushed him toward living with intention after loss. The conversation expl...

What would you do if grief forced you to see exactly how little time you might have left?

Ret Taylor joins host Justin Weidenfeld to talk through his mother’s death, the last wishes he never got to ask about, and how that experience led him to take severance seriously as both a vision quest phase and a turning point in how he meets loss, legacy, and money. He shares how walking his mom’s laps under a harvest moon became a quiet p...

Family financial secrets collide with grief in a story that exposes how losing a parent can unravel your sense of safety and force you to rebuild your future from the ground up.

Ariana Cohen joins Justin Weidenfeld to talk about the shock of financial betrayal and the moment she learned her dad had erased their savings while facing a terminal diagnosis. She explains how that discovery created lasting financial trauma, reshaped he...

When family secrets, sudden wealth, and loss collide, the truth about inheritance and the myths surrounding it hit closer to home than most people realize.

Justin Weidenfeld talks with Paul Deloughery, the founder of Sudden Wealth Protection, whose story challenges what we think we know about money, grief, and family. After meeting his biological father for the first time just weeks before his death, Paul inherited a fortune, and...

When grief and money collide, inheritance can stir up more than financial questions. It can surface old emotions, family patterns, and the deeper stories we carry about what wealth means.

Justin Weidenfeld sits down with Wendy Wright, a financial therapist and wealth transfer communication specialist, to talk about why so many people experience inheritance as a burden and what it takes to shift that experience into something mean...

When Sarah Kagan became a mother while losing her own, she stepped into a season defined by both beginnings and endings. Joining Justin Weidenfeld in this episode, she shares the small moments that still echo—crocheting beside her mom until treatment made it impossible, finishing a baby blanket alone, and moving between hospice updates and work calls. Which matters more in the end, the big milestones or the ordinary time we barely ...

At 24 years old, Olivia Lane lost her mom and was immediately faced with grief and inheritance in equal measure. What set her experience apart was her mother’s detailed planning—an Excel spreadsheet for her memorial service, clearly titled accounts, even a deed transfer designed to make things easier. Those choices lifted some of the logistical burden, but they couldn’t lessen the weight of living minute by minute through the loss.

Margaret Gewirtzman opens up about what it was like to carry the weight of her father’s estate after his death, stepping into the role of executor with little preparation and even less support. 

Joining Justin Weidenfeld in this episode, she describes how legal battles, family conflict, and unanswered questions turned what should have been a legacy into a burden that stretched across a decade of her life. At the same time, she wa...

What does it feel like to lose a parent when you’re 12 years old? How does a grieving teen begin to understand guardianship, money, and the weight of adult responsibilities before high school even starts?

Justin Weidenfeld is joined by his younger brother Jake Weidenfeld to talk about growing up in the shadow of loss and what he’s learned since. Jake shares the reality of being a grieving teen, trying to fit in at school, shuttin...

When CJ Infantino lost his wife, the experience reshaped every part of his life and set him on a path to create Unvoiced, a movement that makes space for grief and for the people who carry it. Joining Justin Weidenfeld in this episode, CJ looks back on his years at Facebook, when his wife’s cancer diagnosis revealed a major gap in medical leave policy. That moment pushed him to share his story directly with Sheryl Sandberg, which l...

Josh Aronoff lost his father and found himself staring down a mountain of financial unknowns - outdated estate documents, scattered accounts, and the crushing pressure to make sense of it all while grieving.

Justin Weidenfeld sits down with Josh to talk about how stepping into fix-it mode became both a coping mechanism and a catalyst for change. As the oldest child and a naturally practical thinker, Josh took the lead in handling...

Trigger Warning: This episode includes discussion of childhood abuse, trauma, and loss. Please listen with care.

Grief isn’t always a single event. It can be a relentless series of losses that force you to rebuild your life from the ground up. That’s exactly what happened to Chris Dale. After losing both parents, a child, and the version of his childhood he believed was true, Chris found himself grappling with not just heartbreak...

Most people aren’t prepared for how complicated elder care, power of attorney, and inheritance can get until they’re deep in it trying to make the right call with very little guidance.

Justin Weidenfeld talks with financial planner Elliott Appel, who shares what it was really like to care for his father through a long illness and all the decisions that came with it. What do you do when a parent refuses help? How do you handle bil...

Most people plan for retirement… Amy D’Amico had to plan for her husband’s death, her own cancer diagnosis, and what came next.

When Ron was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, Amy became a full-time caregiver, a reluctant household CFO, and eventually, a widow. Then came her own breast cancer diagnosis. How do you hold it all together when everything feels like it’s falling apart? And how will you navigate when you’re suddenly res...

Trigger warning: This episode includes discussion of suicide and may be difficult for some listeners.

Grief doesn’t follow a schedule, and when it crashes into family dynamics, legal paperwork, and financial loose ends, it can leave you reeling.

Justin Weidenfeld sits down with Mary McDirmid, who shares what it was like to lose her brother to suicide and suddenly become the one in charge of sorting it all out. From managing est...

Grief doesn’t require firsthand experience to be met with compassion and clinical care, and Rachel Farrell proves it.

Rachel is a pediatric genetic counselor who works with families facing the sudden death of a child or parent due to inherited cardiovascular diseases. Her role sits at the intersection of healthcare and heartbreak, offering genetic testing that may explain what happened, while providing the kind of emotional suppo...