Design Your Legacy - Life Lessons

A first-generation wealth creator has to move from offensive to defensive, but there’s a rarely a legacy playbook to tell them that. A founder builds something entirely from scratch through grit, intuition, and personal sacrifice. Then comes the paradigm shift from mastering the art of offensive strategy: taking risks, absorbing hits, funding prototypes, and surviving business turbulence to learning defensive strategy. How do they move from the engine that drives all financial and operational momentum to designing a fortress that outlasts them?In this episode, hostess Angelina Carleton speaks with inventor Jeanine Lum about her intellectual property (IP) and journey as an entrepreneur. Legacy isn’t just a bank account; it’s a patent, a brand, and a new standard. Tune in to hear how she will now consider new avenues of opportunity as well as growth. How will her IP and licensing agreements be managed, protected and monetized to provide for her heirs without requiring them to operate the business or contracts themselves? Will she bring her grandchildren into the business to teach them her work ethic and pass down her resilience and grit -- the actual asset that made all of it possible--to experience the struggle of starting from an idea? Hear from the matriarch that defied the odds time and again!  -Jeanine Lum is the inventor and founder of 3rd Bottle®, a patent-pending wine transport system designed to protect fine wine from heat exposure and travel shock. Drawing on a diverse career as a former Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Sergeant, flight attendant, commercial construction founder, and WSET II wine certified expert, she uses her unique background to question accepted industry norms and engineer practical solutions. Today, Jeanine speaks and consults on innovation, resilience, and licensing, inspiring entrepreneurs to build lasting legacies by turning everyday frustrations into game-changing opportunities.-At Legacy Planning©, we work with 'rising gen' entrepreneurs, wealth creators, and family stewards who are ready to turn their success into lasting contribution. Our co-active coaching and advisory services help you clarify what matters—beyond balance sheets and the four corners of a document. We guide you with aligning your values, relationships, and influence into a legacy vision you can lead from with confidence today, and pass on with intention for tomorrow.Whether you're navigating a personal transition, succession planning, inheritance, or seeking deeper meaning after financial success, we provide the structure and space to ask life's most important question: What will you leave in the hearts and hands of others? Because legacy isn’t what you leave behind—It’s how you show up today.-Looking for a meaningful gift for the visionary in your life? Give the gift of clarity, purpose, and legacy with a personalized coaching session from Design Your Legacy©. Perfect for birthdays, milestones, or major life transitions—this gift card opens the door to deeper impact and intentional living. www.angelinacarleton.com/gift-cardBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/design-your-legacy-life-lessons--6631446/support.

With affluent families and their businesses, there can be great conflict. Conflict that when unresolved, can lead to bitter breakups and a permanent loss of trust. This does not have to be as with proper tools, there can be a way forward in understanding human capital and relationship dynamics - expectations, roles, and everything that isn't said openly in the silence. In this episode, hostess Angelina Carleton speaks with Bhaj Townsend about behavioral insights and needed cohesion. With her twenty years helping clients shift from tension to cohesion, Bhaj Townsend brings results and new education in emotional governance - helping to resolve conflicts and build trust again so as to keep families strong for generations. Or as she likes to say that she “… helps prepare family members for the receipt of wealth so it unites families rather than divides them.” Tune in to hear more in this 90-minute conversation!-Bhaj is a presenter on five compelling topics from family dynamics to financial behavior insights to family stories and games and more, all focused on successful family cohesion. She is a certified mediator, using a facilitative approach to mediation. She is President of the Northwest Family Business Advisors, a non-profit organization dedicated to serving family businesses with the challenges and issues they face. She is President of Focus and Sustain, a company which consults with family businesses throughout the USA. These attributes and concentrations, along with her mindfulness and respect for her clients’ well-being, provide a rare perspective to families looking for guidance as they transition leadership from one generation to another. She likes to say that she “… helps prepare family members for the receipt of wealth so it unites families rather than divides them.”-At Legacy Planning©, we work with 'rising gen' entrepreneurs, wealth creators, and family stewards who are ready to turn their success into lasting contribution. Our co-active coaching and advisory services help you clarify what matters—beyond balance sheets and the four corners of a document. We guide you with aligning your values, relationships, and influence into a legacy vision you can lead from with confidence today, and pass on with intention for tomorrow.Whether you're navigating a personal transition, succession planning, inheritance, or seeking deeper meaning after financial success, we provide the structure and space to ask life's most important question: What will you leave in the hearts and hands of others? Because legacy isn’t what you leave behind—It’s how you show up today.-Looking for a meaningful gift for the visionary in your life? Give the gift of clarity, purpose, and legacy with a personalized coaching session from Design Your Legacy©. Perfect for birthdays, milestones, or major life transitions—this gift card opens the door to deeper impact and intentional living. www.angelinacarleton.com/gift-cardBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/design-your-legacy-life-lessons--6631446/support.

Every family carries a deep well of history, yet few heirs ever receive a clear 10-point checklist detailing the define-and-shape war stories and pivotal moments of their parents or grandparents. To make matters worse, patriarchs and matriarchs often remain silent about their knowledge, leaving children unprepared to navigate their evolving legacy. As an impending $124 trillion wealth transfer hits incoming generations like a massive barge crashing into a small boat, many individuals find themselves as "Accidental Millionaires" lacking direction. While the duty falls on the heirs to steward these assets wisely, most simply do not even know the right questions to ask.In this episode, hostess Angelina Carleton speaks with John Link about understanding what happened in a loved one's life and why they made their choices as one of the greatest gifts parents can share—like one of the seven wonders of the world. By choosing to "say the quiet parts out loud," parents can move beyond uncontrollable market forces and transfer their core decision-making mindsets to the next generation. After all, high-net-worth individuals utilize a deliberate, structured process for making decisions, because a well-crafted legacy plan will outshine a default or non-existent one. Tune in as we discuss how structured conversations and thoughtful fiduciary guidance can turn a chaotic wealth transfer into an empowered, multi-generational legacy!-Disclaimer: John Link is an Investment Adviser Representative with Royal Fund Management, LLC, an SEC Registered Investment Adviser. This content is for informational purposes only and does not constitute personalized financial advice. Full disclosures will be provided at the end of this video. Advisory services are offered through Royal Fund Management, LLC, Link Wealth Mgmt. 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All information and ideas should be discussed in detail with your Investment Adviser Representative prior to implementation.-At Legacy Planning©, we work with 'rising gen' entrepreneurs, wealth creators, and family stewards who are ready to turn their success into lasting contribution. Our co-active coaching and advisory services help you clarify what matters—beyond balance sheets and the four corners of a document. We guide you with aligning your values, relationships, and influence into a legacy vision you can lead from with confidence today, and pass on with intention for tomorrow.Whether you're navigating a personal transition, succession planning, inheritance, or seeking deeper meaning after financial success, we provide the structure and space to ask life's most important question: What will you leave in the hearts and hands of others? Because legacy isn’t what you leave behind—It’s how you show up today.-Looking for a meaningful gift for the visionary in your life? Give the gift of clarity, purpose, and legacy with a personalized coaching session from Design Your Legacy©. Perfect for birthdays, milestones, or major life transitions—this gift card opens the door to deeper impact and intentional living. www.angelinacarleton.com/gift-cardBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/design-your-legacy-life-lessons--6631446/support.

When a part of our identity isn’t developed for an expanded legacy, the weight of responsibility that comes with wealth can weigh heavy as well as unspoken. “What if I am wasting what someone else created, that I didn’t work for? I don’t know what I am supposed to do with all of this”. All of it can feel fleeting in the wind or we can find ourselves storing up for the tomorrow that is not promised. We all want our journey to end with fulfillment, but what if we could buy our way into access re: opportunities?  In this episode, hostess Angelina Carleton speaks with former pastor Kenneth Kollasch about reinvesting the equity of tangible success back into the equity of spiritual, emotional and mental success in what we will carry for eternity. When we skillfully invest into relational capital for the objective of duplication, we grow in our personal development as well as our skills as a ‘shepherd’. Tune in to hear how you can move from surface level tangible destination points in your Legacy Plan to spiritual health given your talents!-As a 3rd-generation entrepreneur, Kenneth Kollasch grew up witnessing firsthand both the incredible potential and the grueling demands of family enterprise. Drawing on his background as a former pastor, he brings a deeply compassionate, purpose-driven perspective to helping business leaders align their operational goals with timeless spiritual values. Having spent over 14 years navigating business leadership, franchising, and coaching, Kenneth has a unique gift for bridging the gap between marketplace performance and meaningful, multi-generational stewardship. Today, as a certified business coach, he helps entrepreneurs transform their operations so they can build a lasting legacy that thrives both at work and at home.-At Legacy Planning©, we work with 'rising gen' entrepreneurs, wealth creators, and family stewards who are ready to turn their success into lasting contribution. Our co-active coaching and advisory services help you clarify what matters—beyond balance sheets and the four corners of a document. We guide you with aligning your values, relationships, and influence into a legacy vision you can lead from with confidence today, and pass on with intention for tomorrow.Whether you're navigating a personal transition, succession planning, inheritance, or seeking deeper meaning after financial success, we provide the structure and space to ask life's most important question: What will you leave in the hearts and hands of others? Because legacy isn’t what you leave behind—It’s how you show up today.-Looking for a meaningful gift for the visionary in your life? Give the gift of clarity, purpose, and legacy with a personalized coaching session from Design Your Legacy©. Perfect for birthdays, milestones, or major life transitions—this gift card opens the door to deeper impact and intentional living. www.angelinacarleton.com/gift-cardBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/design-your-legacy-life-lessons--6631446/support.

Stories are what hold the world together, whether it is movies or songs. Yet we often don't know other's stories in our own families or on the sides of buildings or museums. To be brutally honest, we lack the courage (not the confidence) to share our stories with others. You might be done with your past but your past has more work to do on other people. So if you can't always see the picture in the frame, where do you start? In this episode, hostess Angelina Carleton speaks with author Deante Young about how we all have exceptional things to give but we may not realize it if we have a toxic relationship with ourself. Yet he opines that sharing your stories are the 'highest form of philanthropy' because you can't replicate the 'lived experiences'. When you act like a museum, the past can inform the future because your past can be profound to someone else - when we can sit in another's moments of victory as well as pain. Tune in to hear how the most successful families have top notch communication and share their stories.  -Your clients have a plan for their wealth. Nobody has a plan for the wisdom that built it. Most legacy-stage families give millions to build institutions. But without their story, those institutions are monuments without meaning. You see the name on the building. You never learn the why behind the gift. We spend years teaching children the formation stories of strangers. Yet most families never document the wounds, wisdom, and decisions of the people whose blood actually runs through their veins. Abraham Lincoln died 160 years ago. No one who knew him is alive. Yet we know his story because he preserved it. Your clients will never meet their great-great-grandchildren. But after reading their family's formation story, those children will know exactly who they came from and why it matters.-Deante Young extracts and preserves the formation story behind his clients' success: the experiences, relationships, wounds, and wisdom that no legal document captures. Using the L.I.V.E.S.E.T.™ framework, a proprietary seven-component methodology, he produces ghostwritten memoirs, authorized biographies, personal documentaries, and family operating systems that become the permanent governance document missing from every estate plan. The family operating system goes further. It documents the values, traditions, and identity of the family as a unit, and establishes an annual re-telling ritual so that formation never gets lost across generations. Learn more at: https://deanteyoung.com.-At Legacy Planning©, we work with 'rising gen' entrepreneurs, wealth creators, and family stewards who are ready to turn their success into lasting contribution. Our co-active coaching and advisory services help you clarify what matters—beyond balance sheets and the four corners of a document. We guide you with aligning your values, relationships, and influence into a legacy vision you can lead from with confidence today, and pass on with intention for tomorrow.Whether you're navigating a personal transition, succession planning, inheritance, or seeking deeper meaning after financial success, we provide the structure and space to ask life's most important question: What will you leave in the hearts and hands of others? Because legacy isn’t what you leave behind—It’s how you show up today.-Looking for a meaningful gift for the visionary in your life? Give the gift of clarity, purpose, and legacy with a personalized coaching session from Design Your Legacy©. Perfect for birthdays, milestones, or major life transitions—this gift card opens the door to deeper impact and intentional living. www.angelinacarleton.com/gift-cardBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/design-your-legacy-life-lessons--6631446/support.

Most founders spend decades building their financial capital, yet nearly 90% fail to protect and transfer their true legacy. Building wealth isn't the same as sustaining it. Neither is designing your legacy. A separate team of advisors is needed. In the day to day, many wealth creators also stumble because of slow adaptation, lack of liquidity, unaligned advisors, and no clear map for passing on their mindset, experiences and ‘all other forms of capital’.  In this episode, hostess Angelina Carleton speaks with Alexey Sokolov of Northwestern Mutual to break down why standard wealth strategies fall short—and how to build different systems for family alignment, financial security, and intergenerational impact. To design a legacy that truly protects and inspires, you need a holistic, dedicated discipline—not just standard financial products. Also, by developing your family into a healthy and functional team and surrounding yourself with advisors who ask the uncomfortable questions AI can’t, you transform your business success into an enduring legacy. Tune into hear how you too can prepare yourself for real legacy preservation and why your human experiences are as valuable as original artwork!-Alexey Sokolov helps tech founders, investors, and senior professionals design tax‑efficient, resilient wealth strategies so they can focus on building, not worrying. Over the last decade, he has:Managed capital in a hedge fund environment and navigated multiple market cycles.Led a broker‑dealer and worked inside regulated financial infrastructure.Built fintech products for investors and professionals, seeing where systems fail in real life.Typical challenges he works on:Founder liquidity and diversification without “blowing up” future upside.Structuring cross‑border and multi‑jurisdiction wealth in a tax‑aware way.Building investment frameworks that balance growth, downside protection, and lifestyle goals.Alexey can be reached at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexeysokolovnm; [email protected] Legacy Planning©, we work with 'rising gen' entrepreneurs, wealth creators, and family stewards who are ready to turn their success into lasting contribution. Our co-active coaching and advisory services help you clarify what matters—beyond balance sheets and the four corners of a document. We guide you with aligning your values, relationships, and influence into a legacy vision you can lead from with confidence today, and pass on with intention for tomorrow.Whether you're navigating a personal transition, succession planning, inheritance, or seeking deeper meaning after financial success, we provide the structure and space to ask life's most important question: What will you leave in the hearts and hands of others? Because legacy isn’t what you leave behind—It’s how you show up today.-Looking for a meaningful gift for the visionary in your life? Give the gift of clarity, purpose, and legacy with a personalized coaching session from Design Your Legacy©. Perfect for birthdays, milestones, or major life transitions—this gift card opens the door to deeper impact and intentional living. www.angelinacarleton.com/gift-cardBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/design-your-legacy-life-lessons--6631446/support.

Young and adult children should have the conversations about your wishes, dreams, and decisions before they need the answers. You can’t wait until the emergency or the funeral when emotions are high in a crisis. Few humans rarely regret having these communications sooner. Legacy isn’t about death; it’s about getting prepared. And the best time to prepare is when the sun is shining on your roof compared to when the rain is falling down. In this episode, hostess Angelina Carleton speaks to Douglas Bates about how we fear the unknown, especially when the spouse and children of all ages don’t know what’s going on or how anything works. The concept of ‘legacy’ as well as ‘family’ need to be more important than one’s own ego, so there can be these discussions as well as dialogue about future endeavors. Tune in to hear remedies when there’s a big ‘legacy gap’ due to when your advisors aren’t all working together because they are staying in their silos!-An estate plan does not mean a family is prepared. That’s why Legacy Preparedness is vital. Legacy is that which survives a person—the family relationships they nurtured, the financial capital they created, the values and wisdom they passed on, the charitable impact they made, and the institutions they helped strengthen. Legacy is not measured by how much a person leaves behind, but by how well the next generation is prepared to secure it. For many people, family is their most important legacy. A legacy may also include financial assets, businesses, leadership responsibilities, and charitable commitments that must be understood, protected, and preserved for future generations.DePaul & Associates is a legacy planning firm that explains why Legacy Preparedness goes beyond estate planning. It prepares the next generation for stewardship so that what matters most can endure across generations. Estate Planned. Family Prepared.Reach out to Douglas at https://www.linkedin.com/in/douglasbateschiefstrategist and/or https://www.linkedin.com/company/depaul-&-associates.-At Legacy Planning©, we work with 'rising gen' entrepreneurs, wealth creators, and family stewards who are ready to turn their success into lasting contribution. Our co-active coaching and advisory services help you clarify what matters—beyond balance sheets and the four corners of a document. We guide you with aligning your values, relationships, and influence into a legacy vision you can lead from with confidence today, and pass on with intention for tomorrow.Whether you're navigating a personal transition, succession planning, inheritance, or seeking deeper meaning after financial success, we provide the structure and space to ask life's most important question: What will you leave in the hearts and hands of others? Because legacy isn’t what you leave behind—It’s how you show up today.-Looking for a meaningful gift for the visionary in your life? Give the gift of clarity, purpose, and legacy with a personalized coaching session from Design Your Legacy©. Perfect for birthdays, milestones, or major life transitions—this gift card opens the door to deeper impact and intentional living. www.angelinacarleton.com/gift-cardBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/design-your-legacy-life-lessons--6631446/support.

Most people are reserved to write about their stories of transformation, even if it led to their life's wisdom. They become shy to show their smile, to share their style or to speak about their refined judgement ... especially if it comes from the messy or painful parts of their life and business. Yet this is exactly what developed you and will develop others ... thus, key intellectual property, if written down in a book, that can become additional Legacy Assets.Writing a book is a powerful way to define your legacy. Yet, many individuals still don't know why their authorship matters in the age of AI and how your thought leadership can become a legacy asset ... particularly for founders, business owners, family enterprises, and affluent individuals.In this conversation, hostess Angelina Carleton speaks with Aurora Winter as shares her unique perspective on why writing a book has its role in legacy preservation, intellectual capital, succession, governance, and inter-generational wealth transfer. Is it only you whom can share your life's SOP (standard operating procedures)? Drawing on her life and business experiences, she explains the connection between storytelling and your lasting legacy. So how can your Legacy IP (intellectual property) to stand the test of time? Tune in to hear what the four irreplaceable assets are to lead the way for your Legacy Assets of IP!-Get your free copy of Aurora's book at https://dl.bookfunnel.com/mq5wmvplbz.Additional Links:    1. Free "Ready to Launch as a Thought Leader?" quiz: https://thoughtleaderlaunch.com/    2. Same Page Publishing: https://www.samepagepublishing.com    3. Marketing Fastrack: How I Made $250,000 in 90 Days Using This Short Book by Aurora            Winter- on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08Y7Y93HJ/    4. Claim your gift hardcover book here: https://turnwordsintowealth.com/-At Legacy Planning©, we work with 'rising gen' entrepreneurs, wealth creators, and family stewards who are ready to turn their success into lasting contribution. Our co-active coaching and advisory services help you clarify what matters—beyond balance sheets and the four corners of a document. We guide you with aligning your values, relationships, and influence into a legacy vision you can lead from with confidence today, and pass on with intention for tomorrow.Whether you're navigating a personal transition, succession planning, inheritance, or seeking deeper meaning after financial success, we provide the structure and space to ask life's most important question: What will you leave in the hearts and hands of others? Because legacy isn’t what you leave behind—It’s how you show up today.-Looking for a meaningful gift for the visionary in your life? Give the gift of clarity, purpose, and legacy with a personalized coaching session from Design Your Legacy©. Perfect for birthdays, milestones, or major life transitions—this gift card opens the door to deeper impact and intentional living. www.angelinacarleton.com/gift-cardBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/design-your-legacy-life-lessons--6631446/support.

We can often see the finished product of a successful family, but we have no idea what went into their history. And if we wait too long, we will never know our parents, grandparents or caretakers "as people". Facts and figures won't reveal what's deeper, you have to dig. Like success, legacies don't happen by accident. Yet when you do capture your family's history and stories, it becomes more concrete. There's value there and that's why we return to stories that speak to wisdom, as the truths about life and the human condition. In this episode, hostess Angelina Carleton speaks with Jeremy Shere, PhD as he draws from his list of key questions such as: What is the 'why' behind this money? How did this come to be? Where did this start? If you don't initiate the communicate about your family's history, who will? What did all of that mean to you? How DID you feel about it? What kept you going? What are your hopes and dreams? What do you stand for? What's really important to you? What does this all mean, in what it took to get here? Tune in to hear that we all have a lot of fragments, a lot of pieces, and unless the effort is made, the next generations are left with fragments. Instead, what's inspiring that you want to pass along for your legacy?-Learn more about Jeremy at https://legacyhousestudios.com.-At Legacy Planning©, we work with 'rising gen' entrepreneurs, wealth creators, and family stewards who are ready to turn their success into lasting contribution. Our co-active coaching and advisory services help you clarify what matters—beyond balance sheets and the four corners of a document. We guide you with aligning your values, relationships, and influence into a legacy vision you can lead from with confidence today, and pass on with intention for tomorrow.Whether you're navigating a personal transition, succession planning, inheritance, or seeking deeper meaning after financial success, we provide the structure and space to ask life's most important question: What will you leave in the hearts and hands of others? Because legacy isn’t what you leave behind—It’s how you show up today.-Looking for a meaningful gift for the visionary in your life? Give the gift of clarity, purpose, and legacy with a personalized coaching session from Design Your Legacy©. Perfect for birthdays, milestones, or major life transitions—this gift card opens the door to deeper impact and intentional living. www.angelinacarleton.com/gift-cardBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/design-your-legacy-life-lessons--6631446/support.

Unrecognized emotional abuse from childhood can last for years into adulthood, especially when that behavior felt harmful but wasn’t understood, the experience wasn't validated or there wasn't language to process it. Not having the words, frameworks (education) or community to 'name' or 'interpret' neglect or narcissistic dynamics can lead to confusion and self-doubt for decades. Most humans aren't sure where to start in the internalized conflicts, as they struggle to reconcile deep love for a parent with the need to set boundaries and protect their own mental health. So what happens when there's the risk of repeating generational patterns in parenting and passing on emotional wounds? In this episode, hostess Angelina Carleton speaks with Raquel G., author of 'This Is Not My Mother', about healing from the lasting effects of growing up with an emotionally distant and narcissistic parent. They explore why toxic family dynamics are often created before we are born and how societal expectations can obscure emotional harm. Tune in to hear the value of self-care with one's heart when building a meaningful legacy - ultimately, this episode is a powerful reminder that one of the greatest legacies we can leave is authenticity, peace, and the courage to break generational curses.Visit www.authorraquelg.com to buy your copy where you’ll get 10% off - also on Amazon.-At Legacy Planning©, we work with 'rising gen' entrepreneurs, wealth creators, and family stewards who are ready to turn their success into lasting contribution. Our co-active coaching and advisory services help you clarify what matters—beyond balance sheets and the four corners of a document. We guide you with aligning your values, relationships, and influence into a legacy vision you can lead from with confidence today, and pass on with intention for tomorrow.Whether you're navigating a personal transition, succession planning, inheritance, or seeking deeper meaning after financial success, we provide the structure and space to ask life's most important question: What will you leave in the hearts and hands of others? Because legacy isn’t what you leave behind—It’s how you show up today.-Looking for a meaningful gift for the visionary in your life? Give the gift of clarity, purpose, and legacy with a personalized coaching session from Design Your Legacy©. Perfect for birthdays, milestones, or major life transitions—this gift card opens the door to deeper impact and intentional living. www.angelinacarleton.com/gift-cardBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/design-your-legacy-life-lessons--6631446/support.

What if you could breathe and then, dream ... when it comes to your Legacy Plan? Many individuals, even millionaires, are so used to living in fear, or survival mode, and have been in that mindset their entire lives. Yet, your assets are tools compared to trophies when there's a new metric around 'aligning your purpose to your legacy'.  In this episode, hostess Angelina Carleton welcomes Gary Preisser of Stonebriar Wealth Advisors to discuss how purpose defines your beliefs, meaning and the timing of all that is important. This conversation offers valuable financial, life and legacy advice for anyone seeking inspiration. It's a great 'watch' as well as 'listen' for those interested in personal development as well as legacy strategies, aiming to hear new questions on topics rarely spoken or written about in 2026.-Gary Preisser is the founder and CEO of Stonebriar Wealth Advisors, a nationally recognized wealth management firm dedicated to helping individuals, families, and business owners align their financial resources with their life purpose. Known for his innovative "Cash Flow Clock" approach, Gary helps clients create financial clarity, confidence, and long-term stewardship strategies that extend far beyond traditional investment management. Through decades of experience, he has become a trusted advisor to affluent families seeking to build, preserve, and transfer wealth while creating a meaningful and lasting legacy.-At Legacy Planning©, we work with 'rising gen' entrepreneurs, wealth creators, and family stewards who are ready to turn their success into lasting contribution. Our co-active coaching and advisory services help you clarify what matters—beyond balance sheets and the four corners of a document. We guide you with aligning your values, relationships, and influence into a legacy vision you can lead from with confidence today, and pass on with intention for tomorrow.Whether you're navigating a personal transition, succession planning, inheritance, or seeking deeper meaning after financial success, we provide the structure and space to ask life's most important question: What will you leave in the hearts and hands of others? Because legacy isn’t what you leave behind—It’s how you show up today.-Looking for a meaningful gift for the visionary in your life? Give the gift of clarity, purpose, and legacy with a personalized coaching session from Design Your Legacy©. Perfect for birthdays, milestones, or major life transitions—this gift card opens the door to deeper impact and intentional living. www.angelinacarleton.com/gift-cardBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/design-your-legacy-life-lessons--6631446/support.

Most founders feel their legacy could be more authentic and honest, but they don’t know where to start. The personal side of any business exit, such as impact on relationships, purpose or creating a customized legacy plan, is starting to become a concern in conversation with the Founding Generation as they prepare to sell their businesses ... knowing the impact of the sale can last for years, even generations, for family members as well as business associates. So where do you start in the planning and communications, so you don’t show weakness to your team?  In this episode, hostess Angelina Carleton speaks with Gregory Kovsky, President of IBA (International Business Associates), about the loneliness as well as vision founders have to navigate to preserve human and all other forms of capital. Together, we explore how money can color relationships, what will have the same pleasure in life (after the sale) and planning ahead is always better than ‘let’s work it out after the sale’, given the vested parties impacted by a Founder’s decisions. Tune in to discover how to transform your business exit into a legacy opportunity!-Gregory Kovsky is the President of IBA (International Business Associates), one of the Pacific Northwest's most established business brokerage and mergers & acquisitions firms, serving entrepreneurs and family-owned businesses for over 50 years. A licensed business intermediary with more than 300 completed transactions across multiple states, Gregory specializes in the sale of manufacturing, distribution, technology, service, education, and industrial companies. Learn more at https://ibainc.com.-At Legacy Planning©, we work with 'rising gen' entrepreneurs, wealth creators, and family stewards who are ready to turn their success into lasting contribution. Our co-active coaching and advisory services help you clarify what matters—beyond balance sheets and the four corners of a document. We guide you with aligning your values, relationships, and influence into a legacy vision you can lead from with confidence today, and pass on with intention for tomorrow.Whether you're navigating a personal transition, succession planning, inheritance, or seeking deeper meaning after financial success, we provide the structure and space to ask life's most important question: What will you leave in the hearts and hands of others? Because legacy isn’t what you leave behind—It’s how you show up today.-Looking for a meaningful gift for the visionary in your life? Give the gift of clarity, purpose, and legacy with a personalized coaching session from Design Your Legacy©. Perfect for birthdays, milestones, or major life transitions—this gift card opens the door to deeper impact and intentional living. www.angelinacarleton.com/gift-cardBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/design-your-legacy-life-lessons--6631446/support.

Leadership, emotional intelligence, and legacy. Many entrepreneurs excel at strategy, efficiency, and performance but struggle to create trust, loyalty, and genuine human connection. Many companies have excellent products and services but fail to differentiate themselves emotionally in the marketplace. Many founders build valuable businesses but lack a framework for preserving values, purpose, and love for their holistic legacy.In this episode, hostess Angelina Carleton speaks with Sebastian Schelper to discuss how to design your legacy, business and future as a creative fusion of art and science. Tune in to bridge the gap between performance and purpose, precision and humanity, as well as success and legacy!What is the emotional value of your Legacy?-Sebastian Schelper is a globally minded business leader and former BMW executive known for combining German precision, innovation, and emotional intelligence in leadership, the customer experience and product design. His work focuses on transforming the human side of business by helping founders and executives align performance, purpose, and meaningful impact. Learn more about Sebastian at https://bqcapital.us as well as https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-win-competitive-marketplace-without-fighting-your-schelper-3lo9c/?trackingId=8F1c6UfVSGayzNzyRBW9Pg%3D%3D.-At Legacy Planning©, we work with 'rising gen' entrepreneurs, wealth creators, and family stewards who are ready to turn their success into lasting contribution. Our co-active coaching and advisory services help you clarify what matters—beyond balance sheets and the four corners of a document. We guide you with aligning your values, relationships, and influence into a legacy vision you can lead from with confidence today, and pass on with intention for tomorrow.Whether you're navigating a personal transition, succession planning, inheritance, or seeking deeper meaning after financial success, we provide the structure and space to ask life's most important question: What will you leave in the hearts and hands of others? Because legacy isn’t what you leave behind—It’s how you show up today.-Looking for a meaningful gift for the visionary in your life? Give the gift of clarity, purpose, and legacy with a personalized coaching session from Design Your Legacy©. Perfect for birthdays, milestones, or major life transitions—this gift card opens the door to deeper impact and intentional living. www.angelinacarleton.com/gift-cardBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/design-your-legacy-life-lessons--6631446/support.

How do transform 250 rural properties in Italy into energy-independent communities built for the future? As rising energy costs, urban burnout, and neglected villages challenge modern Europe, how do you transform a problem into part of your Legacy Vision so that there's renewable energy, ecological construction, and sustainable hospitality for your and other's futures?In this episode, hostess Angelina Carleton speaks with Foppe Seekles and Nancy Stewart about how innovation and stewardship can work together to create both economic opportunity and environmental impact. Through La Chiave Verde, Foppe and Nancy are not simply restoring properties, villages and choices for discreet buyers — they are helping restore purpose, resilience, and human connection in forgotten regions of Italy. Tune in to explore what it means to 'design a legacy' that serves future generations thru JV partnerships and other creative remedies! If you care about sustainability, regenerative living, or the future of community design, this episode offers an inspiring blueprint for meaningful impact, influence and holistic legacy planning! ... Foppe Seekles and Nancy Stewart are the founders of La Chiave Verde S.R.L., an innovative Italian startup focused on transforming abandoned rural properties into energy-independent, healthy living communities through sustainable technology and ecological design. Based in Calabria, their work blends renewable energy, hospitality, and regenerative development to help revitalize rural Europe while creating a lasting environmental and social legacy....At Legacy Planning©, we work with 'rising gen' entrepreneurs, wealth creators, and family stewards who are ready to turn their success into lasting contribution. Our co-active coaching and advisory services help you clarify what matters—beyond balance sheets and the four corners of a document. We guide you with aligning your values, relationships, and influence into a legacy vision you can lead from with confidence today, and pass on with intention for tomorrow.Whether you're navigating a personal transition, succession planning, inheritance, or seeking deeper meaning after financial success, we provide the structure and space to ask life's most important question: What will you leave in the hearts and hands of others? Because legacy isn’t what you leave behind—It’s how you show up today.-Looking for a meaningful gift for the visionary in your life? Give the gift of clarity, purpose, and legacy with a personalized coaching session from Design Your Legacy©. Perfect for birthdays, milestones, or major life transitions—this gift card opens the door to deeper impact and intentional living. www.angelinacarleton.com/gift-cardBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/design-your-legacy-life-lessons--6631446/support.

What happens when a man is fired at 63 and realizes the money he spent a lifetime earning will not last? In this powerful episode of Design Your Legacy, hostess Angelina Carleton speaks with David Nassief as he shares how fear, uncertainty, and a collapsing financial future forced him to simplify everything he thought he knew about wealth and his skills in building it. Instead of chasing risky trends or complicated strategies, David built a simple “One-Page Wealth Compass” that transformed his financial life and helped him become a millionaire within six (6) years. His story reveals why discipline can beat income, how simplicity can outperform complexity, and why it is never too late to design your legacy. Whether you are 25 and trying to escape the “cubicle-for-life” trap or 55 and worried you started too late, this conversation offers a practical and honest roadmap toward your financial freedom and your legacy!-Learn more about David at https://onepagewealthcompass.com and https://www.amazon.com/One-Page-Wealth-Compass-Nearly-Millionaire/dp/B0GCNSGRLG.-At Legacy Planning©, we work with 'rising gen' entrepreneurs, wealth creators, and family stewards who are ready to turn their success into lasting contribution. Our co-active coaching and advisory services help you clarify what matters—beyond balance sheets and the four corners of a document. We guide you with aligning your values, relationships, and influence into a legacy vision you can lead from with confidence today, and pass on with intention for tomorrow.Whether you're navigating a personal transition, succession planning, inheritance, or seeking deeper meaning after financial success, we provide the structure and space to ask life's most important question: What will you leave in the hearts and hands of others? Because legacy isn’t what you leave behind—It’s how you show up today.-Looking for a meaningful gift for the visionary in your life? Give the gift of clarity, purpose, and legacy with a personalized coaching session from Design Your Legacy©. Perfect for birthdays, milestones, or major life transitions—this gift card opens the door to deeper impact and intentional living. www.angelinacarleton.com/gift-cardBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/design-your-legacy-life-lessons--6631446/support.

How do we teach durable skills, such as reflection, as well as create support that allows for 'multiple a-ha moments' for legacies to come to fruition? As today's communities, families, and organizations struggles to prepare the next generation(s) for an ever changing world, many overlook the deeper human qualities that create resilience, adaptability, and 'being comfortable with failure' when navigating rigorous challenges. So how do we invest in K-16 (kindergarten thru age 17) as a strategy for economic and societal impact as well as 'legacy development'? In this episode, hostess Angelina Carleton speaks with Dr. Jennifer Berry to reveal how and why STEM education as well as a growth mindset begins long before a résumé is ever written. Jennifer shares how collaboration between education, industry, and community ecosystems can transform not only confidence, but contribution and legacies. This conversation challenges listeners to think beyond AI success and consider the kind of support, partnerships and values we are all modeling as well as passing forward. If you care about designing a legacy that strengthens future generations, this episode offers a powerful new perspective!-Dr. Jennifer Berry is the CEO of SmartLab and a transformational leader working at the intersection of education, workforce development, and community collaboration. She is passionate about helping organizations and communities build resilient future generations through innovation, strategic partnerships, and a long-term vision for human potential and legacy. Learn more about Jennifer at linkedin.com/in/dr-jennifer-berry-9a05113 and https://www.smartlablearning.com.-At Legacy Planning©, we work with 'rising gen' entrepreneurs, wealth creators, and family stewards who are ready to turn their success into lasting contribution. Our co-active coaching and advisory services help you clarify what matters—beyond balance sheets and the four corners of a document. We guide you with aligning your values, relationships, and influence into a legacy vision you can lead from with confidence today, and pass on with intention for tomorrow.Whether you're navigating a personal transition, succession planning, inheritance, or seeking deeper meaning after financial success, we provide the structure and space to ask life's most important question: What will you leave in the hearts and hands of others? Because legacy isn’t what you leave behind—It’s how you show up today.-Looking for a meaningful gift for the visionary in your life? Give the gift of clarity, purpose, and legacy with a personalized coaching session from Design Your Legacy©. Perfect for birthdays, milestones, or major life transitions—this gift card opens the door to deeper impact and intentional living. www.angelinacarleton.com/gift-cardBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/design-your-legacy-life-lessons--6631446/support.

Some affluent individuals think the greatest legacy they can pass on is their financial capital, when in reality, it is their 'thinking'. Their intellectual, emotional and spiritual capital. Yet as a society and in our family cultures, it can be easy to avoid regular conversations about all forms of wealth. Even worse, silence around money or the 'internal thoughts in our head' can fracture trust as well as relationships for one or more generations. In this episode, hostess Angelina Carleton speaks with John Knowlton who has built businesses, advised affluent and helped steward more than a billion dollars in client assets. They speak on how to be as well as raise financially responsible individuals of any and all ages, creating unity and living into values instead of entitlement or tragedy. Tune in to hear how to prepare yourself and those around you for the emotional responsibility of wealth because with a solid roadmap, wealth can strengthen relationships, preserve values, and become a force for good for generations to come.-John Knowlton is an entrepreneur, author, pastor, and multi-generational planning advisor who helps families build stronger relationships through intentional wealth stewardship and better thinking. After helping grow a wealth management firm overseeing more than $1 billion in client assets, John now works with owner-families to create governance structures, family councils, and legacy frameworks that preserve both wealth and family unity across generations. Learn more at https://www.joinc12.com as well as https://abundantthoughtrevolution.com.-At Legacy Planning©, we work with 'rising gen' entrepreneurs, wealth creators, and family stewards who are ready to turn their success into lasting contribution. Our co-active coaching and advisory services help you clarify what matters—beyond balance sheets and the four corners of a document. We guide you with aligning your values, relationships, and influence into a legacy vision you can lead from with confidence today, and pass on with intention for tomorrow.Whether you're navigating a personal transition, succession planning, inheritance, or seeking deeper meaning after financial success, we provide the structure and space to ask life's most important question: What will you leave in the hearts and hands of others? Because legacy isn’t what you leave behind—It’s how you show up today.-Looking for a meaningful gift for the visionary in your life? Give the gift of clarity, purpose, and legacy with a personalized coaching session from Design Your Legacy©. Perfect for birthdays, milestones, or major life transitions—this gift card opens the door to deeper impact and intentional living. www.angelinacarleton.com/gift-cardBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/design-your-legacy-life-lessons--6631446/support.

Why do so many successful men silently lose their energy, clarity, and purpose—and how can they reclaim their health to also transform every area of their life in 2026? Are there cultural beliefs that decline is inevitable and if so, how can men still restore their momentum, presence, and long-term vitality through intentional lifestyle redesign? Is the greatest legacy a man can leave behind not just financial success, but an example of strength, purpose, and drive he models for future generations?In this episode, hostess Angelina Carleton speaks with Dr. Stephen Sanders as he draws from his own experience with burnout and rebuilding in front of his wife and children. Together, they discuss science-driven approaches to longevity, hormone optimization, and high performance for men navigating demanding lives. Tune in to hear how physical strength, discipline, and personal agency are not just health goals, but foundational pillars of leadership, stewardship, and lasting legacy!-Dr. B. Stephen Sanders is a board-certified family medicine physician and founder of Whole Men's Health, where he helps men restore energy, resilience, and long-term vitality through an evidence-based, holistic approach to health and performance. After personally overcoming declining health in his late 30s, Dr. Sanders made it his mission to help men reclaim ownership of their bodies, mindset, and purpose so they can lead more powerfully at home, at work, and in their communities. With more than 15 years of clinical leadership experience, he now leads a nationwide team focused on hormone optimization, metabolic health, lifestyle redesign, and high-performance longevity for men. Learn more at www.wholemenshealth.com.-At Legacy Planning©, we work with 'rising gen' entrepreneurs, wealth creators, and family stewards who are ready to turn their success into lasting contribution. Our co-active coaching and advisory services help you clarify what matters—beyond balance sheets and the four corners of a document. We guide you with aligning your values, relationships, and influence into a legacy vision you can lead from with confidence today, and pass on with intention for tomorrow.Whether you're navigating a personal transition, succession planning, inheritance, or seeking deeper meaning after financial success, we provide the structure and space to ask life's most important question: What will you leave in the hearts and hands of others? Because legacy isn’t what you leave behind—It’s how you show up today.-Looking for a meaningful gift for the visionary in your life? Give the gift of clarity, purpose, and legacy with a personalized coaching session from Design Your Legacy©. Perfect for birthdays, milestones, or major life transitions—this gift card opens the door to deeper impact and intentional living. www.angelinacarleton.com/gift-cardBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/design-your-legacy-life-lessons--6631446/support.

Successful entrepreneurs and investors are courageous heroes—having built significant wealth for themselves and those that lean on them, yet they still face the risks of losing it with tax erosion, lack of liquidity or worse, forced asset or fire sales. Further, things that aren't written down tend to not be well defined. And when will they declare their wishes to others - while alive or during the reading of the will?In this episode, hostess Angelina Carleton speaks with Steven Bowles, founder of Catalyst Advisory and a former family office advisor, about translating wealth strategies into practical, accessible solutions. We speak about how the ultra-wealthy use tools like strategically designed life insurance, private banking concepts, and family governance systems to protect and grow wealth for 100+ years. Tune in if your parents forgot to tell you about these things at the kitchen table growing up so you can avoid specific pitfalls that cause most families to lose many forms of capital by the second generation!-Steven Bowles is the founder of Catalyst Advisory and a Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU®) who specializes in helping entrepreneurs, investors, and business owners protect and preserve generational wealth. After spending seven years working inside family offices advising ultra-high-net-worth families, he now brings those sophisticated strategies to successful individuals with $15–50 million in net worth—an often underserved market. Steven focuses on advanced planning strategies including asset protection, life insurance design, succession planning, and tax-efficient wealth transfer.Learn more at https://catalystadvisory.io.-At Legacy Planning©, we work with 'rising gen' entrepreneurs, wealth creators, and family stewards who are ready to turn their success into lasting contribution. Our co-active coaching and advisory services help you clarify what matters—beyond balance sheets and the four corners of a document. We guide you with aligning your values, relationships, and influence into a legacy vision you can lead from with confidence today, and pass on with intention for tomorrow.Whether you're navigating a personal transition, succession planning, inheritance, or seeking deeper meaning after financial success, we provide the structure and space to ask life's most important question: What will you leave in the hearts and hands of others? Because legacy isn’t what you leave behind—It’s how you show up today.-Looking for a meaningful gift for the visionary in your life? Give the gift of clarity, purpose, and legacy with a personalized coaching session from Design Your Legacy©. Perfect for birthdays, milestones, or major life transitions—this gift card opens the door to deeper impact and intentional living. www.angelinacarleton.com/gift-cardBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/design-your-legacy-life-lessons--6631446/support.

Not only do the majority of business owners fail to sell—there's a lack of legacy planning that erodes long-term wealth as well as that Founder's legacy. So how do you shift in your critical focus to “start with the end in mind” so everyone respects the money earned as well as create meaningful relationships? What conversations need to be had so that the 'rising' or NextGen can understand the full picture of success to manage all forms of capital well so resources aren't wasted so quickly? Will it be 'easy come easy go' for future generations, given the shallowness of society we can often feel today? What's the strategy to treat wealth creation and holistic legacy planning as separate pursuits?In this episode, hostess Angelina Carleton speaks with wealth advisor Stephen Wagner about the hidden risks that arise when business owners delay their legacy planning, including lost enterprise value, relationship and family conflicts, as well as missed opportunities for their 'own contribution' that is much needed. Tune in to hear how intentional planning, emotional governance, and communication can transform your business exit into a meaningful legacy chapter to inspire your days. This episode offers grounded insights for both business owners and their beneficiaries.-Steven Wagner is a wealth advisor specializing in guiding business owners and affluent families through exit planning, wealth preservation, and multigenerational legacy strategy. As a Certified Financial Planner™ (CFP®) and Certified Exit Planning Advisor (CEPA®), he helps clients align their financial success with long-term purpose, family continuity, and lasting impact. Learn more at www.iwaplan.com.-At Legacy Planning©, we work with 'rising gen' entrepreneurs, wealth creators, and family stewards who are ready to turn their success into lasting contribution. Our co-active coaching and advisory services help you clarify what matters—beyond balance sheets and the four corners of a document. We guide you with aligning your values, relationships, and influence into a legacy vision you can lead from with confidence today, and pass on with intention for tomorrow.Whether you're navigating a personal transition, succession planning, inheritance, or seeking deeper meaning after financial success, we provide the structure and space to ask life's most important question: What will you leave in the hearts and hands of others? Because legacy isn’t what you leave behind—It’s how you show up today.-Looking for a meaningful gift for the visionary in your life? Give the gift of clarity, purpose, and legacy with a personalized coaching session from Design Your Legacy©. Perfect for birthdays, milestones, or major life transitions—this gift card opens the door to deeper impact and intentional living. www.angelinacarleton.com/gift-cardBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/design-your-legacy-life-lessons--6631446/support.

Many high-achieving leaders are doing everything “right,” yet still feel exhausted by the constant pressure to do more. So how do you design a legacy built not on endless hustle but on sustainable influence that compounds over time? How can clarity, presence as well as boundaries create your legacy plan more than relentless effort?In this episode, hostess Angelina Carleton speaks with Nell Derick Debevoise Dewey to reveal why the traditional formula for your legacy, or 'being right' based on the past, typically can lead to diminishing returns and personal depletion. She introduces her concept of Systematic Subtraction, an approach that helps people remove what drains their energy so their impact can actually grow. Tune in to design your legacy where you can come alive with your strengths and needs!-Learn more about Nell at https://www.nell3d.com as well as through a guest pass for listeners to use to get into the paid section of her substack: https://nell3d.substack.com/guestpass-At Legacy Planning©, we work with 'rising gen' entrepreneurs, wealth creators, and family stewards who are ready to turn their success into lasting contribution. Our co-active coaching and advisory services help you clarify what matters—beyond balance sheets and the four corners of a document. We guide you with aligning your values, relationships, and influence into a legacy vision you can lead from with confidence today, and pass on with intention for tomorrow.Whether you're navigating a personal transition, succession planning, inheritance, or seeking deeper meaning after financial success, we provide the structure and space to ask life's most important question: What will you leave in the hearts and hands of others? Because legacy isn’t what you leave behind—It’s how you show up today.-Looking for a meaningful gift for the visionary in your life? Give the gift of clarity, purpose, and legacy with a personalized coaching session from Design Your Legacy©. Perfect for birthdays, milestones, or major life transitions—this gift card opens the door to deeper impact and intentional living. www.angelinacarleton.com/gift-cardBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/design-your-legacy-life-lessons--6631446/support.

The unemployment rate amongst college graduates is higher than high school graduates in 2026. So what does anyone do if they still want to succeed and reach millionaire status in today's day and age? And what do the latest white papers have to say about this? Is designing a legacy out of reach or how do you get there, starting from where you are at now?In this episode, hostess Angelina Carleton speaks with Rich Potter about his journey from an employee to owning three businesses with his wife as well as brother. While he may not have thought about his 'legacy plans' during his college years at Arizona State University, he is now in the place to invite his three children into his businesses as well as help them design their legacies. Tune in to hear Rich's four core values, success stories as well as the 'how to' to inspire you to design your legacy today!  -Rich Potter is an award-winning franchise consultant and multi-unit business owner. He has been self-employed for ten years by launching startup and franchise businesses, such as billboards, photo booths as well as e-commerce businesses. Learn more about Rich at https://franchiseheroes.co.-At Legacy Planning©, we work with 'rising gen' entrepreneurs, wealth creators, and family stewards who are ready to turn their success into lasting contribution. Our co-active coaching and advisory services help you clarify what matters—beyond balance sheets and the four corners of a document. We guide you with aligning your values, relationships, and influence into a legacy vision you can lead from with confidence today, and pass on with intention for tomorrow.Whether you're navigating a personal transition, succession planning, inheritance, or seeking deeper meaning after financial success, we provide the structure and space to ask life's most important question: What will you leave in the hearts and hands of others? Because legacy isn’t what you leave behind—It’s how you show up today.-Looking for a meaningful gift for the visionary in your life? Give the gift of clarity, purpose, and legacy with a personalized coaching session from Design Your Legacy©. Perfect for birthdays, milestones, or major life transitions—this gift card opens the door to deeper impact and intentional living. www.angelinacarleton.com/gift-cardBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/design-your-legacy-life-lessons--6631446/support.

Entrepreneurs often pour everything into building a meaningful business and assets—only to realize too late that without proper protection, their intellectual property ("IP") is vulnerable.  Your legacy plan, too, is a key asset worth your thought leadership as well as protection - so where do you start?In this episode, hostess Angelina Carleton speaks with Richard Gearhart, Esq. to reveal how legal knowledge can become one hidden infrastructure that determines whether your IP endures or disappears. Drawing from his experience with founders, celebrities, and innovators, he shares his knowledge and life insights to get you started. Tune in to discover how to shift from simply creating and scaling to owning and safeguarding what you build. If you’re serious about designing a legacy that lasts, this conversation offers your next steps forward.-Richard Gearhart Esq. is an award-winning speaker, TV network expert guest, nationally syndicated radio show host and an attorney. Richard speaks on a variety of intellectual property and business topics. He has worked with Larry Namer - founder of E! Entertainment TV, former WWE wrestler Brimstone, The Sopranos actor Kevin Interdonato, celebrity dentist Dr. Bill Dorfman, TV shopping network celeb Victoria Wieck, Dave Noll - creator of the TV show Chopped , world renowned relationship strategist Dr. Gilda Carle, Terry Joes - founder of Kayak and Travelocity and more. Learn more at https://www.richardgearhartesq.com.-At Legacy Planning©, we work with 'rising gen' entrepreneurs, wealth creators, and family stewards who are ready to turn their success into lasting contribution. Our co-active coaching and advisory services help you clarify what matters—beyond balance sheets and the four corners of a document. We guide you with aligning your values, relationships, and influence into a legacy vision you can lead from with confidence today, and pass on with intention for tomorrow.Whether you're navigating a personal transition, succession planning, inheritance, or seeking deeper meaning after financial success, we provide the structure and space to ask life's most important question: What will you leave in the hearts and hands of others? Because legacy isn’t what you leave behind—It’s how you show up today.-Looking for a meaningful gift for the visionary in your life? Give the gift of clarity, purpose, and legacy with a personalized coaching session from Design Your Legacy©. Perfect for birthdays, milestones, or major life transitions—this gift card opens the door to deeper impact and intentional living. www.angelinacarleton.com/gift-cardBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/design-your-legacy-life-lessons--6631446/support.

When leaders feel anxiety around change, they often slip into performance mode instead of asking the deeper questions that matter most: Who am I now, and what does success look like in this next chapter? If we are lucky enough to live to age 80, we have roughly 4,000 weeks, making it essential to design our legacy plan now with intention.And planning anything can be hard, unless we see the advantages of it right away. In this episode, hostess Angelina Carleton speaks with Mark Vincent, Ph.D. about how succession and wealth transfers are not merely financial events, but deeply human transitions that can reshape, recast and reform anyone’s identity, purpose, and motivations. Mark shares how holistic legacy planning starts with a personal mission statement, a guiding philosophy, and clarity about the people who will embrace your 'personal development'. Just as Beethoven composed his Symphony No. 9 while deaf, you too can find inspiration to transform your life's changes from moments of uncertainty into opportunities to compose your timeless legacy.-Mark L. Vincent is a Maestro-level Executive Advisor who can be reached at https://teallvincententerprises.com/mark. -At Legacy Planning©, we work with 'rising gen' entrepreneurs, wealth creators, and family stewards who are ready to turn their success into lasting contribution. Our co-active coaching and advisory services help you clarify what matters—beyond balance sheets and the four corners of a document. We guide you with aligning your values, relationships, and influence into a legacy vision you can lead from with confidence today, and pass on with intention for tomorrow.Whether you're navigating a personal transition, succession planning, inheritance, or seeking deeper meaning after financial success, we provide the structure and space to ask life's most important question: What will you leave in the hearts and hands of others? Because legacy isn’t what you leave behind—It’s how you show up today.-Looking for a meaningful gift for the visionary in your life? Give the gift of clarity, purpose, and legacy with a personalized coaching session from Design Your Legacy©. Perfect for birthdays, milestones, or major life transitions—this gift card opens the door to deeper impact and intentional living. www.angelinacarleton.com/gift-cardBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/design-your-legacy-life-lessons--6631446/support.

Many entrepreneurs spend decades building successful companies, yet when it’s finally time to sell, most discover a hard truth: success in business does not automatically translate into a successful exit or a meaningful legacy. In this episode, hostess Angelina Carleton speaks with wealth manager Steven Wagner to explain why nearly 80% of businesses that go to market never sell—and why the real issue often has less to do with market conditions and more to do with a lack of intentional planning for the end of the journey. Entrepreneurs are the heroes of their story. They build businesses, create jobs, and generate wealth. But when the moment of transition approaches, many founders realize they are facing unfamiliar questions:What does life look like after the liquidity event?Who will carry forward the vision of the enterprise?How will the wealth they created strengthen—not fracture—their relationships?Mr. Wagner speaks about how a successful exit requires more than financial preparation—it requires designing the next chapter of life and legacy. Tune in to discover why founders often struggle to sell and how to avoid the most common traps:• Owners rarely start with the end in mind for their biz, life, or legacy.• Why many founders approach a liquidity event without a trusted team or a clear game plan for what comes next.• How neglecting social and human capital—especially family council meetings and intentional communication—can fracture relationships.The result of this kind of planning is profound. When founders intentionally design their exit, they gain more than financial security. They create continuity of leadership, stronger personal relationships, and a legacy that extends far beyond the balance sheet. If you are an entrepreneur, business owner, or family steward thinking about the long-term impact of your success, this episode will challenge you to rethink one powerful idea: Your business exit isn’t the finish line—it’s the beginning of your legacy.-Learn more about Mr. Wagner at https://iwaplan.com.-At Legacy Planning©, we work with 'rising gen' entrepreneurs, wealth creators, and family stewards who are ready to turn their success into lasting contribution. Our co-active coaching and advisory services help you clarify what matters—beyond balance sheets and the four corners of a document. We guide you with aligning your values, relationships, and influence into a legacy vision you can lead from with confidence today, and pass on with intention for tomorrow.Whether you're navigating a personal transition, succession planning, inheritance, or seeking deeper meaning after financial success, we provide the structure and space to ask life's most important question: What will you leave in the hearts and hands of others? Because legacy isn’t what you leave behind—It’s how you show up today.-Looking for a meaningful gift for the visionary in your life? Give the gift of clarity, purpose, and legacy with a personalized coaching session from Design Your Legacy©. Perfect for birthdays, milestones, or major life transitions—this gift card opens the door to deeper impact and intentional living. www.angelinacarleton.com/gift-cardBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/design-your-legacy-life-lessons--6631446/support.

If you took 2 months off, what would show up as fragile in your life? What if the lack of preparation destroys your legacy?If you care about building a Legacy that lasts beyond your lifetime, this episode with Rafael Pinho (originally from Brazil) reveals what affluent individuals and families overlook when planning their Legacy... if one takes the time to plan a Legacy at all. Tune in to learn how to transfer your wisdom and values as a part of your wealth (aka human and relational capital) to ensure success from blind spots so there can be a multi-generational vision rather than short-lived fortune and tragedy.-Rafael Pinho is a wealth advisor with TD Pine Advisors in the Dallas area of Texas, USA, where he works with high-net-worth individuals and families to align sophisticated financial strategies with long-term wealth preservation and generational planning. His work focuses on helping clients navigate complex financial decisions while designing structures that support enduring family legacy, stewardship, and multigenerational impact.-At Legacy Planning©, we work with 'rising gen' entrepreneurs, wealth creators, and family stewards who are ready to turn their success into lasting contribution. Our co-active coaching and advisory services help you clarify what matters—beyond balance sheets and the four corners of a document. We guide you with aligning your values, relationships, and influence into a legacy vision you can lead from with confidence today, and pass on with intention for tomorrow.Whether you're navigating a personal transition, succession planning, inheritance, or seeking deeper meaning after financial success, we provide the structure and space to ask life's most important question: What will you leave in the hearts and hands of others? Because legacy isn’t what you leave behind—It’s how you show up today.-Looking for a meaningful gift for the visionary in your life? Give the gift of clarity, purpose, and legacy with a personalized coaching session from Design Your Legacy©. Perfect for birthdays, milestones, or major life transitions—this gift card opens the door to deeper impact and intentional living. www.angelinacarleton.com/gift-cardBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/design-your-legacy-life-lessons--6631446/support.

Many family businesses remain dependent on the founder, leaving a ripple effect that challenges power, loyalty as well as motives. And yet "personal identity shifts" are the last to be talked about at meetings, about even if it leads to building a lasting enterprise and stronger family that outlives the founder(s) to serve the 'rising generation'. So do you develop your values so there's an integrated as well as broader purpose for succession, exit planning as well as your legacy?In this episode, hostess Angelina Carleton speaks with Brandon Moon, COO and strategic partner at TD Pine Advisors, who also served as a 3rd generation member in a family business before branching out on his own. He reveals how any entrepreneur can transform their mindset, identity and pride into assets for their lasting legacy. If you would like your legacy to become more than financial capital—tune in to hear how it can become "an opportunity for meaning, growth, and freedom". This conversation provides a roadmap based on personal experience.-Brandon Moon is the COO and strategic partner at TD Pine Advisors, where he helps founder-led businesses scale with clarity, structure, and long-term enterprise value in mind. Known for turning operational chaos into intentional growth, he guides entrepreneurs through the leadership and systems shifts required to stabilize, transition, or prepare for a successful and meaningful exit.-At Legacy Planning©, we work with 'rising gen' entrepreneurs, wealth creators, and family stewards who are ready to turn their success into lasting contribution. Our co-active coaching and advisory services help you clarify what matters—beyond balance sheets and the four corners of a document. We guide you with aligning your values, relationships, and influence into a legacy vision you can lead from with confidence today, and pass on with intention for tomorrow.Whether you're navigating a personal transition, succession planning, inheritance, or seeking deeper meaning after financial success, we provide the structure and space to ask life's most important question: What will you leave in the hearts and hands of others? Because legacy isn’t what you leave behind—It’s how you show up today.-Looking for a meaningful gift for the visionary in your life? Give the gift of clarity, purpose, and legacy with a personalized coaching session from Design Your Legacy©. Perfect for birthdays, milestones, or major life transitions—this gift card opens the door to deeper impact and intentional living. www.angelinacarleton.com/gift-cardBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/design-your-legacy-life-lessons--6631446/support.

In 2026, blended and step-families are facing unprecedented complexity as multiple households, shifting roles, and unclear expectations strain relationships and derail even the best legacy intentions. So how do you start as well as successfully unpack this complexity in blended families that are often layered with loyalty conflicts, power imbalances, and unspoken emotional histories that most professionals don't know how to resolve? In this episode, hostess Angelina Carleton speaks with Emily Bouchard about practical remedies to help affluent blended families, couples, and next-generation members create clarity, strengthen trust, and prepare all branches of the family for better relationships. Tune in if your vision is for a unified multi-generational legacy rather than a divided one as this episode provides knowledgeable and timely insights.-Emily Bouchard is a leading authority on the emotional dynamics of wealth, helping multigenerational families strengthen communication, leadership, and continuity of both assets and values. A TEDx speaker and sought-after global voice, she has shared her insights with international audiences in Davos, Switzerland and trained clients around the world to integrate family systems into estate and business transition planning. With a background in social work and family therapy and as a co-author of multiple books on blended families and purposeful prenups, Emily equips individuals to turn financial complexity into relational legacy.-At Legacy Planning©, we work with 'rising gen' entrepreneurs, wealth creators, and family stewards who are ready to turn their success into lasting contribution. Our co-active coaching and advisory services help you clarify what matters—beyond balance sheets and the four corners of a document. We guide you with aligning your values, relationships, and influence into a legacy vision you can lead from with confidence today, and pass on with intention for tomorrow.Whether you're navigating a personal transition, succession planning, inheritance, or seeking deeper meaning after financial success, we provide the structure and space to ask life's most important question: What will you leave in the hearts and hands of others? Because legacy isn’t what you leave behind—It’s how you show up today.-Looking for a meaningful gift for the visionary in your life? Give the gift of clarity, purpose, and legacy with a personalized coaching session from Design Your Legacy©. Perfect for birthdays, milestones, or major life transitions—this gift card opens the door to deeper impact and intentional living. www.angelinacarleton.com/gift-cardBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/design-your-legacy-life-lessons--6631446/support.

In today’s private aviation landscape, many high-net-worth and UHNW families enter ownership seeking freedom and convenience—only to encounter hidden complexity, staffing challenges, financial inefficiencies, and governance gaps. Without the built-in infrastructure that corporations rely on, family office aviation can expose individuals as well as families to operational risk, cultural misalignment, and unnecessary capital drain. In this episode, hostess Angelina Carleton speaks with David Clark of Integris Aviation Consultancy about clarifying the differences between corporate aviation, fractional ownership, and family aviation—so families can honor the Founder's legacy vision. David outlines a path forward: intentional staffing aligned with family culture, disciplined oversight, strategic budgeting, and expert support to mitigate risk. When structured correctly, a family aviation program becomes more than transportation—it becomes strategic infrastructure that protects time, enhances flexibility, and strengthens legacy continuity. Tune in as this conversation reframes private aviation not just as a luxury, but as a governance decision that can either undermine or elevate multigenerational legacy success.-At Legacy Planning©, we work with 'rising gen' entrepreneurs, wealth creators, and family stewards who are ready to turn their success into lasting contribution. Our co-active coaching and advisory services help you clarify what matters—beyond balance sheets and the four corners of a document. We guide you with aligning your values, relationships, and influence into a legacy vision you can lead from with confidence today, and pass on with intention for tomorrow.Whether you're navigating a personal transition, succession planning, inheritance, or seeking deeper meaning after financial success, we provide the structure and space to ask life's most important question: What will you leave in the hearts and hands of others? Because legacy isn’t what you leave behind—It’s how you show up today.-Looking for a meaningful gift for the visionary in your life? Give the gift of clarity, purpose, and legacy with a personalized coaching session from Design Your Legacy©. Perfect for birthdays, milestones, or major life transitions—this gift card opens the door to deeper impact and intentional living. www.angelinacarleton.com/gift-cardBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/design-your-legacy-life-lessons--6631446/support.

Successful individuals and families don’t always fail financially—they can also fracture relationally, in "expectations", and due to outside influences, and no amount of wealth can fix what design was meant to prevent. Many high-achievers build assets "without realizing there can also be emotional costs" re: the climb re: their success, leaving their relationships and next generation rich in capital but poor in connection, trust, and kept promises. Without "front loading discomfort", about one's values when under pressure, the drive to succeed in business can become all consuming instead of a single element to a more meaningful 'legacy vision', creating unplanned for distance and possibly, contempt.Many individuals also mistake estate planning for legacy planning, solving for their financial capital while forgetting to invest in their other forms of capital: human, spiritual, emotional, intellectual, etc, for balance, depth and meaning. In this episode, hostess Angelina Carleton speaks with Wesley Rowlands about creating 'results before returns' to be one step ahead of the many risks of what can come with success as well as wealth, when business opportunities outpaces personal development and stewardship of other 'life areas'. Tune in as Wes reveals why real legacy isn’t just numbers—it’s felt in the heart space through continuous efforts and tested while others watch your example. Learn more about Wesley at https://www.atikanwealth.com.-At Legacy Planning©, we work with 'rising gen' entrepreneurs, wealth creators, and family stewards who are ready to turn their success into lasting contribution. Our co-active coaching and advisory services help you clarify what matters—beyond balance sheets and the four corners of a document. We guide you with aligning your values, relationships, and influence into a legacy vision you can lead from with confidence today, and pass on with intention for tomorrow.Whether you're navigating a personal transition, succession planning, inheritance, or seeking deeper meaning after financial success, we provide the structure and space to ask life's most important question: What will you leave in the hearts and hands of others? Because legacy isn’t what you leave behind—It’s how you show up today.-Looking for a meaningful gift for the visionary in your life? Give the gift of clarity, purpose, and legacy with a personalized coaching session from Design Your Legacy©. Perfect for birthdays, milestones, or major life transitions—this gift card opens the door to deeper impact and intentional living. www.angelinacarleton.com/gift-cardBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/design-your-legacy-life-lessons--6631446/support.

Most families focus on protecting assets, but the real breakdown happens in the relationship systems when individuals haven’t done their inner work or built healthy communication patterns. Without safe spaces in family council meetings or a family's culture for honesty, financial infidelity can replace trust—creating silence, secrecy, and fractured relationship dynamics. For many, this begins in childhood, when prior generations never learned how to process emotions, conflict, or uncertainty. When role models and caretakers fail to evolve beyond their authority role, values aren’t truly transferred—only control, confusion, and expectations.In this podcast episode, hostess Angelina Carleton speaks with Jonathan Steele, CFA to reveals why money doesn’t move through generations neutrally—it needs relationship systems to not break down, for individuals to work on themselves in personal development and for there to be a design for your legacy. Tune in as this conversation shows why planning your holistic legacy must include both financial strategy and emotional architecture to create true connection as well as continuity.Learn more about Jonathan at https://onewealth.net.-At Legacy Planning©, we work with 'rising gen' entrepreneurs, wealth creators, and family stewards who are ready to turn their success into lasting contribution. Our co-active coaching and advisory services help you clarify what matters—beyond balance sheets and the four corners of a document. We guide you with aligning your values, relationships, and influence into a legacy vision you can lead from with confidence today, and pass on with intention for tomorrow.Whether you're navigating a personal transition, succession planning, inheritance, or seeking deeper meaning after financial success, we provide the structure and space to ask life's most important question: What will you leave in the hearts and hands of others? Because legacy isn’t what you leave behind—It’s how you show up today.-Looking for a meaningful gift for the visionary in your life? Give the gift of clarity, purpose, and legacy with a personalized coaching session from Design Your Legacy©. Perfect for birthdays, milestones, or major life transitions—this gift card opens the door to deeper impact and intentional living. www.angelinacarleton.com/gift-cardBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/design-your-legacy-life-lessons--6631446/support.

Do you pick your legacy vision and plan or does it pick you?In this episode, hostess Angelina Carleton speaks with Lyubim Kogan—a New York University graduate who worked as an RIA (registered investment advisor) on Wall Street, a Winter Olympian and now, a humanitarian—about what remains when worldly success metrics, systems, and certainty disappear. After rebuilding a company in war-torn Ukraine only to lose everything to targeted infrastructure attacks, Lyubim chose not to return to 'business as usual', but to answer a deeper calling to serve. Out of those ashes, "Wings4Heroes" was born, restoring dignity and purpose to amputee and combat veterans through flight, camaraderie, and healing experiences. This conversation is a masterclass in designing a life of meaning, service, and moral courage.-At Legacy Planning©, we work with 'rising gen' entrepreneurs, wealth creators, and family stewards who are ready to turn their success into lasting contribution. Our co-active coaching and advisory services help you clarify what matters—beyond balance sheets and the four corners of a document. We guide you with aligning your values, relationships, and influence into a legacy vision you can lead from with confidence today, and pass on with intention for tomorrow.Whether you're navigating a personal transition, succession planning, inheritance, or seeking deeper meaning after financial success, we provide the structure and space to ask life's most important question: What will you leave in the hearts and hands of others? Because legacy isn’t what you leave behind—It’s how you show up today.-Looking for a meaningful gift for the visionary in your life? Give the gift of clarity, purpose, and legacy with a personalized coaching session from Design Your Legacy©. Perfect for birthdays, milestones, or major life transitions—this gift card opens the door to deeper impact and intentional living. www.angelinacarleton.com/gift-cardBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/design-your-legacy-life-lessons--6631446/support.

You’ve built momentum—but without financial clarity, every decision still feels heavier than it should.In this episode, hostess Angelina Carleton speaks with Austin McMillan reveals why most entrepreneurs unknowingly operate blind, and how that hidden chaos quietly limits growth, freedom, and peace of mind. He shares how shifting from revenue-obsession to profit-first thinking creates confidence, sustainability, and optionality for founders ready to scale with intention. You’ll learn the few financial rhythms and metrics that act as your business dashboard—so you can finally lead with clarity instead of anxiety. Austin explains how strategic CFO guidance transforms numbers into decision-making power, giving you control of your future rather than reacting to it. If you’re ready to design a legacy that’s built on stability, purpose, and true financial command, this conversation is your roadmap.-Austin McMillan is the founder of Flywheel Financial and a trusted financial strategist for service-based entrepreneurs seeking clarity, control, and sustainable growth. Through his work as a fractional CFO, he helps founders turn financial data into confident, legacy-driven decisions.With 33 million small businesses in the US, Flywheel Financial is an accounting firm that partners with service businesses to replace chaos with clear systems, metrics, and cash-flow visibility. Their mission is to help founders scale profitably, make smarter decisions, and build businesses that support their families as well as legacies with a healthy margin. Learn more at: https://www.flywheel.financial.-At Legacy Planning©, we work with 'rising gen' entrepreneurs, wealth creators, and family stewards who are ready to turn their success into lasting contribution. Our co-active coaching and advisory services help you clarify what matters—beyond balance sheets and the four corners of a document. We guide you with aligning your values, relationships, and influence into a legacy vision you can lead from with confidence today, and pass on with intention for tomorrow.Whether you're navigating a personal transition, succession planning, inheritance, or seeking deeper meaning after financial success, we provide the structure and space to ask life's most important question: What will you leave in the hearts and hands of others? Because legacy isn’t what you leave behind—It’s how you show up today.-Looking for a meaningful gift for the visionary in your life? Give the gift of clarity, purpose, and legacy with a personalized coaching session from Design Your Legacy©. Perfect for birthdays, milestones, or major life transitions—this gift card opens the door to deeper impact and intentional living. www.angelinacarleton.com/gift-cardBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/design-your-legacy-life-lessons--6631446/support.

What if the real risk to your legacy isn’t market volatility or taxes—but the way your business thinks about risk in the first place? Most founders and business owners, with over $2M in profit, sense that something in their risk strategy is incomplete—but they can’t quite name it.In this episode, hostess Angelina Carleton sits down with Van Carlson, Founder of Strategic Risk Advisors, to clarify what 831(b) captives truly are, separating legitimate risk architecture from the rumors that create hesitation. Together, they reveal why institutions treat risk as infrastructure—not an afterthought—and how disciplined insurance design protects both operating businesses and family continuity. Van explains the simple tests that distinguish defensible captives from structures that fail under scrutiny, bringing much-needed clarity to a misunderstood tool. The real remedy isn’t tax reduction—it’s alignment between risk, governance, and long-term decision-making. For families designing a legacy, this conversation reframes 831(b)s as part of holistic legacy planning: preserving resilience today so wealth, values, and leadership can endure tomorrow.-Van Carlson is the Founder of Strategic Risk Advisors (SRA) and a recognized authority in captive insurance and enterprise risk management, with decades of experience designing and administering insurance solutions for closely held and sophisticated businesses. Through SRA, he has helped companies approach IRC 831(b) captives not as tax products, but as disciplined risk-financing tools grounded in actuarial science, governance, and real insurance principles. Van is known for emphasizing substance over structure—ensuring captives are built to withstand regulatory scrutiny while serving a legitimate business purpose. His work positions 831(b)s within a broader framework of institutional risk thinking that supports long-term business resilience, continuity, and legacy preservation.-At Legacy Planning©, we work with 'rising gen' entrepreneurs, wealth creators, and family stewards who are ready to turn their success into lasting contribution. Our co-active coaching and advisory services help you clarify what matters—beyond balance sheets and the four corners of a document. We guide you with aligning your values, relationships, and influence into a legacy vision you can lead from with confidence today, and pass on with intention for tomorrow.Whether you're navigating a personal transition, succession planning, inheritance, or seeking deeper meaning after financial success, we provide the structure and space to ask life's most important question: What will you leave in the hearts and hands of others? Because legacy isn’t what you leave behind—It’s how you show up today.-Looking for a meaningful gift for the visionary in your life? Give the gift of clarity, purpose, and legacy with a personalized coaching session from Design Your Legacy©. Perfect for birthdays, milestones, or major life transitions—this gift card opens the door to deeper impact and intentional living. www.angelinacarleton.com/gift-card-*This podcast episode is for educational and informational purposes only and does not constitute legal, tax, accounting, insurance, or investment advice. The discussion of captive insurance and IRC (Internal Revenue Code) 831(b) reflects general concepts and strategic considerations and may not apply to any specific situation. Listeners should consult their own independent legal, tax, and insurance advisors before implementing any strategy discussed. No representation is made regarding the suitability or tax treatment of any arrangement, and outcomes depend on individual facts and circumstances.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/design-your-legacy-life-lessons--6631446/support.

Building significant wealth in one country often creates an invisible risk: total exposure to a single political, legal, and regulatory system. As policies, taxes, and enforcement priorities shift, even successful individuals and families can find their wealth vulnerable to changes beyond their control. Many hesitate to diversify internationally due to regulatory complexity, misinformation, or fear of 'the unknown' in an increasingly transparent global system. Others delay action until uncertainty feels urgent, at which point options narrow and decisions become reactive rather than strategic.In this episode, hostess Angelina Carleton speaks with Anne Liebgott about finding trusted guidance, as many domestic advisors are not equipped—or incentivized—to support international diversification. Emotional attachment to one’s home country and identity can also prevent rational long-term planning. Yet today's 'rising' generations seek mobility and optionality. Tune in as this episode reframes international diversification not as an escape, but as a thoughtful legacy strategy—one rooted in stability, compliance, and long-term stewardship across generations.Explore the platform to learn more at www.americanswelcome.swiss.-At Legacy Planning©, we work with 'rising gen' entrepreneurs, wealth creators, and family stewards who are ready to turn their success into lasting contribution. Our co-active coaching and advisory services help you clarify what matters—beyond balance sheets and the four corners of a document. We guide you with aligning your values, relationships, and influence into a legacy vision you can lead from with confidence today, and pass on with intention for tomorrow.Whether you're navigating a personal transition, succession planning, inheritance, or seeking deeper meaning after financial success, we provide the structure and space to ask life's most important question: What will you leave in the hearts and hands of others? Because legacy isn’t what you leave behind—It’s how you show up today.-Looking for a meaningful gift for the visionary in your life? Give the gift of clarity, purpose, and legacy with a personalized coaching session from Design Your Legacy©. Perfect for birthdays, milestones, or major life transitions—this gift card opens the door to deeper impact and intentional living. www.angelinacarleton.com/gift-cardBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/design-your-legacy-life-lessons--6631446/support.

When life strips everything away—health, security, and certainty—most people retreat, but Scott Curry chose to rebuild with intention. In this episode, hostess Angelina Carleton speaks with Scott as he shares how faith, clarity, and disciplined action helped him create financial freedom before he ever had money. You’ll hear how he transformed profound loss, illness, and betrayal into a business model that restored stability, purpose, and personal sovereignty. Scott reveals the mindset shifts and principles that allowed Faith Roar to grow rapidly while anchoring his life in meaning rather than survival. This conversation offers a realistic yet powerful roadmap for anyone navigating adversity while designing a life of resilience, freedom, and integrity. If you’re ready to stop reacting to circumstances and start intentionally designing your legacy, this episode is for you.-Scott Curry is a world renowned Christian businessman, speaker, author, and educator. His videos have been viewed over 6 million times by more than 2 million people around the world. Scott owns five successful businesses and is the founder and CEO of Faith Roar, a company that teaches people how to achieve financial freedom through business and investing.Learn more at: https://scottcurry.me.-At Legacy Planning©, we work with 'rising gen' entrepreneurs, wealth creators, and family stewards who are ready to turn their success into lasting contribution. Our co-active coaching and advisory services help you clarify what matters—beyond balance sheets and the four corners of a document. We guide you with aligning your values, relationships, and influence into a legacy vision you can lead from with confidence today, and pass on with intention for tomorrow.Whether you're navigating a personal transition, succession planning, inheritance, or seeking deeper meaning after financial success, we provide the structure and space to ask life's most important question: What will you leave in the hearts and hands of others? Because legacy isn’t what you leave behind—It’s how you show up today.-Looking for a meaningful gift for the visionary in your life? Give the gift of clarity, purpose, and legacy with a personalized coaching session from Design Your Legacy©. Perfect for birthdays, milestones, or major life transitions—this gift card opens the door to deeper impact and intentional living. www.angelinacarleton.com/gift-cardBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/design-your-legacy-life-lessons--6631446/support.

At just 20 years old, Drew Carmichael has built seven-figure e-commerce brands—but success raises a deeper question: what is he really building long term for his legacy?In this episode of Design Your Legacy, Drew shares how working alongside people twice his age shaped his thinking beyond growth into durability, values, and responsibility. We explore how being self-made early can accelerate not just income, but identity, meaning, and perspective. Drew reflects on the unseen pressures young high-performers carry and why thinking long-term now prevents regret later. This conversation reveals why legacy isn’t something you leave at the end—it’s something you design from the beginning. If you’re building fast but want to build wisely, this episode offers a blueprint for turning success into something that lasts.Learn more about Drew at https://thecultivator.co.-At Legacy Planning©, we work with 'rising gen' entrepreneurs, wealth creators, and family stewards who are ready to turn their success into lasting contribution. Our co-active coaching and advisory services help you clarify what matters—beyond balance sheets and the four corners of a document. We guide you with aligning your values, relationships, and influence into a legacy vision you can lead from with confidence today, and pass on with intention for tomorrow.Whether you're navigating a personal transition, succession planning, inheritance, or seeking deeper meaning after financial success, we provide the structure and space to ask life's most important question: What will you leave in the hearts and hands of others? Because legacy isn’t what you leave behind—It’s how you show up today.-Looking for a meaningful gift for the visionary in your life? Give the gift of clarity, purpose, and legacy with a personalized coaching session from Design Your Legacy©. Perfect for birthdays, milestones, or major life transitions—this gift card opens the door to deeper impact and intentional living. www.angelinacarleton.com/gift-cardBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/design-your-legacy-life-lessons--6631446/support.

Many successful leaders build financial capital—but unintentionally give away ownership of the very stories and creativity that define them. How can authorship and intellectual property become foundational legacy assets, not vanity projects? How can a well-designed and planned out book, with strategic brand design, become a platform for authority, governance, and intergenerational knowledge transfer?In this episode, hostess Angelina Carleton speaks with bestselling author and founder of Same Page Publishing, Aurora Winter, about her journey from television executive to publisher in her understanding of IP control, continuity, and long-term influence.  Tune in to hear how claiming your legacy story restores alignment as well as possibilities for your future. If you would like your best ideas, knowledge and wisdom to outlive you, this conversation offers a clear path forward. -Aurora Winter combines the best of Silicon Valley with the best of Hollywood. Using her expertise in film and neuroscience, she helps people tell memorable stories that build brands, books, and businesses.Experts turn their words into wealth. Aurora will share how your audience can increase their income, impact, and influence with the right words. Great leaders are great storytellers. A leader who is a powerful speaker has a huge advantage in marketing, sales, and advertising. Through her books, YouTube channel, and one-on-one coaching, Aurora trains people to create their own unique Million-Dollar Message.A media strategist, Aurora is frequently featured in the media. She is the author of 10 books including Turn Words Into Wealth. A sought-after speaker and expert, Aurora is frequently featured in the media, including ABC TV, CBS TV, KTLA TV, Success magazine, Elle magazine, and Oprah Radio. She is the author of 6 books including Thought Leader Launch and Marketing Fastrack. Additionally, Turn Words Into Wealth, has won multiple awards, including the 2021 Best Business Book Award from LA Book Festival, Spring 2021 Best Business Book Award from Pinnacle, and a Literary Titan Book Award. Gift for The Audience - Includes your Turn Words-to-Wealth starter library and a video masterclass on how to attract capital, clients, and media coverage.: https://turnwordsintowealth.comWebsite: https://www.aurorawinter.comSame Page Publishing: https://www.samepagepublishing.comMarketing Fastrack: The Little Book That Launched a New Business by Aurora Winter- on Amazon: https://a.co/d/8xrIglKTurn Words Into Wealth: Blueprint for Your Business, Brand and Book by Aurora Winter - on Amazon: https://a.co/d/7RRkVYbMagic, Mystery, and the Multiverse Book 1 Amazon: https://a.co/d/5cmA6UmLinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/AuroraWinterYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/AuroraWinterLinktree: https://linktr.ee/AuroraWinter-At Legacy Planning©, we work with 'rising gen' entrepreneurs, wealth creators, and family stewards who are ready to turn their success into lasting contribution. Our co-active coaching and advisory services help you clarify what matters—beyond balance sheets and the four corners of a document. We guide you with aligning your values, relationships, and influence into a legacy vision you can lead from with confidence today, and pass on with intention for tomorrow.Whether you're navigating a personal transition, succession planning, inheritance, or seeking deeper meaning after financial success, we provide the structure and space to ask life's most important question: What will you leave in the hearts and hands of others? Because legacy isn’t what you leave behind—It’s how you show up today.-Looking for a meaningful gift for the visionary in your life? Give the gift of clarity, purpose, and legacy with a personalized coaching session from Design Your Legacy©. Perfect for birthdays, milestones, or major life transitions—this gift card opens the door to deeper impact and intentional living. www.angelinacarleton.com/gift-cardBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/design-your-legacy-life-lessons--6631446/support.

Success in law and business doesn’t automatically create a lasting legacy—and many high achievers struggle with what comes next.  In this episode of Design Your Legacy, host Angelina Carleton sits down with Rob Levine, Esq., to explore how purpose, service, and leadership transform success into enduring impact. Rob shares how building a powerful brand rooted in advocacy requires more than wins—it demands values, resilience, and responsibility.Together, they unpack the tension between strength and empathy in leadership and why giving back is not optional for those who want their influence to last. Listeners will gain clarity on how intentional choices today shape reputation, culture, and meaning for tomorrow. This conversation is a reminder that legacy isn’t accidental—it’s designed.-At Legacy Planning©, we work with 'rising gen' entrepreneurs, wealth creators, and family stewards who are ready to turn their success into lasting contribution. Our co-active coaching and advisory services help you clarify what matters—beyond balance sheets and the four corners of a document. We guide you with aligning your values, relationships, and influence into a legacy vision you can lead from with confidence today, and pass on with intention for tomorrow.Whether you're navigating a personal transition, succession planning, inheritance, or seeking deeper meaning after financial success, we provide the structure and space to ask life's most important question: What will you leave in the hearts and hands of others? Because legacy isn’t what you leave behind—It’s how you show up today.-Looking for a meaningful gift for the visionary in your life? Give the gift of clarity, purpose, and legacy with a personalized coaching session from Design Your Legacy©. Perfect for birthdays, milestones, or major life transitions—this gift card opens the door to deeper impact and intentional living. www.angelinacarleton.com/gift-cardBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/design-your-legacy-life-lessons--6631446/support.

Most individuals feel a sense of the world's weariness on their shoulders known as "weltschmerz"—quietly aware that time is slipping away faster than they’d like to admit. Why do we drift into disconnection, burn out, and unconscious living, and how can simple, intentional shifts realign you back towards awe as well as your highest and best legacy? It's time to stop living the same day on repeat—and start designing a legacy that compounds meaning—yet where do you begin?In this episode, hostess Angelina Carleton speaks with Alex Dripchak as he explains how the power of awe-inspiring moments can allow you to break through numbness and reconnect you to excellence, creativity, and your highest potential. Tune in as we explore how to build a “hurricane-proof why” that can withstand setbacks, reinvention, and the unexpected storms. Alex walks listeners through practical tools for auditing your time, aligning it with your values, and reclaiming the precious years you actually have to plan that legacy!Learn more about Alex at https://www.100salesskills.com.-At Legacy Planning©, we work with 'rising gen' entrepreneurs, wealth creators, and family stewards who are ready to turn their success into lasting contribution. Our co-active coaching and advisory services help you clarify what matters—beyond balance sheets and the four corners of a document. We guide you with aligning your values, relationships, and influence into a legacy vision you can lead from with confidence today, and pass on with intention for tomorrow.Whether you're navigating a personal transition, succession planning, inheritance, or seeking deeper meaning after financial success, we provide the structure and space to ask life's most important question: What will you leave in the hearts and hands of others? Because legacy isn’t what you leave behind—It’s how you show up today.-Looking for a meaningful gift for the visionary in your life? Give the gift of clarity, purpose, and legacy with a personalized coaching session from Design Your Legacy©. Perfect for birthdays, milestones, or major life transitions—this gift card opens the door to deeper impact and intentional living. www.angelinacarleton.com/gift-cardBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/design-your-legacy-life-lessons--6631446/support.

Outwardly successful, inwardly stressed? Why is knowledge alone not a remedy to fix financial stress when couples lack alignment, communication or emotional clarity around money ... which designs your legacy? How are even high-achievers trapped by generational cycles of confusion, conflict as well as overwhelm? What are the real problems keeping couples and families stuck and how do you move to create that path forward built on unity, peace and shared values?In this episode, I speak with Dr. Nicholas Michels to expose the hidden financial wounds many successful individuals carry from childhood—fear, instability, and patterns of scarcity that quietly shape adulthood, your relationships as well as your legacy. He reveals how growing up in a fractured home creates unresolved money trauma that later resurfaces in marriage no matter the professional success. Tune in to hear how through his personal story—he uncovers what he really needed to do to design his pioneering legacy plan.-At Legacy Planning©, we work with rising entrepreneurs, wealth creators, and family stewards who are ready to turn their success into lasting contribution. Our co-active coaching and advisory services help you clarify what truly matters—beyond balance sheets and the four corners of a document. We guide you in aligning your values, relationships, and influence into a living legacy you can lead with confidence today, and pass on with intention tomorrow.Whether you're navigating a personal transition, succession planning, or seeking deeper meaning after financial success, we provide the structure and space to ask life's most important question: What will you leave in the hearts and hands of others? Because legacy isn’t what you leave behind—It’s how you show up now.-Looking for a meaningful gift for the visionary in your life? Give the gift of clarity, purpose, and legacy with a personalized coaching session from Design Your Legacy©. Perfect for birthdays, milestones, or major life transitions—this gift card opens the door to deeper impact and intentional living. www.angelinacarleton.com/gift-cardBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/design-your-legacy-life-lessons--6631446/support.

Misaligned spaces can create stagnation, overwhelm, and even self-doubt, especially during life transitions like succession, divorce, or the receiving of an inheritance. Most people have no idea that their homes are silently shaping their confidence, clarity, and ability to create their ideal legacy—and Kim Costa has spent three decades decoding that connection. How can aligning your environment with your core values become a foundational step in designing your legacy with intention, purpose, and long-term clarity?In this episode, hostess Angelina Carleton speaks with Kim to reveal why so many high-achieving individuals feel “off” in spaces that look beautiful but don’t support who they are becoming. She shares how her Wheel House Assessment blends psychology, human needs, and environmental design to help homeowners break free from environments that are holding them back. Listeners will walk away with practical tips to transform their homes into launchpads for legacy building—so their physical space finally reflects the vision they want to live and leave.Learn more about Kim at https://lifestylefoundations.com.-At Legacy Planning©, we work with rising entrepreneurs, wealth creators, and family stewards who are ready to turn their success into lasting contribution. Our co-active coaching and advisory services help you clarify what truly matters—beyond balance sheets and the four corners of a document. We guide you in aligning your values, relationships, and influence into a living legacy you can lead with confidence today, and pass on with intention tomorrow.Whether you're navigating a personal transition, succession planning, or seeking deeper meaning after financial success, we provide the structure and space to ask life's most important question: What will you leave in the hearts and hands of others? Because legacy isn’t what you leave behind—It’s how you show up now.-Looking for a meaningful gift for the visionary in your life? Give the gift of clarity, purpose, and legacy with a personalized coaching session from Design Your Legacy©. Perfect for birthdays, milestones, or major life transitions—this gift card opens the door to deeper impact and intentional living. www.angelinacarleton.com/gift-cardBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/design-your-legacy-life-lessons--6631446/support.

What are the unique pressures facing today’s affluent families, where complexity—not lack of resources—is the true adversary?  Rising wealth fragmentation, global mobility, and multi-jurisdictional assets have made succession planning more overwhelming than ever. Affluent individuals often find themselves isolated, unsure whom they can trust, and hesitant to discuss money, purpose, or legacy—even within their own families.In this episode, hostess Angelina Carleton speaks with guests Ben Ulrich, Dan Kertesz and Maxim Jardai to bring clarity to these challenges by bridging wealth, psychology, and human connection in a way that helps families design legacies—not just portfolios—that endure. Their insights reveal that legacy is no longer about assets alone; it’s about continual communication and cultivating emotional intelligence across generations.-At Legacy Planning©, we work with rising entrepreneurs, wealth creators, and family stewards who are ready to turn their success into lasting contribution. Our co-active coaching and advisory services help you clarify what truly matters—beyond balance sheets and the four corners of a document. We guide you in aligning your values, relationships, and influence into a living legacy you can lead with confidence today, and pass on with intention tomorrow.Whether you're navigating a personal transition, succession planning, or seeking deeper meaning after financial success, we provide the structure and space to ask life's most important question: What will you leave in the hearts and hands of others? Because legacy isn’t what you leave behind—It’s how you show up now.-Looking for a meaningful gift for the visionary in your life? Give the gift of clarity, purpose, and legacy with a personalized coaching session from Design Your Legacy©. Perfect for birthdays, milestones, or major life transitions—this gift card opens the door to deeper impact and intentional living. www.angelinacarleton.com/gift-cardBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/design-your-legacy-life-lessons--6631446/support.

In a world where wealth is growing faster than wisdom, affluent individuals as well as families face an invisible crisis: How do you turn prosperity into purpose — and build a legacy that transcends geography, politics as well as generations?In this podcast episode, hostess Angelina Carleton speaks with Naava Mashiah, a global connector and CEO of ME LINKS, known for mobilizing capital across Israel, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. With a background in diplomacy and a lifelong commitment to cross-cultural dialogue, Naava helps family offices and 'rising generation' family members move from preserving wealth to activating it. Tune in as this conversation gives listeners a clear roadmap to transform their wealth into meaningful continuity!-At Legacy Planning©, we work with rising entrepreneurs, wealth creators, and family stewards who are ready to turn their success into lasting contribution. Our co-active coaching and advisory services help you clarify what truly matters—beyond balance sheets and the four corners of a document. We guide you in aligning your values, relationships, and influence into a living legacy you can lead with confidence today, and pass on with intention tomorrow.Whether you're navigating a personal transition, succession planning, or seeking deeper meaning after financial success, we provide the structure and space to ask life's most important question: What will you leave in the hearts and hands of others? Because legacy isn’t what you leave behind—It’s how you show up now.-Looking for a meaningful gift for the visionary in your life? Give the gift of clarity, purpose, and legacy with a personalized coaching session from Design Your Legacy©. Perfect for birthdays, milestones, or major life transitions—this gift card opens the door to deeper impact and intentional living. www.angelinacarleton.com/gift-cardBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/design-your-legacy-life-lessons--6631446/support.

Most individuals and families want to pass on more than money, but legacy is slow food for the soul — it requires intention, preparation, and steady nourishment. Like sex education class, talking about your legacy can be awkward — but avoiding the discomfort only guarantees confusion later.In this episode, hostess Angelina Carleton speaks with Simon Holzapfel of CrowBox Partners to reveal why you can’t build on chaos, and why individuals and families must first create emotional order before they can create generational continuity. He explains how legacy isn’t a single event but how it happens one conversation at a time, especially when those conversations feel unfamiliar or uncomfortable. Simon offers tools to practice fighting fires, so all parties at the table learn to manage tension, conflict, and responsibility long before a crisis arrives. Ultimately, he reminds us that legacy may invite awkwardness, but it also invites transformation — and that’s where lasting stewardship truly begins!Learn more about Simon at https://www.l-eaflab.org/.-At Legacy Planning©, we work with rising entrepreneurs, wealth creators, and family stewards who are ready to turn their success into lasting contribution. Our co-active coaching and advisory services help you clarify what truly matters—beyond balance sheets and the four corners of a document. We guide you in aligning your values, relationships, and influence into a living legacy you can lead with confidence today, and pass on with intention tomorrow.Whether you're navigating a personal transition, succession planning, or seeking deeper meaning after financial success, we provide the structure and space to ask life's most important question: What will you leave in the hearts and hands of others? Because legacy isn’t what you leave behind—It’s how you show up now.-Looking for a meaningful gift for the visionary in your life? Give the gift of clarity, purpose, and legacy with a personalized coaching session from Design Your Legacy©. Perfect for birthdays, milestones, or major life transitions—this gift card opens the door to deeper impact and intentional living. www.angelinacarleton.com/gift-cardBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/design-your-legacy-life-lessons--6631446/support.

Most affluent individuals excel at building wealth but struggle to build emotional continuity, because unprocessed trauma quietly drives control, perfectionism, and isolation.In this episode, hostess Angelina Carleton speaks with licensed therapist and TEDx speaker Marcy Pusey about how unresolved pain becomes an unintentional legacy that gets passed down through silence, avoidance, and emotional distance. She explains why success cannot protect anyone from the “freeze patterns” of PTSD—and how those patterns sabotage succession planning, family unity, and true fulfillment. You’ll learn practical tools to break generational cycles, shift from survival mode into intentional design, and build emotional capital equal to your financial capital. Marcy shows that the most valuable inheritance isn’t just financial wealth—it’s the healed and integrated version of you. If you’re ready to stop letting your past define your future, this episode gives you a roadmap to transform trauma into a legacy of strength, connection, and wisdom.--At Legacy Planning©, we work with rising entrepreneurs, wealth creators, and family stewards who are ready to turn their success into lasting contribution. Our co-active coaching and advisory services help you clarify what truly matters—beyond balance sheets and the four corners of a document. We guide you in aligning your values, relationships, and influence into a living legacy you can lead with confidence today, and pass on with intention tomorrow.Whether you're navigating a personal transition, succession planning, or seeking deeper meaning after financial success, we provide the structure and space to ask life's most important question: What will you leave in the hearts and hands of others? Because legacy isn’t what you leave behind—It’s how you show up now.-Looking for a meaningful gift for the visionary in your life? Give the gift of clarity, purpose, and legacy with a personalized coaching session from Design Your Legacy©. Perfect for birthdays, milestones, or major life transitions—this gift card opens the door to deeper impact and intentional living. www.angelinacarleton.com/gift-cardBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/design-your-legacy-life-lessons--6631446/support.

In multi-generational families of wealth, dyslexia can quietly challenge the very ideals of achievement, confidence, and continuity. A child who struggles to read may internalize shame or feel they’ve disappointed the family. Parents, driven by high expectations, often oscillate between guilt and overcorrection—seeking to fix rather than understand. Grandparents may misinterpret the struggle through outdated notions of discipline, unaware of the opportunity for growth it presents.   In this episode, hostess Angelina Carleton speaks with Russell Van Brocklen about his personal struggles as well as his latest research project. When a family can reframe dyslexia as difference instead of defect, it can transform frustration into empathy and innovation...and Russell offers a few ideas on how to leverage both AI as well as the craft of research as tools.  These insights can shift results as well as opportunities —from perfect performance to creative problem-solving and resilience. Ultimately, acknowledging dyslexia early on can strengthen the family legacy, humanizing what we all bring to the table with compassion and new perspectives.Learn more at https://dyslexiaclasses.com.-At Legacy Planning©, we work with rising entrepreneurs, wealth creators, and family stewards who are ready to turn their success into lasting contribution. Our co-active coaching and advisory services help you clarify what truly matters—beyond balance sheets and the four corners of a document. We guide you in aligning your values, relationships, and influence into a living legacy you can lead with confidence today, and pass on with intention tomorrow.Whether you're navigating a personal transition, succession planning, or seeking deeper meaning after financial success, we provide the structure and space to ask life's most important question: What will you leave in the hearts and hands of others? Because legacy isn’t what you leave behind—It’s how you show up now.-Looking for a meaningful gift for the visionary in your life? Give the gift of clarity, purpose, and legacy with a personalized coaching session from Design Your Legacy©. Perfect for birthdays, milestones, or major life transitions—this gift card opens the door to deeper impact and intentional living. www.angelinacarleton.com/gift-cardBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/design-your-legacy-life-lessons--6631446/support.

Many affluent parents struggle with teaching their children the true value of wealth beyond material possessions. Without guidance, kids can grow up thinking money alone defines success, missing out on lessons in generosity, gratitude, and emotional richness. So where do you start … so your legacy can be passed on as well as your values, alongside their personal development beyond consumerism?  In this episode, hostess Angelina Carleton speaks with Suzy Riedman who shares actionable strategies for helping children understand money, happiness, and privilege. You’ll learn how to guide your children to make thoughtful choices with money—whether to spend, save, or share—while building character and empathy. Suzy reveals ways parents can cultivate wealth that isn’t measured in dollars, but in love, security, and meaningful impact. If you want your children to inherit not just assets, but values and wisdom that endure for generations, this conversation is a must-listen!  Buy Suzy’s book at https://bit.ly/suzyreidman.-Suzy Riedman is a writer, coach, mediator, and real estate investor who has always loved finding creative ways to earn and discuss money. She holds a bachelor’s degree in creative writing from the University of Redlands. Suzy’s love for honest money conversations began when she was ten years old and saved up to buy a cash register. She ran an office supply store out of her bedroom – selling envelopes, stamps and pencils she’d found on her parents’ desks.After college, Suzy lived in Hawaii and worked as a personal trainer and Crossfit coach before returning to Oregon and entering the world of real estate investing and financial independence. Inspired by her own journey of taking ownership of her financial life, Suzy writes books to help families start money conversations that are engaging, age-appropriate, and meaningful. Her goal is to give kids confidence about earning, saving, and using money—while giving parents the tools to guide them.Suzy lives on a little farm with her family, a menagerie of animals including a trick horse named Whistle, and 46 very busy chickens. When she isn’t writing, Suzy can be found riding bikes with her husband and son, hiking, or hanging out in the barn.-At Legacy Planning©, we work with rising entrepreneurs, wealth creators, and family stewards who are ready to turn their success into lasting contribution. Our co-active coaching and advisory services help you clarify what truly matters—beyond balance sheets and the four corners of a document. We guide you in aligning your values, relationships, and influence into a living legacy you can lead with confidence today, and pass on with intention tomorrow.Whether you're navigating a personal transition, succession planning, or seeking deeper meaning after financial success, we provide the structure and space to ask life's most important question: What will you leave in the hearts and hands of others? Because legacy isn’t what you leave behind—It’s how you show up now.-Looking for a meaningful gift for the visionary in your life? Give the gift of clarity, purpose, and legacy with a personalized coaching session from Design Your Legacy©. Perfect for birthdays, milestones, or major life transitions—this gift card opens the door to deeper impact and intentional living. www.angelinacarleton.com/gift-cardBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/design-your-legacy-life-lessons--6631446/support.

Many business owners waste money on marketing that looks good but doesn’t actually bring in qualified leads — Wes Towers knows why. For over two decades, he’s helped builders and trades cut through the noise, turning their websites and SEO into tools that earn market share and generate steady work. In a world drowning in digital fluff, Wes shows founders how to stand out authentically and connect with real people.In this episode of Design Your Legacy, Wes shares his field-tested strategies for building trust at scale, simplifying what really moves the needle, and keeping your brand human in an AI-driven age. You’ll hear his hard-won lessons from growing Uplift 360 from scratch, along with practical steps you can use to make your marketing work smarter. Tune in to learn how to design a business legacy built on authenticity, results, and relationships that last.-At Legacy Planning©, we work with rising entrepreneurs, wealth creators, and family stewards who are ready to turn their success into lasting contribution. Our co-active coaching and advisory services help you clarify what truly matters—beyond balance sheets and the four corners of a document. We guide you in aligning your values, relationships, and influence into a living legacy you can lead with confidence today, and pass on with intention tomorrow.Whether you're navigating a personal transition, succession planning, or seeking deeper meaning after financial success, we provide the structure and space to ask life's most important question: What will you leave in the hearts and hands of others? Because legacy isn’t what you leave behind—It’s how you show up now.-Looking for a meaningful gift for the visionary in your life? Give the gift of clarity, purpose, and legacy with a personalized coaching session from Design Your Legacy©. Perfect for birthdays, milestones, or major life transitions—this gift card opens the door to deeper impact and intentional living. www.angelinacarleton.com/gift-cardBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/design-your-legacy-life-lessons--6631446/support.

Many affluent individuals want to leave a meaningful legacy, but they often feel overwhelmed by the complexity of wealth, taxes, and family dynamics. So what are the hidden challenges wealthy individuals and families face, from the “No Talk Rule” around money (as the #1 reason around financial failure) to fears of not having enough, and fears around ‘doing the wrong thing’. What are a few steps to move from being completely paralyzed to aligning your wealth with your actions, turning your answers to key questions as the framework for your legacy plan?In this episode, hostess Angelina Carleton speaks with Peter Mu, CFP® ChFC® and Founder of Wealth Cairn, to explain why wealth management is not limited to just money management—it’s about your dreams, purpose and legacy. Listeners will discover how to avoid the most common mistakes in legacy planning – including the ‘illusion that you have to do everything right’. If you’ve ever wondered how to turn your anxieties around money into a legacy that truly matters, this conversation will guide you forward.Learn more about Peter Mu at www.wealthcairn.com. -At Legacy Planning©, we work with rising entrepreneurs, wealth creators, and family stewards who are ready to turn their success into lasting contribution. Our co-active coaching and advisory services help you clarify what truly matters—beyond balance sheets and the four corners of a document. We guide you in aligning your values, relationships, and influence into a living legacy you can lead with confidence today, and pass on with intention tomorrow.Whether you're navigating a personal transition, succession planning, or seeking deeper meaning after financial success, we provide the structure and space to ask life's most important question: What will you leave in the hearts and hands of others? Because legacy isn’t what you leave behind—It’s how you show up now.-Looking for a meaningful gift for the visionary in your life? Give the gift of clarity, purpose, and legacy with a personalized coaching session from Design Your Legacy©. Perfect for birthdays, milestones, or major life transitions—this gift card opens the door to deeper impact and intentional living. www.angelinacarleton.com/gift-cardBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/design-your-legacy-life-lessons--6631446/support.