How to have the estate planning conversation with the people you love without making it weird. There's a phrase most of us remember from decades past: "Friends don't let friends drive drunk." It was simple, direct, and it worked, because it reframed a difficult conversation as an act of friendship, not judgment. The same logic applies to estate planning. For most of us, our friends are among the most important people in our lives. For some, they're chosen family: the people w

You've brought it up before. Maybe it came up after watching a friend go through something hard, a probate process that dragged on for years, or a family left scrambling without the right documents in place. Maybe a health scare prompted the conversation, or a birthday that snuck up faster than expected. Whatever brought it to mind, you've tried to talk to your spouse about getting a plan in place. And it went nowhere. Not because they were openly against it. Maybe they chang

If your baby was born on or after January 1, 2025, the federal government has set aside $1,000 for your child. The account is available now. Contributions opened on July 4, 2026. And most families have not yet taken the step to claim it. The account is called a Trump Account. It was created by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, signed into law in 2025, and it is one of the most significant new financial tools for young families in years. A seed investment that grows tax-advantag