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Beginners Guide to Purposeful Prenups

This little book is very different from other publications about prenups because it focuses foremost on who the couple wants to be with each other as they approach the subject. Reading this book will help couples begin to understand what impacts our ability to talk about money openly, and will give them some approaches to use right away as they begin to discuss their prenup (or postnup or cohabitation agreement). This book was written not from a legal perspective, but rather, a relational one. Advisors find this book to be a gentle entre into opening up the conversation with the intended of their client who is needing to begin to initiate the prenup conversation. The primary focus of this book is on how to strengthen a relationship as a couple steps further into their commitment and their future together.

…Endorsements for Beginners Guide to Purposeful Prenups…
This is an amazing book, written in a way that keeps the reader engaged through the many thoughtful tips and exercises, all geared toward helping the soon-to-be married couple navigate the challenging process of creating a prenuptial agreement. Bouchard and Smith help couples envision a very different process that produces more than the usual obligatory legal agreement by offering instead a vision that gives them the way to use this process to strengthen their relationship.
Nancy Ross

LCSW, BCD, Divorce Coach, Mediator, Trainer, Psychotherapist, and Communication Specialist for Trusts and Estates
This Beginners Guide to prenuptial agreements takes the terror out of the idea of prenups by returning the power and responsibility to the couple themselves, beginning with the simple fact that everyone who marries gets a prenup, like it or not. That’s because the laways of your state will govern what happens to the money if you divorce, and so it’s smart to think about whether that would work well for you or whether you’d rather craft something more customized for your own values and circumstances. The authors guide readers through straightforward principles for having constructive conversations about money, values and needs. Any couple contemplating marriage will have a stronger foundation for success after reading this book, whether they decide to create their own agreement or not.
Pauline H. Tesler

Esq., Director Integrative Law Institute at Commonweal.
Here’s the big message: It’s not about the money or protecting yourself. It’s about setting up a marriage for success. This is a radical reframe on a prenup as a way to affirm and grow your relationship through a conscious exploration of values.
Steve Levin

Executive Coach and Founder of Powerful Conversations Training.
Estate Planning for the Blended Family

Every family is different, and blended families — defined as those with children from previous marriages or couplings — can be even more difficult to plan for. When dealing with complicated family situations, cookie-cutter estate plans just don’t work. Estate planning can be difficult as the subject matter can seem complex for non-lawyers, and family members can be hesitant to clearly voice their opinions on touchy matters. However, planning the future of your family’s estate is crucial for the emotional and financial well-being and stability of all family members, and having everything in order will bring invaluable peace of mind.“A terrific book!” Ron L. Deal, author of The Smart Stepfamily.

Which Wolf?

I wrote this children’s book to support all the members of your family in making good decisions and choosing supportive emotions in each moment. This story is going to be available for free and will be accompanied with a free APP that gives parent and teacher resources as well as pdfs of the illustrations that the children can color in and put up as reminders around the house. The APP will also have a private, secure, supportive community of other parents and teachers using this book as a way to create a healthy learning culture.

eBooks by Emily
Money Problems and the Best Way to Fix them
I wrote this book for couples who encounter heightened emotions and possible conflict during your prenup conversations so you can shift into a whole new approach that is much more effective and peaceful.
Easy Conflict Resolution Strategies for StepFamilies
I wrote this little ebook to give you a way to listen more effectively to each other – and to communicate much more effectively, no matter what!
Wedding Etiquette with Divorced Parents in the Mix
With more and more “gray divorces” happening, and with more remarriages happening with our parents, this little ebook will give you great ideas on how to handle ALL the parents you want to include in your wedding plans.
Fabulous Familymoons: Everything You Need to Know!
I wrote this ebook to empower you to have a familymoon that includes everyone in ways that strengthen your new blended family.
Additional Resources
Advisors
Wealth in Families
Charles Collier brings wisdom to advising about philanthropic giving from a values-based perspective.
Willing Wisdom
Tom Deans easy to read parable supports couples in having the most important conversations of their lives about what they want to have happen for their loved ones when they are no longer here to guide and support them.
Collaborative Divorce
Pauline Tesler brings a fresh approach to divorce that can have couples part amicably and honor their past and future relating.
TrustWorthy: New Angles on Trusts from Beneficiaries and Trustees
This little book by Goldstone and Wiseman is packed with great information to help clients understand the best approaches to empowering beneficiaries and trustees.
Couples Resources for Conscious Commitment
The Generous Prenup: How to Support Your Marriage and Avoid the Pitfalls
After reading the Beginners Guide to Purposeufl Prenups, this book will assist you in thinking through and discussing all the details and concerns related to your prenup.
The Heart of Money: A Couple’s Guide to Creating True Financial Intimacy
Deborah Price, founder of The Money Coaching Institute, wrote this book with conscious couples in mind who want to keep their relationship strong and not let issues about money take them out. I took Deborah’s money coaching certification for couples and find her archetypal approach to money to be highly empowering (and relieving) to couples no matter how much money you have!
Money Magic
I highly recommend this classic book by Deobrah Price, founder of the The Money Coaching Institute, where I trained and became certified as a Money Coach for individuals and couples. In this book she explains in detail about the eight most common archetypal patterns we ALL have when it comes to money: Innocent, Victim, Martyr, Fool, Warrior, Creator/Artist, Warrior and Magician. Understanding these universal patterns of behavior helps you to become much more empowered and able to make better conscious choices with your money – and strengthens your relationship with your beloved!
Dragon Program – Relationships
Affordable 12 month comprehensive system is designed to get you transformational results in your relationships, connection, and communication–regardless of your age. I volunteer for this program and co-lead some of the video conferences designed to connect you with people from all over the world using the material to have results in their relationships that are better than imagined.
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Mastery Track – Relationships
As a volunteer facilitator of this course, I’ve witnessed people from all over the world transform their relationships with their spouses, parents, children, colleagues and co-workers. This course is for anyone who wants to master the art of win win relationships not just with your beloved, but with whomever you interact with towards greater fulfillment and peaceful relating, this course gives you what you need to succeed.
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Wedding Planning for Blended Families
Second Wedding Ideas for Your Remarriage
Great website with up to date resources for your second (or third) wedding
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The Ring Bear
This children’s book is great for younger boys who are going to be in your wedding!
The Flour Girl
This children’s book is great for younger girls who are going to be in your wedding!
Blended Families
Good Answers to Tough Questions about Stepfamilies
This children’s book helps children understand about all the changes that come with being part of a blended/step family
Step Wars: Overcoming the Perils and Making Peace in Adult Stepfamilies
This is a well researched book with great information for anyone who has adult children who are not happy about your desire to recouple with someone new.
Divorce Poison: How to Protect Your Family from Bad-mouthing and Brainwashing
This book is essential for anyone experiencing what is called “parental alienation”. If you’re being blocked in having a relationship with your children, Dr. Warshak gives you important, research-based approaches to intervene in ways that will make a positive difference.
Ron Deal’s Smart StepFamilies
Wonderful faith-based resources for every stage of stepfamilies and stepparenting. Ron Deal is the real deal!
StepMom Magazine
Excellent resources with expert contributors on all things blended!
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Parenting
Raised Healthy, Wealthy & Wise: Lessons from successful and grounded inheritors on how they got that way
For wealthy parents who want to empower their children and minimize the likelihood of entitlement, especially if their children will be beneficiaries of trust funds.
The Opposite of Spoiled: Raising Kids Who Are Grounded, Generous, and Smart About Money
Ron Lieber from the NY Times researched this great book for any parent who wnts your children to be great with money and not be spoiled! Applying the principles from this book consistently will support you in raising kids who are confident and competent in making great financial decisions.
Strangers in Paradise: How Families Adapt to Wealth Across Generations
James Grubman, PhD, provides a useful analogy for wealthy parents to undertand how their worldview is different than that of their children and how to best empower the rising generation with the skills they need to succeed.
Moonjar: Teaching how to Share, Save and Spend
This website shows you how to encourage your children to share, save and spend their money wisely.
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Philanthropy
Give Smart: Philanthropy that Gets Results
Tierney and Fleishman use real life stories to illustrate best practices for having a true impact with philanthropic giving.
Inspired Philanthropy
Tracy Gary is a seasoned advisor in philanthropy and philanthropist herself who assists people in thinking in expansive, inspiring ways about their giving personally and as a family.
Resource Articles
Estate Planning
  • Estate Planning for Couples: Should it be Solo or a Duet?
  • Lessons for the Rest of Us from an Actor’s Estate Plan

Couples / PreNup / Postnup / Cohab Agreement

  • When it Comes to Money, Know Who is Driving: Your Money Types will Assist or Derail Financial Conversations
  • Your Marriage is in Jeopardy before it Starts: Let Your Prenup Strengthen YourFoundation
Parenting
  • 5 Important Money Talks Every Couple Should Have
  • Money Is The Biggest Source of Relationship Stress, Survey Finds, So Here AreWays to Deal with it Together
  • What Financial Health Means to ME: Being able to Make the Changes thatReally Count
Blended Families
  • Money Answers for Blended Families

Everything you need to support couples to be rock-solid so that they know, no matter what, they’ve got what it takes to stay connected, stay committed, and stay in love.

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