End-of-Life University Ep. 535 Planning Your Funeral and Legacy Online with Paul Fried
Learn about a helpful online platform for end-of-life planning and the benefits of using technology for this work.
My guest Paul Fried is an entrepreneur who recognized a need to reshape how we think about end-of-life planning. He founded a digital-first platform that focuses on compassionate funeral planning, digital legacy preservation, and emotional wellness titled I Made the Arrangements. He discusses the value of recording our end-of-life wishes and messages digitally for the sake of our loved ones. Paul is also the author of the book Live Fully. Leave Wisely: End-of-Life Planning as the Ultimate Act of Love. Learn more at his website:
This episode includes:
- How Paul’s ancestry and personal history led him to create I Made the Arrangements
- Why digital planning services are important right now
- The disastrous consequences of not planning ahead or talking about our end-of-life wishes
- Why employers are starting to offer online end-of-life planning as a benefit to their employees
- How technology is rapidly advancing to help people reconnect with holographic images of their loved ones
- How “wishkeepers” help secure their loved ones’ legacies
- Resources available on the website
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