What if your chosen route in life suddenly changes?

Over the last month there have been a few detours that presented themselves to me. Firstly my dog required emergency surgery from injuring her paw. A costly detour and cancelled her daily walks and run arounds for a few weeks but thankfully she is fully recovered. The following week my Father had a mini-stroke. Again, thankfully he is mostly recovered but the inevitable long-term impact is as yet unknown. And the week after that I ended up contracting Covid-19. Just when we thought we were long done with Covid it made its seasonal return. Another detour but thankfully I wasn't impacted hugely apart from a week of working from my bedroom as I was isolating.

Each of these events caused a certain detour in my and my family's daily life over the three week period. From putting plans on hold, to shifting focus to unexpected situations, to concern, worry, and fear of worst outcomes.

Following my Father's mini-stroke, I reviewed the plans we already have in place for him. A few things came to light that is forcing us to reconsider and also prepare 'Plan B' in case Plan A isn't possible at the time. 

When we think we have our plans in place, it became evident that we must have backup plans to our 'what if' plans (and then some!).

So how prepared are you?

What each event reinforced was the need to make sure our plans are in place in case something worse happens next time.

If you have already set out your plans for advanced care or end of life, and these options aren't available, what do you next do?

I have set out a few options in the following blog.

My mission for Living Legacy is to not only give a helping hand for you to get your advanced plans in place, take stock of your life, your business, and legacy lived to date, but also to gather the various resources to signpost you to the necessary tools and advice you may need along the way. We have our annual survey which we now invite you to contribute. This will help us learn how best to support you in getting your plans in place. Take the survey here

As part of this mission, our recently launched Living Legacy Conversations are proving popular and we are receiving great feedback. Each of our guests have exiting new offerings so check below to find out more. The replays are now available on YouTube at @livinglegacy_ie. Subscribe today to catch up on the conversations had so far - further details available below. 

As always, I greatly appreciate your interest in our work and I look forward to sharing learnings with you to help you make space for your life yet to live.

Jennifer McConnell (Founder of Living Legacy)

Four conversations in to our Living Legacy Conversations, we are receiving great feedback. For those that were able to join us on the night of each conversation, I hope you got some beneficial insights to living well.

For those that weren't able to join us, you can catch the replays on our new YouTube channel @livinglegacy_ie

Further details have recently been announced by some of guests of their new programmes, so to give you updates:

Jodi Wellman, author of 'You Only Die Once - How to Make it to the End with No Regrets' and Founder of Four Thousand Mondays (www.fourthousandmondays.com) - Get her Book here 

Kate Hufnagel, Founder of The Digital Wrangler has a new Business Succession programme to help business owners gather all data to keep it secure and accessible for those that follow. https://www.thedigitalwrangler.com

Sarah Reynolds, Founder of Organised Chaos and Author of Organised has a new Kitchen Decluttering Programme

Ross Steele, Founder of Omega, is launching a new Fitness and Mindset Programme - Thrive 85 - a programme over 85 days (12 weeks) - Join the Waitlist

As you can see from the above offerings, there is so much you can do to get your life in order, and get ready for your life yet to live, so I encourage you to sign up for one, if not all, and get both books. I am benefitting so much from the conversations I had with these fantastic people, and thoroughly enjoying continuing to learn from them.

Each week our Living Legacy Conversations will feature individuals who have really gotten our attention with their knowledge, their work, and their general fabulousness, to discuss all things life, death and legacy. We have a great line up of experts yet to come.

Next Sunday (11th August) we will be in conversation with Caraldine Nolan, Founder of Weighless Wonders, to discuss nutrition and how to better understand the food we eat to ensure our diet is nutritious and of value. She has an upcoming programme as well which she will be discussing so check it out, and join us at 7pm BST (2pm EST / 11am PST) on Instagram @livinglegacy.ie

At Living Legacy our mission is to get everyone organised with the end in mind, whether that be with your life goals, or planning the legacy you leave for others to follow, so you can truly begin to live. We are looking forward to connecting you to even more tips and suggestions to helping you get started.

If you have any topics or requests you would like us to feature on Living Legacy Conversations please let us know by emailing [email protected]

Join us for these conversations Sundays at 7pm on our Instagram profile @livinglegacy.ie

We look forward to learning and sharing with you to build and live your life, and your legacy.

We Can Help You!

Whether you are interested in advanced planning, succession planning, or legacy building, we would love to connect, whether you are one person, or many. Listen to our recent video about our work here

We provide a range of supports: From one-to-one coaching, mentoring and facilitation for end of life planning, consulting for business, and group webinars and in person training in succession planning, and advanced planning.

At Living Legacy we want to reach as many people to ensure everyone is prepared for the 'what if's but also take stock of their life lived to date and put their plans in place for their life and legacy yet to create. 

If you are interested to learn more please email us at [email protected] or book a discovery call at https://calendly.com/livinglegacy-ie/introduction 

We look forward to connecting further and helping you navigate the journey.

The Living Legacy Team