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Clients who are experiencing widowhood are women first.

Before you start to see a bereaved client as a widow, remind yourself they are women and women are very relational, conversational and...

So if you work with women, you will work with women in transition. With female financial transitions, there is a component of loss and they truly need a trained thinking partner. Whether they are...

Today, I want to talk about firsts. When you have a client whose spouse passes away, you have a series of things that must happen. So first thing, we want to organize our empathetic actions.

#1....

Hi, I'm Kathi Balasek, and I teach grief communication skills to financial professionals so that they can connect, retain, and attract bereaved clients.

Today, I want to talk to you about great...

Hi, everyone. Today, we're going to talk about common statements that people say to someone who is grieving. Basically, popular statements that are unpopular with grievers, stay strong, they're in...

To all of my financial friends out there, I am on a mission that every one of you, whether you're an advisor, a company supporter, that you have a widow division in place. I believe that it...

So today, I want to talk about the research from widows and financial advisors and how to make that connection. Even though this is an understudied area, I found a current study about qualities...

Today I want to give two grief communication skills to financial advisors who are working with widow clients.

First, say the name of their late husband or spouse

Say things like "I really...

By 2030, less than 10 years from now, women will control a huge part of the $30 trillion wealth transfer that is coming.

Marketing to women just makes sense.

Let's talk about widows because, sadly...