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Welcome to Money and Meaning: The Kinder Institute of Life Planning Blog.
The overarching vision of the Kinder Institute is to bring Life Planning to everyone in the world by increasing the public’s knowledge about and demand for Life Planning, and by training Life Planners and helping them continue to develop their skills and practices.
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Author Archives: George Kinder
Practice Management Tip: Integrating Life Planning into Your Business
Michael Morton, who recently completed the Seven Stages of Money Maturity Training, shares his story in a newsletter to clients. We thought it was a great example of how to connect with clients, share a personal reflection from the training, and invite clients to consider how they could benefit from getting Life Planned. Continue reading
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Trainer Spotlight: Mary Zimmerman, CFP®, RLP®
Mary Zimmerman CFP®, RLP®, has been part of the Life Planning movement since its early days. As the owner of PATH Financial Strategies, based in Arizona, USA, she uses her skills as a Life Planner to find out what is most important to her clients and builds a financial plan to support that. Mary is a Kinder Institute trainer and can be found leading a 2-Day training, co-leading an EVOKE course, or coaching advisors during the Mentorship Program. We caught up with Mary recently for our Spotlighting Trainers series and here’s what she shared! Continue reading
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RLP® in Social Work
Trèske Heere, RLP® shares the founding story of her new nonprofit company, De Dreamfabryk, which will give people of different financial backgrounds the benefit of being Life Planned. Continue reading
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Living My Life Plan…Delivering Life Plans to Others
Donna Rasile, a Registered Life Planner at FinTrust Capital Advisors, shares her life planning journey, which started with a realization that as an investment advisor, there was room for both a love of numbers, the more technical side of financial planning, and a desire to help people, the service-oriented side of financial planning. Donna’s training at the Kinder Institute of Life Planning taught her how to help clients live their life plan by helping herself do the same first. Continue reading
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What do you want to be when you grow up?
Scott Malcolm, CFP®, SSA, RLP®, shares how he answers this age-old question, first as a new graduate, once again right before starting his own practice, Money Mechanics, and now, with an established personal and professional standing. His journey and how life planning has influenced him throughout it, is surely something that many business-owners can relate to! Continue reading
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A Message from George Kinder Regarding the Recent Protests
Dear Life Planners, I write to you full of empathy for communities of color, who feel the impact of the coronavirus disproportionately and are subject to the effects of a racist system that disadvantages them economically and socially, endangering their … Continue reading
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Changing the Conversation From Money to Vision™
By Joan Sharp, CFP®, RLP®, CeFT™, CAP®, MSFS In my work at River Family Advisors, I refer to myself as a Family Advisor rather than a financial planner. Every person is part of a family; this is where money stories … Continue reading
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A Message to Kinder Institute Life Planners Regarding the Coronavirus
Dear Life Planners, My heart is with you during these uncertain times. I know it is hard to keep everything balanced, yet I have faith that if ever there was a community ready to take on the challenge of keeping … Continue reading
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