Departing Details Workbook Is Part of an Award Winning Event!
August 10, 2018
Rosemary Pahl, the author of the Departing Details Workbook, received an award for organizing the “Best Personal Development Event” in the Canadian Region for the Young Presidents Organization.
The event was held twice, once in Calgary and once in Edmonton in June 2017, and focused on encouraging the audience of Alberta business people to plan ahead and get their personal affairs in order. The sessions included four components:
- The keynote was an expert Medical Doctor whose presented his research findings, patient care studies and insights into topics such as advance care directives, organ donation, and legal assisted death.
- Each attendee or couple received a copy of Departing Details Workbook and advice for completing it.
- The events were held at the premises of a local funeral provider who gave behind the scenes tours and answered those hard-to-ask, awkward questions.
- The event concluded with informal discussions over dinner.
Winning the award was extremely rewarding, but even more rewarding is continuing to hear feedback from the attendees about their progress in completing the workbook and how it has impacted their decision making.
This article from the Financial Post discusses a recent poll of Canadian employees, which found that 60% would accept less money for better support of their personal well-being. Read more about how stress is affecting Canadians and the importance they are putting on mental health.
Dr. Ken Druck, one of our featured resources has a new book that is very relevant to our workbook users: "Raising Aging Parents: Guidelines for Families in the Second Half of Life." It is a very comprehensive book, dealing realistically with the trials and challenges of being responsible for aging parents and trying to ensure their lives remain as good as possible. Alternately, the content provides a very helpful perspective for those of us who are intent on planning ahead and leaving a less stressful set of circumstances for our family to deal with if we become incapable or pass away unexpectedly. Please visit www.kendruck.com . We thank Dr. Druck for providing a wonderful compliment to Departing Details Workbook by including a reference to it in the book as a very useful resource, as he details in his video .
This article from Forbes explains the surprising fact that many Americans over 55 don't have their affairs in order. Find out what's holding people back, why estate planning is so important, and some tips for tackling the difficult subject.
