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Ariadne Horstman, founder and financial planner at Appreciate Finance, shares her experience of her training to be a Registered Life Planner, beginning with an experience she will never forget, an EVOKE Life Planning Training led by George Kinder and Louis Vollebregt at George’s home in Hana, Maui!

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.

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!

Joan Sharp of River Family Associates shares how she overcame her own money messages and used her varied education and work experience as a springboard to live her own life plan: working philanthropically with non-profits she believes in and delivering her clients’ dreams

In this blog post, “What does ‘Financial Freedom’ mean to you?” Rahul shares his understanding of financial freedom and how he uses this question to guide his interaction with his clients.

Registered Life Planner® Michael Bibb put aside his excuses and found the time to train and complete the Marathon Des Sable, running 6 marathons in seven days through the Sahara. He credits the EVOKE® Life Planning Training and George Kinder’s encouragement to live your most fulfilled life among other creative inspirations in this blog post about finally commiting to something that you have talked yourself out of because it seemed impossible.

“Financial Life Guidance” finds an expanded audience through a recent merger between Life Planning Firm Blue Blaze and their merger with Robertson Stephens. In this blog post, Registered Life Planner Frankie Corrado discusses his and his co-founder and father, Registered Life Planner Frank Corrado’s decision to merge with a larger firm and how considering the broader client base that would be exposed to Life Planning factored into their decision.

Registered Life Planner® Morgan Ranstrom shares how attending The Seven Stages of Money Maturity® and EVOKE® Life Planning Trainings changed his life both professionally and personally, encouraging him to confront areas of his life that were not in line with how he most wanted to live it. When he met George Kinder at an event, he shared some important perspective about one last dream that Morgan had yet to fulfill. Read this blog post to find out what it was!

Life Planning can have a lasting impact on your clients and being a financial planner, you get to see the effects of that impact every day. But have you ever considered how living your own Life Plan can help the world around you? In this blog post, Adam Wells shares the Fourth Question that he likes to bring up in client meetings and a story from his Camino pilgramage many years ago.