Behind the Designs

Financial Advisors on Raising Teens and College Students Who Understand Money

Ep 73: Raising Kids Who Understand Money: Teens + College Students

In this episode, we cover helping your teen find a job and eventually a career, banking and credit cards, and how plan for big savings goals.

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Financial Advisors on How to Raise Kids Who Understand Money

Ep 72: Raising Kids Who Understand Money: Ages 0-12

In this episode, we explore how even at ages 0–12, you can be raising kids who understand money, and way you can instill good habits!

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Financial advisors on why community and finances matter when caring in crisis

Ep 71: What Pancreatitis Taught Us About Caring in Crisis

In this episode, Anna Lewis shares how she has seen community and finances play a role in caring for her family during a medical crisis.

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Wealth Management in Chicagoland area on what to expect when named as trustee

Ep 70. What You Should Expect if You Are Named as Trustee

In this episode we explain the legal process of inheritances, managing beneficiary relationships, and accomplishing this in a tax efficient way.

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Financial Advisors on Helping Recent Widows when your spouse passes

Ep 69. What You Forget to Plan for, Until After Your Spouse Passes

In this episode, we helped our fictional client Renee, take control of her retirement plan after her spouse passed.

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Financial Advisors for Executives Thinking About Retirement in the Next 10 Years

Ep 68. What to Learn from Retirees Who Donated All Their Money

This fictional plan covers how we helped two retirees plan to donate all their money, fund healthcare in elder years, and build estate plans.

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