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The Wealth of Your Life: A Step-by-Step Guide for Creating Your Ethical Will

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Susan Turnbull has created a powerful guide that can help anyone discover the meaning within their life. To write an Ethical Will is to embark on a journey into the heart of what makes us uniquely human. The gifts we name and claim in the process are deeply spiritual, and ensure that what we have lived, loved, and learned will reach into days far beyond our knowing. People of any faith will find much guidance in this clear and concise guide to expressing the things in life that matter most.

--Rev. Tim Kutzmark, Minister, Unitarian Universalist Church of Reading, MA

I have wanted to write an ethical will for my children but have not felt I had any idea where to start. This book has made it very easy to both organize my thoughts and then put them in writing with simple guidelines. The book itself is beautiful enough that if I do nothing else than put my thoughts on paper, like a journal, I will have accomplished my goal. A great find!

It's one of those things you tend to put off until tomorrow, but . . . this has such a beautiful presentation and is so user-friendly that it will help you get started today. I bought one for my mother and one for myself and treat it as a work in progress. It's great to have a place to put your thoughts and to get organized and started on a meaningful and important project. Your kids will really appreciate it one day, too. Check out the website for more examples of how it works: www.yourethicalwill.com.

Susan has created a beautifully presented and organized guide to ethical wills. The guide is not only visually inviting but also straightforward in its presentation, making it easy to use. The very thought of writing an ethical will has always felt like an overwhelming process to me, but Susan's book has broken this process down into simple, manageable steps. I think my children will truly appreciate this document and I am grateful for the opportunity to pass along a different kind of leagacy to my family.

Clearly written, beautifully illustrated and easy to follow guide book on how to write your own Ethical Will.

One of the greatest strengths of Susan Turnbull's book is that she is able to make the process of writing an ethical will manageable. The book is not overloaded with information or questions to ponder, which could be overwhelming. And something that's overwhelming won't get done...

Instead, she has honed in on key ideas to consider for people who want to write an ethical will, and made it clear that the final document can be as simple or as elaborate as you want it to be. It can also be something that happens gradually (and evolves) over the course of time. The book is beautifully designed, too.

The recent illness and death of several people who are close to me has made mortality very tangible, and I've realized how much I want to leave a legacy letter to my own family. This book really helped me begin what could have been an otherwise overwhelming process.

Susan Turnbull has written a masterful guide to creating your own ethical will. Working one's way through the book is very much like having a caring guide alongside you, pointing the way, asking the important questions, and supporting you through the sacred work of documenting your values and what you stand for (and against). I have recommended this book to many clients and friends. I hope that in my own writing and publishing, I can create as much value and beauty as Susan Turnbull has done in The Wealth of Your Life.

Ed Jacobson, Ph.D.

I had never heard about Ethical Wills until recently, but was really inspired by the idea when I heard about it. I knew myself well enough to know that I would need some kind of path to follow to actually get started, and so I was really glad to find this book. What is great about it is that it is both broad and narrow - broad enough that it really got me thinking and narrow enough to give me some structure to follow. I recommend it highly!

Excellent guide to help with planning for the next generation.

Susan has thought of everything.