{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/68e5829dd798804c9ed0a1e7/6a06329fefd1f558b046e41d?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Ep. 26 – Donna Kendrick: Widow, Wisdom and Wealth","description":"<p>On this week’s episode of the Step Stories Podcast, Host Robin Breuner introduces financial advisor Donna Kendrick, host of Widow Wisdom and Wealth and author of A Guide to Widowhood and The Life Stages Financial Guides. Donna recounts losing her first husband in 2013 while raising three kids after years abroad in Rome, leaving the workforce, and relying on prior planning such as estate documents and life insurance. She explains why many widows switch financial advisors and how her experience led her to build a practice serving widows and families in transition, including divorce. Donna discusses blending her family after remarrying in 2022, combining six children through the pandemic and later navigating his ex-wife’s illness. She shares practical blended-family financial steps: inventory assets and debts, clarify “mine/yours/ours,” review credit reports and beneficiaries, use prenups, update estate documents, address the family home, and consider neutral executors to help keep peace.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>And thank you for supporting our sponsors:</p><p><strong><u>&nbsp;</u></strong></p><p><strong><u>What’s Poppin’ Penny</u></strong></p><p>Website: <a href=\"https://whatspoppinpenny.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://whatspoppinpenny.com/</a></p><p>Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4BlpnEqNXgMVlBZrNK4jIs</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong><u>Donna Kendrick</u></strong></p><p>Get your financial house in order in just 6 weeks. Each week, Donna will send you an email with video instruction on a simple task you can complete – those things you’ve been putting off but know are important. Access it here:&nbsp;</p><p><a href=\"https://donnajeankendrick.com/6-week-challenge/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><u>https://donnajeankendrick.com/6-week-challenge/</u></strong></a></p><p><strong><u>&nbsp;</u></strong></p><p><strong>Email:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong><a href=\"mailto:support@donnajeankendrick.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>support@donnajeankendrick.com</strong></a></p><p><strong>Website:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong><a href=\"https://donnajeankendrick.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>donnajeankendrick.com&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></a></p><p><strong>Facebook:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong><a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/DonnaJeanKendrick/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>fb@DonnaJeanKendrick</strong></a></p><p><strong>Instagram:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong><a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/donnajeankendrick/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>IG@donnajeankendrick</strong></a></p><p><strong>TikTok:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong><a href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@donnajeankendrick\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Donna Jean Kendrick</strong></a></p><p><strong>Youtube</strong>:&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/@donnajeankendrick\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>@donnajeankendrick</strong></a></p><p><strong>Books:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong><a href=\"https://donnajeankendrick.com/a-guide-for-widowhood/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>A Guide for Widowhood</strong></a></p><p><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong><a href=\"https://donnajeankendrick.com/blended-families/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>A Guide for Blended</strong></a></p><p><a href=\"https://donnajeankendrick.com/blended-families/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Famiilies</a></p><p><a href=\"https://donnajeankendrick.com/the-divorce-money-map/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>The Divorce Money Map&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></a></p><p><strong>Podcasts: </strong><a href=\"https://widowwisdomwealth.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Widow &amp; Wisdom</strong></a></p><p><strong><u>&nbsp;</u></strong></p><p><strong><u>Robin Breuner&nbsp;</u></strong></p><p><strong>Email:&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>robinbreuner@gmail.com</u></strong></p><p><strong>Website:&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong><a href=\"http://www.robinbreuner.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>www.robinbreuner.com</strong></a></p><p><strong>Instagram:</strong><a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/stepstoriespodcast/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong> stepstories</strong></a><strong><u>podcastIG</u></strong></p><p><strong>Facebook: </strong><a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61582689185910\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>stepstoriespodcastFB</strong></a></p><p><strong>Linkedin:&nbsp;</strong><a href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/robin-breuner-23a84134/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>&nbsp;RobinBreunerLinkIN</strong></a></p><p><strong>Podcast:&nbsp;</strong><a href=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/stepstories-podcast/id1846685487\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>&nbsp;StepStories Podcast</strong></a></p><p><strong>Threads:</strong><a href=\"https://www.threads.com/@robinbreuner?xmt=AQF0GOVjXGjpQJa7Aphz1ZVD0-WwsL41APbphovVTHeblsU\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;@robinbreuner</strong></a></p><p><strong>YouTube</strong><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/@StepStoriesPodcast\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>: StepStories Podcast YouTube</strong></a></p><p><strong>TikTok:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong><a href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@stepstoriespodcast/video/7569378260706938126\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>www.tiktok.com/@stepstoriespodcast/video/7569378260706938126</strong></a></p>","author_name":"Robin Breuner "}