Love your Family and be the Classiest Corpse in the Graveyard - Interview with Abby O'Leary of Fare Well Associates
June 15, 2023
By Matt Miner, CFP®, MBA
Today’s episode takes us down a well-worth path as Abby O’Leary and I discuss living and dying well. Abby is founder of Fare Well Associates, a consultancy that helps families dealing with loss.
Here’s your Money Guide Quick Tip. It’s in the category of “News you can use.”
Did you know that everyone already has an estate plan? The only question is, is it the estate plan you made, that looks out for the people you love, or is it the plan enacted in the statutes of the state where you live?
Should our Lord tarry, we’re all going to die. So die in style. With a thoughtful estate plan executed, funded, and communicated to the people you love best.
There are two key takeaways from today’s show:
We’re all going to die, so die in style! Make an estate plan, then execute it and fund it.
Second, you can make a business out of anything. Some businesses are easier than others, but if there’s a way you want to help people, you can probably find a way to do that in a business – and get paid!
Learn more about Abby and Fare Well Associates on her website.
Follow Abby on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram @farewellassociates
Abby’s Bio:
Abby O’Leary is the founder of Fare Well Associates, a Raleigh-based consulting firm that helps families with the business side of death so they can focus on living well. A graduate of Barnard College, Columbia University and the NC State School of Public and International Affairs, she spent the first part of her career taking ownership of tough situations and driving them to resolution in her work in nonprofits and pharmaceutical patient assistance programs.
When her father died less than a month after being diagnosed with metastatic melanoma in early 2021, she came face-to-face with the bureaucracy of death and the huge gaps in support available to families dealing with it. In response, she founded Fare Well Associates to help others prepare for, and tackle, the logistical and administrative challenges on the other side of loss.
When she’s not helping clients wade through mountains of paperwork, she can be found on her Peloton bike, driving her daughter around town, or wandering the shelves at the local public library.