If You Are Retired, Do You Have A Will—An Ethical Will?

In workshops, I like to ask participants if they have a legal will—a written document that outlines how they want to distribute their financial assets. And hands shoot up. Then I ask them if they have an ethical will. Very few hands go up.

An ethical will is often called a legacy letter. Both are ways to share and pass on our beliefs, values, stories, and life lessons. contain your wishes, thoughts, feelings, memories, life lessons—anything you hold dear. These written documents help repair relationships by making amends.