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Stories

Who becomes
a Life Planner?

LifeWise is new, so we are not going to show you a wall of testimonials that do not exist yet. What we can show you is the kind of person this work suits, and what draws them to it. As our first planners build their practices, their stories will appear here.

The adviser adding a service

A mortgage adviser who keeps hearing the same thing

She has arranged mortgages for the same families for fifteen years. Every few months a client mentions that a parent has died and nothing was in order, or asks whether they should do something about a will now the children have arrived.

She has always had nowhere to send them. Life Planning turns a conversation she was having anyway into a service, and gives her a reason to speak to every client on her book again.

The second career

A former bank manager who misses the work

Thirty years of sitting across a desk from people at the worst moments of their lives, then a redundancy and an early retirement that turned out to be duller than expected.

He has the temperament, the patience and the credibility. What he needed was a framework, a set of documents and permission to start. He is not looking to build an empire, just to work three good days a week at something that matters.

The personal reason

Someone who has just been through it

She spent fourteen months sorting out her father's estate. No will, no powers of attorney, accounts nobody knew about, a house that took a year to release, and a family that stopped speaking over a wardrobe.

She now understands better than any brochure why this work matters, and she is not squeamish about the subject. That combination is rarer and more valuable than any qualification.

The care sector route

A care professional with the right instincts

Years of working with older people and their families has given her an unusual skill: she can raise capacity, care funding and end-of-life wishes without the room going cold.

She already knows the local authorities, the care homes and the district nurses. Those relationships are exactly where Life Planning clients come from.

These are profile types drawn from the kinds of people we are recruiting. They are not testimonials and do not describe named individuals. Real planner stories will replace them as our first Life Planners build their practices.

What the work actually looks like

A typical client, start to finish.

This is a composite example built to show the shape of an engagement. It is not a real client and not a guarantee of any outcome.

1

The enquiry

A couple in their late fifties. He has a will from a previous marriage. She has none. Two adult children between them, one from each side. They came to a talk you gave at a local golf club.

2

The first meeting

Ninety minutes at their kitchen table. You work through the family, the property, the pensions, the accounts and what each of them assumes will happen. Two of those assumptions turn out to be wrong.

3

The plan

A written Life Plan a week later. It shows that his will still names his first wife as executor, that neither has powers of attorney, that the house is held in a way neither of them realised, and that her pension nomination is twenty years out of date.

4

The referrals

Because of the second marriage and the property position, this goes to a solicitor, not a template will. You introduce one, you brief them properly, and you stay in the loop.

5

The organising

Two sessions building their full estate record into the secure vault, so their children would not be starting from nothing. This is the part they thank you for.

6

The following year

An annual review. A grandchild has arrived, they have bought a caravan, and his mother has gone into care. Half the plan needs updating. You are now their person, and they have recommended you to four friends.

Ready to explore the opportunity?

Apply to become a LifeWise Life Planner, or book a no-obligation information call to ask everything you want to ask first.

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