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"Helping those in grief (and the advisors who support them) navigate financial matters."In 2008, at the peak of the recession, I lost my mother to cancer in August and my father to a broken heart in November. In 2010, my grandmother passed away after a stroke. Then a heart wrenching experience in 2012 of losing my oldest child.I became a financial planner in 2003 during the process of helping my parents in their declining health. In 2011, three years after my parents passed, I became a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ to better help families in need. In 2021, I became a Certified Financial Transitionist® to complete my personal and professional experience with formal education and scientific theory. My personal experiences and knowledge of grief and loss of loved ones helps me to understand and assist families enduring similar situations. I’ve helped over 400 families navigate many financial issues and life circumstances such as grieving loss of loved ones.

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Real Talk with Life After Grief Chris

Season 10 Begins: Writing My First Book

February 19, 2026 • Christopher Dale • Season 10 • Episode 1

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I am excited to share my new book Life After Grief: Holding the Numbers with Shaking Hands

I have an exclusive invitation for my listeners... Join my book launch team for Life After Grief: Holding the Numbers with Shaking Hands and help bring this message into the world: Launch

I kick off Season 10 by sharing the plan to write my first book on grief and financial care, how my publishing partner helped shape my voice, and why new tools can ease the hardest weeks after a loss. We invite you to meet our guests, join the launch team, and help us make this guide honest and useful.

My book explores the complex financial and emotional crossroads of grief with clarity, dignity, and compassion.

My hope is that it creates a connection where people feel seen and heard — especially in places where money has been linked to pain, past experiences, and our sense of self-worth. Readers will gain language for what often feels unspoken, practical clarity in the midst of emotional decisions, and reassurance that they are not alone.

I would like to invite you to......

📖 Join my Launch Team for my upcoming book, Life After Grief: Holding the Numbers with Shaking Hands.

As a launch team member, you’ll:
• Get early access and behind-the-scenes insights
• Help spread a message that brings comfort and courage
• Be part of a community that speaks honestly about grief
• Play a meaningful role in helping this book reach the people who need it most

If you believe grief deserves tenderness, truth, and a voice — I would be honored to have you on this journey with me.

If you believe grief deserves tenderness, truth, and a voice — I would be honored to have you on this journey with me.

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Welcome to Real Talk with Life After Grief Chris, where we talk about relevant issues as it relates to individuals in grief as they navigate finances and the advisors who help them. We help clients in grief navigate financial matters. We also teach advisors how to emotionally and financially work with clients in grief through an unparalleled process. This week's podcast is sponsored by Life After Grief Financial Planning and Life After Grief Consulting.

Inside The Ghostwriting Process

Client Loss And Lessons Learned

Guests And Launch Team Invite

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Hello and welcome back to another episode of Real Talk with Life After Grief, Chris. This is the first episode of season 10. And season 10 is dedicated entirely to me writing my first book. I'm really excited. The book is scheduled to be released in late April, early May. It's moving along pretty quickly. And I wanted to take this introductory episode and just kind of highlight uh what you're going to see during the season. You are going to meet my ghostwriter and the unique aspect of ghostwriting, not necessarily the traditional sense of ghostwriting, because I had a lot of chapters that were written as well as a lot of podcasts. When I utilized my ghostwriter to do is really get into my head and organize a lot of the information that I had supplied. You're also going to meet some folks that have made my life easier in terms of doing things by fire. You're going to hear about a recent client experience that I had where a client passed away and I did some things by instinct and by fire. You're going to learn about a better way to have handled some of those situations with some new technology that was developed after my client passed away. And you're going to meet a whole slew of really cool guests this season. And you're going to have an opportunity to join my launch team as well, which is pretty cool. So I'm pretty excited for this season, season 10. And don't forget to join my launch team. Hope you like this episode. Please feel free to pass this episode and any others to any of your friends, family members, or colleagues. Cheers, be well.

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Thanks for listening to our podcast. If you are a client and are looking to work directly with Chris andor our firm, head on over to Life After Grief FP. That is Life After Grief FD. The FP is for financial planning. If you are an advisor looking to emotionally and financially work with your client in grief, or if you are a client looking to get your advisor's head in the game, head on over to LifeAfter Grief Consulting.com. That is LifeAfter Grief Consulting.com. Any related information referenced in this week's podcast will be located here in the podcast section.