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Death of a friend or a loved one of the toughest things we have to face\xa0in the future. Samantha Betten is our guest in today's episode to talk about the gift of grief. You can listen to the show at http://rockyourretirement.libsyn.com/the-gift-of-grief\n\nThe Gift of Grief\nYou can give a gift to your family, the gift of grief.\xa0 We cannot escape death but we can embrace the process. Samantha Betten helps people give one of the greatest gifts they can give to their family, the gift of grief, or pre-planned funerals.\nWhen someone has pre-planned their funeral, they give the gift of grief to their family members. If the funeral is not pre-planned, then instead of being able to grieve, someone has to make all the arrangements and not everyone is able to do.\nthat.\nHer motto is\xa0as follows:\n\n* Protecting the people you love, the businesses you build, and the causes you care about.\n* When life hits those lows, use that opportunity to convert sadness into strength.\n\nAt speaking engagements her goals are to: “Rock the talks, engage the audience, speak with a purpose, and make a wonderful warm impression even if it's not a happy, palatable topic\u201d.\nTaking care of families and helping folks in difficult times takes integrity, ethics, and trust.\nShe has over 20 years\u2019 experience in community outreach, marketing, insurance and finance.\nHer specialties are: Community Outreach, Pre-planning: Life and Death, and a Licensed Funeral Director. She also speaks both English and Spanish.\nSPIRIT / SOUL / HEALTH\nSamantha has been helping people with their life choices since 1988. It all began with life insurance choices and progressed into end of life full circle options.\nSamantha\u2019s father was her first influence to catapult her into this path.\xa0 She helps families with the passing of their loved ones in large part,\xa0because of her experience with her father.\xa0 It paralyzed her family with grief and so she had to do all the planning.\xa0 She wasn't allowed to grieve on her own because she had to be the strong one for her mother and the rest of her family.\xa0 She knows that family ties are key.\xa0 She also assists the family of veterans to help get them the resources they need.\nSamantha helps people plan the funerals that\xa0they want based on their own religious convictions, if any. She has also helped with funerals where there was more than one faith involved.\nIt\u2019s usually one person in the family that has to take charge of the funeral.\xa0\xa0 Many times they have to do this while they are grieving.\xa0 It\u2019s a gift to do some pre-planning so that your family can focus on comforting each other instead of trying to make arrangements.\xa0 You are giving the gift of grief.\nSomething people should know before they retire:\nMost people plan their retirement, their money, long term care, their housing but they don\u2019t plan for the inevitable. They need to plan their funeral the way that they want it.\nHow to get \u201cunstuck\u201d in your retirement:\nSuccessful retirement to me is when your dreams and plans come together and your worries minimize.\xa0 Retirement should be a wonderful time when cares and worried are minimized. Do whatever you can do so that\xa0you have minimum worries so that\xa0you can enjoy life to the fullest.\nContact information:\nPhone: 619-913-3834 or 619-280-0101\nEmail: preplanwithsam@gmail.com\nWebsite:\xa0 http://sandiegofuneralservice.com\nhttp://traffic.libsyn.com/rockyourretirement/018_V_Samantha_Bettin_060327_IFinals.mp3