08/03/2026
This week I'm heading to Salt Lake City for the Connect2Peers conference, where I'll be speaking alongside financial professionals from across the country.
People sometimes ask why I still attend conferences after all these years.
The answer is simple.
Because the families I work with deserve it.
This year's conference is packed with topics that couldn't be more relevant:
Risk mitigation
Women's financial growth
Technology and financial planning
Alternative investments
And yes... even a keynote from mentalist Oz Pearlman (I'm looking forward to seeing if he can read my mind better than my kids can.)
I'll also be leading a session on something that has become the heart of my work:
How to add a little LOVE to financial planning.
Because after walking through widowhood, remarriage, blending families, and helping hundreds of people navigate life's biggest transitions, I've seen that...
Financial planning is about people.
It's about listening before solving.
Understanding before advising.
Helping someone feel seen before asking them to make difficult decisions.
I'll also be participating in a discussion where we'll compare how I would guide a client through a major life transition... and then hear how AI would approach the very same situation.
I'm genuinely fascinated by that conversation.
Technology is changing our profession in incredible ways, and I believe it has an important role to play. But I'm also reminded that empathy, experience, and human connection will always matter.
Every conference I attend, every book I read, every conversation I have adds another tool I can bring back to the families I have the privilege of serving.
That's why I go.
Because I believe there's always more to learn.
P.S. If I come home talking about alternatives, artificial intelligence, and mind reading all in the same week... just know it was a very productive conference.