As you know October is Breast Cancer Awareness month  so we’re all about health around here; actually we try to be all about health always but it’s really top of mind right now. I was recently asked by the good folks at Lifehappens.org to write a post for them about my family’s history and experience with breast cancer, which I was happy to do. You can go here to check it out.

When giving speeches, one of the things I talk about is how difficult it is to recover from a major illness if you’re worried about keeping your family afloat financially. Would they be okay if something were to happen to you?  That really is one of the last things you should be thinking about at that time. So I would just urge you now, this month, to perform a life insurance check-up. Do you have enough coverage and is it the right kind? Is disability insurance a good thing to invest in? What do you need to have in place to safeguard your family’s future? It’ll only take a couple of minutes. Listen to your Good Enough Mother; don’t wait until something happens to figure that out. A little planning and advance thought will go a long way.