The Death Readiness Podcast: Not your dad’s estate planning podcast

By Jill Mastroianni - Estate Planning & Probate Attorney/Lawyer for Women

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You’re the one prepping for your child’s IEP meeting while trying to talk your aging dad out of getting a puppy. You’re booking medical appointments, managing the money, juggling work emails during school pickup and still expected to keep the fridge stocked and know who has practice, rehearsal, or a field trip tomorrow. Your parents are struggling, but they still insist they’re fine. You see the mobility issues, the memory slips, the unopened mail, but every offer to help feels like an argument. You’re scared to push. You’re scared to wait. And there’s no clear roadmap for how to do any of this without losing your mind or your family. Hosted by Jill Mastroianni, an estate planning and probate attorney and trusted guide for women holding it all together, this podcast is your space to untangle the mess. With more than a decade of legal experience, Jill brings clarity to the hardest conversations most families avoid until it’s too late. Each episode offers honest stories, practical tools, and bite-sized steps you can actually take, even if you’re overwhelmed, even if you’re grieving, even if you’re still waiting for your mom to give you the password to the computer. You don’t need a perfect plan. You just need a place to start. Death readiness isn’t about control. It’s about love and the courage to face what’s next with open eyes and a steady hand.

Episode Date
What You Need to Know About Estate Planning at 30
Jun 02, 2026
How to Prepare for Retirement Without Panic
May 26, 2026
How Do You Know If Mom Can Still Sign
May 19, 2026
How to Update Estate Planning After a Dementia Diagnosis
May 12, 2026
How to Take Your Estate Plan Off Script
May 05, 2026
Why your life insurance trust might not work
Apr 28, 2026
How Living Wills and Last Wills Get Confused All the Time
Apr 21, 2026
How assets get lost after death and what to do
Apr 14, 2026
Why saying yes to serving as agent under a POA can backfire
Apr 07, 2026
What You Can and Can’t Do with the Trust You Inherited
Mar 31, 2026
Why That Retirement Account May Not Go Where You Think
Mar 24, 2026
Why Giving Money Can Do More Harm Than Good
Mar 17, 2026
Why Estate Plans Fail Adult Children
Mar 10, 2026
Why Good Powers of Attorney Still Fail
Mar 03, 2026
How to Give Without Jeopardizing Government Benefits
Feb 24, 2026
Why Small Acts of Care Matter More Than You Think
Feb 20, 2026
Why You Should Beware of Tax Advice Via Social Media
Feb 17, 2026
How to be Fair to Your Children in Your Estate Plan
Feb 10, 2026
Why Knowing Your Rights Isn't Enough
Feb 06, 2026
How Geography Can Wreck Your Estate Plan
Feb 03, 2026
How to Avoid Mistakes with Debt After Death
Jan 27, 2026
What You Need to Know When Justice Feels Out of Reach
Jan 23, 2026
Why Selling the Lake House Can Rewrite Your Will
Jan 20, 2026
How Business Interests Create Estate Planning Blind Spots
Jan 13, 2026
How Poor Estate Planning Cost a First Lady Her Home
Jan 09, 2026
Why You Should Question the Estate Planning Expert
Jan 06, 2026
Why Disinheritance Can Be the Riskiest Estate Plan
Dec 30, 2025
How to Build a Legacy That’s Not About Money
Dec 26, 2025
Why that holiday “thank you” might be taxable
Dec 23, 2025
Why Housing Security Gets Overlooked in Blended Families
Dec 16, 2025
How a Poet Helped Me Face What I Feared
Dec 12, 2025
How to write your own Will (and why you shouldn’t)
Dec 09, 2025
How to Keep Your Ex Out of Your Estate Plan
Dec 02, 2025
Why Your Teen’s Brain Can’t Outrun the Algorithm
Nov 28, 2025
How to Stop the Family Camp from Splitting Siblings
Nov 25, 2025
How to Give Money Without Triggering Gift Tax
Nov 18, 2025
Can you Inherit from Someone You Killed (or Tried to Kill)?
Nov 14, 2025
Avoiding the Hidden Tax Trap in Lifetime Gifts
Nov 11, 2025
How Hosting This Podcast Taught Me to Face Grief
Nov 04, 2025
How to Talk to Your Parents About Getting Help at Home
Oct 31, 2025
Why Losing Your Original Will Could Cost Your Family Everything
Oct 28, 2025
Can You Leave Money to Your Dog?
Oct 21, 2025
Why Jane Goodall’s Lessons Matter More Than Ever
Oct 17, 2025
Why you need (or don’t need) a Will
Oct 14, 2025
Why You Don’t Have to Take the Executor Job
Oct 07, 2025
When Deeds Promise to Avoid Probate but Create Chaos
Oct 03, 2025
Why Your Old Will Might Leave Out Your New Baby
Sep 30, 2025
How Small Gaps in Your Will Become Big Problems
Sep 23, 2025
Why Your Aging Parents Aren’t Planning and How to Change It
Sep 19, 2025
6 Steps to Finding the Right Estate Planning Attorney for Your Situation
Sep 16, 2025
Why Medical Aid in Dying and Assisted Suicide are not the same thing
Sep 09, 2025
Why an Innocent Woman Spent 27 Years in Prison
Sep 05, 2025
Why Your Business Needs an Estate Plan, Too
Sep 02, 2025
How to Protect Your Aging Parents and Avoid Probate Court
Aug 26, 2025
What Really Happens with DIY Wills and other Lessons from the Bench
Aug 22, 2025
Why Banks Reject Powers of Attorney for Trust Accounts
Aug 19, 2025
Why Naming the Caregiver Adult Child (instead of your Spouse with Dementia) as Beneficiary of your IRA Can Backfire
Aug 12, 2025
How One Boy Survived Auschwitz and Found His Dog
Aug 08, 2025
What Happens When a Pregnant Woman Is Declared Brain Dead?
Aug 05, 2025
What Every Parent Needs to Know When Their Child Turns 18
Jul 29, 2025
Why Prenups Aren't Just for the Rich (or the Divorcing)
Jul 25, 2025
What You Need to Know About Medicaid and Protecting Your Mom’s House
Jul 22, 2025
Why You Need (or Don't Need) a Trust
Jul 15, 2025
What to Do with a Dead Body, Who’s in Charge, and Who Pays
Jul 11, 2025
How Powers of Attorney Work, When to Use Them, and When It’s Too Late to Get One
Jul 08, 2025
How to Prevent your Estate Plan from Becoming a Family Battlefield
Jun 27, 2025
How our favorite movies trained us to accept less
Jun 13, 2025
How to Succeed in the Caregiving Role No One Trained You For
May 30, 2025
What You Need to Know About Embalming, Cremation, and Eco-Friendly Funerals
May 16, 2025
Why Talking About Your Parent's Death Can’t Wait
May 02, 2025
Start Your Own Family Podcast with these Simple Steps
Apr 18, 2025
How to Start the Senior Care Conversation
Apr 04, 2025
How to Choose the Right Special Needs Estate Planning Team
Mar 21, 2025
A Parents’ Guide to Special Needs Estate Planning
Mar 07, 2025
What it Takes to Raise a Child with Special Needs
Feb 21, 2025
What to Know Before Choosing an Executor or Agreeing to Serve as One
Feb 14, 2025
Why You Shouldn’t Worry About the Estate Tax
Feb 07, 2025
How to Talk to Your Parents about Death
Jan 31, 2025
What Probate Really Means and How to Avoid It
Jan 24, 2025
How to Organize and Preserve Your Legacy
Jan 17, 2025
The Real Cost of Dying Without an Estate Plan
Jan 10, 2025
Trailer
Jan 06, 2025