How to Get Your Affairs in Order (Before Someone Else Has To)

About this episode

The episode discusses the importance of organizing personal affairs to alleviate stress for loved ones after one's passing.

Today we're talking about something most of us actively avoid thinking about, until we absolutely cannot avoid it anymore. Maria Fraietta was 50, a high school teacher, a single mom, and a real estate agent. That is already so much to juggle. But when her father passed, she also became the person responsible for untangling an entire life, with no roadmap and no one to call. So she did what many grown-ass women do in a moment of chaos: she got resourceful. She built a box. Then a friend wanted one. Then the hair lady wanted one. Now it's a multi-million dollar company called the NokBox. Here's the thing about this episode—it's not really about death. It's about the relief of knowing where everything is—the will, the passwords, the spare key, and the one Christmas ornament box that actually matters, so that you and the people who love you aren't left standing in a hotel room with a shoebox and a lot of questions. Find your NokBox at grownasswoman.guide/nokbox .

People in this episode

Host: Jackie MacDougall

Guest: Maria Fraietta

Topics covered

• getting affairs in order
• life organization
• dealing with loss
• resourcefulness
• planning for the future

Keywords

• affairs in order
• NokBox
• life organization
• planning
• dealing with loss

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NokBox, Grown-Ass Woman's Guide

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