Your Spouse Dies — Now What? The Life Insurance Gap Nobody Warns You About (Ep. 270)
About this episode
Mary Jo Irmen discusses the emotional and financial implications of losing a spouse and the importance of adequate life insurance coverage.
What happens to your family the day you're gone — not financially, but humanly? 👉 Follow Mary Jo Here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXYvzroUouEMsTGKFw5nJHQ 👉 Get the book: https://www.withoutthebank.com/book In this episode, I share what I learned after delivering my first death claim, and after seeing what widows are saying on social media about the reality of losing a spouse. "Widow brain" is real — the brain fog, the inability to concentrate, the struggle to return to work. FMLA may only give you 3 days to grieve. And that $100,000 life insurance policy? It might not even cover two years of bills. So, how much life insurance do you need? Whether you can afford whole life or only term right now — get enough life insurance to give your family at least two years of cash flow. Two years to grieve. Two years to figure it out. Two years without having to sell the house or go back to work before they're ready.This episode is a wake-up call for anyone who's been putting off life insurance or lowballing their death benefit. Don't wait until it's too late. 0:30 – The "TikTok Algorithm of Widows" — what I learned 1:30 – FMLA and the 3-day grieving reality 3:00 – "Widow Brain" — why…
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