EP 38: Begin With The End with Marni Blank

In this episode with Marni Blank, we explore building community, grief and how planning for the end of life can be empowering for individuals and families. Marni brings immense life and business experience to the podcast and openly shares her career pivots and how she actively works to define success and alignment on her terms. Marni is a certified Death Doula and sheds light on her 7 step process that helps us create a holistic end of life planning. 

Follow Marni on Instagram @beginwith_theend and at www.marniblank.com 

You will learn:

• The early influences in Marni's life that led her into the realm of entrepreneurship 
• Marni's previous work in law and how this influenced her decision to begin begin a creative and entrepreneur 
• What a Death Doula is and how Marni sees her work as helpful for individuals and families 
• How Marni had to unlearn what success was and find a definition that aligned for her 
• The business that Marni started with her sister, Willa in NYC to help build community and what she has learned about running a business with family. 
• Marni helps us understand why we would want to begin thinking about end of life planning and what her 7 step process is to help people get their policies and logistics in order. 
• We also discuss how planning for end of life can be scary but it is also generous in nature. Grief gets by passed for many when they are in the weeds of logistics and paperwork and all of us can make space for grief.
• Marni helps us understand the blocks that get in our way of end of life planning and different ways we can think about it. 
• "How do you want to be remembered? What does legacy mean to you?" 
• Marni shares her thoughts on how can mange and process grief 

References: "The Wild Edge of Sorrow" by Francis Weller

Elisa is a Conscious Leadership Coach and Organizational Consultant, click here to learn more about her work.  Follow The School of Unlearning on Instagram @thesoulpodcast.