The Death Readiness Podcast
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 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 know the planning can’t wait but you’re already stretched to the edge.
Hosted by Jill Mastroianni, a former estate planning attorney turned trusted guide for women holding it all together, this podcast is your space to untangle the mess.
Each episode offers honest stories, practical tools, and bite-sized steps you can take, even if you’re overwhelmed, even if you’re grieving.
Because readiness isn’t about control. It’s about love and the courage to face what’s next with open eyes and a steady hand.
How a Poet Helped Me Face What I Feared
How to write your own Will (and why you shouldn’t)
How to Keep Your Ex Out of Your Estate Plan
Why Your Teen’s Brain Can’t Outrun the Algorithm
How to Stop the Family Camp from Splitting Siblings
How to Give Money Without Triggering Gift Tax
Can you Inherit from Someone You Killed (or Tried to Kill)?
Avoiding the Hidden Tax Trap in Lifetime Gifts
How Hosting This Podcast Taught Me to Face Grief
How to Talk to Your Parents About Getting Help at Home
Why Losing Your Original Will Could Cost Your Family Everything
Can You Leave Money to Your Dog?
Why Jane Goodall’s Lessons Matter More Than Ever
Why you need (or don’t need) a Will
Why You Don’t Have to Take the Executor Job
When Deeds Promise to Avoid Probate but Create Chaos
Why Your Old Will Might Leave Out Your New Baby
Do you need a Will? Probate v. Non-Probate Assets
How Small Gaps in Your Will Become Big Problems
Why Your Aging Parents Aren’t Planning and How to Change It
6 Steps to Finding the Right Estate Planning Attorney for Your Situation
Why Medical Aid in Dying and Assisted Suicide are not the same thing
How the Tennessee Innocence Project Helps Exonerees Transition back into Society
Why an Innocent Woman Spent 27 Years in Prison
Joyce Watkins chose a life in prison over betraying the truth.
How to Protect Your Aging Parents and Avoid Probate Court
Why Your Business Needs an Estate Plan, Too
Did you know Taylor Swift’s path to stardom began in probate court?
How to Protect Your Aging Parents and Avoid Probate Court