Where did you come from?
Who were your relatives?
What experiences defined your life?
What stories of your past taught you valuable lessons, warmed your heart, or pushed you forward?
What about your business or career? How did it start?
What milestones did you achieve?
You have a lifetime of insight formed by family and friends, triumphs and tragedies. Your personal stories and wisdom are the essence of who you are and the cornerstone to your legacy.
Comprised of your background and personal memories, this experience allows you to give your family a most cherished possession: your wisdom and family history.
It is a great time to harness the power of technology to enrich the lives of future generations with your stories, memories, and life experiences.
How wonderful would it be if we all were able to listen to our parents, grandparents, great grandparents, and even great-great grandparents tell us about their lives, their friends, their struggles and triumphs, and details we could never find in a photo or in passed down stories? How wonderful would it be to see their faces, hear their voices, and get to know the people they were?
We can now provide this to the next generations with the help of modern technology and the ability to store data in ways we never thought possible.
Anyone who wants to give their loved ones the Gift of Your LifeTimeSM. People who understand the importance of storytelling in human society, and who would love to share their lives with generations after them so they can teach, inspire, and be known.
The LifeLessons Program® includes: a preparation journal to inspire your thoughts and prime your memories; a structured video interview to capture your stories and make it easy to speak into your memories; a high-quality professionally shot and edited, documentary-style video file of the interview with your favorite images and video clips if desired. It can also include multiple locations you want to highlight and capture. In addition to the video, we offer a bound personal book with your photographs and annotations.
Your time and memories to share!
We will guide you and ask you questions, as well as provide a preparation document.
Photos and video clips you would like included in your video and book.
• You will be coached by an experienced, professional interviewer who knows what to ask and how to ask it for best answers and stories.
• An award-winning professional filmmaker will shoot and edit for high-quality production value.
• You will have the ability to incorporate memorable locations into the presentation.
• Your history is captured in a digital video and hard copy book.
• You will receive special, personal attention and care to your unique needs and requests.
Imagine that you are toward the end of your life looking back. You have secured your will and other estate planning documents, but you realize that the most important things about who you are, what your life was about, and what wisdom you acquired, have never been given to the most important people in your life. This oversight happens every day.
Our founder, Denice Gierach, has been an estate planning attorney for more than 30 years. She has prepared thousands of legal documents while working with many individuals and couples.Yet she always felt there was something missing … capturing the memories and essence of those people. She knew she wanted to help clients and their loved ones keep a deeper connection that could be passed on for generations, so she started the LifeLessons® program.
“Whether you are 30, 45, 60, or 100 years old, you have stories, lessons, and knowledge to share. But these memories and wisdom are usually lost when a person passes on simply because they have never been captured. I have seen the devastation the loss of a loved one creates, and I’ve seen the joy created when their memories are shared and can live on. Now you too can utilize the LifeLessons® program to capture and share the most important wealth that you own: your wisdom and life story.”
Denice Gierach, Founder, LifeLessons® Program
