Guardian of the GALaxy
Because every GAL who gives her love deserves to keep her life.
She’s not saving the universe — just her world.
Her parents. Her spouse. Her kids. Herself.
Every day, she wakes up and puts on invisible armor. Not the shiny kind — the kind forged from early morning texts, late-night worries, and “just one more thing” favors. She’s the quiet Guardian of her own galaxy — holding everything together with grit, grace, and a good cup of coffee.
But lately, she’s realizing something important:
Even Guardians can’t protect others if they lose themselves.
💜 The Mission: Give Your Love, Keep Your Life™
For too long, women have been told that caregiving means self-sacrifice. That “good daughters” and “strong wives” give endlessly without rest. But love doesn’t mean losing yourself — it means leading with wisdom.
The Keep Your Life™ movement turns caregiving into confidence. It’s not about saying no to those you love — it’s about saying yes to living fully while you love them.
Because planning requires assumptions — and the biggest one is this: you’ll still be here, healthy and whole, to give that love tomorrow.
🛡 The Identity Framework: A New Kind of Hero
The Guardian of the GALaxy redefines what strength looks like.
She’s not a superhero in tights — she’s the woman balancing her mom’s medical forms while planning her own future.
She’s the woman asking the hard questions before crisis strikes.
She’s the woman exercising her power while she has it.
And standing beside her is the KYL community. We’ve walked families through the fog of caregiving and planning, and believe wisdom — not fear — should lead the way.
🌠 Love. Logistics. Legacy.
Most women plan for everyone else — until life demands a plan for themselves.
That’s where Keep Your Life™ steps in.
Through clear milestones, stories, and practical planning tools, you’ll learn how to:
Protect your Loved Ones without losing your own peace.
Transform caregiving from a crisis into a calling.
Build a plan so strong your family calls it a relief, not a burden.
Because real heroes don’t just keep others alive — they Keep Their Life, too.
💬 Reflection:
What’s one small step you could take this week to protect your own galaxy — your time, your energy, your future?
👉 Take the 60-second quiz to discover how prepared your circle really is.
It’s quick, eye-opening, and the first step toward keeping your life.
HOMESCHOOLING: Haven or Havoc?
Your child's school years are precious and fleeting.
Now could be your best time to step up where your school is letting your child down. Let this series of myth-busting short chapters encourage you.
2 Major Mistakes
Which one will you make?
Which of these 2 retirement mistakes are you making right now? It's impossible to entirely avoid both mistakes.
You won't know for sure which mistake will work out better for you until it's too late.
How to choose?
Finding the Will
(Part 1)
Part 1: Have the will to arrange for a smooth transition when you’re no longer around to answer questions
Have the will to arrange for a smooth transition when you’re no longer around to answer questions (Part 1)
Ensuring your children or other Loved Ones can readily access your important papers when you die entails a sound process versus one or two conversations. You must overcome aversion to the subject of death, procrastination of anything that is long-term, and the tendency to assume things will be fine. Family dynamics can be sweet, spicy, or dicey.
Finding the Will
(Part 2)
Part 2: Getting Organized
While the internet permits convenient access to accounts, policies, and stored documents, it presents a plethora of password management problems. which too many people avoid by succumbing to password laziness, such as:
- re-using passwords for multiple logins, or
- use simple, easy to remember passwords, or
- writing them on sticky notes placed on their monitor or under their keyboard, or
- keeping them in a spreadsheet on their computer, or
- letting their browser remember passwords for them
Embrace Your Clarence
Is Clarence your future?
Golden insight from a golden retriever.
Post-Pandemic W.E.L.L.ness
Working, Earning, Learning, and Launching to Thrive
Where life drastically changed forever two years ago, everyone adjusted to the best of their abilities.
Here are a few of the key adjustments--"pandemic pivots"--that sustained some and prospered others.
Prenuptial Adulting
Equip Them for Happily Ever After
“Mom, Dad, we’re getting married!"
“Wonderful, congratulations! Here’s what you both need to do first.”
Equipping newlyweds with essentials of responsibility leaves plenty of life yet to be discovered on their own. Adults understand that love isn’t oogly feelings; it’s a hard choice. It’s putting your commitments and your money where your mouth is.
Many of the following steps also apply to one’s turning 18 years old. Becoming engaged adds urgency and a deadline.
Rethinking Competing Funds for College and Retirement
We live in a time of skyrocketing inflation topping decades of unbridled higher education costs.
Is the tension between funding your retirement and funding (at least partially) your children’s college education keeping you up at night?
You’re not alone.
Married? Is Your Endgame 100% or Just 50%?
Are you single? That other 50% could be whoever is most important to you.
Multiple unforgiving players factor into your retirement and estate plans (collectively your “endgame”). Household names include the Internal Revenue Service, the Social Security Administration, and the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Key decisions with these players are nearly impossible to reverse. Plus, if you qualify for a pension, how you activate it is another irreversible decision.
Are you more of a planner than your spouse? It’s all too common for one spouse to blindly trust the planning spouse. Countless endgame “plans” were created by 50% of a couple:
