Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
My guest Paul Fried is an entrepreneur who recognized a need to reshape how we think about end-of-life planning. He founded a digital-first platform that focuses on compassionate funeral planning, digital legacy preservation, and emotional wellness titled I Made the Arrangements. He discusses the value of recording our end-of-life wishes and messages digitally for the sake of our loved ones. Paul is also the author of the book Live Fully. Leave Wisely: End-of-Life Planning as the Ultimate Act of Love. Learn more at his website:
Imadethearrangements.com
This episode includes:
-How Paul's ancestry and personal history led him to create I Made the Arrangements
-Why digital planning services are important right now
-The disastrous consequences of not planning ahead or talking about our end-of-life wishes
-Why employers are starting to offer online end-of-life planning as a benefit to their employees
-How technology is rapidly advancing to help people reconnect with holographic images of their loved ones
-How "wishkeepers" help secure their loved ones' legacies
-Resources available on the website
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The Journey from Ego to Soul: indiebound.org/book/9780982685563
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"Bright Wish" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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My guest Paul Fried is an entrepreneur who recognized a need to reshape how we think about end-of-life planning. He founded a digital-first platform that focuses on compassionate funeral planning, digital legacy preservation, and emotional wellness titled I Made the Arrangements. He discusses the value of recording our end-of-life wishes and messages digitally for the sake of our loved ones. Paul is also the author of the book Live Fully. Leave Wisely: End-of-Life Planning as the Ultimate Act of Love. Learn more at his website:
Imadethearrangements.com
This episode includes:
-How Paul's ancestry and personal history led him to create I Made the Arrangements
-Why digital planning services are important right now
-The disastrous consequences of not planning ahead or talking about our end-of-life wishes
-Why employers are starting to offer online end-of-life planning as a benefit to their employees
-How technology is rapidly advancing to help people reconnect with holographic images of their loved ones
-How "wishkeepers" help secure their loved ones' legacies
-Resources available on the website
🍃 Subscribe to my email list: eepurl.com/ExfLL
🍂 Support your local bookstore by buying my books on Bookshop: bookshop.org/lists/books-by-karen-wyatt-md and Indiebound:
7 Lessons for Living from the Dying : indiebound.org/book/9781786783110
The Journey from Ego to Soul: indiebound.org/book/9780982685563
🍃 Subscribe to this podcast on
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/end-of-life-university/id1033282990
Google: podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9sZXNzb25zZnJvbWR5aW5nLndvcmRwcmVzcy5jb20vZmVlZC8
Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/7bdr4odBlaaDy8NoJhcFsL
iHeart Radio: iheart.com/podcast/256-end-of-life-university-31099550
Stitcher Radio: stitcher.com/show/endoflife-university
🍂 Check out the Series I’ve recorded in the past: eolupodcast.com/series
🍃 Join the team at my Patreon page patreon.com/eolu and get access to the EOLU mug: “Mind if we talk about death?” (only Patrons can purchase it). PLUS get our new bonuses: the monthly EOL News Update, movie reviews from 2 Doctors and a Movie, and automatic access to A Year of Reading Dangerously!
🍂 Intro Music Credit:
"Bright Wish" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
