Preserving Family Stories and Legacies with Zoe Martin (Ep. 77)
Our financial legacy is important, but our stories and memories are priceless.
This time, we go beyond numbers to focus on preserving the voices, photos, and experiences that define a family’s history.
In this episode, I sit down with Zoe Martin, founder of The Zoe Martin, to talk about the importance of capturing family stories and portraits before it’s too late. She shares her deeply personal journey that inspired her work and offers practical ways anyone can start preserving their legacy today.
Zoe discusses:
- The personal story of her sister’s passing and how it inspired her mission to record life stories
- Why families shouldn’t wait to capture stories and memories before they fade
- The role of legacy in retirement and estate planning beyond finances
- Practical advice on how to start recording family stories, even with simple tools like a phone
- The unique process she offers families, from multi-generational portraits to legacy video interviews
- And more!
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Connect with Zoe Martin:
- LinkedIn: Zoe Martin
- Website: The Zoe Martin
- Facebook: The Zoe Martin
- Instagram: The Zoe Martin
- Email: zoe@thezoemartin.com
About our Guest:
Zoe Martin is a personal historian who’s passionate about helping people and organizations preserve their most important stories. With a heart for visual and narrative storytelling, she creates portraits and videos that document people’s lives into lasting treasures, including heirloom albums, custom wall art, coffee table books, and life story videos.
As a guest on various podcasts and community stages, Zoe shares her insights on why it’s so important to capture and preserve legacies while we still can. Her passion for storytelling is deeply personal, inspired by the memory of her late sister, Kristina. A portion of every project supports The Bridge Breast Network, which provides breast cancer resources to underserved communities in the DFW area.
Zoe’s work helps clients reflect on their lives, strengthen relationships, and leave a meaningful legacy for future generations by encouraging people to make every moment matter. Because Moments Become Memories™
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