NANCY PEARL, MA

I am drawn to legacy work and guided in it by my values, skills, life experiences, and education. My formal training includes a Master of Arts in Counseling from Loyola Marymount, a Master of Arts in Education from UCLA, and certification in Compassionate and Healing Touch from the Heart Touch Project. I have the ability and pleasure to “meet people where they are.” I am a kind, sensitive person who finds having deep and meaningful connections central to my life. In addition to my formal training, my life experience has shaped me and my work. Some of these experiences include caring for my mom who had Alzheimer’s and a deep and effective meditation practice which allows me to be present with an open heart. Additionally, I worked in Yellowstone and Denali National Parks, so I have some understanding of the role of nature in spiritual and everyday occurrences. I volunteered with Skirball Hospice and the Heart Touch Project, and I worked with septuagenarians and others as the UCLA Volunteer Coordinator for the Friends of Extension. All of these experiences and education have reinforced in me the importance of not only a life well-lived, but the sharing of that life with others that I love. I hope that in working together I can help you share your life of values, special learnings, and blessings to those that you love. Living, Loving, Legacies are always available to us. Let me help you share yours with the people you love.  

TESTIMONIALS

“It was great receiving that video! It was wonderful, heartwarming. It was just such a wonderful experience. I sent it to my sisters and grandkids, and it's just a wonderful experience to have those memories in video form for me, for my sisters, for the grandkids. She has four great grandchildren now, so I think there will be three, four generations that'll see my mom and her lively self. Mom talked about how easy it was. Nancy helped her feel excellent -- just really confident and calm. Nancy was so professional. Extremely, extremely professional. The work is great, she's reliable. She says she's going to do something, and she does it. And after looking at the video, watching it and appreciating it, I talked to my wife about maybe we should do this ourselves for our grandchildren as well. So, I look forward to working with Nancy in the future on that type of project.”  ​
​- Joel Strom​

“Nancy Pearl’s Living Loving Legacies has given my husband Bernie and me a chance to review the entirety of our lives. The experience has served to remind both of us of the paths we’ve traveled over the decades. It has also helped us to compile a lasting souvenir for our children and grandchildren, summing up who we are and what we value. We appreciate Nancy’s sensitivity and organizational skills in helping us compile our memories into a format that will surely become a very personal keepsake for all of us. Her prompts inspired us to summon up essential recollections from our earlier years, and to articulate them for posterity. Big thanks to Nancy for helping us to preserve some of our most special moments.”
- Beverly Bienstock

“I had been thinking about doing a video about my life as a legacy to my children and grandchildren. After I put it off for years, I had the chance to create this kind of video with Nancy. I’m so grateful I could work with somebody like her. Nancy’s focus, from the beginning, was to have this be about me – what I wanted to focus on, the stories I wanted to tell, and what was really important for me in leaving this legacy for my family. When we did the video, Nancy was comforting and supportive. She made sure that her role was to guide and enhance my story, offering prompts when needed. To work with somebody who is caring and sensitive to my needs was very important. This is what Nancy provided, every step of the way. I would highly recommend Nancy to anybody who wants to create a living legacy with a person who will truly honor their story.”
- Susan Bernheimer

“I had thought about doing a video or writing something for my children and grandchildren to know more about me. I wanted them to know about my roots and the thoughts and actions that shaped my life. Also, I wanted them to know my advice and wishes for their future. Until I talked with Nancy, it was only a thought. Nancy helped me organize my thoughts, and choose the topics I was interested in sharing. She guided me through the process and was both a good interviewer and listener. I have known Nancy for more than 25 years, and feel privileged to be a client of Living Loving Legacies. She is thoughtful, professional, and efficient. I thoroughly enjoyed the process and feel that my family now has the important legacy documents of a videotaped interview and unedited transcript of the interview.”
- Marian Rosenthal Goldsmith

“Creating a Personal Legacy is a profound experience. Before beginning this process with Nancy, it seemed an almost impossible task to review a lifetime of memories, relationships, experiences, and lessons learned. I am grateful to Nancy for being my guide in this important and life changing process. Nancy is an inquisitive, thoughtful, kind and compassionate interviewer. Her prompts and questions are thought provoking, and Nancy encouraged me to explore beyond the questions into deeper territory. Her listening skills and follow up questions, helped me to distill my experiences into legacy statements and a meaningful personal document. Creating my personal legacy was a thoughtful and emotional experience. It is life altering to be able to look back, and to re-experience the past in an atmosphere of kindness and support. Thank you, Nancy! I so appreciate your compassion, your insight, and your wonderful sense of humor!”
- Cathie Ross

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