Safe
When life insurance is set up and used properly, it is one of the safest places for your money. Not subject to market swings. Backed by contractual guarantees from the carrier.
Accessible
Your cash value is accessible at any time through a policy loan or withdrawal. No approval process, no credit check. It is your money and you can reach it within days.
Competitive Growth
A properly designed whole life policy earns a competitive, guaranteed rate of return. When dividends are included, historical returns have consistently outpaced inflation.
Flexible
You can adjust premium payments, take loans, make withdrawals, or change coverage as your life evolves. The policy bends around your needs, not the other way around.
Tax Deferred Growth
Your cash value grows completely tax-deferred. You do not owe taxes on gains as they accumulate inside the policy, letting your money compound uninterrupted.
Tax Free Access
When structured properly, you can access your cash value through policy loans that are income-tax-free. One of the few true tax free income strategies available.
Chronic and Terminal Illness
Many policies include living benefits that allow you to access your death benefit early if diagnosed with a chronic or terminal illness, financial relief when you need it most.
Private
Life insurance assets do not go through probate and are not publicly reported. Your cash value and death benefit stay between you, your family, and your carrier.
Creditor Protections
In most states, life insurance cash value is protected from creditors. A powerful asset protection tool for business owners and high net worth individuals.
Death Benefit
Your beneficiaries receive the death benefit income-tax-free. One of the most efficient ways to transfer wealth to the next generation or protect your family financially.
No Government Contribution Limits
Unlike IRAs and 401(k)s, there are no IRS contribution limits on how much you can put into a properly designed life insurance policy. Put in as much as makes sense for your situation.
Not Tax Deductible
Premiums paid into a life insurance policy are not tax deductible. Unlike a 401(k) or HSA, you are funding the policy with after-tax dollars, the trade off for tax free access later. *In certain circumstances, funding life insurance can be tax-deductible. Watch this video to learn more .
Multi-Year Break Even
In the early years, your cash value will be less than the premiums you have paid. This is a long term strategy, not a short term savings account. Break even timelines vary based on policy design and individual circumstances.
Health Qualifications
To get the best rates and be approved, you need to qualify medically. Serious health conditions can limit your options or increase your premiums. The healthier you are, the better the policy.
Strategies
Your cash value is liquid and accessible at any time. No market risk, no waiting, no approval process. Deploy it when opportunity strikes and pull it back when you need it.
Strategies
Integrate life insurance to create tax-free income in retirement without hurting your legacy or increasing market exposure. The Better Bond™ strategy gives you control other accounts cannot.
Strategies
Protect your income, your family, and your assets from the unexpected. The right policy gives you a financial safety net that covers more than just death.
Strategies
Maximize what you pass on through trust planning and estate strategy. Life insurance is one of the most efficient tools for transferring wealth to the next generation tax-free.
Strategies
Life insurance is one of the most efficient tools for protecting a business, funding a buyout, and rewarding key people, without pulling cash out of the company when you need it least.
Vince Speelman
Intentional Living is acting, not doing. It's choosing, not allowing. It's carving out the path between here and the peak of the next mountain with consideration for your group, your goals, and your gut.
Nikki Dipple
Making conscious choices that align with your values, goals, and beliefs.
Brian Bole
Having end goals in sight in all areas of life - family & friends, spiritual, business and health. Then living your everyday with focus on those goals. Some days will be failures but those failures become less and less each step along the way. Intentional living is not easy but the rewards are immeasurable!
Kevin Willis
There is nothing special about me, but there is something extraordinarily special about the God that I serve and His Son who died for me! Let's share God's love with everyone we meet!
Cairistiona Haley
We, as a family, believe intentional living is living with knowing our goals and our purposes, while living it out. Knowing this, we have always said everything may seem important to us but not everything is a priority. We ensure this will to be true by making sure we invest our time and energies on the things that are our priorities. This means investing in our faith over activities, our family over accomplishments, and our community over the shiny objects we can collect in this world. To us, this is what it means to live intentionally.
John Nunnally
Intentional Living is the daily decision to refuse autopilot—and instead move through life awake, anchored, and on assignment. It’s choosing your thoughts, words, and actions on purpose, not just reacting to whatever the day throws at you. It means aligning your private life with your professed beliefs, so there’s no gap between who you say you are and how you actually live when no one’s watching. From a spiritual lens, it’s living as if your life is stewarded, not owned. Every conversation becomes an opportunity to reflect grace. Every inconvenience becomes a chance to practice patience. Every relationship becomes sacred ground—because loving people isn’t a side mission, it is the mission. Intentional Living looks like slowing down enough to notice others, listening without planning your response, and showing up for people even when it’s inconvenient. It’s choosing forgiveness over scorekeeping, generosity over comfort, and truth over approval. It’s not about perfection—it’s about direction. A steady, conscious pursuit of becoming more grounded, more present, and more like Christ in how you love, serve, and lead. In short: Intentional Living is living on purpose, for a purpose—where love is the strategy, not the afterthought.
Jecie Bradbury
I believe in a cosmic universal oneness, I believe in the power of kindness over niceness, I believe in you, people are society, authenticity, and honorable integrity in every encounter. We have the amazing ability to make or break someone’s day, be the one who makes their day.
Marcus Toal
Leading my family while staying present in the moment and providing servant leadership to those around me while glorifying God and giving Him the praise for all things.
Rocco Piluso
Waiting on the Lord to lead you before you do anything. Wait, I say, on the Lord.
Edwin (JB) Piatt
Waking up every day striving to become my most impactful version of myself, not only for my own growth but also to uplift and inspire my network. Through intentional actions, empathy, and a commitment to excellence, I aim to leave a positive mark on the lives I touch and the world around me.
Demetrius Walker
Intentional living is a function of time and how purposeful you can be with it. It’s about tending to the most important, nurturing key relationships with God, family, and those closest to you (not to mention relationships you may want to develop/cultivate), and engaging in activities that energize you.
Jon Barnes
To live intentionally is to create a life that allows you to spend your time living out your purpose and building God's kingdom on earth. Okay, so what does that look like for me? It means multiplying the gifts I have to love and serve others. It means making sure my calendar is aligned with my priorities: God, Family, Friends, Health, Career. It means having the financial and time flexibility to take that trip to Patagonia to backpack with friends, fly back home to pour into my family whenever, spend time in deep conversation with a loved one, take a career risk to pursue an exciting opportunity, or give generously to someone going through a difficult season. Living intentionally unlocks us to become the best version of ourself, the version of ourself we were always meant to become. Stay giving, stay growing, and stay humble.
Jared Haley
Intentional living means to live your life with purpose and specific goals in mind. These goals include every aspect of what makes you a human; your mind, body, and spirit. In our family, we determine our purpose and goals by surrendering to God's original design as revealed through the Bible. Through relationship with Jesus, we desire to be transformed in the way with think and interact with the world, how we eat and take care of our body, and how we relate with God and His creation.
The Rizvi-Jackson Family
To us, intentional living means having a clear understanding of our family's mission and values. Then crafting, refining, and implementing a plan that aligns with those values and moves us forward in our mission.
JC Cabuyao
Living with purpose, understanding what drives you and aligning your actions with your core values. It's about waking up each day with a sense of clarity and direction, knowing that your efforts contribute to something greater than yourself, It encourages you to make a positive impact on the world around you, fostering a legacy that endures beyond your own lifetime.
David Armstrong
Intentional Living is the process by which you are using your fundamental cultural understanding and moral compass to create and consistently follow a life style that provides goals and values that demonstrate your core beliefs.
Matt Brown
Intentional Living is a framework for living a life well lived within the purpose and design that God intended.
C.E. Peck
At its core, intentional living is about showing up wholeheartedly for the people who matter most—family, loved ones, and even the strangers we encounter. It means being present in conversations, listening deeply, and expressing love in both words and actions. It’s about creating memories that last, prioritizing time with family, and making choices that strengthen connections rather than weaken them. Intentional living for me, is about leaving a lasting legacy of love, kindness and purpose.
John Horton
To live in the present with behavior that glorifies God and in the longterm to establish a legacy of kindness and support for those who will follow after us.
Christina Weinhart
Intentional living to me is working everyday to become the best version of myself by taking advantage of every opportunity available to learn and grow and to be in the present whenever possible so that I can add value in everything I do. It is to be focused on my purpose in life rather than on fleeting and unfulfilling things.
Maximo Sosa
Living with purpose and making the world better than when you came in by being a good example for my kids (one more on the way!)
Chris Brown
Intentional living means making time for the most important things first - like God, your spouse, your kids, friendships - and not letting the other distractions of life get in the way of those things.
Bryce McCloud
Living to honor and have a relationship with God through Jesus and the Holy Spirit.
Brett Montague
We commit to cultivating a loving and supportive family environment where each member feels valued, safe, and cherished. We will prioritize open communication, active listening, and unconditional love. We will strive to create a home filled with joy, laughter, and shared experiences. By fostering strong bonds and offering unwavering support, we aim to build a legacy of love and togetherness that lasts a lifetime.
Victoria Rykal
To be kind, show grace and surround myself with people who will bring joy to others ♡
The DeLeon's
Intentionally keeping God First, Spouse Second, Kids Third, and everything else falls into place.
Anthony Beal
Intentional living is the conscious choice to live a purpose-driven life, acknowledging that we have only one life to live. It's a mindset that encourages me to be present, focused, and mindful in every moment, ensuring alignment with my values, passions, and long-term vision. By living intentionally, I strive to make the most positive impact possible in the world, cultivating meaningful relationships, pursuing personal growth, and contributing to the greater good.
Justin Gartman
Intentional living, for me, is thinking with the outcome in mind, not simply living on autopilot and doing things because “it’s just the way things are done.” There is a better way - rather than leaving things up to chance, fate, or happenstance, I want to be intentional. Intentionally living for Christ. Intentionally leading my family well. Intentionally being a father and disciplining my children. Intentionally serving those I work with. Intentionally serving in my church, community, and relationships. Intentionally stewarding and growing my finances. Intentional in all I do. Ephesians 5:15-16 “Pay careful attention, then, to how you live—not as unwise people but as wise—making the most of the time because the days are evil.”
Joshua Gantz
Intentional living, to me, means providing for my family while keeping God at the center of everything I do. It's about offering love to everyone, for love is the greatest weapon of all. Growing continually in all areas of life, and helping others grow as well. Ultimately, it’s striving to be a man of integrity and strength—a man amongst men.
Trevor Wood
Ensuring that the most important in this life is not neglected amidst all the demands in life, striving to have Christ central so as to lead one's family well and then those within the allotted community...so as to do His Will as best one can and get back on track as soon as one can if one goes astray.
Forest and Lauren Rulison
Live for Christ and His kingdom. Love generously.
Aileen Taniegra
I'm an intentional DREAMER and GIVER! I strategically pursue my goals (DREAMS) with intentioanality to create a fulfilling life that aligns with my values and purpose leaving a lasting impact to my family and future generations. This enables me to contribute (GIVE) meaningfully to my family and community, utilize my resources and serve others through my expertise, finances and time. We define our lifestyle by living simple and put more attention to what matters most.
Benjamin Lai
To me, intentional living means living with purpose. The choices that I make no longer just affect me but my family and, on a larger scale, my community. My thoughts guide my reality, so I must curate my environment in order to continue striving towards my goals and my why. This may seem daunting and exhausting, but once you accept that you are powerful beyond your wildest dreams and truly believe it, then you are one choice away from changing the trajectory of your life.
Mariah Wood
The reality is that Yahweh has abundantly blessed me far beyond what I deserve. Sacrificing His only Son, giving me salvation in Jesus's death and resurrection. This could have been the only gift I ever needed, and it would have been enough. But God... in His goodness, has blessed me with more. Therefore, to live intentionally is to demonstrate Christ's sacrificial love by serving others and "As for me and my house, we WILL serve the Lord" Joshua 25:15.
Lesley & Jesus Gandarilla
Focusing on your goals daily and taking the steps towards them in order to create prosperity & abundance in all areas of your life!
Caleb Guilliams
Jesus answered, “The foremost is, ‘Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God is one Lord; and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ The second is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.” Mark 12:29-31
Roger Roundy
Working Hard but playing Harder! With my family.
Nongov Kelvin
Mathew 7:7 Ask, and you will receive; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you. To live intentionally for me is a set of deliberate decisions, choices, actions and everything in between that I take up in other to achieve the desired outcomes with respect to what I want in life. Which is simply to posit the highest good possible and love the people that I love in a way that makes them feel loved. Then I will be happy 😊
Joel Robertson
To give hope to the hopeless and leave a legacy worth talking about for generations.
The Rondberg Family
Waking up each day and consciously choosing to serve God and others with our time, treasure, talents, and testimony.
Cole Arnold
Intentional living describes a life that loves Jesus Christ and desires to make Him known to the world. Intentional living means to give time and attention to the relationships that mean the most in one’s life here on earth. Intentional Living means to live in your Ikigai (reason for being). It is a path of discovery, that once taken and found, one is able to give massive value to the world around them. Intentional living means to love others to the greatest capacity possible, even if it is occasionally difficult to do so. Intentional living describes a life of value given instead of value consumed. Intentional living describes a life that is lived with the end in mind, to get to that place and instead of saying “I wish I would have….” to “I have lived a full life and completed the mission given to me.”
Beau Webb
To us, intentional living means aligning our time, money, and decisions with what matters most—faith, family, freedom, and legacy. It’s about stewarding our resources to honor Jesus, serve others, and live for something bigger than ourselves—even when it means going against the grain of culture or even our own worldly desires.
Gary Huether
Living on your own terms because you can.
Lynn Cao
Live, Love, and Work with Purpose and Meaning each and every day.
