The moment everything changed.

It was 2001. I was working as a therapist when something terrible happened to my family.

My mother was in a horrible accident. She was hit by a car while crossing the street to deliver vegetables from her garden to her neighbor. In less than one day, she was gone.

But here's what saved us: even though we were heartbroken, we didn't have to scramble around looking for her important papers. Why? Because my mother was smart. She had organized all her documents and written down what she wanted us to do.

When we needed help the most, her planning helped us.

I watched other families go through loss too. They were digging through boxes, hunting for passwords, and fighting about what their loved one would have wanted. It was awful.

That's when I understood something important:

Most people don't get organized because they don't know how to start. No one ever showed them an easy way to do it.

I knew I had to help families avoid this mess. My mother had given us an amazing gift by being prepared. I wanted to give that same gift to other families.

I needed to create a method that was simple enough for busy people to actually finish, but complete enough to really help their families.

That's how the CALM Method™ was born. It was my way to honor my mother and help other families get the peace of mind she gave us.