The stories they'll treasure. The answers they'll need.
Guiding Forward gives you a gentle way to preserve a parent’s stories, voice, and wisdom—and help them organize the practical details your family may one day need. Start together, one conversation at a time.
Guiding Forward is not estate-planning software and it does not store passwords, account numbers, or credentials.
TWO PARTS. ONE LASTING LEGACY.
If tomorrow never came, would your family know what to do?
Guiding Forward brings together the practical guidance your family may one day depend on with the personal stories they'll cherish forever.
Every plan includes the Basic Family Guidance Vault — because the stories matter, but so does making sure your family isn’t left guessing.
Family guidance
Give your family clear direction and peace of mind — so they never have to search or guess in a difficult moment.
- Important contacts
- Insurance and financial notes
- Legal document locations
- Password and account instructions
- Final wishes
- Emergency instructions
Personal legacy
Preserve the stories, wisdom, personality, and presence your family will want to return to.
- Guided video interviews
- Life chapters
- Voice and video recordings
- Searchable transcripts
- Story highlights
- Legacy book
WHO IT’S FOR
For anyone who wants to be remembered well
Grandparents
Capture their stories while they’re here, vibrant, and full of them.
Parents
Leave your children your voice, your values, and your love.
New parents
Record messages for milestones you hope to see — and the ones you might not.
Anyone facing a big change
A diagnosis, a deployment, a move. The right time is now.
GUIDED VIDEO INTERVIEWS
The Guide asks meaningful questions, listens to your answers, and helps capture your stories on video.
Naturally, one chapter at a time.
Chapter 03
Parents
Question 8 of 31
Guiding Forward
Your Guide
Live recording
HD video & audio
Transcript
Accurate & searchable
Story highlights
Key moments captured
Legacy book
Beautifully organized
Family vault
Share with loved ones
LIFE CHAPTERS
Your story, guided chapter by chapter
Thoughtful video interviews help preserve the memories, lessons, and moments that made you who you are.
Childhood
Family & Parents
Love
Career
Parenthood
Adventures
Music
Books
Wisdom
Legacy
YOUR LEGACY
Here's what your family receives.
Each completed interview becomes part of a beautifully organized legacy your family can watch, read, search, and revisit for generations.
Life chapters
Relive every chapter through beautifully organized video interviews.
Childhood
4 interviews
Family & Parents
3 interviews
Love & Marriage
5 interviews
Career & Work
3 interviews
Life Lessons
6 interviews
Legacy & Wishes
2 interviews
Transcript
Accurate, searchable transcripts make every story easy to rediscover.
9 results found
“Success isn't about making the most money. It's about becoming someone your children are proud of.”
Wisdom — 12:08
“If I could give you one piece of advice...”
Legacy & Wishes — 31:47
Legacy book
A beautifully designed digital keepsake that brings every story together.
Story highlights
Meaningful moments, life lessons, traditions, advice, and achievements — all automatically organized for you.
❤️Dad's Advice
12 moments
🏆Greatest Achievement
5 moments
🎂Family Traditions
8 moments
🎵Lessons Learned
14 moments
Family vault
Securely organize and share your legacy with the people who matter most.
Shared with
Alex (Son)
Full Access
Sophie (Daughter)
Full Access
Emma (Granddaughter)
View Only
Everything is private and secure. You decide who sees what — and when.
Get StartedFAMILY GUIDANCE
Everything Organized. Nothing Left to Guess.
The practical details your family would need are often scattered across drawers, devices, and memories. Guiding Forward brings them together in one secure place.
Who to call first
Key contacts your family should reach immediately — one less thing to figure out.
Where documents are kept
Location of wills, deeds, titles, and other essential paperwork, all in one place.
Insurance and financial guidance
Policy numbers, accounts, and what steps to take first — clearly laid out.
Password and account instructions
How to access critical digital accounts and services without guesswork.
Final wishes
Your preferences clearly stated so your family can honor them with confidence.
Notes only you would know
The details no one else carries — until you write them down.
WHEN IT MATTERS MOST
For the moments that matter most.
Years from now, these stories become more than memories. They become connection, comfort, laughter on an ordinary Tuesday, and a legacy that lives on.
Relive their stories
Hear his jokes again. Watch her tell that story one more time. The moments that made them who they were.
Find the advice
Search for the guidance, values, and life lessons they shared — whenever you need them most.
Share together
Bring family together across generations to laugh, cry, and remember as one.
Keep their presence
Their voice on a quiet morning. Their warmth when you need it. Love that stays with your family.
I didn't realize how much I missed hearing him laugh until I heard it again. For a few minutes, it felt like he was sitting right beside me.
A daughter
On hearing her father laugh again
These aren't just recordings.
They are the moments your family will hold closest — forever.
SECURITY & PRIVACY
Private by design.
Your family's legacy deserves the highest level of protection.
Every recording, transcript, and memory is encrypted with AES-256 the moment it reaches our servers.
Encrypted at rest
Recordings and documents are encrypted the moment they’re saved, and only decrypted to show them back to you and the people you’ve chosen to share with.
Family permissions
Fine-grained control over who can view, edit, or contribute to your legacy.
Release after death
Set conditions for when certain memories become available to future generations.
Executor controls
Designate a trusted person to manage your archive according to your wishes.
Cloud backups
Redundant encrypted backups ensure nothing is ever lost, even decades from now.
Zero advertising
Your memories will never be used for ads, training, or sold to third parties. Ever.
STORIES
What families come here to do
“My mother passed last spring. Having her voice, her stories, her laughter preserved — it is the most precious gift she ever gave us.”
A daughter
Preserving her mother’s voice
“I never thought of myself as someone with stories worth telling. The guided questions helped me realize my life is full of wisdom I want my grandchildren to know.”
A grandfather
Retired teacher
“We started recording my dad after his diagnosis. Now my kids can hear his voice whenever they miss him. That means everything.”
A mother and caregiver
Recording her father after his diagnosis
“We did this as a family project over the holidays. It brought us closer together than any other activity we have ever tried.”
A family
Three generations, recorded together
How ready is your family, really?
Take the free 2-minute Family Readiness Score. No signup needed.
Choose how you’ll preserve your legacy
Every plan includes thoughtfully crafted questions that help uncover the stories most families never think to ask.
Whether you record a few meaningful memories or preserve an entire lifetime, every conversation is designed to capture the moments that matter most.
All prices in Canadian dollars (CAD).
ESSENTIAL
Begin preserving what matters
Everything you need to get started and protect your family.
- Basic Family Guidance Vault (contacts, documents, final wishes)
- Up to 5 hours of guided video & audio
- Thoughtfully guided interview questions
- Searchable transcripts
- Beautifully written digital legacy book
- Share with up to 3 family members
- AI-powered story highlights
COMPLETE
Preserve every chapter
For families who never want to lose another story — or scramble in a crisis.
- Everything in Essential
- Full Family Guidance Vault (digital access instructions, insurance & financial, executor controls, release-after-death, medical & care, things only I know)
- Unlimited video & audio recordings
- Unlimited guided questions
- Premium digital legacy book
- Unlimited family members
- Interactive family tree & timeline
- Future message delivery
- Scheduled recording reminders
Questions families ask
Your vault and everything in it stays yours. You can export all recordings, transcripts, and documents at any time. After cancellation, you’ll still have read-only access to export everything for 90 days — plenty of time to make sure nothing is lost.
Both. Most people do the bulk of their recording in the first few months, so many choose the Lifetime plan and never think about billing again. An annual plan exists if you’d rather spread it out.
Always. Your family owns their vault. We never sell, share, or train on your memories.
Give the gift of their story.
Some gifts get used once. This one gets passed down for generations. Give a parent or grandparent the gift of preserving everything that made them who they are.
Give Guiding ForwardA meaningful gift for Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, milestone birthdays, and the holidays.
Your legacy is more than what you leave behind.
It’s the part of you that stays.
Start preserving your stories today — free for 7 days, no credit card required.
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