What if the people you love could still hear your voice, your wisdom and your words of encouragement long after you're gone?In this episode of the Leverage YOU Podcast, I sit down with communications strategist and entrepreneur Nicolia Stevens, founder of The Remembrance Collection, a legacy preservation service helping families intentionally capture personalized video messages for the people they love.But this business wasn't born from a business plan.It was born from Nicolia's own experience with unimaginable loss.Between 2016 and 2017, Nicolia experienced 13 deaths in approximately 18 months, including the murders of her niece, her sister and unborn child, and her husband, along with the deaths of her grandmother, father and other loved ones. In the years that followed, recordings of some of her final conversations became treasured connections to the voices she could no longer hear in person.That experience eventually inspired a bigger question:What if we became intentional about preserving those messages before our loved ones were gone?In this conversation, Nicolia shares how an act of love for a grieving friend's family eventually became The Remembrance Collection—and how she is turning her lived experience into a service designed to help other families preserve their stories.We talk about:✨ Why hearing a loved one's voice can be so powerful after loss✨ The difference between remembering someone and receiving a message created specifically for you✨ Why families shouldn't wait until hospice to preserve their stories✨ Creating digital heirlooms for children and future generations✨ What families often discover they wish they had asked✨ Turning lived experience into purpose and entrepreneurship✨ How Nicolia is learning to Leverage YOU by using what she already has to serve othersAnd I share a story of my own about a conversation with my grandmother shortly before her death—a piece of family history I never would have known had I not taken the time to ask.This episode is about more than death.It's about being intentional with life.Because the stories, lessons, laughter and love inside of us deserve to be preserved.🎙️ Subscribe to the Leverage YOU Podcast for conversations with founders, CEOs, creators and changemakers who are turning what they know, what they've lived and who they are into meaningful impact.