Book:

Big Moments

Life has many Big Moments that bring joy and excitement. We all look forward to travelling overseas, buying a home, building a family, getting our first real job, meeting the one. But all these moments also come with risk if you are not properly prepared.

Big Moments will help you navigate the challenging cross roads of life and avoid the most common Big Moments mistakes. Melisa Sloan draws on her extensive expertise as a lawyer as well as calling on a fantastic group of experts to share their advice, covering important topics such as:

  • Landing your first real pay cheque
  • Getting to ‘I do’
  • Embracing your identity
  • The tiny human arrival
  • Starting a hustle
  • Caring for an aging parent
  • Landing in splitsville

Life is full of curveballs – that what makes it interesting. This book is a wonderful resource to help you live your best life, equipped with the confidence to make the right decisions for you.

“A fantastic book that dives deep into the big moments in life and offer really practical advice to help navigate them. It’s thought provoking, well written and helpful. “Big Moments” is a great read for people of all ages. I really like Melisa Sloan’s first book – Legacy. This one is another quality read.”

Andrew Griffiths

Book:

Legacy

Do you worry about what will happen to your family and loved ones in the event of your death or if your become incapacitated?

Have you been planning to put your Estate Plan in place but don’t know where to start?

Melisa’s first book, Legacy: How to take care of the most important person in your life when you are no longer here, helps you navigate Estate Planning, answering the most commonly asked questions along the way so that you have clarity and knowledge to put an Estate Plan that takes care of your family and loved ones.

This book covers:

  • What to look for in appointing an executor of your Will and guardian of your minor children
  • How to make provision for your business, companies, trusts and structures
  • Dealing with international assets
  • How to make provision for a disabled child or children who cannot manage their own inheritance
  • The different ways to leave your loved ones their inheritance
  • Your Final Farewell

“I have to say Legacy has to be one of the most important and best books that I have read. There are so many points throughout this book which made me think about my own Will and what I need to make sure that I am covered. It is a definite “must read” for everybody.”

Shona Lethbridge

Letter of Wishes Booklet

Our Letter of Wishes document allows you to put all your wishes for your family and children down on paper. It is a step by step guide for executors on death and attorneys on incapacity. The Letter of Wishes workbook allows you to complete with your wishes in respect to:

  • Funeral wishes
  • Organ donation preference
  • How to access all access, including the location of spare keys
  • Writing an obituary
  • Detailed wishes for raising any children
  • Pet care arrangements
  • How to run your business
  • Wishes regarding your family trust
  • Wishes for gifts of personal effects

Contact us to get your copy

Get in touch with our office on 9879 0734 or email us here to organise a copy.

What people are saying

Anne-Marie David - Executive Director, College of Law Queensland

“When the first of my children was born, my mother said to me, “It’s such a shame children don’t come with a handbook or manual. It would make raising them so much easier.” Several decades on, Melisa Sloan has penned an operating manual, not for babies but for the likes of my now-adult- children as they navigate some more of life’s milestones or Big Moments. Melisa applies her pragmatic lawyerly mind to the big issues and transactions that can stop us in our tracks as adults of any age. I intend to gift this book to each of my 3 children as the guide I wish I’d had. It would have made adulting so much easier!”

Clarissa Rayward – Lawyer, Author, Founder and Director of Brisbane Family Law

“It’s funny how we all have to traverse these ‘big moments’ in life but it tends to be only after the event that we share our learnings. In this great book, Melisa Sloan has gathered all the information we all wish we had in advance of those big moments so that we can prepare, plan or at least navigate those moments with a little more ease. This is a great simple read for anyone wanting to be in charge of their own future.”

Gil Hotchkiss

“Legacy is an excellent book, easy to read but most important is the step by step message for everyone wanting to help their family when you are no longer with us.”

Fiona McLay

“Melisa has created a really useful resource that guides the readers through life’s big decisions. With her friendly style, it feels like sitting down at the kitchen counter over a cup of tea for some sensible advice from a wise friend. Backed up by experts who tackle specialist areas, it opened my eyes to issues I hasn’t thought about and reassured me they could be managed. I wish I’d had this book available when I was younger as it would have helped me tackle life’s big moments with confidence. I will be putting this in the hands of my young friends who are navigating leaving home, starting a career, heading overseas, getting hitched and starting a family.”

Brydon Coverdale – TV Presenter, Quiz Writer, Chaser and Journalist

“Small matters often don’t feel like they matter – until the big moments when they really do. Many of us don’t pay enough attention to those small details, which makes Melisa Sloan’s one-stop guide an invaluable resource, filled with expert advice on how to make sure we get the most out of life, and don’t get caught short when it really matters.”

Adam White – Sports Broadcaster and Media Training and Media Management Consulting, Media Champions

“I can’t speak more highly of Melisa’s book in helping young adults meet all the new challenges they face for the first time with confidence. This is the guide book they need to help them every step of the way with a path forward. Melisa has written it very cleverly. She connects with her target audience through relatability, authenticity and without judgment. The other key part of the book that stands out is how she has tapped into so many experts across so many important areas of life’s progression. And those resources are all in the one book. I remember when I was growing up, it was almost a prerequisite a Melways was a gift for most people turning 18 to throw in the back of the newly purchased car to accompany the fresh driver’s license. It could be argued this book should be the new prerequisite gift from parents to their children as they become young adults. Instead of navigating the roads, this book will help you navigate all the big moments in life with all the expert advice in the one book.”

Andrew Griffiths – International best selling author – 14 books sold in 65 countries

“There is lots to love about Melisa Sloan’s latest book – BIG MOMENTS. I think every reader will relate to the life changing moments she writes about and most will be extremely grateful to have her wisdom and advice to help guide them through the critical moments that impact on our future. A detailed, thorough, fun and extremely practical read. Job well done Melisa Sloan.”

John Chisholm – Founder John Chisholm Consulting

“I devoured Melisa’s book, Big Moments, in 2 days. Wow! I wish there was something available when I was a young(er) adult. I will buy copies for my (adult) kids, my nephew and my nieces. Life, as Melisa mentioned is chock full of curve balls and that of course is what makes life in the 21st century so interesting. Melisa’s book will help many not get KOD by these curveballs.”