Pathfinder Legacy

About Pathfinder Legacy

Welcome to the Pathfinder Legacy podcast, where we dive into the crucial conversations around succession planning, retirement, and navigating major life transitions for farm families. Hosted by Heidi Olson, Certified Farm Succession Planner, each episode offers practical advice, real stories, and expert insights to help you secure your legacy and plan for the future with confidence.

Publisher

Heidi Olson

Category

business · kids & family

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

25 Jul 2025

Latest episode

9 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

64 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   9 Oct 2026

   Ep. 64 - 60/40 Split Wasn't Fair: A Ranch Family's Hard Truth

   The cattle were ready to move — and the son was leaving. Why would someone walk away from the family ranch? The better question: what had it been costing him to stay? In this October Skeletons in the Closet episode of the Pathfinder Legacy Podcast, Heidi Olson, founder of Pathfinder Legacy Advisor and Certified Farm Succession Planner, shares a real ranch story (details generalized) about a 60/40 calf share, mounting repair bills, a GPS fight that wasn't about GPS, and old family wounds shaping today's business decisions. You'll learn how to tell if your operation can actually support two households, who decides what, what happens to money put into someone else's place, and 5 questions to get parents and successors on the same page — even when you can't make them agree. Homework: Set aside 30 minutes and answer — What am I contributing? What do I need? What am I afraid will happen if it changes? Adapted from a real ranch situation. Identifying details changed. Reflects one account shared — other family members may describe things differently. For guides, checklists, and planning tools to help you navigate life's financial decisions with clarity and confidence, visit: https://pathfinderlegacy.com/resources/

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   2 Oct 2026

   Ep. 63 - Surviving 200 Years on a Mississippi Family Farm

   Bill and Julie Brown's Mississippi farm goes back to an 1811 Spanish land grant — and the barn still standing today is built from logs cut in the late 1840s, salvaged after Hurricane Katrina blew it down. In Episode 63 of the Pathfinder Legacy Podcast, host Heidi Olson sits down with Bill and Julie to preserve 200 years of Southern farm history: open-range cattle and sheep by the thousands, earmarks and brands registered in Jackson, floating timber down Red Creek to Moss Point, hauling logs with 5-yoke ox teams to the railroad, shearing sheep from May to July and feeding 24 hands a day, plus cash crops, smokehouses, and life with no electricity until 1942. If your family has a barn, a breed choice, an earmark, or a story no one has written down — this is your nudge to ask and record it. For guides, checklists, and planning tools to help you navigate life's financial decisions with clarity and confidence, visit: https://pathfinderlegacy.com/resources/

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   25 Sept 2026

   Ep. 62 - Is Your Neighbor Okay? Suicide Prevention in Rural America

   I'm fine doesn't always mean everything's fine. In episode 62 of the Pathfinder Legacy podcast, Heidi Olson talks with Mandy Young of Tailgate Time about farm stress, warning signs, and how to help a neighbor who is silently struggling. September is Suicide Prevention Month. This conversation is for every farm and ranch family — how to recognize when someone may be struggling, what to say (and what not to say), and why asking for help is strength, not weakness. In this episode: - Why September matters and Mandy's story into agricultural mental health work - What Tailgate Time means — meeting farmers where they are, from the tailgate to the farm shop - Warning signs family, bankers, agronomists and neighbors can watch for: withdrawal, irritability, loss of motivation, sleep problems, isolation, increased alcohol use, risky decisions - What to say: "You matter more than any yield," "How can I support you right now?" and how to ask directly about suicide - What not to say: "just toughen up," "others have it worse," "just stay positive" - What to do next if someone says they're thinking about suicide — don't leave them alone, remove access to means, build on their reason to stay, and call for help - Kids on the farm, faith, pride, stigma, and breaking generational cycles - Privacy in small towns, telehealth, and how Tailgate Time protects confidentiality - Resources beyond Arkansas, including the FarmAid resource directory For guides, checklists, and planning tools to help you navigate life's financial decisions with clarity and confidence, visit: https://pathfinderlegacy.com/resources/

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