Estate planning has been made to sound harder than it needs to be. Everything here is explained in plain language you can actually use.
About
A dialogue, not a lecture
The Legacy Dialogue was founded on a simple observation: families don’t avoid
estate planning because they don’t care. They avoid it because no one has made it feel safe to
begin.
estate planning because they don’t care. They avoid it because no one has made it feel safe to
begin.
Meet the Founder
Collia Barnaby, BSc, TEP
Collia Barnaby is the Founder of The Legacy Dialogue, an estate planning education platform based in Airdrie, Alberta and serving families across Calgary and the surrounding region.
Through years of working with families, Collia saw the same pattern repeat: intelligent, caring people who had built meaningful lives, and who had quietly postponed the plan that would protect them. Not out of indifference, but out of overwhelm. The Legacy Dialogue exists to change that.
Her approach is deliberately educational. She does not draft documents, sell products or provide legal or financial advice. She helps individuals and couples understand the landscape, organize their thinking, and walk into professional appointments prepared, so the right licensed professionals can do their best work.
What Guides the Work
Four commitments, kept in every session
Clarity over complexity
Education, never pressure
You will never be sold a product or pushed toward a decision. The only agenda is your understanding.
Families first
Planning is ultimately about the people around your table. Every session is designed to make their future easier.
Action over avoidance
Good intentions don’t protect families, organized decisions do. Every conversation ends with clear next steps.
In the Community
Real rooms. Real conversations.
Beyond one-to-one sessions, The Legacy Dialogue brings estate planning education into community rooms, workshops and talks where families can learn together, ask the questions they’ve been holding, and leave with a starting point.
Take the Next Step
Let's Start the Conversation
A single conversation can replace years of quiet worry with clarity, structure
and peace of mind.
and peace of mind.