Five Wishes

Stacey White
Jan 5
3 min read

Your Voice Matters

Why Completing Five Wishes Is One of the Most Important Things You'll Ever Do

Five Wishes is more than a document. It's more than legal paperwork. It's your voice, written down, so that even if you can't speak for yourself, your heart and values still guide your care.

Over 40 million people have already completed Five Wishes. Not because they're pessimistic or morbid, but because they're wise. They understand that the greatest gift you can give your loved ones is having the conversations many people avoid.

What Five Wishes Does for You

It Protects Your Dignity

You get to decide how you want to be cared for. No stranger will decide. No one will be guessing. You will be in control. Your values, your beliefs, and your personal wishes become the guide for every decision.

It Lifts the Burden from Your Loved Ones

When a crisis happens, your family won't have to guess what you would want. There won't be any familial tension. They won't carry the weight of wondering if they made the right choice. Your wishes will be right there, in writing, giving them clarity and peace of mind when they need it most.

It Goes Beyond Medical Decisions

Five Wishes doesn't just cover medical treatment. It addresses what really matters: how comfortable you want to be, how you wish to be treated, what you want your loved ones to know. It covers the emotional, spiritual, and personal aspects of care that most legal documents do not include.

It Opens the Door to Meaningful Conversations

Completing Five Wishes gives you a framework to talk with your family, friends, and healthcare providers about what matters most to you. These aren't easy conversations, but they're essential ones. And they become so much easier when you have a guide.

Five Wishes walks you through the 5 key areas that everyone should think about:

Why Five Wishes Works

Five Wishes has been called “the living will with a heart and soul” by national media.
It's been featured on CNN, NBC's Today Show, and in Time and Money magazines.
It's trusted by doctors, lawyers, hospitals, hospices, and faith communities across the country.
It's legally valid in 46 states and can be used in all 50.
It's written in everyday language, not legal terminology.
And it's designed to be completed in one sitting, without involving a lawyer.
Most importantly, it works. Families who have used Five Wishes consistently report that it brought them clarity, reduced conflict, and allowed them to honor their loved one's wishes with confidence.

Don't Leave Life's Most Important Decisions to Chance

Here's what we know: none of us can predict when a health crisis will happen. But we can control whether we're prepared for it. We can decide, right now, while we're healthy and clear-headed, how we want to be cared for if that day comes.

Completing Five Wishes isn't about planning for the worst. It's about preserving your voice, protecting your dignity, and giving your family the gift of certainty when uncertainty strikes.
It's about making sure that no matter what happens, you remain in control of your story.
The people who love you shouldn't have to guess what you would want.
They shouldn't have to make impossible decisions in a moment of crisis, wondering if they're doing the right thing. They deserve to know. And you deserve to tell them.

I often return to a simple principle when I think about planning ahead for the people we love.

Clarity for them, comfort for you.

That's what Five Wishes gives you:

Peace of mind that your choices are documented.
Reassurance for those who care about you.
The certainty that your voice will be heard, even when you can't speak.
A legacy of love, clarity, and thoughtfulness.

Complete Your Five Wishes Today

Because your voice deserves a future.

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*If you are a Texas resident, read the Texas requirements for Five Wishes below

*Texas requires that, in addition to completing the Five Wishes document, you must also complete a state-approved Texas advance directive form (sometimes called a “Directive to Physicians and Family or Surrogates” or Texas advance directive form).This form uses specific legal language required by Texas law. Five Wishes alone does not meet those state legal requirements unless its language is incorporated into the state form or you use the official Texas form instead.

Why this matters:

Texas is one of only a few states that require this additional state form step beyond completing Five Wishes if you want a document that courts and health care providers will recognize as a legally binding advance directive.

The takeaway:

Complete Five Wishes AND the Texas forms.
Complete Five Wishes for your personal values and messages.

Also, complete these official Texas forms:

Directive to Physicians and Family or Surrogates
Medical Power of Attorney (so your advance directive is legally binding in Texas.)