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It doesn't matter if you know where to invest your money if you don't have the money to invest. Learning to follow a plan takes patience. My clients all want to skip ahead, but I slow them down. The #1 skill I teach them is to be patient. I'm not interested in...

If your day-to-day spending feels out of control, you may have tried tracking your expenses to reign them in. Tracking can be illuminating, but it's time-intensive and tells you where your money went. It doesn't provide guardrails to protect where you want your money...

How do I get my head around your finances to create an effective financial plan for you? A plan that connects what you're doing today with your 6 month and 6 year goals? In order for me to create your plan in Budget Like a Badass Bootcamp, you fill out an income &...

You're not bad with money.  You just don't know WTF is going on with your money. You're guessing, doing mental math, feeling hopeful and then completely screwed. Sometimes in the same 15 minutes.  You get excited about a huge commission, a raise or a refund. Then it's...

Last year, I coached my client Angela on a new Budgeting system not being "enough." She was sure we'd have to dive deep into her emotions about money. The way her parents dealt with money. Her feelings of scarcity around money. She'd tried ALL the budgets - Mint,...

If your friend came to you and was overwhelmed with financial stress, how would you react? Would you be judgmental or irritated? I don't know about you, but I extend WAY more compassion and understanding toward my friends than I do toward myself. Even when my friends...

I see you crushing it at work. Taking on more responsibility. Making more money. Being THE ONE your co-workers rely on. The one who has it all together. But, you have a secret they don't know about. Your finances are a mess. You want them to be organized, but you're...

Stop working your ass off and having no idea where your money is going. Ignorance doesn't lead to bliss in this area of life. It leads to feeling out of control. Not knowing if you're spending too much or saving enough or paying off debt the "right" way leads to...

I didn't realize how much my clients worried about me judging them until I started asking on Discovery calls: "What would get in the way of signing up to work together?" And the answer overwhelmingly was: "I don't want you to see how much of a mess my finances are....

What emotion do you feel most often about money? Most of my clients come to me with a mixture of anxiety and overwhelm. When you feel anxious and overwhelmed, you often get paralyzed by indecision. You don't trust yourself because of past financial decisions you made...