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Why is it so hard to talk about money with your honey?

Dear Money Adventurer,

Money does not have to be a point of contention and conflict in your relationship with your partner. 

Talking about money is challenging for many couples. But the very things that make these conversations so difficult–the deep emotions, values, and beliefs we carry around money–are the same things that can draw you and your honey together in more intimate understanding and compassionate connection.

Money can actually bring you and your sweetie closer together, if ...

The biggest money shifts are quiet.

How do you measure money transformation?

Is it cracking six figures? Paying off all of your credit card debt and retiring early? Constructing four new income streams and buying a summer home?

With respect: not necessarily.

Of course, I love supporting people to make a thriving income. But the real work isn’t about get-rich-quick schemes. It’s about the emotional journey of breaking through money ceilings. Unravelling unspoken agreements with family members about under-earning. Letting g...

Money, Synchronicity, and Planetary Interference

Dear Money Adventurer,

Today, I’ve got two helpful, new money relationship pieces that were just released out in the wilderness of the internet, and one quick head’s up that has to do with some local planetary influences. (I’m looking at you, Mercury.)

Money, Relationships, and Entrepreneurship

Earlier this month, I had the chance to sit down with cash flow coach, bookkeeper and Art of Money Alum, Bill Hershey, to talk about money, relationships, and entrepreneurship. These are some of ...

How The Mentor Program Can Change Your Work Life For The Better

Dear Coach, Therapist, or Financial Professional,

My mentorship program has been in the making for more than two decades.
It integrates my training in somatic therapy, lessons I’ve learned over more than twenty years of teaching the Art of Money methodology to over 5,000 people, doing hundreds of private financial therapy sessions, growing a successful online business, and publishing two books.

It is all of that, woven together to create a safe, supportive container for therapists, coaches,...

Are you having these money conversations with your clients?

Dear Coach, Therapist, or Financial Professional,

Not talking about money doesn’t change the fact that it impacts every part of our lives.

I’m not talking about wealth or financial abundance.

I mean the side of money we don’t talk about: the emotional and psychological side of money that influence our relationships, shape our choices, and inform the way we perceive the world around us.

Not talking about money just ensures that we don’t have the skills we need to navigate difficult mo...

What clients are saying about my trauma-informed approach to money

Dear Coach, Therapist, or Financial Professional,

When we dare to speak the truth about money, amazing healing begins.

When we learn to be present with our money emotions, to bring compassion and awareness to our money stories, we begin a transformation that unravels the money patterns and beliefs that no longer serve us and creates a new world of hope, possibility, and understanding.

Out of this truth and a heartfelt desire to serve my community, my flagship program, the Art of Money, ...

A safe, supportive community to do your own money work

Dear Coach, Therapist, or Financial Professional,

Money is an emotional subject.

But you already knew that.

Every day you see your client’s money emotions shape their relationships, the opportunities they see, and the decisions they make.

You see it in your own life, too.

You see it in your need to justify even the most trivial purchase. Or the panicked elephants that stampede into your stomach every time you think about investing in growing your practice.

You see it even in th...

Closing the money gap between your training and your practice

Dear therapist, coach, or financial professional,

Every day you go to work, showing up for your clients, holding space for their wants, needs, and desires, helping them navigate the small steps and big choices in their lives, in this moment, or in the big picture vision of the future ahead…

So, when your private therapy client dissolves into tears over a recent fight about money with their partner, you focus on different ways they could communicate better and create more space to honor and...

You can join the Art of Money Mentor Program starting NOW

Dear therapist, coach, or financial professional,

Today’s the big day! We just opened the doors to The Art of Money Mentorship Program for the second time EVER!

After coaching, guiding, and holding space for the incredible growth that our Founding Member cohort experienced last year, I am honored and delighted to offer this mentorship opportunity to our community once again.

This program is the comprehensive training that people have been asking (and sometimes begging) me to create for ...

Today is my 54th birthday! Will you share your favorite novel with me?

Dear Money Adventurer,

I know some women don’t like to share their age, for all sorts of reasons. But me, I have always loved to sing it from the rooftops.

Today is my 54th birthday!

I think it’s an honor to age. It’s not easy. Aging has its blessings and challenges like everything in life. But it is an honor and I choose to meet it with celebration.

So, since it’s my birthday, I’m asking for you to indulge my celebration by sharing your favorite novel with me (or even send me a copy...