Bari Tessler's Blog, page 6

Summer Reading Recs, Business Insider Feature Article + Money Inspiration

Dear Friend,

Holy moly someone turned on the oven over here in Boulder, CO. It’s hot, and you know what? I’m not really a fan of Summer.

But my family just got back from a lovely road trip to our old family cottage on Lake Michigan (where it was cool and cloudy for almost 2 weeks straight!).

We took our puppy friend, Blue Bear, for his 3rd annual visit to the cottage. He’s an amazing road-tripper and loves the beach and the water so much. If you’re interested, you can see more of our fa...

Three of My Favorite Money Healing Rituals

Dear Money Adventurer,

I love ritual, especially the personal rituals that we self-create for our own healing.

I first stumbled upon the concept of self-created rituals early in my 20s when I was grieving the death of a boyfriend.

I spent the next year earnestly seeking healing, I couldn’t sleep, stayed up late into the night, blasting music, and dancing by candlelight. I felt a profound knowing, an awareness from the deepest place, that I needed to ritualize myself towards wholeness an...

You + Me. Private sessions. And a feeling of relief…

Dear friend,

One weekend many years ago, long before our 15 year old son was born, my husband and I loaded up two camping backpacks with enough supplies for 2 days and we headed off deep into the mountain wilderness of California.

You should know that I am not a camping person and I’m even less of a “hey let’s put a 45-pound backpack on and hike for 6 miles on a rocky mountain trail and then set up camp” kind of camping person.

Somehow, my husband convinced me that it would be fun.

T...

Want to work one-on-one with me?

Dear Community,

We’re just about in the exact middle of the year right now, which is wild because it feels like it was winter just a minute ago.

Up here in the Northern hemisphere, the day is about as long as it gets in the year, the Summer snow melt in the mountains is in full rush, and it feels like a great time to check in on the progress we’re making with our yearly financial goals.

If you feel like you could use some support around reaching your financial goals this year, I want to...

Is Your Business Model Still Working? (for the creatives + business owners)

Dear Friend, 

Most of my financial therapy work has to do with helping people create a more mindful, savvy and empowered relationship to money.

This could be in the realm of personal finances, couples finances and even in business finances. 

In my Mentor program, which is a group program for therapists, coaches and financial professionals, I’m additionally supporting folks to create a more sustainable business. 

In that context, we’re not just working on our money psychology, we’re also ...

Join me for a live Money Date Workshop on Sunday, May 19th?

Dear Money Adventurer,

The word on the street is that you’d all like another low-priced workshop so you can meet with me via Zoom, ask questions, and get some solid financial therapy support.

To that end, I’m thrilled to announce that I’ll be hosting a live, virtual workshop all about Money Dates on Sunday, May 19th at 11 a.m. MDT!

This workshop is hosted on Zoom so you can call in from anywhere around the world. (And, yes, there will be a recording included.)

Typically the only ways...

Join me for a live Money Date Workshop?

Dear Money Adventurer,

The word on the street is that you’d all like another low-priced workshop so you can meet with me via Zoom, ask questions, and get some solid financial therapy support.

To that end, I’m thrilled to announce that I’ll be hosting a live, virtual workshop all about Money Dates on Sunday, May 19th at 11 a.m. MDT!

This workshop is hosted on Zoom so you can call in from anywhere around the world. (And, yes, there will be a recording included.)

Typically the only ways...

What to do when you’re in financial fight-flight-freeze.

What do you do when life throws you a major money curveball?

What do you actually do? How can you sort through all of your emotions, fear, and shock, so you can see clearly? How do you soothe your body and heart when they’re in money panic mode? What do you actually do, in the middle of any given Tuesday afternoon?

Today, I’d like to tell you the real, from-the-trenches story of a big financial trauma I faced — and exactly how I worked through it, in the middle of the afternoon … in my bat...

Have you ever heard the term Money Koan?

Dear Friend,

Have you heard the term Money Koan?

It’s a phrase I’ve used for a while in the community of my year-long Art of Money program. When I see someone in a hard spot around money, I tell them I see their struggles as being their current money koan.

It could be that they’re struggling with a money belief or trying to understand a part of their money relationship that they haven’t been able to work out or maybe they haven’t found a solution to some big problem they’re facing aroun...

Wisdom for money riddles and super-tough nuts to crack.

Dear Friend,

Have you heard the term Money Koan?

It’s a phrase I’ve used for a while in the community of my year-long Art of Money program. When I see someone in a hard spot around money, I tell them I see their struggles as being their current money koan.

It could be that they’re struggling with a money belief or trying to understand a part of their money relationship that they haven’t been able to work out or maybe they haven’t found a solution to some big problem they’re facing aroun...