Dear Money Adventurer, Sometimes, as we journey deeper into our relationship with money, we find that this work brings up old wounds or emotions that we thought had healed. Like cutting into an onion, new depths are revealed as we peel back the outer layers, and we find ourselves grasping for safety, stability, for enough ground beneath our feet to feel secure. We seek solace in enoughness, but enoughness isn’t just an external state of having sufficient resources. It’s also…
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Why Somatic Tools are Essential to Money Work
by Bari Tessler May 17, 2023Dear Money Adventurer, Your mind and body had a relationship with money long before you began your conscious money work. Before you began to write your money story with intention, they held it for you, narrating the money lessons and beliefs you’ve inherited and internalized from your family, culture, community, and your own lived experiences of survival, safety, stability, and enoughness. Because your money story isn’t just an external expression of your current financial circumstances, it is life-long and ever-unfolding,…
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A Tribute to my Mom + a mini money memoir
by Bari Tessler May 12, 2023Dear Money Adventurer, I just came back from a week-long mother-daughter trip to Puerto Vallarta in celebration of my mom’s 77th birthday. We’d been talking about traveling together for a while, and when she suggested we go to Mexico, I said, “YES!” Now, I don’t love the hot sun or the pool like my mom does. But I do love walking around cities, finding colorful murals, exploring a new world of food, and finding restaurants for us to try. We…
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My 3 Favorite Ways to Bring More Meaning and Creativity to Your Money Work
by Bari Tessler May 3, 2023Dear Money Adventurer, Back before I started my money journey, I thought money work was boring. Spending money was fun, but the traditional methods for working with money felt stale and uninspiring. Budgeting felt stifling and restrictive, so I didn’t do it. Then I received my first student loan bill, and I had a shocking realization: I had never been taught how to work with money. I have a Master’s degree in Somatic Psychology. I spent years learning to talk…
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Do you need Financial Therapy support?
by Bari Tessler April 20, 2023My Art of Money group program is the most affordable way I offer my somatic-based financial therapy support. Working on our money relationship can bring up so many emotions, especially when we try to do it alone. That’s why the Art of Money program is designed the way it is. It’s not just a collection of self-paced online learning materials that you go through alone at your own pace. Sure, that’s a part of the experience, but the bigger, way…
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5 Steps to Making Good Money Decisions
by Bari Tessler April 19, 2023Dear Money Adventurer, The Art of Money year-long money school registration will be closing soon and we’d love to have you join us. If you’re reading this and you’re still trying to make a decision about whether or not to join us yourself, well…I have some help for you. See, the decision you’re trying to make now is a money decision: Should you spend money on improving your relationship with money? Feels like a bit of a paradox, right? If…