Dear friend,
Yes, it’s for real. The subject line on this email isn’t click bait.
This upcoming round of my flagship 3-month Art of Money financial therapy program that starts this coming week on May 1st will be the last time I’m going to teach this program live.
And perhaps the bigger news here is that when this last round of the Art of Money program ends, I’m going to take a sabbatical, likely for a year.
And this? Means that I’m stepping away from teaching my money work and from doing private financial therapy sessions.
Whew. This is…this is a moment here for me.
Let me gather my thoughts and explain…
You see, I began this path back in the fall of 2001, following an intuition I could barely explain, but knew I had to trust.
I wove together threads from somatic psychology, my love of therapy, and a longing for grounded, practical financial skills into something new. Something the world hadn’t quite seen before.
I ended up pioneering an entire field of work: financial therapy.
For the past 24 years, I’ve poured my heart and soul into this body of work.
I’ve taught over 5,500 people in the Art of Money program, stood and spoke on countless stages, written two books that have sold over 37,000 copies, and shared intimate conversations across podcasts and living rooms, from California to Copenhagen.
This work has been the fabric of my life for almost half of my life.
Last year, I started to hear a faint ringing somewhere off in the distance of my life. It felt like there was a cute little red phone sitting on a chair out in the wilderness…and it started to ring.
I felt something stirring in me. Something I couldn’t put my finger on, but I knew something was calling me. Something new for the next chapter of my life.
I told my husband, Forest, about it. We had a chat at the kitchen table about it all, and then I put it aside and kept focusing on my work.
Many months have gone by, and the ringing is getting louder now.
I don’t know what it is that’s calling me.
I don’t know what’s coming next.
I don’t know what the next chapter of my work in the world will look like.
All I know is that it’s time for me to take a break, walk into the wilderness, and listen for what the trees might whisper. To find that red phone, lift it gently to my ear, and just… listen.
And so, with a bit of fear about the unknown of my future, this upcoming round of The Art of Money will be the last time I teach this program.
I honestly don’t know what’s next. It could be that I’ll come back from my sabbatical and pick up where I left off with my money work, finding new ways to bring this much needed work into the world.
But my intuition is telling me that something new, something different, is coming.
I created this Art of Money methodology, and the field of financial therapy, by listening to my intuition.
By going on long walks alone among the ancient redwoods in California. By listening to my heart and sketching the broad strokes of this work on giant post-it notes that I hung on our living room walls back in 2001.
Something new is stirring within me. I have no idea what it is, but I know that I need to once again trust my intuition.
I need to go pick up that phone and just listen…because I have a feeling that it’s my own soul that’s calling out to me.
Alright. That’s the news. This is as real as I can get with you in a letter.
Having done my money teaching for 24 years now, I know that it’s quite common for folks to get on my email list and wait, sometimes 5 or 6 or even 10 years, before they finally muster up the courage to say yes to changing their relationship with money, to say yes to signing up for the Art of Money program.
If that feels familiar, that is totally okay. It’s perfectly normal. This work takes courage. It can change your life in huge ways, but it takes courage and commitment.
If you’ve been waiting for some years until things are just right before you sign up for my Art of Money program to go on this journey with me and my alumni guides, this is your gentle nudge.
This will be your last opportunity to walk through the Art of Money journey with me, to learn with me, and to get moments of financial therapy with me in the live classes.
If you feel called to join me, you can get the details and sign up right here.
I would be honored to have you in this last round of the program that starts in a few days on May 1st, 2025.
I’ll give you everything I’ve got. All 24 years of teaching this work in groups, on stage, in my programs, and in private therapy sessions.
One last time, my friend.
This last round of the program is going to be something special.
Something sacred.
A full-circle moment.
I hope to see you there…
Sending you my dearest wishes,
