Wherever you are along your money journey, you’re welcome here.
Bring your stories. Your goals. And a good pair of galoshes. I lead with vision, heart, and playfulness. And I know these woods like the back of my hand.
I know: these woods can seem thick, dark, and scary if you’re new to it all. And there’s oodles and oodles of amazing content on this site — so it can be hard to know where to start!
Fret not. Here are some of my fave, foundational pieces to get you started.
Top 10 Blog Posts
3 Powerful Somatic Practices to Cultivate Inner Safety
When you find yourself struggling with money stress, discomfort, or any big emotion that comes up around money, these personal practices can help you feel supported as you learn to self-regulate with compassion and gentle curiosity.
27 ways to make a Money Date your own
Wondering how to make a money date your own? Here are 27 ideas to get you started.
Here’s What Happens When You Merge Your Values and Bookkeeping
So many of us spend years thinking of money strictly as currency, a unit of exchange devoid of personal meaning beyond what can be bought, sold, saved, or invested. From this perspective, engaging with money looks like boring, restrictive “budgets” and uninspired “bookkeeping” practices meant to get you and your money in line. But what if you sought authentic alignment instead?
The Power of Naming Your Money Emotions
Learning to be present with the personal, emotional side of money can be challenging. Especially when you’ve spent your entire life learning to push your money emotions aside, bury them, or turn them into evidence of your mistakes and shortcomings. It can be scary to peek at the shame and pain we’ve swept under the rug for so long. You aren’t alone. Money emotions are a normal part of being human.
Who Are the Players on Your Financial Support Team? Here’s a guide…
Everything you didn’t know you needed to know about your financial support team. Please say it with me: I do not have to know everything. I can ask for help. Sometimes, getting support is the strongest, bravest thing to do.
How Do You Handle Big Unexpected Money Curveballs?
I have a quick question for you: what do you do when life throws a money curve ball at you? Not a ball of money (which would be nice), but a financial challenge, one you never saw coming until it hit you by surprise in the middle of an otherwise unremarkable afternoon. No matter what your money story looks like, we all encounter unexpected money curveballs in life.
What to do when you’re in financial fight-flight-freeze.
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? 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 bathtub.
11 Things Your Financial Therapist Wants You to Know
Whether I’m on an Office Hours call with the Art of Money community, sharing about my work in a podcast interview, or having real-life money conversations with my friends, family, or even myself – the same themes show up again and again. As your guide on this journey, here are the 11 Things Your Financial Therapist (me!) wants you to know.
How to Make A Good Money Decision
One of the most important skills around money is how to make a good money decision…about anything. It could be whether to buy a new couch, or a new pair of boots, or a car, or, yes, an online program about getting better with money. This post will share the 5 steps to help you make better money decisions.
How to Work with Tough Money Emotions
In this teaching, I explore how to navigate those tough money emotions, decode fight-flight-freeze responses, and share my favorite tool to help when these feelings inevitably arise.