I offer two programs, one for individuals and one for couples:

The Good Bones Edit for individuals is a six-session program over 8-12 weeks.

The Good Bones Edit for couples is a seven-session program over 9-13 weeks.

A house with “good bones” is far from perfect.

Maybe the kitchen needs an upgrade, the windows need replacing and the wallpaper in the bathroom is peeling.

But the structure of a house with good bones is solid. The pipes are functioning. The roof isn’t leaking. It’s a sturdy house, even if it isn’t perfect.

Good Bones Financial Coaching is all about helping you build a solid foundation for your “financial house.”

I am an Accredited Financial Counselor®, which means I act in your best financial interest, I don’t sell financial products or insurance and I don’t tell you how to invest your money (CFP®s can tell you how to invest your money).

AFC®s are interested in helping you gain the skills to become a confident steward of your financial resources rather than being the person you lean on for financial advice. We work on short and mid-term financial goals while CFP®s are more helpful when thinking through long-term goals, like retirement and saving for college.

AFC®s must pass an exam demonstrating core competencies in personal financial education, accrue 1000 supervised experience hours and sign a code of ethics.

CFP®s must also pass a famously rigorous exam and experience requirements to do what they do.

I don’t believe most money management challenges are really about the numbers at their core. They’re about the stories and beliefs we carry and have inherited about this strange force in our lives that can stand in for so much: our sense of safety, success, our dreams.

As a former journalist I know how powerful the stories we tell ourselves can be. Before we discuss how you’d like to move forward with your financial goals, we take time to “deconstruct” your money story to identify the assumptions that have been running your financial strategies up until point.

After that initial session, I have you develop your own intentions for how you’d like to revise those assumptions moving forward.

Then and only then do we begin talking about numbers.

Set up a free, 30-minute intro session with me so we can get acquainted! I’d love to learn more about you and your goals and give you more information about what The Good Bones Edit entails before you sign up.