Take Control of Your Finances and Achieve Financial Freedom. Transform your relationship with money through personalized coaching that aligns with your values and goals. Using innovative tools like YNAB, I’ll help you create a sustainable budget, reduce financial stress, and build a path to money mastery.
Regardless of how you currently feel about money—whether you love it, loathe it, crave more of it, or avoid thinking about it—it’s fundamental to our well being. Developing a healthy understanding and way of relating to money leads to more fulfillment and personal mastery.
I will work with you to explore your current relationship with money, identify areas for improvement, and then guide you toward achieving your financial goals and aspirations. Together, we’ll break down the barriers to financial freedom and create a personalized plan that aligns with your values.
To facilitate this process, I’ll teach you to use YNAB (You Need a Budget) software, an innovative budgeting system inspired by the classic “envelope method.” With my support, you’ll learn how to budget, track your expenses, and manage your finances in a way that suits your unique lifestyle and priorities.
Leave behind your complicated spreadsheets, late-night stress, and that constant feeling of uncertainty about where your money is going or how much you’ll need to cover next month’s costs. In our work together you’ll establish a clear budget that supports your goals and dreams, as well as cultivate daily, weekly and monthly habits that will reduce your money fears and anxiety.
With your finances in order, you’ll find yourself living with greater confidence and aligning your spending with the things that matter most to you, so you can get what you truly want from this one precious life.
Why YNAB and Budget Coaching?
I’ve experienced the profound impact using YNAB has had on my own life and there is nothing more rewarding than the feedback of a happy client who’s world has been transformed by this tool. I believe that our money story (both what has already happened and the story we write going forward) is a key aspect to self-understanding and personal fulfillment. Money, on a sub-conscious level, is tied up with survival instinct and primal existential fears. You know “you can’t take it with you”, but until then, how do you want to work with it so that it serves your goals, dreams and priorities? Let’s find out together.
“After developing a pretty bad shopping addiction and losing track of where my money was going, Louise gently guided me through the complex task of setting up a workable and straightforward budget. And I have found that her approach has gotten me on a path of new awareness and healthier spending habits.”
SK
Entrepreneur
About You:
Budgeters come in all shapes and sizes. Do any of these seem like you?
- You make plenty of money but don’t have any leftover at the end of the year for a retirement account contribution.
- You finally got that raise but it never feels like enough.
- You avoid existential fears of running out of money … by shopping for things you don’t need!
- You buy stuff impulsively and regret it later.
- You buy stuff that doesn’t feel truly aligned with your values.
- You feel stressed by money even though intellectually, you know you’re doing OK.
- You have a variable income which tends to support you, but you dip in and out of relying on credit cards and hate feeling like you’re wasting money on interest fees!
- You have an enviable salary but can’t seem to get on top of your debt or student loans.
How It Works:
We’ll start by evaluating your current financial situation and determining your long-term priorities and goals. Then I’ll teach you the YNAB method and how the system works using a demo budget. Next, we’ll get you set up with up to three budgets: personal, business and joint (if you’re budgeting with a partner). You’ll learn the daily, weekly and monthly habits of a successful budgeter, and I’ll provide accountability and support as you integrate these habits into your life. I’ll also support you with any emotional or mindset challenges you’re having around upgrading your relationship to personal finance.
Pricing:
The standard fee for a one-hour session, inclusive of preparation and follow-up support, is $150. This covers personalized homework assignments, a follow-up email, and continuous email assistance beyond the session (for multi-session packages).
Additionally, I recognize that folks have diverse financial circumstances, so a sliding scale is available. Feel free to inquire about sliding-scale possibilities during our initial consultation.
Book a Discovery Call and let’s discuss if YNAB and Budget Coaching are right for your situation:
DISCLAIMER: I am a YNAB Certified Budgeting Coach, which means that I have been trained to coach people on using YNAB software and the YNAB budgeting method. I have met select requirements of You Need a Budget LLC in order to receive this certification, which means that I have the ability to competently coach YNAB to others. I am not an employee of YNAB, and all non-YNAB related opinions and recommendations are my own. My views do not reflect the views of YNAB and its employees or its affiliates.
