- You stress about money even when things are fine.
- You know what you should do financially, but something holds you back.
- Guilt, shame, or avoidance keep showing up in your money decisions.
- You crave financial confidence, but traditional advice doesn’t feel right.
Does this sound familiar?
money is not meant to feel heavy.
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Money is emotional. And if you don’t address the emotions, no budget, spreadsheet, or strategy will ever stick.
We're told that if you just keep adding, you’ll eventually feel secure, confident, and happy. But what if more isn’t the answer? What if more is just a distraction, an easier pursuit than the real work of understanding what’s already here?
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We live in a world that tells us the answer is always more.
It’s not the amount of money. Instead, it's our emotional relationship with it that determines how secure or content we feel.
The human brain processes emotional decisions 5x faster than logical ones. This is why most financial advice doesn’t stick — it ignores the emotional side of money.
The Feels-First Money Circle taps into emotional transformation first, so financial habits become natural and sustainable.
If you're here, chances are...
✔️ You’ve tried traditional money advice, but it never sticks.
✔️ You know you have emotional patterns around money—but don’t know how to shift them.
✔️ You’re tired of financial guilt, avoidance, or over-control.
✔️ You want a clear, personalized plan that actually feels aligned.
money is less about the numbers and the math, and more about the emotions and feelings.
less math
more feelings
Thank you so much for providing the structure and motivation to get me to this point. My mental lid has really been blown off! At first I was overwhelmed by the work I had to do and wasn't sure where to start. As I've chipped away at things and taken the time to be really thoughtful and introspective, I feel excited and optimistic.
- Melissa, mastermind member
💻 How It Works:
- Weekly live Zoom calls (recorded for replay)
- Asynchronous journaling prompts, reflection exercises & action steps
- Optional VIP access for deeper support (extra 30-minute mastermind-style sessions before each call)
This is not another budgeting class. This is where we heal your relationship with money, so every financial decision you make feels aligned, confident, and clear.
6 Live, Interactive Sessions
spring 2025 cohort
That’s what we’re doing inside The Feels-First Money Circle. It’s not about fixing you — because you’re not broken. It’s about giving you the tools to finally feel at peace with your finances, and the confidence to move forward with a plan that actually works for you.
Your money story deserves a rewrite— let’s make it a bestseller.
What if managing money felt as natural as your morning coffee order?
Let’s make that happen.
🟡 WEEK 1: Mapping Your Financial Story
→ Create your Financial Genogram
→ Explore how childhood experiences, family dynamics, and societal influences impact your financial behaviors
→ Explore money trauma, privilege, and intergenerational money stories
🟠 WEEK 2: Exploring Money Shadows
→ Understand what Money Shadows are
→ Identify your dominant Money Shadow
→ Bring your shadow into the light and learn how to shift financial patterns
🔴 WEEK 3: Detaching Self-Worth from Money
→ Challenge the belief that your net worth = your self-worth
→ Define your own expectations and version of financial success
→ Create your Inner-Wealth Manifesto
🟣 WEEK 4: Exploring Dualities in Money
→ Explore money dualities
→ Reflect on what you’ve learned so far
→ Begin visualizing what your financial future could look like
🔵 WEEK 5: Building Your Feels-First Financial Plan
→ Receive your Wealth Dashboard
→ Use the Feels-First Financial Plan Template
→ Identify short-term and long-term money goals
→ Create a values-based spending plan
🟢 WEEK 6: Finalizing Your Feels-First Financial Plan
→ Refine and finalize your Feels-First Financial Plan
→ Create a Money Check-In Ritual
→ Strengthen your mindset
✅ You feel stuck in cycles of guilt, avoidance, or over-control with money.
✅ You want clarity, direction, and a personalized financial plan.
✅ You’re ready to heal your financial story and build confidence.
🚫 You’re just looking for a budgeting class. (This goes way deeper.)
🚫 You want a quick fix without exploring emotions.
🚫 You don’t believe money and emotions are connected.
This is for you if...
Oh, it's for me!!
Like most people, I used to think that money was just about numbers, discipline, and financial “literacy.” I believed that if people just knew more, they would do better. But over the years, I realized something that changed everything for me: People don’t struggle with money because they don’t know what to do—they struggle because money is emotional.
I’ve spent over a decade educating people on their relationship with money. But the deeper I got into personal finance, the more I realized that the traditional money conversation is missing something huge: the way we feel about money.
That’s why I went back to school to pursue my Master’s in Counseling Psychology. My goal wasn’t just to help people make better financial choices—I wanted to help them understand themselves and why they make those choices in the first place.
I know what it's like to feel disconnected from your own financial decisions. To save out of fear, to spend out of guilt, or to avoid money altogether because it’s just too much.
And I also know what it’s like to rewrite that story, to take control of my financial emotions, and to build a money system that actually feels good.
Create a financial plan that actually fits your values, emotions and real life
Stop repeating old patterns when it comes to your finances
Break free from limiting beliefs you have about money
This is a space to...
This isn’t a budgeting course. This isn’t a lecture on “just stop spending money on lattes.”
Vanessa M.
Seeing another woman talk about paying off debt and still being able to live inspired me. Huge thank you for opening up a platform for women who sometimes need another woman's perspective
