Helping women decide what deserves their time, energy, money, and care when life hasn't gone according to plan.
Money and Self-trust
Money can take up a lot of room in your head.
Something happened. You're not quite sure where things stand. There's a decision you keep putting off. Or you know the numbers but still don't trust yourself to decide what to do with them.
You don't necessarily need more financial advice.
Sometimes you need a way to work with what has happened, understand what is true now, or make a decision without second-guessing yourself all the way through it.
The Brighter Mind offers three places to begin:
What happened?
Financial Hotwash
What's happening now?
Financial Foresight
What will you do?
Building Financial Self-Trust
Your may recognize this...
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Something changed financially, and you're still trying to get your footing.
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You avoid looking too closely at your money because you're not sure what you'll find—or what you'll do about it.
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You know roughly where things stand, but you'd feel better if you knew for sure.
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You have a financial decision to make and keep second-guessing yourself.
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You know what you're “supposed” to do with money, but that doesn't necessarily make the decision easier.
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You'd like money to take up less mental space than it does now.
Money Involves More Than Money
Information matters. So do the numbers.
But what you do with money can also be influenced by what has happened to you, what you believe, what you expect, what you fear, what you value, what you're responsible for, and what you think is possible.
That doesn't mean every financial question needs to become an examination of your feelings.
It means that sometimes the numbers aren't the only thing you need to work with.
You may need to make sense of what happened.
You may need to see clearly where you are now.
Or you may need a reliable way to decide what to do next.
That's why there are three different ways to begin.
Three Ways to Begin
You don't have to start in the same place as someone else.
What you need may depend on the question money is asking of you now.
Financial Hotwash
What happened?
Something changed financially, and what happened may still be affecting what you're doing now.
Financial Hotwash gives you a structured way to look back at the change, identify what it changed or disrupted, and separate what belongs to then from what needs your attention now.
The goal isn't to keep revisiting the past.
It's to keep the past from quietly making today's decisions.
Financial Foresight
What's happening now?
Sometimes the first thing you need is an accurate picture of where you are.
Financial Foresight helps you look at your current financial reality—what you have, what you need, what may need attention, and what you can begin doing now.
You leave with a clearer picture of your finances and practical tools for working with them.
You can't make every circumstance certain. You can know what you're working with.
Building Financial Self-Trust
What will you do?
You have a financial decision to make, but knowing the facts doesn't automatically tell you what to do.
Building Financial Self-Trust teaches you a repeatable process for working with the facts, influences, options, emotions, likely actions, and consequences involved in a decision.
The goal isn't to make the “right” decision every time.
It's to make decisions you can explain, examine, and stand behind.
Start Where You Need
These aren't three steps you have to complete in order.
You may need to understand what happened before deciding what comes next. You may simply need a clearer picture of where your finances stand today. Or you may already know the facts and want a better way to make a particular financial decision.
Each experience stands on its own.
Begin with the one that matches what you need now.
What does your money need from you now?
You don't have to solve everything at once.
You may need to understand what happened, see clearly where you are, or make one decision about what comes next.
Start there: