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Parents with Adult Children

Through a holistic process of accountability, empowerment and education, your adult child can heal their relationship with money. Money coaching provides an opportunity to restore trust and lay the foundation for long-term financial integrity.

Our work together includes:      

  • Guidance for customized set-up of personal finance software 

  • Melody Beattie’s book Codependent No More

  • Email access to Carrie between appointments

  • Introductions to talented financial and lifestyle professionals in Carrie’s personal network

  • A myriad of tools including Money Script Inventory, MONIE$ (map of non-monthly expenses per year), Needs vs. Wants, and an Action Plan. You will be offered Money Affirmations, Values Clarification, and a Holistic Approach to Debt, Savings, and Net Worth. Other resources include Gratitude and Success Journals, 3 Stages of Wealth, 4 Solutions to a Shortfall and 5 Reasons We Overspend, Stress Inoculation, Financial Partnership Questions, Advanced Life + Money Questions, Legacy Intervention and Personal Finance Routines.

  • Optional Add-Ons: monthly phone check-ins with the parent, session summary emails, and family counseling sessions

We will cover:

  • Setting goals for what your adult child wants to accomplish and address in his/her/their financial life

  • Safely re-opening lines of communication about money

  • Letting go of “Money Fog” – avoidance and fear of money

  • Practicing financial awareness on a consistent basis

  • Designing a personal vision for a financially balanced lifestyle

  • Creating and maintaining a flexible monthly spending plan (a.k.a. budget)

  • Developing a debt repayment plan, if needed

  • Addressing entitlement and “affluenza,” if needed

  • Saving for Non-Monthly Expenses, a Safety Net, and Retirement

  • Family history

  • Laying the foundation for a long-term financial plan

  • Having a sense of control, freedom and peace of mind about money

  • Analyzing current employment, income strategies, tax planning, and business development

  • Mastering financial tools and distinctions

  • Self-care