The first-of-its-kind money workbook that uses a 3-step plan to bring more compassion, honesty, and awareness to your relationship with your finances.
“A gentle, beautifully written, and practical guide for everyone who wants to become more intentional, values-aligned, and awake in their relationship with money.”—Tara Mohr, author of Playing Big
For over 20 years, financial therapist Bari Tessler’s Art of Money program has helped thousands of people understand and navigate their financial life. Her 3-phase process will help you make choices that reflect your values, become aware of spending patterns, and create new financial habits:
Money Healing: Your emotions, the body check-in, and delving into your personal money story
Money Practices: Self-care practices, money dates, and values-based bookkeeping
Money Maps: Visioning, transforming your budget, making good money decisions, and handling curveballs
Each step offers self-reflective exercises and tools that will encourage you to write your own money memoir, set regular money dates with yourself and/or your partner, and plan for the future. Bari’s gentle encouragement and practical tools will transform your relationship with money and offer you new avenues for creativity and joy.
ISBN-13: 9781611808445
Media Type: Paperback
Publisher: Shambhala
Publication Date: 06-07-2022
Pages: 176
Product Dimensions: 6.00(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.70(d)
BARI TESSLER, M.A. Somatic Psychology, is a Financial Therapist and the Founder of The Art of Money. She is the author of The Art of Money: A Life-Changing Guide to Financial Happiness and The Art of Money Workbook. Her work has been featured on Oprah.com, Inc.com, US News & World Report, Reuters Money, The Fiscal Times, USA Today, The Cut, Girlboss, Nerd Wallet, Real Simple, MindBodyGreen, and REDBOOK. She has also been featured on the cover of Experience Life and Mindful. Bari is . Bari lives in Boulder, CO with her husband, son, and a clowder of cats.
Table of Contents
Welcome vi
Introduction 1
Phase 1 Money Healing
1 What Does Your Body Have to Say about Money-And Why Should You Care? 11
2 Money Emotions 13
3 The Body Check-In 21
4 Delving into Your Personal Money Story 27
5 Adding New Chapters to Your Money Story 47
Phase 2 Money Practices
6 Money as a Self-Care Practice 65
7 What Is a Money Date? 69
8 Welcome to Values-Based Bookkeeping 81
9 Spiritual Money Practices 89
Phase 3 Money Maps
10 Visioning 101
11 Transform Budgeting with Money Maps 107
12 Charting Your Course through the Five Money Areas 123
13 How to Make Good Money Decisions 133
14 Handling Money Curveballs 143
15 Your Money Legacy 151
A Letter in Closing 163
Resources to Support You Further 164
About the Author 166
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