Pursuing True North
Ready to level up your finances and start thriving? We're here to help you go from living paycheck to paycheck to living your best life. Gain control of your money and align your future with your dreams. With the perfect balance of faith and finances, you'll find clarity and peace like never before. Let's make your financial success a reality!
True? Yes. The whole truth? Nope 🤷♀️
Pursuing true North Hi friend, Let me guess how this goes. Payday hits, and for about 36 glorious hours you feel like a functioning adult. Rent’s paid. You bought the good coffee creamer. You even thought about savings for a minute. Then it’s Tuesday. You’re doing math in the grocery aisle. You check your balance before you swipe, like the card might bite. By the week before payday, the gas, the groceries and your social life are all on a strict diet, and you’re hoping nobody invites you to...
“I’m not smart enough for money” (let’s talk about that) 🍂
Pursuing true North Hey friend, A client said something to me recently that I’ve heard more times than I can count over the last decade: “I’m just not smart enough to figure money out.” I smiled. I nodded. And inside, a tiny part of me lost its mind. Here’s the truth, with love That sentence isn’t a fact. It’s a script. And it’s a really convenient one, because if you’re “not smart enough,” you never have to try. You get a permission slip to stay stuck. I get why it feels true. Money has been...
It Felt Like Failure. It was Actually a Win. 🏆
Pursuing true North Hi friend, I had a conversation with one of my youngest clients this week that I haven’t stopped thinking about. She’s been working so hard. When we started coaching, every surprise expense went straight onto a credit card. Car trouble? Card. Christmas? Card. Insurance bill? You guessed it. Now she has a sinking fund. Every month she sets aside money for the things that don’t come every month: car maintenance, taxes, insurance, birthdays, travel, Christmas. And she’s been...
Unfinished Business (and why it’s so heavy) 😩
Pursuing true North Hey friend, I came across this quote from David Allen, and it stopped me in my tracks: “Much of the stress that people feel doesn’t come from having too much to do. It comes from not finishing what they’ve started.” Oof. Raise your hand if you have something unfinished; a half-built budget spreadsheet somewhere. A savings goal you started in January. A “we really need to talk about money” conversation that’s been on pause since 2023. (My hand is up too. I have a farm....
One family makes $40K. The other makes $350K. Guess who had more hope? 🌱
Pursuing true North Hey friend, This week I had coaching calls with two different families. One family of three makes about $40,000 a year. The other family of three makes about $350,000 a year. And here's the funny thing. We were working on almost the exact same stuff, just with a few more zeros on one side. The difference wasn't the money One family showed up with perspective. They had hope, a dream, and some serious tenacity. Tight budget? Sure. But they could see where they were going....
💳 Your Credit Card Gave Itself a Raise
Pursuing true North Hey friend, Five kids. Three in diapers. And a paycheck that was spoken for before it ever hit our account. That was us. Back then, the credit card wasn't for splurges. It was how we made it to the end of the month. I'd swipe for diapers/groceries/ that car repair and tell myself I'd deal with it later. Later always came with interest. I'm thinking about those years a lot right now, because last month the Fed raised interest rates. Most credit cards are now charging...
What if your spouse is the problem? 🙊
Pursuing true North Hey Friend, Let's talk about the question I hear whispered in more coaching sessions than I can count: "What if my spouse is the problem?" I've been coaching for over eight years now, and here's what I've learned. The guilt, shame, and doubt tangled up in that question (or its sneaky cousin, "What if I'm the problem?") can keep good people from getting real help. So let's untangle it together. 1. It's rarely one person's fault. Money trouble in a marriage is almost always...
The candle aisle is not a strategy 🎄
Pursuing true North Hi friend, I know. It's September. Somebody at the store already put out the tinsel, and you just want to enjoy your pumpkin-everything in peace. But hear me out. Christmas is about 13 weeks away, and I want to talk about it now, while you still have options. Because here's what usually happens. We tell ourselves we'll "be good this year." Then it's December 22nd, and you're standing in the store holding a $19 candle called Winter Whisper for a coworker whose last name...
Can I Ever Catch Up Financially? ⚖
Pursuing true North Friends, I've been asked some version of this question for eight years now. Eight. Years. "Jenny, is it too late for me?" "Jenny, will I ever actually catch up?" "Jenny, everyone else seems so far ahead - what's wrong with me?" Here's the truth I wish I could hand every single one of you the first time you ask it: This is not a race. It's not a competition. Nobody is handing out medals for who paid off debt the fastest or who retired the earliest or who had the "right"...
You Can't Pour From an Empty 529 💸
Pursuing true North Last week I was mid-lecture with my kids about the importance of healthy eating. Real food, not junk, you know the speech. Right when I hit my stride, my purse tipped over and out rolled my emergency chocolate bar. My kids just looked at it, then looked at me, and didn't say a word. They didn't have to. It was a good reminder that we can believe something is important and still not be practicing it perfectly ourselves. And that's exactly what I want to talk about this...
Ready to level up your finances and start thriving? We're here to help you go from living paycheck to paycheck to living your best life. Gain control of your money and align your future with your dreams. With the perfect balance of faith and finances, you'll find clarity and peace like never before. Let's make your financial success a reality!