Your money knows exactly how to disappear when you aren’t looking.
Not in one giant, dramatic, “Good heavens, where did $5,000 go?” moment.
It’s sneakier than that.
A little here. A little there. Something you meant to cancel. Something you forgot to set up. Something that was ridiculously easy to buy because apparently spending money now requires approximately one thumb and poor judgment.
None of these things feels big enough to be THE problem.
But pile enough of them together?
Well, now we’re talking about real money.
And here’s the good news:
If you want to get better with money, you don’t need to completely overhaul your finances. You need a few practical changes you can actually stick with.
You just need to teach your money to behave a little better.
Please don’t give me another giant money project.
Oh, I wouldn’t dare. I know you have 23 things on your to-do list just for TODAY.
You do not need a 47-lesson financial course, a complicated app, a giant spreadsheet, or a solemn Sunday-night appointment with your checking account.
You need someone to say:
Here. Try this.
Then give you enough time to actually DO it before tossing another idea at you.
That’s exactly what the Let’s Teach Your Money to Behave Toolkit does.
You’ll get 8 short, practical lessons, delivered to your inbox one at a time.
Each tackles one of those ordinary little places where your money could be working harder for you.
No giant overhaul.
No financial boot camp.
One useful idea. One simple action. One win.
Then we move on.
You probably don’t need more money advice.
You already know you’re supposed to save money for a rainy day. You know you shouldn’t be buying today’s stuff with tomorrow’s money (I’m looking at you MasterCard!). And having a shoe collection that would rival Imelda Marcos isn’t going to get your kid into a decent college.
Knowing isn’t the problem.
Getting the damn things DONE is the problem.
Life happens. You get busy. You mean to take care of something and forget. You’re tired and everyone is hungry and the drive thru is RIGHT THERE.
You keep doing something the same way because you’ve always done it that way.
Or you don’t realize there’s a ridiculously simple way to make something easier until somebody points it out.
That’s where I come in.
Why should you listen to me?
I’m Adrian — Your Fairy Debtmother — and a Debt Specialist with 40+ years of experience in crunching numbers, most of it as a Financial Analyst at Wells Fargo. I’ve helped hundreds of clients feel hopeful about money again. I cut through overwhelm fast. No judgment. No jargon. No shame.
I was a working mom with three kids, sometimes juggling two jobs. That was ROUGH.
So I know exactly what it feels like when you’re tired, money is tight and you are just so damned tired of being your family’s CEO.
I’m also a lifelong IMPULSE SHOPPER.
I went to Costco for a hot dog last month and spent more than $150. I once impulse bought a CRUISE because it was sailing on my birthday. No kidding!
So this system didn’t come from some perfect budgeting guru sitting in a minimalist white office.
It came from someone who understands exactly how easy it is to get sucked into a spending trap — and who figured out how to stop it anyway.
So no, I’m not going to scold you. I’m much more interested in what we can FIX.
I know how to look at money analytically.
I also know there’s an actual human being trying to manage it while simultaneously remembering appointments, work deadlines, what’s for dinner and whether anybody has fed the dog.
The Toolkit was built for her.
Tiny Changes – that add up FAST
Maybe one lesson saves you $20. Another fixes something that’s been quietly costing you money for three years. Maybe one simply removes an annoying money chore from your brain forever.
Individually, they might not look earth-shattering.
But start stacking those little suckers up and things get interesting.
That’s what I call a Mom Win.
Because moms spend an astonishing amount of time doing things that have to be done all over again tomorrow.
– Laundry? It’s coming back.
– Dinner? Apparently they want it again tomorrow.
– Clean kitchen? Enjoy your 14 minutes.
A money win can KEEP winning.
And I would very much like you to have more of those.
And no, this isn’t going to become another thing you don’t finish.
That’s why I deliberately didn’t build it like a traditional course. You don’t get eight lessons dumped on your head at once.
They arrive in your inbox every couple of days.
Open one. Read it. Try the thing.
Tell me how it went if you want to.
Then I’ll send you another.
No course portal or password to remember.
Just useful, actionable changes you can implement immediately.
Let’s Teach Your Money to Behave Toolkit
A simple but POWERFUL 8 lesson course to help you make simple changes in how you shop, how you spend, how you pay bills.
What you get:
- 8 short, practical lessons delivered by email
- One manageable action at a time
- Simple tools and strategies you can keep using
- Plenty of opportunities to collect some very satisfying Mom Wins
- Savings of hundreds of dollars if you implement each lesson
Single payment of $22
Why this works when nothing else has
Every budgeting app, grocery planning spreadsheet, and “just be more disciplined” pep talk has one thing in common: they all assume you have unlimited time, unlimited mental energy, and a household that cooperates. You don’t. Nobody does.
Because we’re fixing real-life money annoyances, not studying financial theory.
You’ll tackle things like putting bills and savings on autopilot, putting a speed bump between you and those too-easy Amazon purchases, finding $100 you can keep instead of spend, and even getting a handle on those “screw it, let’s DoorDash” nights.
Each fix is small enough to actually DO – but once you start stacking them together, your money starts behaving very differently.
Bottom line: This should enable you to create consistent savings on an ongoing basis. And once you build these habits, they will save you money next week, next month, and next year. What’s that worth to you?
Testimonials
What Happy Clients Say About Me
A few of my favorite testimonials from past clients. There are more on the Testimonials tab. To protect my client’s privacy, I’ve changed the names.
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If you’ve got debt that isn’t moving, a paycheck that disappears before the month ends, or a vague sense that you should be further ahead financially than you are — that’s what my unique Money Reset Session tackles.
It’s a 60-minute one-on-one expert consultation where we look at the full picture: your debt, your spending patterns, your income, and exactly where the money is going. You leave with a custom plan, not a generic checklist.
If you have questions:
If you have questions or are not sure if this is the right fit for your particular situation? You can book a 15 min no obligation consultation call to kick the tires. No pressure, just a chance to get your questions answered. Click HERE to schedule a call.