That moment i realized no one was going to teach me about careers 💔

I remember sitting across from the banker, feeling so grown up for making an appointment about my $1000 in savings. I was 26. I had a full-time admin assistant job. I had $20K in student loans. I was fully self-supporting, rent, groceries, health insurance, the whole thing. And this $1,000 in my savings felt like a fortune. 💰

I thought I had finally gotten "responsible" enough to ask for help with my money. I wore my nice clothes. I brought a notebook. I was ready to learn what to do next.

And then the banker said,

"Just keep it in your savings account. You don't have enough to 'do anything' with your money." 💸

That was it. No guidance. No questions about my goals. No conversation about my income or expenses. ❌

I left feeling small and embarrassed. 😳

Apparently, I didn't have enough money to deserve financial advice. 💔💵

Have you ever felt that way? You're somehow supposed to know all this money and career stuff already, but no one actually taught you?

After college, I naively trusted that the adults around me would guide me financially. I believed that any job offer would naturally pay enough to support me (spoiler alert: they don't).

When an activist organization offered me under $2000/month to live near Boston and organize river clean-ups, I asked how other interns made it work, money-wise. My would-be boss said:

"They live together, they live modestly, and a lot of them get help from their families." 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦

That was my first breakthrough moment - realizing the system wasn't designed for people without family wealth to fall back on.

For years after, I lived paycheck to paycheck at that admin job, watching my bank account rise and fall with the months.📈 📉I got small raises and just... spent more. I had no direction, no guidance about what to save for or how to grow. 💸

I worked hard to make it “look” like I had it together, but I carried the secret that something was missing in my understanding of money and my career.

That banker should have validated that I was doing the right thing by seeking help. Instead, I got dismissed. 😔

Don't let another month go by without the financial guidance you deserve. 💪

I created the Money Healing Club to be the exact resource I needed back then. Friendly personal Finance education that's emotionally informed, fused with a compassionate community and a splash of creativity. 💖

Plus, as life circumstances change, the Club can meet you at every step. 👣💸

Your relationship with money is a life-long one. That's why it's a Club and not a Program. ♾️💰

Had I known it was well within my right to persue income, to learn about investing, and that I was on the right track with a lot of money stuff already, I would have saved years of anguish, and likely would have more money in my retirement account today. Just facts.