The Money Madness Cure Workshop with Tresa Leftenant

09.13.11

With the stock market acting like a bipolar hummingbird and the generally frazzled state of the economy, it's hardly a wonder that many of us are feeling more stressed than ever about money. If you or yours are looking for a way to improve your financial situation, graduate client Tresa Leftenant has mapped out a road to sanity. You may remember meeting Tresa here on the blog in May.

Tresa, a Certified Financial Planner (CFP) and owner of My Financial Design, an independent financial planning company, is offering a five-session workshop beginning in October. This series, "The Money Madness Cure Workshop," will help you understand more about your core motivations, limiting beliefs and emotional challenges around money and to create real solutions to move you from where you are today to where you want to be.

The sessions are centered around group exercises and workbook lessons designed by Tresa and based on her observations from over 30 years of helping clients. She incorporates (with permission) bestselling author Jack Canfield's "Success Principles" from the book of the same name. The exercises are designed to reveal unconscious blocks and teach new habits to help create a successful life and improved financial health.

She says she came to realize later in her career that the inner mind is a key motivator to financial success. "If I truly want to help people refrain from making the same mistakes over and over, I have to help them bring their hidden beliefs and behaviors to their consciousness," says Tresa.

"You may have this burning desire to buy yet another new pair of shoes and before you know it you've messed up your whole financial plan, " says Tresa, "But by learning why you have 52 pairs of sandals, and whether that's in alignment with what you really want long-term, you can create a new level of financial stability and success that is far more fulfilling."

"Everyone has aspects of their lives where what they do is out of alignment with their stated values," she says. "For instance, a couple may say they want to save to retire by age 65. Yet it turns out they can only spare 3% of their income because they both spend liberally using their credit cards on the sly."

Tresa promises participants will leave the workshop with clear goals and concrete plans as to how to improve their lives and financial situations, as well as a buddy system to keep them accountable once they get home.

I encourage you to sign up for this workshop if you want to learn how to:

• Make empowered financial decisions


• Take 100% responsibility for your relationship with money


• Clean up messes that block your progress


• Write a plan to accomplish your life goals


• Use powerful techniques for taking action


• Release the brakes and achieve financial success

The workshop consists of five sessions, held on Wednesday evenings from 6:30-9:00 p.m. at Friends Philosophy and Tea.
Here are the dates: October 5, October 12, November 2, November 16 and December 7. Parking is easy, and appropriately, there are lots of ways to save - by signing up early and/or bringing a friend.  See below for details:

Please call 425-830-6328 for a reservation.

Fee Schedule (includes all five sessions and workbook)
--$129.00 per person after 9/20 (and at the door)
--$99.00 per person, early bird registration by 9/20
--$89.00 per person "bring a friend" and register by 9/20
--$79.00 per person, groups of 5 or more, register by 9/20