Coaching · Money
Your Relationship with Money
Money has a way of revealing what we believe, what we avoid and what we feel responsible for.
Two decades across finance, strategy and advisory, and six years writing about money for Bahrain This Month, have taught me that the numbers are only part of the story.
You might be in the right place if
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Money scripts
What does your money story sound like?
Some beliefs about money are so familiar that we barely notice them. Many are shaped early in life by what we see, hear and experience.
Which of these sound familiar to you?
Money avoidanceLooking away feels safer
Money can feel uncomfortable, even a little wrong, so it gets avoided. The cost is usually decisions made late, or made by default.
What did the adults around you never say about money?
Money worshipAlways one raise away
The belief that more money will finally bring ease. The goalposts tend to move as soon as you reach them.
What would “enough” look like, in actual numbers?
Money statusNet worth and self-worth
Money becomes a measure of who you are. That can drive real success, and some quiet overspending to keep up.
Who are you really spending for?
Money vigilanceCareful, sometimes too careful
Saving and watchfulness feel safe. Taken far, they can turn into anxiety and secrecy, and make it hard to enjoy what you've built.
When did being careful start to feel like being anxious?
Based on research into money scripts by financial psychologists Brad and Ted Klontz. These are prompts for reflection, not a test or diagnosis.
How we work on it
Your experience with money comes before the numbers
Two decades in finance taught me something interesting. People can understand money perfectly well and still struggle with what it represents: security, freedom, responsibility or even self-worth.
We start with your experience of money. How it was talked about at home, or wasn't. What you learned to feel when there was plenty, or when it ran short. Those early experiences can still shape the choices you make today.
Then we get practical. A spending pattern to interrupt. A conversation with a partner or a parent that keeps being postponed. A plan that fits how you actually behave.
I don't give financial or investment advice, and I don't manage money. The work is on the behaviour and beliefs around it.
01What is money psychology coaching?
Coaching on the beliefs, emotions and habits that drive how you earn, spend, save and talk about money. We look at why you do what you do with money, then at practical changes.
02Do you give financial advice?
No. I don't give financial or investment advice or manage money. My background is nearly twenty years in finance and advisory, so I understand the numbers, but the coaching works on behaviour.
03I support family back home. Is this for me?
Very often, yes. Money that supports family in another country carries a lot of duty, and sometimes guilt. It's one of the most common places where money stops feeling like yours, and it deserves a careful conversation.
Other things we work on
Often it's a mix.
A few lines are enough.
You don't need to have it all figured out. We start wherever you are.
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