Money Sense 101
Start owning your money before it keeps owning you
Start owning your money before it keeps owning you. This foundational course helps you understand your relationship with money, build healthy habits, and create financial dignity through practical, compassionate lessons.
Course Lessons
Lesson 1: Relax. Money Is Weird for Everyone.
Money isn't just math—it's mood, memory, and trauma wrapped in a wallet. Learn why feeling weird about money makes you normal, not broken.
Lesson 2: Meet Your Brain on Money: It's Trying Its Best.
Your brain is like a tiny guard dog: cute, twitchy, overreacting with terrible information. Learn why scarcity mode isn't a personal failure—it's biology.
Lesson 3: The Personal Economy of You.
Your personal economy isn't a spreadsheet—it's a mini ecosystem of income, survival, emergencies, emotions, and dreams. Even chaos has patterns.
Lesson 4: Why We Spend Fast When We Finally Get Money.
The Hot Lava Principle: When money arrives, your brain celebrates like it just escaped prison. Learn why urgent spending is trauma logic, not irresponsibility.
Lesson 5: Your Anti-Anxiety Budget (It Fits on One Finger).
Forget budgeting apps and spreadsheets. The One-Finger Budget: Keep, Use, Enjoy. If you can count to three, you can budget better than most adults.
Lesson 6: The Emotional Animal in Your Wallet.
Money isn't logical—it's emotional. Your ATM receipts have feelings. Learn how mood, comparison, loneliness, and anxiety affect spending more than math.
Lesson 7: Rewriting Your Money Identity.
Your financial life is shaped by the story you believe about yourself. Learn how to shift from "I'm bad with money" to "I'm learning stabilization."
Lesson 8: Financial Dignity: Your First Step Out of Survival Mode.
Real dignity. Real stability. Real possibility. You don't need to be rich to feel powerful—you just need to rebuild your oxygen.