You see my mother was caught in a marriage she could not leave. She was a full time working mom, but she did not make enough to support herself and her children on her own. My father suffered from bipolar disorder, which brought all kinds of challenges to our family. Both of my parents worked just to get by and we children grew up in a difficult environment.

"Always make sure you can support yourself," she told me. Over and over. Not to frighten me. Because she already knew what happened to a woman who could not. She did not want me to ever be stuck in that same situation.

I carried those words with me. But carrying them and living them are two different things.

I was twenty seven years old, sitting at a tax office in a mall, the smell of warm pretzels drifting in from across the corridor, when I finished our joint tax return and realized we qualified for the Earned Income Tax Credit. A government program for families nearly at the poverty line. I sat there and quietly wiped my tears, hoping no one would see. Nothing motivates you quite like realizing the government considers you nearly broke while you are doing other people's taxes.

In that moment I heard my mother's voice, and I knew something has to change.

But getting here was not a straight line. Growing up, my brother often told me I was stupid. I believed him for longer than I care to admit. It is why I was too afraid to go to college right out of high school. It took being in a desperate situation, debt and diapers at thirty years old, to finally push me through that door.

I earned my accounting degree, then my MBA. While I was still in school I started my own accounting agency, building it alongside my studies. A few years after graduating, one of my clients asked me to come on full time as their Controller and CFO. When I started with them they were just under one million dollars in revenue. Five years later they were well past five million.

But I missed the autonomy. I missed the excitement of building something of my own. So I left again on a mission to build a larger accounting agency.

I knew if I worked hard I could build something again. But I learned fast that working hard will only take you so far. To get past six figures you also have to believe in your own worth. You have to work smarter. And you have to clear the stories that are quietly keeping the ceiling in place.

I felt stuck, so I hired a mindset coach. Working with her changed everything.

I became aware of all the subconscious beliefs that had been quietly keeping me small. And I realized I could change my thoughts and beliefs. That was a huge revelation for me. I was in my mid forties and never knew that was even possible. I had always assumed my thoughts were just something running in the background that I had to push through or ignore. But changing them? That changed everything.

I was finally able to shift, grow, and build my accounting agency into a multi-six figure business.

Then I started seeing the same pattern inside my clients too. Even the ones that were growing had mindset challenges along the way. That realization sent me on a year long journey to become a Certified NeuroCoach in 2021 so I could help them along the way.

But there was still something missing. Sometimes my clients would still get stuck and no mantra could shift it. It is funny how the universe puts things in our path just to keep us growing. That is exactly how EFT tapping came into my life. I experienced the magic of it personally after letting go of the done-for-you work. Even though I knew my path was now CFO Advisory and Coaching, the transition brought anxiety and fear I did not expect. EFT tapping saved me.

The CFO strategy, the subconscious belief work, and the energetic work. All three together. Because I learned firsthand that you cannot have one without the other. And that is what makes me so different from any other CFO or coach out there.