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Rebuild your relationship with money so it feels calm, not chaotic.

Breakthrough.

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1:1 Money Coaching

A 6-week money psychology intensive for self-employed women who’ve tried the spreadsheets, budgets, and apps — but still can’t seem to get their money sh*t together. 

You might not be in total chaos, but you’re not calm either. Money takes up wayyy more mental space than you want it to, and it rarely feels neutral.

You’ve tried to be more organised. More disciplined. More on top of it. But the moment life gets busy or emotions get involved, everything falls apart again.

And that loop of avoid → react → feel bad → repeat is exhausting. The longer this goes on, the harder it is to trust yourself — even when nothing is actually “wrong”.

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YOU DREAD CHECKING YOUR BANK BALANCE — SO YOU DON’T

EVEN SMALL MONEY DECISIONS FEEL WEIGHTED

YOU GO FROM HYPER-CAREFUL TO “F*CK IT”

You promise yourself you’ll “sort it properly” next month

YOU CAN’T WORK OUT WHY THIS STILL FEELS SO HARD

If money feels harder than it should…

EVEN SMALL MONEY DECISIONS FEEL WEIGHTED

Decisions feel heavier than they should, so you delay or avoid them

You swing between being very careful and completely fed up

You promise yourself you’ll “sort it properly” next month

You feel frustrated with yourself for not having this figured out yet

Decisions feel heavier than they should, so you delay or avoid them

YOU GO FROM HYPER-CAREFUL TO “F*CK IT”

You swing between being very careful and completely fed up

You promise yourself you’ll “sort it properly” next month

You feel frustrated with yourself for not having this figured out yet

Decisions feel heavier than they should, so you delay or avoid them

You swing between being very careful and completely fed up

You promise yourself you’ll “sort it properly” next month

You promise yourself you’ll “sort it properly” next month

You feel frustrated with yourself for not having this figured out yet

Decisions feel heavier than they should, so you delay or avoid them

You swing between being very careful and completely fed up

You promise yourself you’ll “sort it properly” next month

YOU CAN’T WORK OUT WHY THIS STILL FEELS SO HARD

You feel frustrated with yourself for not having this figured out yet

Where your relationship with money feels safer, more grounded, and steadier underneath it all.

This isn’t about becoming a numbers person. It’s about ending the fight you’ve been stuck in with money for years.

You want money to feel steadier.

I’m Ready to Rebuild Trust

You want to check your numbers without your stomach dropping.
To make decisions and move on — instead of replaying them for days.

to Feel calm when money comes in or goes out

Trust yourself to spend and save without guilt

Make choices that actually align with your life

STOP FEELING LIKE YOU’RE ALWAYS “MESSING IT UP”

When money feels stressful or loaded, those tools don’t help.
They just add more pressure when life inevitably gets heavy again.

Because most financial advice is all about what to do.
Track this. Budget that. Set rules. Try harder.

This isn’t about trying harder.
It’s about your relationship with money.

When money doesn’t feel safe, your nervous system takes the lead.
Logic goes quiet. Good intentions don’t stand a chance when you’re tired or overwhelmed.

Patterns don’t fade on their own — they repeat until something interrupts them.

But when your nervous system feels safer with money, everything changes.

You don’t need to force yourself to be “better” with finances. You can actually receive guidance, education, and long-term strategy — without spiralling, avoiding, or self-sabotaging.

This is why Breakthrough comes first. And why, for many clients, it becomes the foundation for stepping into longer-term financial strategy inside Six-Figure Safety.

You've tried everything. But nothing seems to stick.

Breakthrough is a six-week, one-to-one space to rebuild your relationship with money.

6x Weekly 1:1 Money Psychology Sessions
Each session follows a clear six-week structure, so you always know what we’re working on and why. We start with context, move into awareness, and finish with rebuilding trust and new ways of responding.

Prompts + Pattern Tracking
After each session, I’ll give you prompts connected to that week’s focus. Not homework, but a way to notice what’s actually happening in real life, so the work sticks.

Slack Support Between Sessions
You’ll have access to me on Slack throughout the six weeks.
It’s a place to check in when something lands. Not to be “on”, but to be supported as things shift.

Breakthrough is a six-week, 1:1 space to rebuild your relationship with money.

Weekly Money Psychology Sessions
Each session follows a clear six-week structure, so you always know what we’re working on and why.
We start with context, move into awareness, and finish with rebuilding trust and new ways of responding.

Prompts + Pattern Tracking
After each session, I’ll give you prompts connected to that week’s focus. Not homework, but a way to notice what’s actually happening in real life, so the work sticks.

Slack Support Between Sessions
You’ll have access to me on Slack throughout the six weeks.
It’s a place to check in when something lands — not to be “on”, but to be supported as things shift.

The 6-Week Breakthrough:

Understand where your money patterns come from.

We look at early experiences and messages that shaped your relationship with money, so your behaviours make sense instead of feeling like personal failures.

Week 1: Money Origin Story 

Spot your money patterns as they happen.

Once you understand the roots, we shift into noticing how those patterns show up now. You’ll start recognising the moments where money triggers avoidance, self-sabotage, or emotional reactions — and catch them earlier.

Week 2: Pattern Recognition

Understand emotional spending without shame.

We explore the emotional side of money decisions; why you reach for your card when you’re overwhelmed, bored, stressed, or even celebrating, and what you’re actually trying to feel in those moments.

Week 3: Emotional Spending & Soothing

Soften the fear underneath money decisions.

We work with fears around safety, security, and survival — especially the ones that quietly influence your decisions from the background.

Week 4: Money Trauma & Scarcity

Rebuild trust with money through action.

We focus on small, realistic commitments that help you rebuild trust in yourself around money — and see that change is actually possible.

Week 5: Rebuilding Trust

Integrate the work and look ahead.

We zoom out to look at what’s shifted, what feels steadier now, and what kind of support or structure you need going forward. Whether that’s strategy, space, or something else.

Week 6: Future Self & Integration

Start the Shift

Inside the 6-Week Breakthrough

Start the Shift

Understand where your money patterns come from.
This week is about context, rather than blame. We look at early experiences, messages, and dynamics that shaped how you learned to relate to money. Not to dwell on the past, but to understand why certain behaviours and reactions make sense, and why they’ve been so persistent.

Week 1: Money Origin Story 

Spot your money patterns as they happen.
Once you understand the roots, we shift into noticing how those patterns show up now. You’ll start recognising the moments where money triggers avoidance, self-sabotage, or emotional reactions — and catch them earlier.

Week 2: Pattern Recognition

Understand emotional spending without shame.
We explore the emotional side of money decisions; why you reach for your card when you’re overwhelmed, bored, stressed, or even celebrating, and what you’re actually trying to feel in those moments.

Week 3: Emotional Spending & Soothing

Soften the fear underneath money decisions.
We work with fears around safety, security, and survival — especially the ones that quietly influence your decisions from the background.

Week 4: Money Trauma & Scarcity

Rebuild trust with money through action.
We focus on small, realistic commitments that help you rebuild trust in yourself around money — and see that change is actually possible.

Week 5: Rebuilding Trust

Integrate the work and look ahead.
We zoom out to look at what’s shifted, what feels steadier now, and what kind of support or structure you need going forward. Whether that’s strategy, space, or something else.

Week 6: Future Self & Integration

When Emma joined Breakthrough, she was four months into maternity leave and constantly worried she wouldn’t be able to enjoy it. She had existing debt and assumed she’d either have to cut her leave short or add more debt just to get by. Money felt like a countdown clock forcing her back to work.

Emma stayed on maternity leave for the full 12 months without adding a single penny of new debt. More importantly, money stopped feeling like a constant source of panic in the background — she felt calm enough to be present with her baby instead of bracing for the next bill.

Before any strategy, we worked on Emma’s relationship with money. She began to understand why she avoided looking at her accounts, why spending became a coping mechanism, and how much fear she was carrying around money and safety. As that awareness grew, her reactions softened and her decisions became steadier and more intentional.

“I stopped spending to cope, and stopped avoiding my money”

“Working with Emilie has completely changed my relationship with money.” - Emma

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I didn’t start on the calm side of money.

I’ve been exactly where you are.

I’m Emilie — a qualified financial advisor (DipFA), Trauma of Money™ certified practitioner, and money coach. I’ve spent the last six years helping women untangle their relationship with money and build financial lives that actually feel steady.

Before that, I was deep in debt. Maxed out credit cards. Carrying a lot of shame and convinced I was “just bad with money.” I earned money, but it never felt safe. Saving felt impossible. Avoidance felt easier.

I didn’t budget my way out of that. I healed my relationship with money first.

That’s why Breakthrough exists. Because strategy only works once money feels safer. Until then, even the best plans get overridden by fear, pressure, or old patterns.

I see this every day in my work — and it doesn’t change just because you want it to.

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What’s changed for clients:

  • Paying themselves consistently — and increasing take-home pay by £500–£3,200/month
  • Staying on 12 months of maternity leave without creating new debt
  • Turning fear-based over-saving into £6,200 of usable cashflow
  • Raising prices by up to 77%, without guilt or panic
  • Building their first real savings buffer, even with inconsistent income
  • Reducing tax panic by recalculating what they actually owed
  • Cutting unnecessary business costs driven by scarcity
  • Clearing £18,400 of business debt while still paying themselves properly

These outcomes didn’t come from discipline or trying harder.
They happened because once the internal fight with money stopped, clients could actually follow through on decisions consistently.

The results that come after the breakthrough:

Money stopped disappearing as soon as it came in

When Josie came into Breakthrough, money felt impossible to get ahead of. Every time income landed, it went straight back out again. She had no buffer, no plan she trusted, and a deep belief that things like owning a home were “for other people, not me.”

Within 12 weeks, Josie had her first emergency fund in place and a simple spending plan she trusted. From there, she began saving towards a house deposit and contributing to a pension, milestones she’d previously written off as unrealistic.

We focused on Josie’s relationship with money before anything else. The fear and scarcity that kept her in survival mode. As those patterns softened, money stopped feeling impossible. It felt workable.

I stopped panicking every time I opened my bank app

Claire grew up in poverty, and those early experiences shaped how money felt as an adult. Overspending brought short-term comfort and long-term shame. Even after paying off £20k of debt on her own, she felt constant panic when checking her accounts and believed she’d never be able to hold savings.

Through 1:1 money coaching, Claire cleared the remaining £5k of debt, built her first emergency fund, and began working towards a £10k savings goal.

We focused on how her early experiences were driving fear, spending, and avoidance. As that understanding grew, the shame lifted and for the first time, Claire could look at her accounts without fear.

From “Shopping Addict” and Credit Card Cycles to Calm, Consistent Money Flow

Elana described herself as a “shopping addict.” Each month followed the same cycle: rely on her credit card, pay it down, then end up using it again. Being self-employed with irregular income made money feel unpredictable and emotionally charged.

After Breakthrough, Elana broke the credit card cycle, built savings she could rely on, and no longer felt like money was slipping through her fingers, even with variable income.

We focused on softening shame and self-judgement first. As those eased, consistent decisions became possible.

From financially feral to steady and self-trusting

Rachel described herself as “financially feral.” Her business was bringing in consistent £10k+ months, but money still felt chaotic. She wasn’t saving consistently, had no investment plan, and worried everything could collapse if income dipped.

Rachel now saves and invests consistently and feels confident that her money is supporting her life. When her income later dropped below £5k, the lowest it had been in years, she didn’t spiral. She felt steady and capable.

The biggest shift wasn’t just saving or investing. It was trusting herself to handle whatever came next.

How is this different from Six-Figure Safety? +

Breakthrough and Six-Figure Safety support different stages.

Breakthrough focuses purely on money psychology — rebuilding safety, trust, and capacity around money.
Six-Figure Safety combines psychology with strategy and long-term wealth-building in a group container.

If strategy feels overwhelming or you keep avoiding your numbers, Breakthrough comes first.
If you’re ready to actively manage and grow your money, Six-Figure Safety is the better fit.

Many clients move from Breakthrough into SFS once the foundation feels steadier.

Will you tell me what to do with my money? +

No. Breakthrough is psychology work, not financial strategy.

We won’t talk about budgets, accounts, tax planning, or investments.
We’ll work with why money feels unsafe — why you freeze, avoid, overspend, or don’t trust yourself.

If you want someone to tell you exactly where to put your money, Six-Figure Safety is a better fit.
If you want to change how you relate to money first, you’re in the right place.

What if 6 weeks isn't enough? +

For most people, six weeks is exactly the interruption they need to move forward — either into strategic support, or into integrating the work on their own.

If, by Week 6, you feel you’d benefit from more support, we’ll talk through options together. That might include:
- extending 1:1 work
- moving into Six-Figure Safety
- or taking space to integrate and returning later

We’ll assess this in your final session. You won’t be left hanging.

I'm already in therapy. Is this going to overlap or conflict? +

Breakthrough doesn’t replace therapy — it sits alongside it.

Therapy often explores why things formed.
Breakthrough focuses on how those patterns show up with money, and how to change your responses in real life.

If you’re unsure, we can look at how both supports would work together.

What if I'm 'too broken' or my money situation is too messy? +

If you’re asking this question, you’re usually exactly who this work is for.

Most clients come in feeling messy, ashamed, or convinced they’ve “tried everything.”
What changes isn’t the situation overnight — it’s the relationship underneath it.

There are times when Breakthrough isn’t the right first step, and I’ll tell you if that’s the case.
You don’t have to figure that out alone.

If you’re wondering whether this is right for you:

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Got other questions?
Submit an application and we can talk about it on a quick call!

Nothing changes if nothing changes… and time keeps passing either way.

You can keep hoping it’ll feel easier “next month.” Or you can interrupt the pattern that’s been running the show for years.

You don’t need another system. This isn’t about becoming a numbers person. It’s about money feeling safer, building a steadier relationship with money. Where you feel like the adult in the room, not the scared kid hoping it’ll all just work out.

You don’t have to be perfect. You just have to be willing to start.
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