Budgeting for a World on Fire ❤️‍🔥

Join us for a new 6-month group: March to August 2025

Hello to the 4,444 hotties who are subscribed to this newsletter! Thank you for being here.

I’m really excited to tell you all about our new group coaching offering: Budgeting for a World on Fire ❤️‍🔥 It’s a 6-month group designed for queer & trans people who want to build financial resilience during wild political times.

We’ll meet on the second Thursday of the month, from March to August 2025, from 4-5:30pm PST. We’ll have discussions, teachings, and coworking groups around budgeting, saving, debt payoff, retirement, and more.

Here’s what we’ll cover:

• March 13: Setting realistic saving & debt payoff goals

• April 9: How do I put a numeric value to the word ‘enough’?

• May 14: Debt payoff plans + Credit Repair 101

• June 11: Discipline & commitment from an anti-capitalist lens

• July 9: “Ethical” investing

• August 13: Closing

Let me be clear: Money doesn’t solve everything

I’ve heard stories about people losing their homes and businesses in the Los Angeles wildfires, and the grief is palpable regardless of economic status. But I know for a fact that people with inherited wealth and ample insurance coverage are faring better under this crisis than those who barely have an emergency savings fund.

I’m not saying that knowing how to make a budget will make you more prepared to lose everything or to become displaced by anti-trans policies in your state. But building financial resilience will help you buy a meal for a friend going through a hard time. Having at least a thousand dollars in your emergency savings fund can give you a few extra comfortable nights in an Airbnb instead of sleeping in your car. Some extra cash could give you or someone you love a little more breathing room before making your next moves.

Now more than ever, we must keep our money habits in check and align our impulses with our values. (Very excited to share with y’all why our impulses and impulse shopping aren’t “bad,” per se.)

We’ve saved $27,032 and counting!

13 people who joined our group coaching programs have put a total of $27,032 towards their debt and savings accounts. That’s an average of $2,079 per person in 6 months!¹

Participants have also:

• opened retirement accounts

• stopped using credit cards

• strategized giving mutual aid regularly & sustainably

Beyond the numbers, clients have also named these achievements:

• Saving consistently, whether it’s a big or small amount

• Talking to themselves with kindness and compassion when they stray from their spending plans

• Setting up systems that work best with their neurodivergent brains

• Increasing capacity for confrontation and conflict around money with partners, family members, or roommates

• Feeling affirmed and empowered instead of avoidant and afraid of money

Register by Monday, March 10

The standard package starts at $750, which includes a 1-hour 1:1 coaching session. There are options to add more individual sessions, too! Payment plans are available.

Reach out to our amazing admin support person Andrea at hello@queerandtranswealth.org to set up a payment plan, or if you have any questions about the program.

BIPOC Scholarships

I’m happy to announce that there will be 2 BIPOC Scholarships for this round of group coaching! Applications will open on March 3.

If you’d like to fund a scholarship, please click here and select ‘Fund a BIPOC scholarship’ so we can serve more folx! You can also fund a partial scholarship or make a payment plan with Andrea at hello@queerandtranswealth.org

Office Hours: Budgeting 101

If you wanna know more about me and my teaching style before committing to the 6-month group, come to Office Hours! It’s on March 3, 4-5:30pm PST. I’ll teach a short workshop on budgeting and we’ll have coworking time at the end. You’re welcome to ask me anything about money, my services, the group, and more.

Come even if you know you can’t join the group! It’s $free.99 and I love dreaming up abundant futures with y’all.

For any questions about this offer, please email Andrea at hello@queerandtranswealth.org.

1. There were 40 people in the first two cohorts of our group coaching program. We haven’t gathered data from 18 participants in the group yet. Results are not guaranteed.