About Me
My story
I’m Katelyn, Your Personal Financial Coach
A former banker now living my stay at home mom dream. In addition to helping others achieve financial freedom, I spend my days chasing two toddlers and three dogs with my husband in the wonderful state of Minnesota. (Yes, I totally have an accent.)
After working in banking for a decade, I realized what a control money has on the daily lives of millions of people. In fact, I was once living at the mercy of money! While I was in college, I was struggling to make ends meet. I had loads of debt between student loans and the car I ‘had to have.’ I was barely making it paycheck to paycheck even though I was working 50-60 hours a week between two jobs. I didn’t know any better! I thought car payments, loan payments and debt were just a normal way of life. Boy, was I wrong! I racked up $45,000 in debt before I even owned a home!
My boyfriend (now husband) and I took a course with a Financial Coach and it forever changed the way we managed our personal finances. I personally paid off that $45,000 in debt in just two years! Fast forward to becoming a mom, I wanted so desperately to never return to work after my maternity leave but I was fearful that we wouldn’t have enough. My husband and I took a step back to review our finances and we realized that we had the freedom to make the decision for me to step away from a career that I once made over $45,000/year from and become a single income family. I can confirm it was the greatest decision we’ve ever made.
Looking back on my banking career, it broke my heart to think of how many of us didn’t have the tools and resources to successfully manage our own finances. I’ve watched nasty divorces unfold, people threaten to commit suicide, men and women stuck in jobs they’re absolutely miserable with, parents who want to stay at home with their kids but are unable to, all over money. My goal is to touch the lives of others and educate them to make informed financial decisions. My success is determined by how well my clients are able to take the tools and resources I provide and use them to create healthy and lasting financial habits. It fills me with joy to hear my clients say: “For the first time in my life, I forgot it was payday!” “You have saved me over $4k!” “You are my guardian angel!”
I can’t wait to work with you and see what financial freedom will provide for you!