Keeping Finance Personal

"… a clear, approachable guide to help readers untangle their relationship
with money, understand the systems and inequities that impact them, and
reclaim financial independence."―Edgar Villanueva, bestselling author of
Decolonizing Wealth

An intersectional approach to personal finance from queer, neurodivergent
personal finance educator and TikToker, Ellyce Fulmore.

There's no magic formula for being "good with money." The perfect budgeting
spreadsheet or debt repayment plan will never address the root of your money
issues. When Ellyce Fulmore started her journey with personal finance, she was
drowning in $35K of debt, had $60 to her name, and avoided looking at her bank
account. Her own "aha" moment came when she realized that the reason she and
so many others have struggled with finances has little to do with being "bad
with money." Instead, it has everything to do how identity and lived
experience affect financial behaviors.

Now in Keeping Finance Personal, Ellyce offers a shame-free, trauma-aware
approach that explores the complex, nuanced, and deeply personal relationship
between your identity and your money. With chapters exploring topics such as
finding safe spaces, personal values, relationship dynamics, family systems,
and culture, it's clear this is not your typical finance book. Readers will
engage with how their upbringing, sense of self, trauma, and mental health
impact their decisions, and begin a journey to change their relationship with
money.

This book is for the woman facing sexism at her local bank, the neurodivergent
person struggling with impulse spending, the young adult questioning societal
expectations, the 2SLGBTQIA+ couple searching for a place to rent--all the
people that don't fit into the mold that traditional finance advice is aimed
at. Filled with interviews from a diverse range of voices, practical
exercises, and tangible tips, Keeping Finance Personal provides a path to
develop a healthy money mindset and create a life where financial stability
and joy coexist.