Keeping Finance Personal, Ellyce Fulmore
Keeping Finance Personal, Ellyce Fulmore
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Keeping Finance Personal
Ditch the “Shoulds” and the Shame and Rewrite Your Money Story

Author: Ellyce Fulmore

Narrator: Ellyce Fulmore

Unabridged: 10 hr 20 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Balance

Published: 01/23/2024

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

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.
 

Reviews

Goodreads review by Dannie on December 14, 2023

Does anyone else also have a “purse book” or “bag book” on them at all times? I literally have three 🤣 I always have a book on the kindle app on my phone, I carry headphones for whatever my current audiobook is, and then I always have a “purse book” too. Keeping Finance Personal by @ellyce.fulmore h......more

Goodreads review by Liberty on October 13, 2023

I really like that this combines mental health topics with finance topics. It’s a unique perspective on the topic of finance, which is a genre where books can oftentimes be very cookie cutter, especially to me. This brings a unique perspective & contains lots of useful yet thoughtful info. Thank you......more

Goodreads review by Allison on October 23, 2023

Great start with the chapter you shouldn’t skip. There are terms, legend for what pictures mean, directions, and insightful tips you won’t want to miss before diving in. I absolutely loved the visuals as it only promoted the understanding of the material Ellyce presented. The thought provoking quest......more

Goodreads review by Kenna on January 14, 2024

If you are only going to buy one book for the rest of your life, this should be that book. I am beyond grateful for Ellyce’s Keeping Finance Personal. This is the only financial book I have read that is neurodivergent-friendly and takes an intersectional approach. Worrying about money has been a big......more

Goodreads review by Ciara on April 04, 2024

Thank you Netgalley for providing me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review! I'm so happy my friend recommended this to me. I have ADHD, & I've dealt with money shame nearly my whole life. I'm 35, & while I'm making a decent earning, I spend a lot of extra on things that aren't necessa......more


Quotes

Keeping Finance Personal offers a holistic and compassionate lens through which you can view and build your best financial life.”—Erin Lowry, author of the Broke Millennial series

"In her classic shame-free style, Ellyce distills money in an easy-to-understand format, especially for neuro-spicy, disabled, and queer folks. A perfect guide for those who have struggled consuming the standard personal finance advice."—Tori Dunlap, New York Times bestselling author of Financial Feminist

“If you're considering buying Keeping Finance Personal, let me warn you: This is not a book. This is a mirror. "Feeling seen" doesn't even cover it—I felt named, identified for things I (as a financial educator!) didn't even realize I struggled with, much less that these parts of my identity affected my money brain so deeply. With every chapter, Ellyce does this magical accordion-y thing: She lays out the financial landscape of incredibly nuanced topics you don't see in other money books, like neurodivergence or gender identity. But then, she gathers you in and makes you feel enclosed in a safe space of real solutions and, above all, true humanity and compassion. Honestly, I want to crawl inside of this book and live there.”—Berna Anat, bestselling author of Money Out Loud

"Keeping Finance Personal is a book every twentysomething could use. Who you are—so far—affects how you spend and save, and this clearly written book will help you take charge of both without shame or blame." —Meg Jay PhD, author of The Twentysomething Treatment and The Defining Decade

Keeping Finance Personal is a clear, approachable guide to help readers untangle their relationship with money, understand the systems and inequities that impact them, and reclaim financial independence. It’s a new and powerful way to think about money.”Edgar Villanueva, bestselling author of Decolonizing Wealth

"Ellyce Fulmore’s Keeping Finance Personal is your money BFF here to eliminate shame and create a safe environment to be authentic about finances. Practical information flows with care given to outliers and individual identities, which creates a brilliantly transparent way to get at a topic that is usually dry and terrifying."—Gabe Dunn, New York Times bestselling author and host of the podcast Bad With Money

Keeping Finance Personal breaks away from the traditionally individualistic approach to personal finance by addressing wealth inequities at the systemic level. Through nuanced personal stories and interviews, Ellyce breathes humanity back into what can otherwise be a scary and sterile topic of money management, while allowing readers to tap into their own stories of shame, trauma, and healing. It is a remarkably comprehensive yet accessible guide to personal finance told through a social justice lens that will benefit many readers.”—Michelle MiJung Kim, Award Winning Author of The Wake Up: Closing the Gap Between Good Intentions and Real Change

"Money has been shrouded by shame—until now. Ellyce has done a fantastic job at demystifying our money stories.”
 —Simran Kaur, author of Girls that Invest

“An eye-opening journey into identity and finance! Ellyce seamlessly weaves the intersection of identity, privilege, and money. Keeping Finance Personal is a refreshing departure from conventional finance advice that often ignores diversity. Instead, this book encourages readers to embrace who they are and to challenge the status quo as they start their financial journey. This is a must-read for anyone eager to discover a more inclusive and empowering approach to personal finance.”—Alyssa Davies, author of the 100-Day Financial Goal Journal and Financial First Aid