Testimonials
Completely eliminated my credit card debt of $14,056 and added $10,300 to my retirement savings!
“I used to feel that I was way out of my element when it came to finances. Leslie helped me find the courage to take a real look at my expenses and the 
emotions and issues behind them. Leslie always acknowledged my efforts and accomplishments – this simple pat on the back has been very powerful for me. During our time together I completely paid off my credit card debt or $14,056, saved thousands of dollars in finance and bank fees, added over $10,300 to my growing retirement savings, and purchased additional business property! I feel financially competent for the first time! Quite an accomplishment for someone who once felt financially overwhelmed!”
- Rose, Neosho MO
I created a personal budget and accounting system that supported me in making financial choices that were more in alignment with my values.
“During the time I worked with Leslie I created a financial budget and accounting system that helped me make financial choices that were more in alignment with my values. I invested money into a high earning money market account, left a part-time job that had lost its meaningfulness to me and asked for and received a raise in another job. Leslie’s faith in my ability to create what I wanted helped redirect me in thought and action. I am currently pursuing passive income opportunities that have flowed out of the momentum created in our work together.”
- Joan, Bozeman MT
Without Financial Dating® our marriage probably would have ended – now we keep up with financial responsibilities and have paid off over $3,000 in debt over the last couple of months.
“When I first learned about Financial Dating® I was skeptical. I wanted something to relieve the stress between my wife and I. This work has brought me closer to my wife, and without Financial Dating our marriage probably would have ended.
When we have regular Financial Dates we pay our bills on time and keep up with financial responsibilities. In the last few months we were able to pay off over $3,000 in debt!”
- Larry, Bozeman MT
After 40 years of marriage we finally learned how to openly talk about finances – I wish we had done this 39 year ago!
“Financial Dating® has been a life-changing event for me. After 40 years of marriage, we finally learned how to openly talk about finances…our debts…our dreams…our desires…everything. It has turned our finances into a team sport and has sparked amazing results. I wish we had done this 39 years ago.
The sharing from our financial dates has put a new foundation in our relationship, allowing us to talk about money in an open way. My wife has made financial progress in leaps and bounds because of her new ability to understand money – through Leslie’s coaching and having our dates, I have found a renewal of spirit, desire and faith in creating financial success as a couple.”
- Roger, Neosho Missouri
My husband and I am so grateful to have, what I consider, spiritual tools to deal with one of the most difficult issues in our relationship-money – within one year we had saved enough for 10% down on the house we now own! Now, instead of getting angry at each other for the way we spend, it is a pleasure for either one of us to say, “I think it’s time we had our Financial Date®!
Since both my husband and I run our own business one of the biggest challenges in our relationship has been to know where our money is going and to work together as a team to redirect our money to make our dreams come true.
Now my husband and I get together at least once a month for one hour to have a Financial Dating® and look at our spending plan for that month to decide together how much we want to save and how much we can spend in each of our spending categories has revolutionized our relationship with each other and with money.
Through having Financial Dates® we created an ideal monthly spending plan with our ideal IRA contribution, ideal vacation savings, ideal savings for a house, and emergency savings, then have that amount withdrawn automatically each month. With Leslie’s help, we determined an amount that we needed for our emergency savings and put it in another bank where we don’t often go and have no online access to. We determined how much we could afford to put into our IRA and made it an automatic withdrawal.
We paid ourselves first into a savings account for a down payment on a house and within one year we had saved enough for 10% down on the house we now own! We are accountable to each other and if we want to address money concerns we now have a formal forum – having a Financial Date®, in which to do it.
Geoff and I are so grateful to have, what I consider, spiritual tools to deal with one of the most difficult issues in our relationship-money. Now, instead of getting angry at each other for the way we spend, it is a pleasure for either one of us to say, “I think it’s time we had our Financialer.”
- Grace and Geoff, Bozeman MT
We got rid of over $16,212 in debt and dramatically improved our relationship! My husband and I are FINALLY able to be role models of true financial responsibility for our children.
Before working with Leslie one of my biggest challenges was my overall lack of knowledge about finances—I felt completely inadequate and money management seemed very complicated… Something other people were capable of succeeding at but not me.
I believed that I would never be successful at balancing the constant onslaught of money demands and needs for our large family – my husband and I have four girls. I was afraid that if I took an honest look at our family’s expenses in relation to our income, I would feel like we had nothing to hang our hats on.
I also experienced a lot of resentment. I blamed my financial inadequacies on my girls—my excuse was that I was too busy taking care of them to sit down and create a budget. I also blamed my husband for not making more and managing better. I resented that he made the majority of the money decisions in our family.
Through our work with Leslie I realized that the reason my husband had more say with our finances was because I gave him more say. He made the money decisions because I wasn’t willing to step up and assume more responsibility! And yet I was secretly afraid that if I assumed more financial responsibility our situation would get worse and I would feel overburdened.
I experienced a breakthrough when through Leslie’s coaching and support I realized that I actually suffered more when I didn’t step up and assume financial responsibility. Ironically, when I started taking on more responsibility around money I felt lighter, freer, and more empowered. Working with Leslie has brought me the confidence and peace around money that I never knew I could have.
This work has been an amazing transformational process for me. Just this last Christmas my teenage daughter told me that this had been one of the best Christmas’s ever. Instead of fighting over money, my husband and I had a clear plan for our spending and were working together as a financial team.
Our commitment to our financial journey and working with Leslie has not only resulted in us getting rid of over $16,212 in debt but it has improved our relationship. And because of that my husband and I are able to be role models of true financial responsibility for our girls. I can’t imagine a better legacy to pass on to our children!
- Penelope and Ron, Emigrant MT
Even now at the young age of 84 it’s not too late! Gone are the years of confusion, instability and dyslexic when facing numbers. For the first time in life I am tapping into my financial competence and letting my financial brilliance shine!
I wish you had been in my life 20, 30, 40, 50, 60 year ago. Even now at age 84 it’s not too late. I found that Financial Dating® was not limited to those in debt or those with partners. For I have neither. I thought I was handicapped in the area of finances. I needed guidance on accessing the financial wisdom I didn’t know I had.
Your unique approach is transforming and fun! For the first time in my life I know how much money I’m spending each month and have begun to track my expenses. Gone are the years of confusion, instability and dyslexic when facing numbers.
Financial Dating® has pulled me up to a level of financial confidence and empowerment. For the first time in life I am tapping into my financial competence and letting my financial brilliance shine!
- Victoria, Emigrant MT
I now have my spending under control – saving me over $900 a month! I have built my emergency savings to $6,000. My husband and I are able to communicate more calmly about finances and I have earned his trust and respect when it comes to managing our money. My work with Leslie was worth every penny – it truly was an investment in myself.
“When I first started my work with Leslie, my average monthly overspending was $900 a month and I was constantly stressed about money. I also had been charging expenses on credit cards, & had to use money I had inherited to pay off my credit card debt. I also had no emergency savings or set aside savings, no financial plan for attending graduate school and my husband and I were constantly arguing about money and finances to the point that I was concerned about divorce.
With Leslie’s excellent coaching techniques and style, I am now using bi-monthly spending plans to manage flow of my income and expenses, have built $6,000 in emergency savings, and have 7 different savings accounts to manage my irregular monthly expenses. I also have a time line for applying and attending graduate school, along with a financial plan. My husband and I are able to communicate more calmly about finances and I have earned his trust and respect when it comes to managing our money. I feel more confident and in control of my life, now that my finances are in order and organized, enabling me to inspire others. What Leslie has to offer is truly worth the investment – an investment in yourself.”
- Nikki, Bozeman MT
Financial Dating® has been the life preserver in our marriage – for the first time in 14 years we have stopped the internal hemorrhaging in our finances!
“Financial Dating® has been the life preserver in our marriage. For the first time in 14 years we have stopped the internal hemorrhaging in our finances. Over the last eight months we stopped charging to our credit cards, paid off $13,779 of debt, put $4,879 into our emergency savings account and saved over $51,200 in interest by transferring a personal loan! I feel significantly closer to my wife because of our Financial Dates. We are now making our way out of the cocoon and becoming a butterfly…”
- Joe, Bozeman, MT
I can’t thank you enough for opening my eyes and changing my outlook toward money management. I now look forward to living a fulfilling life within my financial means, instead of the stress of increasing credit card debt!
“I can’t thank you enough for opening my eyes and changing my outlook toward money management! You made me realize how essential it was to truly take 100% responsibility for my spending habits.
And now I look forward to living a fulfilling life within my financial means, rather than living a life with the financial stress of increasing credit card debt! I now know that I can control my financial destiny by working with my partner rather than against him.
Each conversation that we have about our financial goals only makes our partnership stronger. It’s refreshing to be honest with one another and actually see a light at the end of the tunnel! Your holistic approach to money management was new for me…but I can honestly say that I don’t see myself ever returning to my old habits. So here’s a BIG THANK YOU!”
- Allyson, Bozeman MT
Since having regular Financial Dates® my husband and I can talk about money without arguing. We’ve increased our savings and paid down several thousands of dollars of debt. Our marriage is better and because of that our life is better!
Before Financial Dating my husband and I did not communicate with each other about your finances. I usually paid the bills. When there wasn’t enough money to pay everything I decided who should get paid and when.
We didn’t’ talk about it unless the creditors called asking for payment. When we did discuss things there was lots of yelling and arguing.
I always said the reason the bills weren’t paid was because of lack of money, but in reality the money was there but we had spent it unwisely and didn’t have a clue what it had been spent on. Since having regular Financial Dates® my husband and I pay our bills together and can talk about money without arguing.
We’ve also increased our savings and have paid down several thousands of dollars of debt, our marriage is better and because of that our life is better! A big thank you to my husband for making the commitment to have Financial Dates with me and a big think you to you Leslie for all you have taught me, for believing in us and not giving up on us.
- Barb, Bozeman MT
Before having Financial Dates® our relationship around finances was incredibly stressful and it leaked into every part of our lives.
I was the tightfisted controlling ruler and my husband was the rebellious child who looked for every chance to have a good time through spending money. Having a Financial Date® was a novel concept to me. Through having our Dates I learned how to: assume responsibility, make better choices, seek wisdom, take action, choose to be happy regardless of our financial circumstances and to have a forgiving spirit – not only with my husband but especially with myself.
Financial Dating® has decreased the amount of tension in our relationship around money. Going too long without having a Financial Date® is like driving a car without a seatbelt on icy roads – it just isn’t worth the risk!
I am ever so grateful to you Leslie and to what Financial Dating® has brought to our lives and our marriage.
- Tanya, Bozeman MT
After 22 years of marriage to handle our financial life on my own. – Through Financial Dating® my husband and I were able to commit to creating a successful financial future together.
I just wanted to let you know that when I came to you I was at the point after 22 years of marriage to handle our financial life on my own. – or “flying solo” as your call it it. Through your work my husband and I were able to make a commitment to creating a successful financial future together.
You had hope when I had none. Your enthusiasm and Financial Dating® kept our spirits up and our direction clear. We got clear on our actual Net Worth numbers, we have paid off and stopped charging on our credit cards!!!!!(Even with my husband being out of work the last eighteen months) .
We have created a three-month spending plan. Now we plan and choose consciously how to manage our money, instead of wishing and hoping things will work out.
Your approach has given us step-by-step guidelines on how to navigate the often times tricky world of money, it also made the process easier and more manageable. Thank you so much for your groundbreaking work, every newly wed couple should have Financial Dates®!
- With gratitude, Lisa, Oregon
We no longer have those intense arguments about managing our money. It’s such a relief to get our finances out in the open!
“For the first time in our lives we have an organized bill filing system! And we’ve contacted our creditors and have established a credit card debt payment plan.
We no longer have those intense arguments about managing our money. It is such a relief to get our finances out in the open and finally feel like both of us are on common ground.”
- Stephanie, Bozeman, MT
Having Financial Dates® has helped us have a deeper understanding and caring for each other and has significantly eased our money worries.
“Having Financial Dates has helped my husband and I develop a deeper understanding and caring for each other and has significantly eased our money worries. We now have a 3-month plan for spending and expenses, a cap on our debts and loans, and we are focusing on creating alternatives for increasing income. I am so grateful for the ways you have empowered me and my husband.”
- Sabrina, Bozeman MT
Had a powerful breakthrough around an old powerful, limiting money behavior
I just wanted to write and tell you about my money breakthrough! It all started because of some lymph congestion in my chest area. Because if my discomfort I began to plan a ‘health retreat’ for myself. I kept revising my spending plan, due to lack of funds. But, nonetheless I kept PLANNING!
Part of me was saying, I DESERVE this health retreat, it’s GOOD for me, I will be renewed and will feel better and therefore be able to work better. I kept praying for guidance as to what was REALLY best for me. I got everything packed this morning for my health retreat and I was just about ready to leave, when I pulled out my spending plan to go over it one more time – and I decided to cancel my trip!
It was difficult to call the spa and hotel and cancel, but I did it! It just felt like too much of an old pattern that would ultimately lead to more financial stress. So, I’m breaking the cycle. And, I feel relieved instead of deprived! Thanks so much for all your great work!
- Kris, Parsons KS
We reduced our credit card debt from $14,000 to $1,400!
Because of our work with you my husband and I have embarked on quite the transformational financial journey! We have taken your advice to heart. My husband is going back to school for graphic design and making baby toys on the side, and is really allowing his creative juices to flow. I have completed my Masters degree, and just signed up to get my certification in life coaching.
Tom and I have also been working hard on paying down our debt. Currently we went from $14,000 in credit card debt to $1,400! Pretty amazing, and I owe it to you for opening up our eyes. We are working at paying off the rest of our debt, as well as saving, and pursuing our dreams. I’m really, really happy. Thank you for helping us achieve our dreams and goals!
- Anna, Anoka MN
I gained a powerful insight about my negative money beliefs during a few coaching sessions that I had spent over 14 years working on!
I’ve been working to hard to notice my money self-talk and it’s been pretty negative. What I’m starting to understand is that my self-talk is what I learned growing up. I’ve carried around these beliefs and mindset all my life. I usually try to at least appear positive so I wasn’t aware all these feelings were going on at a deeper level.
I’ve always felt down deep that my life situation is hopeless, that I was not smiled on by God and because of that, I just never expected much for myself. It makes me cry to feel this but I KNOW it’s important information to know.
I’m sharing this with you because this is so deep and I know it is a root that can now be pulled. But it was so deep and hidden – and I’ve worked on this internal stuff for over 14 years!
I now realize that true money driving forces may be very hidden from people and very painful to actually feel as they are faced. I feel more positive and optimistic now, and I believe that is what is truly REAL. What a great need you are fulfilling!
Love, Kris – Parsons, KS
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