Keeping Finance Personal

Reviews

"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 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 “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 “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 “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 “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 "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 "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 Expand reviews