SparkesFly Prosperity Coaching for Women
Money Resources for Self-Employed women
This page brings together useful parts of my work in one place. You will find practical tools, interviews, articles and reflections to support self-employed South African women who want money to feel less chaotic, more manageable, and more aligned with what matters to them.
Some women like to begin with a small tool. Others prefer to read, listen, or get a better feel for how I think before taking the next step. This page gives you different ways in.
Free Tools
Small practical tools for women who want more clarity, steadiness and self-trust around money.
Six Tiny Money Habits for steadier income: A short guide with ten small habits that help create stability when income fluctuates. These are doable actions that fit into daily life without adding pressure.
This Money Patterns Guide gives a lot more information on each of the four Money Strain Patterns
Take the free Money Patterns Quiz, to find out your dominant patterns and get a free emailed report
Podcasts
These conversations will give you a feel for how I think about money stress, self-employment and steadier financial choices.
Private Practice Growth Club Podcast
This was a conversation on the typical money patterns that we can see in women in private practice and what to do about it.
Propulsion Podcast
This was a conversation on how financial advisors can adopt coaching practices in their businesses, as well as the role of financial coaches in the Advisory landscape.
Guest articles and blogs
These pieces were written for partners I respect - communities of healthcare professionals and financial advisors.
Private Practice Growth Club Blog
#1 This was the first in my Series on The Hidden Money Patterns Entrepreneurs face and gave an overview of eight typical money patterns
#2 Emotional business spending - when purchases become substitutes for progress
#3 Excessive financial risk taking - when boldness tips into recklessness
#4 Fear-based money management - when caution holds growth hostage
#5 Over-working without financial reward - when effort and income fall out of balance
#6 Relying on others for financial stability - why true independence matters
#7 Over-giving in business - when generosity turns into self-sacrifice
#8 Blurred financial boundaries
#9 Hiding or avoiding financial truths
Propulsion
Deepening Discovery - Practical Coaching Tools to Add Client Value
Defining the Landscape: what is Financial Coaching (and What Isn't for a Planner?)
Articles
This section gathers some of my writing on money, self-employment, emotional patterns and the practical realities of making decisions under pressure. It is where practical financial questions meet the deeper human ones.
I am asked where the Money Strain Patterns came from and whether they were adapted from existing personality models. While I have read every psychology of money book I can lay my hands on, these came from a hypothesis I explored with my clients and tested with my assessment. If you would like to receive it when it's ready, you can add your name and email address.
Get reading Money Sparks
Money Sparks are for self-employed professional women who don't have hours to read but want to feel more confident with their personal and business finances. Each issue offers one simple insight you can use right away, along with small, practical steps to try. I send these out roughly every three weeks in an ad hoc rhythm that fits real life.
You do not need to overhaul your whole financial life at once. One useful insight or one practical step is enough
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