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New Member Profile: Jean Gran
Jean Gran helps individuals and couples heal their relationship with money
(2/23/2010) "We're not educated about money as kids, and as adults we’re not supposed to talk about it!" As a result, many people caught in this “catch-22” struggle with financial problems in shame and isolation.
Jean grew up in Missouri. Coming from a family with a long tradition in farming and business, she always wanted to start her own business. After a career in accounting, she started her own enterprise, NorthStar Financial Counseling. As a Certified Financial RecoverySM Counselor and Life Coach, Jean helps individuals and couples come out of the “money fog” and take control of their financial lives from the inside out.
People often don't take good care of themselves, she says, and neglecting their money can be a symptom of neglecting themselves. Jean helps clients understand their day-to-day relationship with money. But the larger goal is to help them meet their deeper emotional and spiritual needs while living more personally satisfying lives.
Self-defeating financial behaviors are almost always about more than money and they can be symptoms of deeper issues. Financial Recovery Counseling helps clients build a strong relationship with money on three levels. On the practical level, clients learn to control their finances and use effective money management tools. On the psychological level, clients explore and transform old money beliefs and emotions. And, on the spiritual level, clients connect money to purpose, meaning, and values for a more fulfilling life.
Jean’s clients write a money autobiography in order to understand their financial history, which builds insight about their relationship with money. Theyalso use MoneyMinder® software to track their money in order to understand their current money habits and take control of their finances. By the third session, she finds people start to feel empowered, as they realize how their relationship with money affects their lives and they begin to see how it can get better.
Jean has studied with Karen McCall of The Financial Recovery Institute. She is a Certified Psychosynthesis Counsellor, a Certified Life Coach and former CPA as well as a Certified Financial Recovery Counselor.
Complimentary, no-obligation half-hour consultations available.
NorthSTAR Financial Counseling (link)
PO Box 40
Heath, MA
(413) 337-6611
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