The Art of Money A Life-Changing Guide to Financial Happiness

An integrative 3-step approach to financial literacy that brings mindfulness, body-based awareness, and radical self-love to one of our most troublesome relationships—the one with our money

"Bari Tessler adds an exciting, important voice to the money conversation...at once spiritual and practical, this is the education we've been waiting for." Lynne Twist, Author of The Soul of Money

For many of us, the most challenging and upsetting relationship in our lives is with our finances, bringing feelings of shame or powerlessness. But Bari Tessler's unique 3-phase program creates the real possibility of "money healing" as a gateway to self-awareness and a training ground for compassion, confidence, and self-worth.

Tessler's gentle, somatic techniques weave together emotional depth, big picture visioning, and refreshingly accessible, nitty-gritty money practices. She breaks it down into 3 phases of Deep Money Work:

Money Healing: Healing money shame, money rituals, the body check-in, and letting go

Money Practices: Money as a self-care practice, values-based bookkeeping, and the spiritual side of a money practice

Money Maps: The 3-Tier Money Map designed to evolve with you over time, making good money decisions, and your money legacy

Guiding readers through their own step-by-step journey, The Art of Money will help anyone transform their relationship with money and, in so doing, transform their life.

Also check out The Art of Money Workbook for more insights and teachings

For over 15 years Bari Tessler has guided individuals, couples, and creative entrepreneurs the world over into new, refreshingly honest relationships with money. She is a financial therapist, mentor coach, and the creator of The Art of Money, a year-long money school for individuals, couples, and creative entrepreneurs. Bari earned a masters degree in somatic psychology from Naropa University and worked in body-centered therapy for over a decade before unexpectedly falling in love with bookkeeping systems and money work.

Her unique methodology integrates these two worlds within a deeply healing context, and it celebrates the multi-faceted, transformative power of working directly with our money relationship. Bari’s integrative approach to deep money work weaves together emotional healing and real-world practices within the context of each individual’s unique life story. She honors money as a gateway to self-awareness, a path of mindfulness, a bridge between our inner and outer worlds, and a training ground for compassion, confidence, and self-worth. Her approach is gentle, un-shaming, and playful. She lives in Boulder CO.

Table of Contents

Money: An Initiation

The Eight Money Areas

The Three Phases of Deep Money Work



Phase One: Money Healing

Chapter One: Healing Money Shame

Chapter Two: The Body Check–In

Chapter Three: Your Money Story

Chapter Four: Forgiveness, Completions & Letting Go

Chapter Five: Creating Rituals

Chapter Six: It’s Never Just About the Money



Phase Two: Money Practices

Chapter 7: Crossing the Bridge

Chapter 8: Money as a Self–Care Practice

Chapter 9: The Spiritual Level of a Money Practice

Chapter 10: The Art of the Money Date

Chapter 11: Values–Based Bookkeeping

Chapter 12: Savvy Practices & Financial Support Teams

Mini&#8211: Manifesto: Do You Know How Brave You Are?



Phase Three: Money Maps

Chapter 13: The Three–Tier Money Map

Chapter 14: Visioning + Dancing with Your Money Map

Chapter 15: How to Make a Good Money Decision

Chapter 16: Money Koans

Chapter 17: Money Legacy



Resources

Acknowledgements