Keep Finance Personal

An intersectional approach to personal finance from queer, neurodivergent personal finance educator and TikToker, Ellyce Fulmore.There's no magic formula for being "good with money." The perfect budgeting spreadsheet or debt repayment plan will never address the root of your money issues. Ellyce Fulmore's aha moment for her own financial health came when she realized that the reason she and so many others have struggled to pay off debt, stick to a budget, or build savings has little to do with being "bad at money." Instead, it has everything to do with not fully understanding how their identity and lived experience affect their financial decisions.Now in Keep Finance Personal, Ellyce shares outside the box advice that will help readers find the financial security and confidence they crave. With chapters focusing on the importance of finding safe spaces when dealing with your finances, personal values, relationship dynamics, vices and coping mechanisms, this is not your typical financial advice book. Ellyce asks readers to engage with how their upbringing, gender identity, culture, and mental health impact their decisions, and guides them through self-exploration exercises that will lead them to change their relationship with money.This book is for the lesbian couple searching for a place to rent, the neurodivergent person struggling with impulse spending, the woman facing sexism at her local bank-all the people that don't fit into the mold that traditional finance advice is aimed at. Filled with interviews from a diverse range of voices, Keep Finance Personal provides a path to develop a healthy money mindset, learn key money management skills, and understand the intersectionality of money and identity so you can take control of your financial life in authentic, empowered way.

"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, "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, "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

Ellyce Fulmore is a queer, neurodivergent, millennial financial educator and TikTok personality who posts financial content for a Gen Z and Millennial audience. She offers self-led courses, a twelve-week ADHD money management program, and personal finance coaching. To her audience of over half a million, she explains how understanding your own identity and lived experience can help lead to financial wellness. TikTok: @queerd.co IG: @ellyce.fulmore