Bedrock creates structures to support a life of stability, confidence, and peace. 

I’m Beth. I’ve been there.

As a successful young professional, I enjoyed my work and made good money. But I never had enough. I spent more than I made. I felt bad for wanting things. I was stressed about money all the time. A co-worker suggested a book that basically said: Spend less than you make. But: How?!? I worked in corporate finance; I knew numbers and I knew budgets. I didn’t need budgeting tools. I needed help sticking to my budget. 

As a Bedrock Financial Health client, I learned that there was more than how I spent my money. Namely: Why. At the time, there was so much going on in my personal life that was out of control—my parent’s divorce, my brother’s addiction recovery, starting my own recovery journey—that I was trying to control my life with an impeccable façade. I wanted my life to be okay, so I spent a lot of money to make it look okay. Keeping up the appearance of having it all together was a cover for my embarrassment about everything that wasn’t working in my life. The constant feeling of not having enough was really an extension of feeling that I wasn’t good enough. That feeling of not being good enough is at the root of so much overspending in our materialistic culture. 

I had a lot of pride until I pulled back the curtain and saw clearly: I’m not doing so well. That was hard to admit. But when I did, there was no judgement. Instead, the Bedrock process showed me how to prioritize what really mattered to me, and then focus and achieve those goals. Through it, I found I did have enough—if I chose to prioritize my needs and learn to pause before reactive spending. After nine months, I paid off my car loan early. In about a year, I built an emergency savings. A year and a half into the program, I had two months of surplus, and I didn’t spend it. That would never have happened before Bedrock. I would have spent it. And I still can spend it; but now I can spend it confidently. The confidence to know that I can take care of myself—I really feel that now. My future is not dependent on someone else. I feel more at peace knowing that I am okay.