About Me

Not long after my second child was born I came across moneysaving and couponing. I won’t go into every detail or scheme (there were far too many!) but rather than spending money being sucked into every marketing scheme I learnt how to use them to my own advantage to make money instead. I was (as far as I know) the first person in the UK to get a free car from a supermarket loyalty scheme, in less than a year a 2^nd free car was on my driveway and then I helped someone else get a 3^rd.

Ever seen the American programme Extreme Couponing?  This was me for many years and it was essentially a part time job and although it never made me rich, it kept the wolf from the door and afforded us a few luxuries, I didn’t pay for shopping for a long time and more importantly I was able to do it whilst being at home for my kids. My friends started to call me Del Boy and soon they were all asking my advice on money matters.

When the kids got older I returned to work in financial services and as well as furthering my financial education on savings, mortgages, pensions etc, I realised I love problem solving, coaching and helping people, whether that was solving problems for customers or other staff. Looking back although I didn’t realise it at the time all my life I’ve set goals and did whatever I needed to do to achieve them. When I bought my first house at 22 I lived off beans on toast for 3 weeks to save money, likewise when I wanted a new kitchen extension I took an overnight job in London in order to achieve it.

I eventually realised that my past experiences, goal setting and financial career has given me a unique mindset on managing money and knew that I have the skills to help others and invested in further financial coach training.

I believe with stress, depression and divorces on the rise due to money issues everyone should have their own personal financial coach and I’d like to help (don’t worry I won’t make you live off beans on toast!).