Discover how to revamp your finances with a 30-day money cleanse that aligns your spending with joy and personal values.

How can you set a budget that aligns with your goals? 

How can you optimize your spending to reduce waste? 

NerdWallet’s Kim Palmer talks to Ashley Feinstein Gerstley, author of The 30-Day Money Cleanse, to help you understand how small changes can make a significant impact on your financial health. They begin with a discussion of the financial cleanse, with tips and tricks on aligning spending with personal values, creating lasting habits in 30 days by using a method that has saved others an average of $950 over 30 days — without feeling deprived. 

They also discuss money management tactics that include keeping a money journal, practicing visualization and having money parties. They discuss the benefits of recording feelings associated with each purchase, indulging in simple low-cost activities that bring happiness and aligning spending with personal values for a more satisfying approach to personal finance.

In this conversation, you’ll learn about: The 30-day Money Cleanse, financial wellbeing, saving money, frugal living, financial habits, money management, financial health, money mindfulness, budgeting tips, personal finance, spending patterns, financial planning, money journals, visualization techniques, aligning spending with values, financial discussions, financial empowerment, financial strategies, money challenge, saving tips, low-cost activities, financial cleansing, emotional spending, money mindset, money and happiness, fiscal fitness, wealth building, financial conversations, money saving challenge, and money decisions.

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