The

Build Your Runway

Experience

Get critical help organizing your finances in a way most people never have, a crystal clear picture of your runway and how you can extend it, and multiple financial scenarios to see how long severance and savings can last.

Get a clear-eyed picture of right now—and what's possible.

A great runway gives you options.

Build Your Runway is perfect for you if:

You've never let someone else look at your spending and would enjoy more financial peace of mind
You're keeping an eye on AI job disruption and don't want to be caught flat-footed
Financial stress is keeping you stuck in a life you've outgrown, or from thriving in your current life and work

What you get:

A warm, relatable human helping you organize your immediate finances in a way most people never have
A crystal clear picture of your financial runway and multiple scenarios to see how long your current savings could last in a transition
Concrete plans for building additional runway using existing income
A reframe of what's possible on the other side of a job—from someone already living it
The opportunity to ask anything of someone who's been outside the corporate safety net for years
Signed copies of both books—Dear Fellow Spender and Dear Fellow Dreamer—practical, story-driven guides for navigating money, uncertainty, and creative living

The Build Your Runway experience is for savvy professionals and includes two (2) 1:1 sessions and behind-the-scenes work where I organize your numbers, see what you're working with, and map out scenarios for us to talk about. Also provided is an outline of your concrete next steps.

This is the same work that helped me take three corporate breaks, travel, and build a creative life on my terms. Now I help others do the same.

What happy clients say:

Meet some of the amazing people I've been privileged to help with their money and their meaningful lives.

Lauren

Working with Emily completely changed my mentality toward money. She helped me shift my mindset from avoidance and feeling overwhelmed stuck in old habits to a confident planner. I felt so comfortable bringing everything to the table for her to start from exactly where I was and ask all the questions I had and run through various scenarios where previously I would've given up trying. Emily is the best mentor.

Jessica

I’m so glad I asked for help! Emily made the process easy and simple. The way I approach my money and my future has changed completely!

Kim

I’m so glad I found Emily.  I now feel hopeful and more confident with making my money choices.  Working with Emily is like having a best friend who’s a money master!

Margie

I can honestly say I feel in control of my money now and know where it is going while getting out of debt. Thank you for giving me the freedom and confidence I have been wanting. I now also love budgeting! I can't recommend Emily enough. 10/10!!!

Alyssa

Emily has an empathetic approach that makes everyone feel welcome and equipped to do hard things. She helped me take control of my money, which I had been putting off for years, but I now feel empowered and like a real “adult” when it comes to my budget.

About Emily

I'm a former tech manager who chose the outside—and wrote the books on preparing for and living it. I spent nine years inside corporate tech (my third career), left voluntarily in 2022, and have been living the uncertainty everyone's bracing for.

I've navigated scrappy income, nontraditional benefits, and the very real question of "how long can I make this last?" And I've written two books for knowledge workers about autonomy, money, and building a meaningful life that doesn't depend entirely on a job.

That combination — financial coaching background, lived experience outside corporate safety, and an author's ability to reframe what's possible—is what makes this different from anything else you could do right now.

Professional Emily with a fancy-schmancy tech manager job and a burgeoning financial coaching business on the side.

Exploring Emily in Greece, four months out of corporate. Feeling wetter and more alive than I'd felt in years. Becoming a writer.

Frequently Asked Questions

How long does this take?

At that first meeting, we'll schedule your second session, ideally held ~one week later. The point is to get you peace of mind and a plan you love ASAP so you can start making that plan happen.

For those who are motivated to start sooner and will have their prep work completed sooner, you are welcome to reach out directly if you'd like a spot sooner than I'm available.

What if I'm not sure I'm ready?

If you're willing to look at your money honestly (even if it's scary), you're ready. This experience is designed to be compassionate and judgment-free; clients find it a huge relief to get a warm, external perspective, and ideas on their cash-flow and money/life possibilities.

What if my situation is really complicated?

That's okay, and will be an exciting opportunity to help you untangle it! If it's felt complicated for you for a long time, you'll love having some compassionate help and fresh eyes. Build Your Runway is designed to handle complexity and give you clarity no matter where you're starting from.

Do we set up a budget/are these budgeting sessions?

Think of Build the Runway as creating the critical blueprint for your money and what you want it to do. We look at your spending together, talk about priorities, and map paths to your immediate goals—building more runway, seeing how long your existing runway will last, etc.

I'll give you next steps for habits and tools to help you organize your spending according to your plan. But the actual data entry and tool setup is on you. Our time together is for the strategic work—the seeing, the planning, the really important "do I like the life I'm buying?" conversations that make a budget finally work.

What if I know I want to work 1:1 with you for an extended chapter?

I hear you, and I've totally honored by that interest. Build Your Runway is the only way I work 1:1 with individuals when it comes to money. At the end of our second session, I provide a robust guide of recommendations and resources for you to be wildly successful on your own.

“Essential preparation for AI job disruption and prioritizing your dreams...”

Maybe you feel stuck in a “comfortable” life. Maybe you want to create financial runway for your dreams or a buffer between you and AI job loss. Maybe you just want to feel more peace and control.

Money and our relationship with it has this sneaky way of affecting everything else, so even if we start with money, Build the Runway is about so much more than just dollars. It's life design at its best.
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As an author (Dear Fellow Spender and Dear Fellow Dreamer) who's really lived this stuff, it's my privilege to help you get focused and on-purpose in your cash flow so you like the life you're buying, and create options and peace of mind.

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