Savings & Budgeting Writer
9 years as financial coach
Lisa Thompson has spent the last nine years as a financial coach, working one-on-one with over 300 families to help them build budgets, eliminate debt, and establish emergency funds. Before joining FundingPoint's editorial team, she ran her own financial coaching practice in the Philadelphia area.
Lisa's path to personal finance was unconventional. After a career in nonprofit management, she found herself at 38 with $62,000 in credit card debt and no retirement savings. The process of digging herself out—which took four years of intense focus—convinced her that financial education needed to be more accessible and less judgmental.
Her coaching philosophy is simple: shame doesn't change behavior, systems do. Her articles focus on practical frameworks and automation strategies that work even when willpower runs out. She's particularly passionate about helping people who feel like they're 'bad with money' realize that their struggles are usually about systems, not character.
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