Free Clarity Jumpstart Guide · Financial Behavior Coaching
Financial momentum doesn't start with a better budget.
It starts with mastering the moment your emotions take over.
Download the free Clarity Jumpstart Guide (English & Portuguese) and learn the 5 moves to make before you ever look at your numbers.
Free to download. Available in English and Portuguese.
The Real Problem
You're not irresponsible with money.
You earn. You manage a full life. You've tried the apps, the spreadsheets, the fresh-start Mondays. And still — the bank balance stays unread, the statement gets closed before you finish it, and the plan falls apart before the week is over.
This is not a knowledge problem. Most women who struggle financially are not missing information. They're missing the behavioral layer that makes information stick — the part that determines what actually happens in the moment between knowing what to do and doing it.
That moment is where everything is decided. And nobody teaches you what to do with it.
The Emotional Cost
The real cost of staying in this cycle is not only financial.
It's the low-grade anxiety that follows you through the day. The flash of dread when a bank notification arrives. The guilt after an unplanned purchase. The quiet discouragement of being someone who cares about this — and still can't make it hold.
You've probably started over more times than you'd like to count. Each restart comes with the same unspoken question: why can't I make this stick?
That question deserves an honest answer. Not another budgeting template.
The Reframe
Financial consistency is not built through discipline alone.
It's built through the skill of recovery — the ability to return to your plan after a slip, quickly and without drama, before the slip becomes a full restart.
Women who build lasting financial momentum are not the ones with the most willpower. They're the ones who learned what to do with that moment. They developed the skill of interrupting the emotional trigger before it overrides the plan — and returning without shame when it already has.
That skill is learnable. And it begins before you open a single spreadsheet.
"Return, not restart. The goal is not a perfect financial record. The goal is the skill of coming back — quickly, without ceremony, and without losing the ground you've already built."
Self-Assessment
Where is your money momentum right now?
Find your level. This is where the work begins.
You don't open the bank app.
Your debt total is a question mark. Facing the numbers feels like more than you can handle right now — so you don't.
You cycle between facing and pulling away.
You know something needs to change. You open the app sometimes. You also close it.
You look weekly but struggle to stay consistent.
You're showing up — and frustrated that the effort isn't producing consistency yet.
You return without beating yourself up.
Recovery is becoming real. Progress is visible, even when imperfect.
Your weekly reviews are consistent and calm.
You have a plan, you work it, and you return to it without crisis when life happens.
Free Guide · English & Portuguese
5 things to do before you look at your money.
Most financial plans fall apart not because of a lack of information — but because of what happens in your mind and body before you ever open the app. This free guide helps you fix that first.
- —The Money Reset: 3 questions, 60 seconds, brings your thinking brain back online
- —The HALT Check: catches the unmet need hijacking your focus before you begin
- —The Thought Download: gets money thoughts out of your head and onto paper where you can question them
- —Face the Numbers: how to look at your balance without shame shutting you down
- —Your One Next Move: one specific, time-bound action — not a full overhaul
Less than 10 minutes. Everything changes.
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As Trusted By & Certified Through
Two certifications. Multiple speaking stages. A distinct combination you won’t find anywhere else.
Dave Ramsey / Ramsey Solutions
Financial Coach Master Training
The tactical foundation. This certification grounds everything Madeleine teaches in the same common-sense, debt-free principles that have helped millions of families build lasting financial stability — without gimmicks, without complexity, and without debt as a tool.
What this means for you: the financial framework behind this coaching is proven, practical, and grounded in integrity. Not internet trends. Not shortcuts. The real thing.
The Life Coach School
Professional Certified Coach
The psychological engine. True financial transformation isn’t just about the math — it’s about the mind. This certification equips Madeleine with cognitive behavioral tools to help clients identify the self-limiting beliefs driving their financial patterns, take radical ownership of their actions, and intentionally design the outcomes they actually want.
What this means for you: we don’t just fix the budget. We work on the thinking that created the budget problem in the first place.
“I don’t just coach your bank account. I coach your mind. By combining proven debt-free wealth strategies with cognitive behavioral tools, we don’t just fix your budget — we rewrite your entire relationship with money so you can take permanent ownership of your future.”
Featured In
GEAR UP West 2025
Speaking & Featured Appearances
Trusted by universities, national conferences, business chambers, and faith-based communities across the US and Brazil.
Press Feature
Canvas Rebel Magazine
Featured in Canvas Rebel Magazine — a publication dedicated to spotlighting entrepreneurs and creative professionals building businesses on their own terms. The feature highlights Madeleine’s journey, coaching philosophy, and the mission behind Strasburg Coaching.
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Madeleine is available for speaking engagements at universities, professional conferences, women’s events, business chambers, and faith-based community gatherings in English and Portuguese.
To inquire: madeleine@strasburgcoaching.com
What's Possible
Women who do this work describe the same shift.
Not that money got easier, but that they got steadier.
They open the bank app without dread. They make a plan they can actually keep. They stop identifying as someone who is bad with money. That quiet, persistent identity — the one running in the background — is replaced by something more accurate: someone building a skill. Someone who recovers. Someone who returns.
When they slip — and everyone does — they come back without ceremony. No shame spiral. No fresh-start Monday. Just the next right move.
That's the goal. Not a perfect financial record.
Ownership. Recovery. Momentum.
Your Next Move
Your next move is simpler than you think.
You don't need a perfect financial situation to start. You need a clear first move, and the willingness to look at what's actually been getting in the way.
The guide is free. And it's designed specifically for women who are capable, intelligent, and tired of the cycle.
Get the free guide →
Free to download · Available in English and Portuguese
When the Money Momentum Program reopens, guide subscribers hear first.
The Podcast
Money Is Not Your Problem
Weekly EpisodesA bilingual podcast for women who are ready to change their relationship with money — not just their budget. Hosted in English and Portuguese.
Each episode goes beyond the spreadsheet — into the mindset, the nervous system, and the real reasons we avoid our finances.
- Why You Keep Starting Over (And How to Stop)
- The Nervous System and Your Money Habits
- When the Budget Isn't the Problem
- Por Que Você Continua Recomeçando
- Recuperação Financeira Sem Vergonha
Ready When You Are
You don't have to figure this out alone.
Start with the free guide. See what shifts. Then decide what's next. There is no pressure — only a path forward.
Return, Not Restart.