About

Meet Monica Goodpaster

I support women as they build a more empowered, hopeful, and secure relationship with money.

I help women feel hopeful, confident, and secure as they make financial decisions that support the life they want to build.

Financial consultant · Roseville, California

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My story

I had to rebuild my own plan first.

My divorce left me financially strapped and without any retirement savings. I had spent years around money and business owners — and I still walked away without a plan of my own.

I rebuilt it. And in doing so I learned that most of what I needed was already there, just badly organized and working against me instead of for me.

That's why I do this work: so you don't have to figure it out alone.

How I work

What I believe about money and women

Most of the women I work with aren't bad with money.
They were simply never shown the order things go in.

I

Structure, not sacrifice

It's structure, not sacrifice. A plan built around your real life, not a list of things to give up.

II

Valued, heard and supported

Exceptional results happen when people feel valued, heard and supported.

III

A partner in the plan

Not just a number to call. Someone in your corner as you make decisions about your money.

Who I help

Women managing money on their own

Empowering women to navigate their finances through compassionate, experienced guidance.

Single by choice

Building wealth on your own, without a built-in accountability partner.

Divorced

Untangling what was shared and rebuilding a plan that's fully yours.

Widowed

Taking over the finances, often for the first time, in a hard season.

Start where you are

Two easy ways to begin

Pages of Your Financial Foundations Checklist by Monica Goodpaster, fanned outFree guide

Your Financial Foundations Checklist

A step-by-step starting point for handling your money on your own: banking, saving, budgeting, and everything in between.

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Whenever you're ready to look at your mortgage or your bigger financial picture together, I'd love to help as a partner in the plan, not just a number to call.

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