Madecraft

Shifting Your Mindset for Financial Agility

Madecraft

Shifting Your Mindset for Financial Agility

Madecraft

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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
Beginner level

Recommended experience

3 hours to complete
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Decouple your self-worth from a financial setback and recognize emotional signals as useful information.

  • Practice self-forgiveness and surrender the need to control outcomes you cannot predict.

  • Build a SMART financial recovery plan and activate the accountability partners and support that sustain it.

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July 2026

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There are 5 modules in this course

Financial setbacks have a way of shaking your confidence to its core, and the guilt and shame that follow can make it nearly impossible to see a path forward. In this module, you'll use the discomfort of your situation as a signal rather than a verdict, confronting what happened with clear-eyed awareness and building the self-worth foundation you need to move through it with honesty and grace.

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4 videos2 assignments

A financial setback can feel like proof that you are off course, but the ground beneath you is more solid than it looks right now. In this module, you'll shift your perspective on where you are, practice forgiving yourself for the choices that got you here, and build the trust in forward motion that makes genuine recovery possible.

What's included

3 videos1 reading2 assignments

You already know where you want to go, and what stands between you and that destination is the daily habit of choosing your intentions, your behavior, and your next step deliberately. In this module, you'll identify how you want to feel each day as a financial recovery compass, shift the small behaviors holding you back, and build a SMART action plan that turns your goal into a structured, time-bound commitment.

What's included

3 videos1 reading2 assignments

Getting through a financial setback is harder alone than it needs to be, and the research makes that concrete. In this module, you'll identify who in your life can serve as a genuine accountability partner, evaluate whether working with a Certified Financial Coach matches your needs, and choose a community that sustains your long-term motivation.

What's included

3 videos1 reading2 assignments

You have done the work. In this module, you'll carry the mindset shifts, frameworks, and support structures you have built into the next stage of your financial journey, with a clear set of resources to turn to when you need guidance.

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1 video1 assignment

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