Activate Your Money

Stepping into Your Financial Future

Although you've reached the last pages of this book, I hope you see this as a beginning rather than an end. We've traversed a lot of material together. You were invited to think about how your beliefs about money may be undermining your financial freedom. We delved into all the asset classes, looking at what they are, how they work, and where you can find investments that align with your values. We also talked about how you can shift your relationship with money so it is no longer a taboo topic but rather a subject that you can feel comfortable discussing with a trusted group of family or friends. Most importantly, we asked you to consider the possibility of investing in an entirely new way.

If you've reached this point in the book, I hope you've been moved and encouraged in some way. Perhaps you were inspired by the stories you read of the pioneering women who helped launch values-aligned investing or the stories of the women leading the charge today. Maybe you feel more confident in your knowledge of investment terminology, your investment options, and ways you can educate yourself going forward. You might have already downloaded some of the tools and started taking action with some of your assets. I hope all of these things are true—and more!

There are a few core concepts that are important to take with you.

YOUR MONEY MATTERS.   My first hope is that you've come to understand that your money matters—probably more than you realized. Where ...