Were you really alone?
Or was someone quietly (or loudly) standing beside you?
Who helped you feel capable when it mattered most?
#PersonalGrowth #LifeChanges #SupportSystem #Empowerment #SelfImprovement #PositiveChange #MentalHealthMatters
Were you really alone?
Or was someone quietly (or loudly) standing beside you?
Who helped you feel capable when it mattered most?
#PersonalGrowth #LifeChanges #SupportSystem #Empowerment #SelfImprovement #PositiveChange #MentalHealthMatters
Self-help told us transformation was a solo act.
Science—and life—tells us otherwise.
Change happens in the company of others.
👇 Self-Help Is for Suckers drops Wednesday.
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Self-help told us transformation was a solo act.
Science—and life—tells us otherwise.
Change happens in the company of others.
👇 Self-Help Is for Suckers drops Wednesday.
Subscribe now: https://substack.com/@meghaanlurtz
Financial planners: You are not just delivering advice.
You are offering the only kind of help that works.
Real change is a shared act.
Read the full case for relational planning next week on Less Lonely Money.
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Financial planners: You are not just delivering advice.
You are offering the only kind of help that works.
Real change is a shared act.
Read the full case for relational planning next week on Less Lonely Money.
Subscribe here: https://substack.com/@meghaanlurtz
The most effective interventions—financial, emotional, behavioral—aren’t frameworks.
They’re friendships.
New piece coming soon: Self-Help Is for Suckers.
(Less) Lonely Money = More supported.
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#Money #SelfHelp
The most effective interventions—financial, emotional, behavioral—aren’t frameworks.
They’re friendships.
New piece coming soon: Self-Help Is for Suckers.
(Less) Lonely Money = More supported.
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#Money #SelfHelp
You’ve read the books; tried the plans.
Real transformation rarely shows up in the mirror
It shows up across from you—on the couch, on a call
Next on (Less) Lonely Money: Self-Help Is for Suckers.
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You’ve read the books; tried the plans.
Real transformation rarely shows up in the mirror
It shows up across from you—on the couch, on a call
Next on (Less) Lonely Money: Self-Help Is for Suckers.
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Not: logic, forecasting, optimization.
It’s reasoning with someone—to help them reflect, explain, and emotionally commit to their decisions.
→ Full essay: https://substack.com/@meghaanlurtz
#financialplanning #clientrelationships
Not: logic, forecasting, optimization.
It’s reasoning with someone—to help them reflect, explain, and emotionally commit to their decisions.
→ Full essay: https://substack.com/@meghaanlurtz
#financialplanning #clientrelationships
Even when we think we’re thinking alone, we’re imagining how someone else might respond.
Humans need other humans.
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#financialplanning #humanadvice #advisorinsight
Even when we think we’re thinking alone, we’re imagining how someone else might respond.
Humans need other humans.
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#financialplanning #humanadvice #advisorinsight
It came from an AI scan. But it was *her* presence that made the news bearable.
Clients want the same thing:
Real presence. Not just information.
More human reflections: https://substack.com/@meghaanlurtz
#financialplanning #reasoning
It came from an AI scan. But it was *her* presence that made the news bearable.
Clients want the same thing:
Real presence. Not just information.
More human reflections: https://substack.com/@meghaanlurtz
#financialplanning #reasoning
“I’m still here.”
It won’t pause when a client starts crying.
You’re not just a planner.
You’re a witness.
AI can’t do that.
You can.
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#financialplanning
“I’m still here.”
It won’t pause when a client starts crying.
You’re not just a planner.
You’re a witness.
AI can’t do that.
You can.
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#financialplanning
It won’t make them act.
That requires trust. Context. Relationship.
Financial advisors don’t just explain options.
They create space for transformation.
#financialplanning #emotionalintelligence #advisorinsight
It won’t make them act.
That requires trust. Context. Relationship.
Financial advisors don’t just explain options.
They create space for transformation.
#financialplanning #emotionalintelligence #advisorinsight
It just can’t tell me why I keep sabotaging myself.
Or why I’m afraid to talk to my partner about it.
That’s where advisors come in.
→ Full piece here: https://substack.com/@meghaanlurtz
#financialplanning #behavioralfinance #advisorinsight
It just can’t tell me why I keep sabotaging myself.
Or why I’m afraid to talk to my partner about it.
That’s where advisors come in.
→ Full piece here: https://substack.com/@meghaanlurtz
#financialplanning #behavioralfinance #advisorinsight
It’s your proof.
Proof that logic isn’t enough.
Proof that presence, context, and trust are the difference-makers.
AI might *start* the conversation.
You see it through.
Read: https://substack.com/@meghaanlurtz
#financialplanning #trustmatters #humanadvice
It’s your proof.
Proof that logic isn’t enough.
Proof that presence, context, and trust are the difference-makers.
AI might *start* the conversation.
You see it through.
Read: https://substack.com/@meghaanlurtz
#financialplanning #trustmatters #humanadvice
According to the Argumentative Theory of Reason, it’s a feature.
This changes how we frame advice.
More on the theory and what it means for financial planning on Substack.
https://substack.com/@meghaanlurtz
#financialplanning #AIandadvice #clientrelationships
According to the Argumentative Theory of Reason, it’s a feature.
This changes how we frame advice.
More on the theory and what it means for financial planning on Substack.
https://substack.com/@meghaanlurtz
#financialplanning #AIandadvice #clientrelationships
If your entire value is “I give smart answers,”
AI is coming for you.
But if your value is “I help people change,”
AI doesn’t stand a chance.
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#financialplanning #behavioralfinance #AIandadvice
If your entire value is “I give smart answers,”
AI is coming for you.
But if your value is “I help people change,”
AI doesn’t stand a chance.
→ Read the whole thing: https://substack.com/@meghaanlurtz
#financialplanning #behavioralfinance #AIandadvice
Maybe it wasn’t logical.
And it honored their values.
That’s the kind of advice AI will never understand.
More here: https://substack.com/@meghaanlurtz
#financialplanning #futureofadvice
Maybe it wasn’t logical.
And it honored their values.
That’s the kind of advice AI will never understand.
More here: https://substack.com/@meghaanlurtz
#financialplanning #futureofadvice
Ask: What steps do you take to adjust your financial goals when life circumstances change?
Understand: Another's adaptability and collaboration in navigating change.
#Collaboration #LifeChanges #GoalSetting #FinancialAdvice #NavigateChange #GrowthMindset
Ask: What steps do you take to adjust your financial goals when life circumstances change?
Understand: Another's adaptability and collaboration in navigating change.
#Collaboration #LifeChanges #GoalSetting #FinancialAdvice #NavigateChange #GrowthMindset
You just have to stop acting like a spreadsheet with a pulse.
Your job isn’t to be more logical.
It’s to be more human.
The future of advice isn’t cold perfection.
It’s warm conversation.
→ Read: https://substack.com/@meghaanlurtz
#financialplanning
You just have to stop acting like a spreadsheet with a pulse.
Your job isn’t to be more logical.
It’s to be more human.
The future of advice isn’t cold perfection.
It’s warm conversation.
→ Read: https://substack.com/@meghaanlurtz
#financialplanning
Share below. I’ll go first:
“What would make this feel more like your decision?”
Not just plans. Facilitate ownership.
→ More prompts in the essay: https://substack.com/@meghaanlurtz
#financialplanning
Share below. I’ll go first:
“What would make this feel more like your decision?”
Not just plans. Facilitate ownership.
→ More prompts in the essay: https://substack.com/@meghaanlurtz
#financialplanning
Clients don’t just want answers.
They want to feel confident.
They want to feel understood before they act.
That’s what human advisors offer.
→ Full essay: https://substack.com/@meghaanlurtz
#financialplanning #clientrelationships #AIandadvice
Clients don’t just want answers.
They want to feel confident.
They want to feel understood before they act.
That’s what human advisors offer.
→ Full essay: https://substack.com/@meghaanlurtz
#financialplanning #clientrelationships #AIandadvice
But it’s not.
Never was.
We’re in the business of identity.
Of narrative.
AI is a tool.
You’re a relationship.
That’s why you matter.
And always will.
→ More: https://substack.com/@meghaanlurtz
#financialplanning
But it’s not.
Never was.
We’re in the business of identity.
Of narrative.
AI is a tool.
You’re a relationship.
That’s why you matter.
And always will.
→ More: https://substack.com/@meghaanlurtz
#financialplanning
Do they feel the decision is theirs?
That distinction is the difference between logic and transformation.
Between compliance and commitment.
Between advice and agency.
It’s also where human advisors outperform any algorithm.
#financialplanning
Do they feel the decision is theirs?
That distinction is the difference between logic and transformation.
Between compliance and commitment.
Between advice and agency.
It’s also where human advisors outperform any algorithm.
#financialplanning
Ask: What role do you expect your financial advisor to play during periods of uncertainty or change?
Understand: Relationship expectations during critical moments.
#ClientExpectations #FinancialPlanning #Uncertainty #AdvisoryRole #WealthManagement
Ask: What role do you expect your financial advisor to play during periods of uncertainty or change?
Understand: Relationship expectations during critical moments.
#ClientExpectations #FinancialPlanning #Uncertainty #AdvisoryRole #WealthManagement
Your value isn’t shrinking.
It’s becoming clearer.
→ More on what advisors do that AI can’t drops later this week: https://substack.com/@meghaanlurtz
#financialplanning #futureofadvice #AIandadvice
Your value isn’t shrinking.
It’s becoming clearer.
→ More on what advisors do that AI can’t drops later this week: https://substack.com/@meghaanlurtz
#financialplanning #futureofadvice #AIandadvice
It won’t say:
“Who else influences this decision?”
That’s your edge.
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#financialplanning
It won’t say:
“Who else influences this decision?”
That’s your edge.
Sign up for my free Substack newsletter. The article on AI and advice drops next week:
https://substack.com/@meghaanlurtz
#financialplanning