Emily Burnett

Former tech manager turned author, coach, pickleball teacher and whatever else I end up doing. In my professional work, I focus on meaningful living, personal autonomy, and financial empowerment.

For individuals, I offer financial coaching and books. For organizations, I offer jargon-free speaking and workshops. People tell me they find relatability, inspiration, and hope in my work—and gratefully, they appreciate and sometimes find my stories funny.

How I can help:

I'd love to help you or your organization in one of the following ways:

Financial coaching: I help smart people get organized financially, break up with debt, and learn to use their money & time to intentionally create a life they like.
Speaking: I talk with groups about preparing for AI possibilities and disruption,* increasing your personal autonomy, and taking risks to make a life of your own.
*AI disruption is a party coming for all of us. I put some of my thoughts and research on the subject into a conversational primer called "An AI and Life Wake-Up Call for, Oh, Everyone." It's for us regular people about AI, using it, and how it could change everything about how we live—fast.
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About

Most recently, I left a comfy tech career of nearly ten years to improv my way around Europe and the U.S. for a couple of years. You could say I traveled my way into writing about way more than just my former focus of intentional money and living.

I'm someone who thinks (too much), finds things funny, appreciates real people and real talk, and happens to also be wrestling with the big technology questions facing all of us.

I've learned through really hard, fun, and cool life experiences and conversations with strangers key lessons about letting go of hustle, status, and have fallen in complicated love with uncertainty. It’s a delight to share those lessons with others.

Books

BOOK #1

Dear Fellow Spender: Enjoy Using Your Money to Get Out of Debt, Build Savings, and Create a Life You Love

This is not actually a book about spending less. It's a book about the art, pleasure, and perks of managing your money well. In it, I share my road into and out of debt, falling in love with proactive money management (aka budgeting—a happy kind), and my experiences helping others change their money and lives. Readers find the book encouraging, relatable, and practical, and I can't wait for you to read it.
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BOOK #2 [COMING SOON]

Dear Fellow Dreamer: Wake Up, Take Chances, and Create a Life of Your Own

If Book #1 was based on my journey out of debt and falling in love with proactive money management, Book #2 is based on my journey leaving the "security" of corporate life to take a chance on myself and my dreams, to discover what actually makes life rich, and to get comfortable with the uncertainty we may all be facing in an AI future.

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More to Your Life on Substack is where I share updates and sometimes funny thoughts and personal essays for principled people about what makes life and people so cool. And interesting. THERE ARE STORIES.
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