
Read My Latest Newsletters:
- Unblocking Your Finances By Knowing Your Money Personality
- A Pep Talk for Hard Times
- โHow can I get ahead when something always comes up?โ
- 7 Ways to Use Your Tax Refund to Level Up Your Finances
- A Tale of Three Grocery Carts: Saving 80% On Groceries
- My Top 10 Tips for Having GREAT Credit
- Celebrating Financial Wins (Even When You Think You Don’t Have Any)
- The Personal Finance Book Everyone Should Read: “Broke Millennial Talks Money”
- The ONE Image That Shows How Investing Can Make You Rich
- Don’t Be Afraid of the B-Word (Budget)
- Five Awesome Things to Know Right Now About Social Security
- Are you in a spending rut, and is it keeping you broke?
โI went to Sandra because I didnโt really understand my retirement accounts or how they worked, and because I wanted to know if I could retire early. She helped me to understand them and get much more comfortable with them. She showed me that I wonโt need to work well into my sixties, that I can retire much earlier. One of the biggest gifts, however, was unexpected. My husband and I were both very scared to talk about our financial situations with each other. Weโve begun talking about our finances and our future with optimism and excitement!!“
โ Spencer B., Chicago, IL
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Sandra Verthein is a Chicago-based Personal Financial Coach currently living in the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago. She is the former Co-Artistic Director of Stage Left Theater in Chicago, and was a founding member of Glenwood Dance Studio. In 2018 she retired from her 17-year career as a Civil Engineer with Parsons Brinckerhoff (now WSP). After years of informally helping friends and family, she started SJV Financial Coaching in fall of 2022, and has been successfully helping people get organized, get a plan, and change their financial futures.
A Financial Coach is not a Financial Advisor. If you are looking for someone to manage an investment portfolio, sell you investment products, or recommend specific investments, please contact a licensed Financial Advisor.
