When Hilary was in her 20’s, she was definitely not thriving financially. She was advising multi million dollar clients by day and coming home to a stack of bills she wouldn’t open because she couldn’t pay them.

She was a massive overspender. Hilary was earning 6 figures and spending 6 and a half. She realized she had to repair her relationship with money and wealth.

This was a very emotional time for Hilary. Looking at the numbers and realizing how in debt she was made her feel like a piece of crap. She was lucky enough to go to a great school and smart enough to graduate with honors.

Hilary was determined to figure out how she got so deep in debt. She started reading everything she could on the psychology of money.

Her mother was a budgeter and saver and Hilary was ashamed with the amount of money she could spend on birthday presents for friends. Hilary wanted a pair of Nikes like the other girls on her basketball team but had to get her shoes from Payless.

Hilary felt like there was never enough money for the things she wanted in life. That became her money operating system. It’s a very common money operating system. And there are many others also.

Through the divorce of her parents and her father not wanting to pay her mother, Hilary came to realize that money is power. So operating with the thoughts ‘there’s never enough money’ and ‘money is power’, Hilary would spend and buy to try to show she was successful, even though she had no money in her bank account.

Luckily, she was able to unravel those behaviors and make a change in her own life. This made Hilary want to teach her framework to others, especially women. Also by doing this, her business took off.

So many entrepreneurs limit money in their life with their thoughts. Even though Hilary has a very traditional background as far as her training, until she changed her mindset, she would spend money as soon as it was in her back account.

For Hilary to make a change, she started doing the opposite of what she had been doing. Where she had hidden her money troubles before, she became super transparent about them. And she also, just wouldn’t do things where she would be spending money. It was super tight and painful for several years.

After Hilary had her condo foreclosed, she turned in her leased BMW and paid off her negotiated credit card debt, she then began rebuilding. She didn’t buy a coffee for 2 years. After she fixed the problem, she has now built up enough wealth to be financially independent. And that’s definitely thriving financially.

In addition to the traditional financial advising, Hilary has Ignite Investing for people who are just getting started in investing. This program makes financial advice accessible. She also has a coaching program, that teaches exactly what she did to get out of debt and build wealth.

Hilary shares her 7 Steps To Wealth with us.

1 - Decide. Involve your mindset and how you see your future.

2 - Speak. Look at all your scripts about money. Journal. Write down all the things you think and say about money.

3 - Plan. Most people don’t have a plan. She teaches a multiple account system, not budgeting.

4 - Earn. Raise the ceiling.

5 - Ask. She has a No Challenge. Make so many big requests, your goal is 100 no’s. If you get to 100 no’s, you’ll have so many yeses, you’ll have a different life. People are afraid to ask.

6 - Invest. Compound your wealth.

7 - Protect. Protect your wealth with wise decisions and your identity from theft.

A lot of people, especially women, have this idea that money is a zero sum game, Hilary tells us. Just enough is enough. She wants us to know there is an abundance of money, you can be rich and everyone else can too.

Hilary works with a lot of people in their 60s, 70s and 80s and doesn’t know many that work past 70. You need a stash of money to support your life.

The Profit Boss Radio is the podcast Hilary hosts. She has so many things she wants to say especially to women. If something comes up in the media or current events, Hilary will grab the microphone and start to talk.

On her podcast, she covers a lot of topics. She talks a lot about evidence based investing and how you really should do it. She talks about how money has rules and it’s important to follow them.

Hilary wants to normalize the million dollar amount. You need to get comfortable with having a million dollars to fund your retirement years. Set your sights high.

Hilary shared her definition of success as the ability to offer your life and help, to say this is how I’m going to live. And the 3 words she thinks of when she thinks about the word money are freedom, wellbeing and confidence.

Looking back to when she wasn’t thriving financially, those 3 things are the things she was missing. It’s in sharp contrast to what she felt and it’s so important to feel that with money.

Listen to Hilary on her podcast at Profit Boss Radio.

You can get on her waitlist for the Money Blueprint Coaching Course that starts in August at her website - www.hilaryhendershott.com

Find her on instagram at www.instagram.com/hilaryhendershott/