Your Money Essentials helps churches, groups, and normal households build calmer money habits that fit real life.

Media & Speaking

Real Money Talks From Someone Who Has Lived Both Sides

Phillip speaks to churches, organizations, podcasts, and stages about household money, burnout, building a business, and the life that actually matters once the chasing stops.

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Phillip — Founder, Your Money Essentials

Built a multi-seven-figure business, sold it, and ended up rebuilding what money, work, and peace are actually for. Now he helps real households get unstuck.

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Years In Business

100s

Households Helped

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Honest Story

"I hit every number I was supposed to hit. The next day my body quit. That changed everything."

Phillip's Story

Success Is Not the Whole Story. The Reckoning Is.

Phillip is not a polished finance personality. He is a husband, a dad, and a guy who built and sold a real business after years of grinding. He knows what it costs to chase a number and miss the home in the process.

His talks are grounded in two things he has lived, not just read about: building something that works, and sitting in the silence after it does.

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Built And Sold A Real Business

Two decades of operating, hiring, scaling, and eventually exiting. He speaks the language of owners, leaders, and tired earners.

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Lived The Cost Of The Climb

The day after the goal was hit, his health gave out. That moment reframed how he talks about money, striving, family, and faith.

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Coaches Real Households Now

Today he runs Your Money Essentials, a coaching brand built for normal families who are tired of guessing with money and tired of being shamed for it.

Speaking Topics

What Phillip Talks About

Each talk can be shaped for a Sunday service, a weekend retreat, a conference room, a podcast, or a community night. Practical, honest, never preachy.

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Money Without the Shame Spiral

Why most people are not failing because they are lazy, and the simple household systems that quietly fix the chaos.

Best for: churches, marriage events, parent groups, community nights.

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The Cost of the Climb

Building a business, selling it, and what happens to a body and a marriage on the way. A talk about ambition, burnout, and what success actually buys you.

Best for: entrepreneurs, leadership events, men's groups, business conferences.

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Peace Over Pressure

Faith, family, and the quiet rebuild after life gets loud. A grounded talk about what to keep, what to let go, and how money fits into a life that is actually worth living.

Best for: faith communities, retreats, recovery and wellness events.

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Household Money 101

The Money Essentials framework: paychecks, plans, and the small wins that turn into momentum. Built for couples and parents.

Best for: classes, workshops, libraries, schools, financial literacy events.

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Money Talk For Couples

How to stop fighting about money and start running the household as a team, using simple shared rhythms instead of spreadsheets and guilt.

Best for: marriage events, couples retreats, small groups.

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Custom Talk For Your Audience

Got a specific audience, theme, or event in mind? Phillip will shape a talk for your room rather than dropping in a canned keynote.

Best for: any room with real people who deserve a real conversation.

Recent Appearances

Podcasts, Stages, and Conversations

A short look at the kinds of rooms Phillip shows up in — podcast interviews, church gatherings, and live workshops where real households get real money help.

Podcast Interviews

Honest Conversations on Money and Life

Phillip joins podcast hosts to talk through household money pressure, the day after the exit, the health crash that followed, and what he wishes he had known earlier.

Church Speaking

Money Talks for Sundays and Midweek Gatherings

Phillip speaks to church communities about why so many good families feel behind on money and what shifts when the shame is taken off the table.

Live Workshops

Online and In-Person Money Sessions

Hands-on Money Essentials workshops — online or in person — that give households the framework to build a real plan around real paychecks.

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Why Phillip

Not a Guru. Not a Lecturer. A Real One.

Most money speakers either talk down to the room or talk over it. Phillip does neither. Here is what event hosts and pastors usually say about working with him.

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Built And Sold A Business

He has actually run the kind of life he is talking about. The numbers, the pressure, the team, the quiet 2am.

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Honest, Not Preachy

Faith friendly without being heavy handed. The room never feels lectured. People stay leaned in.

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Practical, Not Theoretical

Every talk leaves people with something they can actually do this week. No vague pep talks.

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Easy To Work With

Clear communication, simple tech requirements, on time, and willing to shape the talk to your audience.

What Hosts Say

Why People Invite Phillip Back

Quotes from pastors, event hosts, and audience members after recent talks.

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Our people felt seen. He was real with them about money without making anyone feel small. That is rare.

Pastor — Local Church

Sunday talk, family stewardship series

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Phillip is the only speaker we have had where the conversations kept going long after the event ended. People wanted more.

Event Host — Community Event

Evening workshop, parent and family night

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He pulled real stories out of his life, including the hard ones. You could feel the room relax. Our team is already booking him again.

Leadership Team — Organization

Quarterly leadership and culture session

Speaking Inquiry

Want Phillip on Your Stage, Pulpit, or Podcast?

Tell us a little about your event or show. We will reach out personally to talk through dates, format, and what would actually serve your audience.

Good Fits For Phillip

Churches, ministries, and faith communities
Marriage events, parent groups, retreats
Business owner, leadership, and team events
Podcasts, video shows, and interviews
Schools, libraries, and community nights

"He talks about money the way a real friend would. No script. No shame. People feel it."

Phillip personally reviews every speaking inquiry. Most event hosts hear back within a few business days.

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Phillip personally reviews every inquiry. Replies usually come within 1–2 business days.

Two Ways To Bring This In

Pick The Door That Fits Your Room

Phillip can show up as a speaker for a single event, or come in deeper to teach the full Money Essentials class for your church, organization, or community.

Book Phillip To Speak

Best for Sundays, retreats, conferences, podcasts, leadership events, and one-night gatherings where you want a grounded, honest voice on money and life.

Talks shaped to your audience and theme
In-person, virtual, or hybrid formats
Faith friendly without being preachy

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Bring The Full Class In

Want the full Money Essentials experience for your church, organization, library, school, or community group? That lives on its own page.

One-night classes, workshops, or full series
In-person, online, or hybrid formats
Real, practical money help shaped for your room

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