Your Money, Your Values, and Your Life: Living Your Life According to What’s Important to You

Derek Hagen

Jan 2021 · Money Health Press

About this ebook

Everyone is different. We all have different backgrounds. We grew up in different parts of the country (or in different countries), different neighborhoods within our cities, went to different schools, and had different friends. Our parents raised us differently. We have different intelligence levels, different physical abilities, and were raised in - and currently live in - different socioeconomic situations. Of course people from different backgrounds will grow up to value different things.

That sounds obvious, but it’s not.

We tend to try to replicate what others are doing. We do this knowing they are different from us. Why?

In Your Money, Your Values, and Your Life, financial therapist and life planner Derek Hagen teaches you why people with such varying backgrounds find themselves chasing the same things. Gain the confidence to ignore the Joneses. Learn to align your money and your life with what’s important to you.

About the author

Derek Hagen is a financial behavior expert and founder of Money Health Solutions. Money Health Solutions is a financial therapy and financial life planning firm based outside Minneapolis, MN, serving clients nationwide. He has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Business Insider, Yahoo! Finance, Nasdaq, US News and World Report, and the Minneapolis Star Tribune.

Derek supports financial health, financial behavior and mindset change, and intentional living by helping clients understand and change their financial beliefs, behaviors, and thinking patterns, and helps them design a life that brings meaning and purpose.

He writes about the psychology of money using personal stories and simple drawings on the Money Health newsletter and blog. He speaks to consumer and professional audiences about the intersection of money and psychology, financial behaviors, and behavioral finance.

Derek earned a Graduate Certificate in financial psychology and behavioral finance from Creighton University and a Bachelor of Arts in economics (summa cum laude) from Minnesota State University Moorhead. He holds several professional designations, including the CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™, Certified Financial Therapist-I™, Certified Financial Behavior Specialist®, and Chartered Financial Analyst designations.

In his spare time, Derek enjoys playing squash and pickleball, and all things outdoors, especially camping, hiking, running, and biking. He lives in suburban Minneapolis with his wife, Katie, and their pets Bingo the dog and Whiskers the cat.