Author Q&A With Erika Wasserman
Erika Wasserman is a Certified Financial Therapist who makes money conversations empowering and fun. From IBM to financial wellness, she’s your go-to for transformation! Meet Erika:
You are an author, but is it your day job? I am an author, but writing is not my day job. I’m a Certified Financial Therapist, and most of my days are spent leading corporate workshops, speaking at events, and creating tools to help people change how they think and feel about money. At the heart of my work is sparking conversations about money that people usually avoid.
Did you always want to be an author? I didn’t always want to be an author. My main goal has always been to help people. Writing became the best way to reach more people at once and to give words to conversations many struggles to start. One of my goals for 2026 is to spark 2,026 meaningful money conversations.
What is your most recent book, and what inspired you to write it?
My most recent book is Conversations with Your Financial Therapist: Stories and Scripts to Grow Your Money Mindset. I was inspired to write it after hearing the same sentences over and over from clients: “I feel behind,” “I should know better,” “I’m ashamed to talk about money,” and “I’ve never seen a healthy financial conversation.” I wanted to give readers language, scripts, stories, and structure so they feel less alone and more capable.
How do you hope your book will uplift readers? I hope my book helps readers feel calm rather than ashamed, clear rather than overwhelmed, and confident rather than stuck. The goal isn’t perfection, it’s progress and self-trust. We’ve all made money mistakes. This book is about sitting down, talking about them, learning from them, and growing both personally and financially.
What are you most excited about with this book? What excites me most is how practical it is. You can open it to any page and use what you read that same day. It’s meant to be lived with, not admired on a shelf.
How did writing a book help your career take off? Writing the book helped me clarify my message through the Money Mindset Method and showed people exactly how to use it. It gave others a clear understanding of what I do and why it matters, and it opened doors to speaking engagements, media opportunities, and corporate work I wouldn’t have had otherwise.
What do you find most fulfilling in the career you’ve chosen? The most fulfilling part of my work is seeing someone shift from fear to clarity. Hearing someone say, “I finally feel steady around money,” never gets old.
Anything else you’d like to share with your readers? You are not broken if money feels hard. You are learning, and learning can start right now. The courage to start today will pay dividends.
