I know what financial stress, anxiety, and shame feel like 

I grew up watching money create conflict and scarcity in my family. When I married my first husband, I repeated that pattern — handing over my paycheck, giving up control, and eventually being left to survive on credit cards after our toxic and abusive marriage ended.

Years later, I married my current husband and we had another child together. One day, he showed me what those years had cost me. I was shocked to see that I had brought $48,000 of debt into our marriage. I felt so much guilt and shame. 

But something in me shifted that day.

I decided not to hide from 
money anymore 

It was time to learn it, master it, and take responsibility for it. 

So I read every financial book I could find, listened to every resource available, and implemented what I learned. 

Within two years, I made my final credit card payment. And when I showed my husband, we both cried.

As the pressure finally lifted, I had one clear realization:

I needed to help other women transform their relationship with money the way I had transformed mine. 

That’s when How Debbie Saves was born, and after seven years as a money mindset coach… I’ve never looked back.