Read Olivia's Latest Advisor One Article - Your Client's Brain

Olivia's latest AdvisorOne.com article, Your Client's Brain: ARIA—How to Quiet the Brain to Inspire Insight, is now available online.

It is the fourth of eight new articles by Olivia Mellan and Sherry Christie that continue the discussion on Your Client's Brain that began with Investment Advisor's February 2013 cover story — Double Think: Getting Past the Conflict in Your Clients' Two Brains — and a feature article — Second Thoughts: Making Better Decisions — in the March 2013 issue of Investment Advisor magazine.

Read the article...

"Olivia's Secret Language of Money" available for download!

Olivia's Secret Language of Money - which will take you on a personal and relationship journey to achieve what she calls "Money Harmony" - is now available on the web as a digital download for only $30!

Hear her talk you through and walk you through childhood messages and vows; money myths; what money types are you and how to reach balance; creating money dialogues; couples depolarization; and much more...

Buy "Olivia's Secret Language of Money" Now!

Take the New, Improved Money Personality Quiz!

UPDATE: The quiz was updated in March 2012 to reflect the changes coming soon in Olivia's and Sherry Christie's 2nd Edition of Money Harmony: Resolving Money Conflicts in your Life and Relationships.

What's your money personality style? Are you a hoarder? A spender? A money monk? An avoider? An amasser? Take Olivia's Money Personality Quiz from her first book, Money Harmony (a/k/a Your Money Style) and find out how much of each of the first 5 money types rule your actions and attitudes.

Take the Quiz!...

Recent New York Times article quoting Olivia...

Olivia was quoted in the New York Times article, Marriage Maintenance When Money Is Tight, which deals with couples communication in tough times. Here's an excerpt:

"When anybody is tired or under stress, they will always revert to their oldest primitive survival mode, which is usually dysfunctional," said Olivia Mellan, a money coach, author and therapist. Even couples with similar philosophies about money, she said, will find something to disagree about in this situation.

Read the New York Times article...

Hire Olivia to energize your events!

Video: Exercepts from Olivia's events where she explains how to maximize your relationship with money and how to remove money conflicts from your life...

Learn about money and relationships... Take a teleclass!

* 101 — Money Harmony for You and for Your Clients - (for therapists, coaches, counselors, and financial professionals)
* 102 — Men, Women and Money: Bridging the Gap - (for everyone)
* 201 — Consultation & Supervision - (for those who have completed Teleclass 101)
* FREE audio clips from past teleclasses

To arrange a private teleclass for four or more participants at a convenient time for you, email Olivia

Passing It On - Dealing with Wealth and Inheritance

Olivia has been leading two to three-day retreats across the country, to help parents and their adult children facilitate deepening communication between the generations. These retreats help each generation clarify their values and goals around inherited wealth and the impact they want to make on the world and on their family and friends. In addition, these events have been tremendously successful, heartwarming and fun(!) as they create a safe climate for participants to become good stewards of inherited wealth, and for the parents to communicate their emotional legacy as well as their financial one.

Read Passing It On to find out more of Olivia's thoughts about these retreats...

Email Olivia with any questions you may have about these retreats...

Olivia's Latest Books

Overcoming Overspending: A Winning Plan for Spenders and their Partners, by Olivia Mellan and Sherry Christie, has been revised and updated, and is available on this site.

The Client Connection: Helping Advisors Build Bridges That Last, by Olivia Mellan and Sherry Christie, is a compilation of Olivia's best essay columns from Investment Advisor and Wealth Manager for financial professionals.

Order your copies now!

Anthologies featuring Mellan's work

Peak Vitality: Raising the Threshold of Abundance in Our Material, Spiritual and Emotional Lives Olivia's money harmony chapter appears with experts such as Mehmet Oz, Deepak Chopra, Wayne Dyer, Eckhart Tolle, Caroline Myss and Dean Ornish.

Love Book: The 50 Mosts Trusted Experts Reveal their Secrets for Relationship Success, by Scott Braxton.
Olivia's money-related work is featured with chapters by Tony Robbins, Dr. Phil, John Gray, John Gottman, Leo Buscaglia, Harville Hendrix, Harriet Lerner, Marshall Rosenberg, and Jonathan Rich.