You have a business, an accountant,

and absolutely no idea what is actually going on with your money.

That is not a personality flaw. Nobody taught you how to manage your money. .  You’re here because you want to be in control and see your money grow.

I knew the numbers.

I still had to face the fear.

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My Story

When I started my own business, I did the opposite of everything my parents had taught me.

I stopped looking at my numbers.

I ran free events when I should have been charging for them. I avoided pricing conversations. I spent without tracking. And underneath all of it was something I had not named yet: I was ashamed to say I did not have money. So I acted like I did.

Here is what makes that uncomfortable to admit. At the time I had spent 15 years in corporate finance — Big 4 audit firm, ten years as CFO of an international software company, Forbes CFO of the Year 2019. I knew how to read a balance sheet before most people knew what one was. And I was not looking at my own numbers.

Growing up, money lived in envelopes. Groceries in one, bills in another, everything carefully divided and labelled. I absorbed the discipline — and the belief that being on a budget meant never having enough. I spent years trying to escape the second part. In doing so I threw out the first part too.

The irony was quiet but clear. Their respect for money was what had given me financial stability my whole life. I had mistaken caution for scarcity.

So I went back to my own numbers, named what I had been avoiding, and started doing what I had been teaching others to do. The tools worked — because the story underneath them had finally shifted.

That is the work Her Money Game is built on.

On paper, I had no excuse:

1️⃣ ACCA-qualified (yes, there was an exam. Several, actually)

2️⃣ 5 years at Ernst & Young, Big 4 audit firm (I have seen things)

3️⃣ Forbes CFO of the Year, 2019 - Planning and Budgeting (framed, obviously)

4️⃣ 10 years as CFO of an international software company (spreadsheets: mastered)

5️⃣ 15+ years in financial management (I counted)

And the one that does not fit on a CV:

I have sat with my own shame around money and done the work anyway. That is why I can sit with yours and you'll never feel judgment.

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  • "You were the floating device around me - step by step. Not straight into the deep water. And then I removed it and I started swimming. I am not in the shallow anymore, but I am not in the deep yet. And I am not scared."

    — Olga Druzhinina-Kennedy, Her Money Game Member

  • "100% recommended... Eliana has taught me so much and makes finance simple. Only wish I had been introduced to her when I was setting up my business in Portugal."

    —Anna Fourie, Founder of Talent Potential and Her Money Game Member

  • "When I started with Eliana, I was overwhelmed and didn't know where to begin with my finances. Working with her brought me so much peace of mind.. I know feel clear-headed and confident making financial decisions, something I really struggled before"

    —Elisabeth Fernandes, Her Money Game Member

And I show up as your accountability fairy every step of the way.

In practice that means:

assignments you actually do, personal feedback from me on your work, and group sessions where you share your progress and I root for you.

Because knowing is one thing. Doing it with someone in your corner is another.

Most financial education hands you a spreadsheet and wishes you luck.

What I do is different:

 I combine 15 years of hard financial expertise with work on the money mindset - because the tools only work when the story underneath them has shifted.

We cover: 

  • The practical layer (your P&L, your taxes, what your accountant should actually be doing). 

  • The mindset layer (why you keep avoiding the numbers, what money means to you, where that came from). 


This is not a place to hand your finances to someone else and hope for the best.
This is a place to finally understand them yourself.

Her Money Game Letter

Welcome to the finance letter that actually makes finance simple. 🧠

Every Monday morning. Less than five minutes.

  • Get the financial knowledge your accountant assumes you already have - explained clearly, without jargon, without judgment, and occasionally with a joke that lands.

  • Real talk about taxes, P&Ls, cash flow, and the questions you did not know you were allowed to ask.

  • Written for women who are running real businesses and are tired of feeling lost in their own numbers.