Her Home Finance
Most families do the math wrong. They subtract a salary instead of a paycheck, and forget childcare, commute, and the tax premium on a second income. When you run the real numbers, the gap is almost always smaller than you feared.
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6 financial decisions to make before you stop working.
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"The math looks terrifying. Most of the time, that number is wrong." The Stay-Home Transition Playbook
What you're feeling
Googling the same questions in different ways, hoping one of the results gives you a complete answer. Most of them don't.
The fear isn't just the budget. It's whether you'll lose financial independence, professional standing, and the safety net that protects you if something changes.
These are real concerns. They deserve real answers, in order, before your last day of work.
6 Financial Decisions
Before You Stop Working
A free preview from The Stay-Home Transition Playbook
Free guide
This guide covers the six most important financial decisions in the transition, with the key number you need to know for each one. It takes about 30 minutes to work through. Most people finish it and immediately understand the full picture for the first time.
The full 12-decision playbook includes complete worksheets, scripts, calculators, and a pre-transition checklist. The free guide is your starting point.
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The playbook
The Stay-Home Transition Playbook walks you through 12 sequential financial decisions, in the exact order you need to make them. Worksheets, scripts, calculators, and a complete pre-transition checklist. Written for the woman making the choice, not the family unit.
What's inside
Every tool you need, in one place. Work through the playbook first. Use the spreadsheet tools alongside the decisions that need them.
Core product
12 decisions, worksheets, scripts, and a complete pre-transition checklist. Every financial decision, in order, before you stop working.
View the PlaybookSpreadsheet
Two-tab calculator: your real income gap on one income, and a monthly budget tracker to use after the transition.
Browse TemplatesSpreadsheet
Side-by-side comparison of your partner's employer plan, COBRA, and the ACA Marketplace with a built-in recommendation.
Get the ToolSpreadsheet
Eligibility check, step-by-step setup walkthrough, and contribution tracker. The most underused tool in this transition, made simple.
Get the GuideI had been running the numbers in my head for months. This guide made me realize I had been subtracting the wrong number the entire time. The gap was half what I thought.
Decision 9 alone was worth the price. We had never talked about how the money system would actually work. Now we have a structure that makes me feel like a partner, not a dependent.
I didn't know about the Spousal IRA. I had been out of the workforce for two years with nothing going into retirement. Opened mine the week I finished the playbook.
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The free guide covers the six most important decisions, with the key number you need for each one. It's a 30-minute read with a worksheet you keep.
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