EARTH VISIONS

Your Money Or Your Life is a best-selling book by Joe Dominguez and Vicki Robin about a nine-step program for personal financial transformation. Your Money Or Your Life also refers to a world of nine-step program resources for changing the way you earn, spend and save money -- and help others do the same. Melissa Reardon is currently a member of the speakers’ bureau for Your Money or Your Life. It is supported by the New Road Map Foundation.

By working the YMOYL program, Melissa and her husband paid back $58,000 in debt so that they may work collectively on promoting sustainability. They are currently working on the last step of the program; achieving financial independence. They live off the land with their organic garden and orchard in the neighborhood of Milwaukie/Oak Grove and are making plans to remodel their small home to make it more self sustaining; including rainwater collection, solar power and higher energy efficiency modifications.

As her husband Kelly works for Sustainable Northwest, Melissa has had the opportunity to work in several different venues with the organization to support SNW’s important mission to help rural communities and economies become more sustainable. Melissa presents marketing workshops for artists and “Living Simply” classes in community colleges while she works on literary projects--exploring the integration of spirit and sustainability. She is available for introductory sessions with all kinds of organizations (churches, synagogues, volunteer organizations and the like) to present the basic tenets of this invaluable program.

Everything you need to make this program work for you -- and others -- is here.

If you would like to register for one of Melissa’s Living Simply workshops, register here.

If you would like to contact Melissa to schedule a presentation or media interview, contact her here.

Find books and resources for living simply and fully at the Simple Living Network.