Get unstuck with someone who’s been in the room.
1:1 work, workshops, and speaking on money, mindset, and career, for people figuring out adulting and the organizations that want to help them.
My son showed me a stack of statements he didn't fully understand, asking me to help him figure out what he owed and to whom.
A few months later, my daughter called with a different version of the same question — career this time, not money, but the same catch in her voice. I don't know what I'm supposed to be doing, and I don't know who to ask.
That's when it hit me. Adulthood has never been easy. Nobody hands you a manual. One day it's just yours — the decisions, the bills, the responsibility for a whole life you're building in real time while you're still figuring out who you are.
That shock to the system isn't new.
But what my kids are carrying is heavier than what I remember carrying.
Money, mindset, career — the basics haven't changed. What's changed is the volume. The tools multiplied. The advice multiplied.
Everyone has an opinion, an app, an algorithm telling you what you should be doing in your twenties, and it's loud — loud enough to drown out your own instincts before you've had a chance to trust them.
I kept thinking: imagine if I'd had to figure out adulthood with all of this stacked on top?
So Simplify Adulting started the way most honest things start — not with a plan, but with two people I love asking me questions I didn't have clean answers to.
I bring the experience — thirty-plus years of watching people get unstuck, in boardrooms and living rooms alike. But my son and daughter, Addison and Margaret, are the ones keeping me honest.
They're behind the scenes on everything — making sure what I'm building actually holds up against what it's like to be twenty-something right now, not twenty-something twenty-five years ago.
If it doesn't ring true to them, it doesn't go out.
This isn't about having it all figured out. None of us do. It's about not doing it alone, and not pretending the noise isn't real.
What would it feel like to have someone in your corner when you’re feeling stuck?
That’s what I’m here for.
Hi, I’m Lee.
I’ve spent thirty-plus years helping people get unstuck.
I’ve worked in retail, tech, and financial services, but most of my career was in aerospace, a high-stakes world where mistakes cost a lot. I led business and HR teams at a Fortune 100 company, including talent management for 120,000 employees worldwide.
I’ve sat on the other side of the interview table. I’ve been in the room where raises, promotions, and hard calls get made. So when you’re trying to figure out what your boss is thinking, I’ve probably been that boss.
Along the way, I earned my MBA, ran my own retail business, and coached and consulted people at every stage of their careers. Today I do 1:1 work, run workshops, and speak on getting unstuck, for organizations and for anyone ready to move.
And no, I didn’t have it figured out in my twenties either. I was trying to stand on my own two feet and figure out who I was, and I racked up credit card debt doing it. I figured it out the hard way. You don’t have to.
That’s why Simplify Adulting exists. Here’s what you’ll find:
Free tools on money, mindset, and career in the Resource Hub
Workshops where we work through it together, live
1:1 work with people who are stuck, whether it’s money, work, or what comes next
Speaking for organizations that want their people unstuck too
I’m based in Phoenix, I’m Gen X, and I have four dogs who are convinced they run the place.
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Signature Workshops
Confident Communication in a Distracted World
Today, communication happens inside an attention system that pulls people into reaction. This session helps people stay grounded, present, and clear, even under pressure.
Result: More confident communication, stronger connections, and less avoidance.
Decoding the Workplace: Understanding the Rules of the Game
Most early-career professionals aren’t struggling because they aren’t capable. The workplace runs on unspoken rules no one explains. This session breaks them down.
Result: More proactive employees who are easier to coach and quicker to contribute.
The Paycheck-to-Paycheck Fix
Financial stress isn’t just about income. This session introduces a simple, real-world money system that fits how life works today.
Result: More stability, fewer surprises, and better focus at work and in life.
Stuck to Solutions
When things feel unclear or overwhelming, most people don’t need more information. They need a way to work through it. This session gives them a simple framework to break it down and take the next step.
Result: More resourceful, confident people who can handle real-world challenges.
Keynote
Make Your Own Calls: Confidence in a World That Wants to Decide for You
We live in a world built to decide for us. The algorithm picks what we watch, the app picks what we buy, and everyone has an opinion on what we should do next. No wonder so many people second-guess every decision, or stop making them at all.
In this keynote, I show audiences how to build the confidence to make their own calls. Not by going it alone, and not by having it all figured out, but by getting real about where they’re starting, getting curious instead of stuck, going small, and doing the hard things the frictionless world wants them to skip.
Audiences walk away second-guessing less and moving forward more, on money, work, and life, one call at a time.
Working With Me 1:1
Sometimes a tool isn’t enough. You need someone to talk it through with.
That’s what 1:1 work is. We sit down with whatever’s got you stuck: money, a job that isn’t working, a big decision, or the feeling that you should have this figured out by now. We get real about where you’re starting, sort what matters from the noise, and figure out your next move. Then the one after that.
I won’t hand you a plan and wish you luck. The goal is for you to leave able to make your own calls.
How it works: six one-hour sessions, every other week, with text and phone access in between, because stuff doesn’t wait for your next session.
Not sure if it’s the right fit? Let’s talk first.
Testimonials
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