For 18 years, Patricia O’Connor worked as a financial planner for a large financial institution. She assisted people in securing their retirement. She helped young families afford the lifestyle of their dreams. She advised clients at the height of their earnings on how to afford the luxuries they had worked for: private schools for their children, boats, cars, larger homes. What she noticed, however, is that while she was selling people products to assure their long term financial stability, she was doing nothing to change their thinking about money. Even as they reaped the rewards of their financial planning, many of her clients were not living a fulfilling life nor were they experiencing the abundance they had created for themselves. Patricia O’Connor realized that without a different way of understanding how money worked in their lives, there was no reason to think this would change. Over time, she began to put together a plan for advising people about money that felt more authentic and rewarding.

In the past 15 years, she has given seminars and advised people all over the United States on achieving authentic financial freedom. She has combined her skills in financial planning (earned as a Chartered Financial Consultant) and in personal coaching (gained as a Certified Empowerment Life Coach) to develop the Financial Cleansing coaching program.

Patricia O’Connor learned for herself that it is not enough to simply know the steps to make more money. People must overcome the internal barriers we all have to achieving authentic financial independence. Patricia O’Connor works with her clients to "cleanse away" the limiting beliefs and other obstacles that keep them stuck in a toxic relationship with money. Then she teaches them the tools necessary to move forward with joy.

The Financial Cleansing course is not just about teaching people how to have more money. It directs them through a series of exercises that will uncover what they truly desire and show them how money can support them in fulfilling on their dreams. Patricia O’ Connor calls this finding our “occu-passion.”