{"id":5741,"date":"2026-06-01T20:25:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T20:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beyondfinance.com\/blog\/?page_id=5741"},"modified":"2026-06-11T18:10:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T18:10:18","slug":"reset-curriculum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.beyondfinance.com\/blog\/reset-curriculum\/","title":{"rendered":"The Financial Wellness RESET\u2122 Curriculum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Financial Wellness RESET\u2122 Curriculum<\/div>\n

How financial change actually sticks<\/em><\/h1>\n

A five-module self-paced program developed by Dr. Erika Rasure, PhD, CFT\u2122 \u00b7 Chief Financial Wellness Advisor, Beyond Finance<\/p>\n

\n Begin the curriculum \u2192<\/a>\n Take the assessment<\/a>\n <\/div>\n
Self-paced \u00b7 5 modules \u00b7 5 structured deliverables \u00b7 No deadline<\/div>\n <\/section>\n\n
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Why this curriculum exists<\/h2>\n

Most adults trying to improve their finances already know what to do. They know they should budget. They know they should save. They know they should pay down debt. The challenge isn’t knowledge \u2014 it’s the behavioral, emotional, and nervous-system patterns that determine whether financial strategies produce lasting results.<\/p>\n\n

The Financial Wellness RESET\u2122 Curriculum was developed to address exactly that.<\/p>\n\n

\n The Financial Wellness RESET\u2122 Framework is the clinical model that makes saving, budgeting, and paying down debt actually stick.\n
\u2014 Dr. Erika Rasure<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n\n
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What the research shows<\/h2>\n

The curriculum is grounded in peer-reviewed research from psychology, behavioral economics, and financial therapy. Research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences<\/em> demonstrates that financial stress measurably impairs the cognitive bandwidth, impulse control, and rational decision-making that financial strategies require. A regulated nervous system is foundational for consistently implementing sound financial guidance.<\/p>\n\n

Financial therapy research \u2014 published in journals including the Journal of Financial Therapy<\/em> and Contemporary Family Therapy<\/em> \u2014 consistently identifies emotional patterns, inherited money beliefs, and identity-level factors as the primary determinants of sustained behavioral financial change. Lasting change comes from addressing the emotional and psychological substrate alongside the practical financial strategies.<\/p>\n\n

That research is the clinical foundation of the Financial Wellness RESET\u2122 Curriculum.<\/p>\n <\/section>\n\n

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Self-reported behavioral results from the clinical approach behind the curriculum, measured across more than 10,000 Beyond Finance program graduates:<\/p>\n <\/section>\n\n

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5.7 \u2192<\/span> 8.1 \/ 10<\/span><\/div>\n
Average self-reported financial habit score before enrollment and at graduation<\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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42%<\/span><\/div>\n
Improvement in self-reported budgeting, spending, and saving behaviors by graduation<\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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10,000+<\/span><\/div>\n
Graduates surveyed across the Beyond Finance debt resolution program<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n\n
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What makes this curriculum clinically distinct<\/h2>\n

The Financial Wellness RESET\u2122 Curriculum is the only structured financial wellness curriculum that:<\/p>\n