Cindy Morus of Phelps Creek Financial Coaching enjoys a long and extensive background in financial management. She was a bill collector, received her B.A. in Consumer and Family Economics and worked as an Operations Manager for a major bank. Before leaving the corporate world she was a Regional Manager for a PC training company. She has been a small business owner for the last 12 years and has helped hundreds of families and businesses owners achieve financial well-being and peace of mind during her 4 years as a Certified Financial Recovery Counselor.

She is also a teleclass leader with Teleclass.com, Teleclass International, and 24-7 Coaching. She is a Professional SuccessTracs coach with T. Harv Eker's Peak Potentials. Cindy recently completed an educational study program and after an examination was certified as a Credit Report Reviewer, by the award winning, nonprofit Institute of Consumer Financial Education (ICFE) based in San Diego, CA.

Personal Information: Cindy has lived in Ohio, Michigan, New Jersey, California, Texas, Georgia, Illinois and now Oregon. She now lives in beautiful Hood River, Oregon which is known worldwide for its windsurfing, mountain biking, skiing and wineries/vineyards.

Interests:

• Mother of 2 teenagers

• The Arts – especially community theater

• Stock trading

• Politics

• Improving life in Hood River, Oregon

• Reading

• Hiking and camping

• Networking and making new friends..

Mission in life: Showing families throughout the world how to achieve financial well-being and peace of mind through excellent money management and debt elimination.

Vices: chocolate, books

Strengths: Very organized, persistent, able to explain complicated concepts in terms anyone can understand, non-judgmental, tons of common sense, always on time, networking, excellent problem solver and brainstormer

Weaknesses: Procrastination, too many ideas I don’t know where to start.

Accomplishments: Cindy takes the profession of coaching very seriously.  She is a coaching student at Coachville. She is a member of the Northwest Coaching Association, the International Virtual Women’s Chamber of Commerce, and Home Based Working Moms. She is an “Expert” in the Living on a Budget, Saving Money on the AllExperts.com site where she answers questions for people who have money questions, but don’t know who to ask.

Cindy specializes in helping families achieve financial well-being and peace of mind. Her coaching community is called “Get Ready to be Rich!” (www.GetReadyToBeRich.com).  

What is rich? "Rich is a feeling of living peacefully with money. Rich is realizing that "having a lifestyle" is more than how much money you make. Being Rich means meeting needs, satisfying values, and realizing dreams with or without the spending of money..." Cindy Morus

 Favorite Quote (at this time):  Experience is expensive; education is cheap – learn from the mistakes and successes of others.