Dr. Moira Somers - Giving Financial Advice That Sticks

This week on Standard Deviations with Dr. Daniel Crosby, Dr. Crosby speaks with Dr. Moira Somers. Dr. Moira Somers is a psychologist, family wealth consultant and executive coach. Her work is divided between direct client services, on the one hand, and consulting to family business offices and financial services, on the other. Although Canada is her home, her client base is international. Dr. Somers works closely with financial professionals who serve UHNW families. She helps family office team members address client-facing challenges such as non-adherence, cognitive impairment and addictions, transition stress, and an array of family struggles. Where appropriate, she also provides direct services to the firm’s clients. She has delivered keynote addresses to organizations such as the National Football Players’ Association, the Financial Planning Association, XYPN Conference, and a wide array of banking, insurance, and investment companies. She offers Mastermind Groups and in-house training for those who want to increase their expertise on the personal side of financial counsel. Her book, Advice that Sticks: How to Give Financial Advice that People Will Follow, has become an international bestseller. It tackles, head-on, the problem of unimplemented financial advice. It has been adopted as an authoritative guidebook by such diverse groups as postsecondary institutions, private firms specializing in Ultra Hight Net Worth clients, and credit counseling agencies.