Niki Clark, CDFA and Financial Advisor

Niki Clark, CDFA and Financial Advisor I believe everyone deserves a place where they feel supported, understood, and empowered to move forward.

I help people understand their options and move forward with confidence - through divorce and every stage of life.

29 days until 40. ❤️I spent a lot of years worrying about how I looked. Picking myself apart. Seeing the things I wanted...
09/03/2026

29 days until 40. ❤️

I spent a lot of years worrying about how I looked. Picking myself apart. Seeing the things I wanted to change. Caring way too much about whether I looked good enough.

This picture is probably close to 20 years old, and I love it. Not because I think I looked perfect. In fact, I can almost guarantee that girl could've given you a whole list of things she didn't like about herself at the time.

I love it because she looks so unabashedly happy. And somewhere along the way, I stopped measuring beauty entirely by what I see in the mirror.

I really like my life. I like who I am in it. I like the people I get to love. I like the things that make me ridiculously happy. I like what I'm building. I like how much I laugh. And somehow, feeling good inside my own life changed the way I see myself in it.

I still have bad hair days. I still see pictures of myself and wonder what the heck was happening with that angle. 😂 I'm almost 40, not enlightened.

But I don't need to look perfect to feel beautiful anymore. And looking back at this girl almost 20 years later, I think I finally understand something she didn't yet:

Happiness looks pretty damn good on me. ❤️

You don't have to save thousands overnight.Building an emergency fund starts with one intentional step.If you've been wa...
09/02/2026

You don't have to save thousands overnight.

Building an emergency fund starts with one intentional step.

If you've been wanting to start but weren't sure how, I created this free Building Your Emergency Fund Workbook to help you create a plan that works for you.

💚 Small steps still move you forward.

30 days until 40.I was a Hanson girl.Yes, I liked other boy bands. I even saw 98 Degrees in concert. But let's be very c...
09/02/2026

30 days until 40.

I was a Hanson girl.

Yes, I liked other boy bands. I even saw 98 Degrees in concert. But let's be very clear.

Hanson was different. 😂

I knew the songs. I knew entirely too much information about three brothers who did not know I existed.

And in case anyone was planning to question the seriousness of this commitment...

Please enjoy this actual photograph of teenage me posing in my best friend's childhood bedroom next to the Hanson shrine hanging on her door.

I have apparently been documenting my own future embarrassment for decades. 🤣

“I feel like I’m behind.”Maybe life happened.Maybe priorities shifted.Maybe divorce, loss, career changes, raising child...
09/01/2026

“I feel like I’m behind.”

Maybe life happened.
Maybe priorities shifted.
Maybe divorce, loss, career changes, raising children, or simply survival took center stage.

And before you know it, years passed.

Starting later does not mean starting too late.
You do not need a perfect past to build a strong future.

Long-term planning is not about dwelling on what you didn’t do sooner.
It’s about getting clear on where you are today, where you want to go, and what steps can help move you forward.

Progress doesn’t require a perfect starting point.

It only requires a starting point.

31 days until 40.I ... hate grocery shopping. So much, in fact, that at some point I just stopped doing it. 😂I have opte...
09/01/2026

31 days until 40.

I ... hate grocery shopping. So much, in fact, that at some point I just stopped doing it. 😂

I have opted out of this particular adult responsibility entirely. Thankfully, I married a man willing to handle it.

Marriage is about love. Partnership. Commitment. Supporting each other through life's ups and downs.

And, apparently, never making Niki go to Schnucks. Thank God. 🤣

32 days until 40. ❤️If you asked me where I feel the most like myself, this is it.On the boat. In the middle of the lake...
08/31/2026

32 days until 40. ❤️

If you asked me where I feel the most like myself, this is it.

On the boat. In the middle of the lake.
Quiet. Calm. Peaceful. Happy.

There's nowhere I need to be. Nothing I need to accomplish. Nobody I need to be anything for. I can just sit there and be.

This is my happy place. ❤️

08/30/2026

Summer did not need to be wildly productive to matter. Not every season of life is about building, achieving, or checking boxes.

Sometimes a season is for resting.
Sometimes it's for healing.
Sometimes it's for surviving.
Sometimes it's simply for learning what you need.

That still counts. You do not have to justify a slower season. And just because a season looked quiet from the outside does not mean meaningful things weren't happening underneath.

Growth isn't always loud. Sometimes it looks like peace. 💚

33 days until 40.My mom used to say “okie dokie.” And for reasons I cannot explain, it made me absolutely insane. 😂Not m...
08/30/2026

33 days until 40.

My mom used to say “okie dokie.” And for reasons I cannot explain, it made me absolutely insane. 😂

Not mildly annoyed.
IRRATIONALLY ENRAGED.

It's two perfectly harmless words. She wasn't doing anything wrong. I just apparently decided okie dokie was where I drew the line.

Anyway...

Guess what I say now?

Okie dokie. 😑😂

Apparently becoming your mother happens one irritating phrase at a time.

34 days until 40. ❤️I've learned that I love people really, really hard.And sometimes that means I hurt really hard, too...
08/29/2026

34 days until 40. ❤️

I've learned that I love people really, really hard.
And sometimes that means I hurt really hard, too.

When I care about someone, I'm in. So the letdowns hurt. The disappointments hurt. Losing people hurts. Finding out someone didn't care in quite the same way I did hurts. For a long time, I think part of me wished I could turn that down a little. Care less. Expect less. Protect myself better.

But almost 40-year-old me doesn't actually want that anymore. I don't want to love less just so I can hurt less. Because for every time loving hard has hurt me, there have been so many more times that loving hard has made my life bigger, fuller, funnier, warmer and so much better.

So yeah. I care too much sometimes.
I've decided it's worth the risk. ❤️

Saving money sounds simple in theory, but in real life, it often gets pushed aside.There’s always something else competi...
08/28/2026

Saving money sounds simple in theory, but in real life, it often gets pushed aside.

There’s always something else competing for those dollars:
bills, groceries, kids, unexpected expenses, or just life happening.

That’s why I’m such a big believer in automation.
Because the savings habits that tend to stick the longest are usually the ones that don’t rely on daily motivation or constant decision-making.

Set up the system once.
Let it work in the background.
Stay consistent.

You don’t need to save huge amounts overnight to make meaningful progress. Small, consistent steps taken over time can create real momentum.

Because when it comes to building better financial habits, consistency is often far more powerful than motivation.

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