Remanso

Financial and life coaching by Luis Gabriel Casas

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A space to reflect. A way forward.

Whether you want to understand your financial choices or learn about saving and investing, we’ll think it through together. With clear explanations, careful listening, and practical support, we’ll make sense of your options and find a useful next step.

There’s room to explore your relationship with money, grow in your career, or take the first steps toward a business of your own. We can also reflect on your purpose, relationships, and the changes you’re navigating. You’re welcome to begin with any of these questions.

Financial education & money coaching

Start by learning how money works: saving, investing, credit, insurance, costs, risks, and what questions to ask before a decision. Once you have that foundation, we can explore the beliefs, emotions, and habits that shape your financial decisions, your plans for the future, and a small change you want to try.

We work side by side, at your pace. Your definition of success guides the work.

Life & career coaching

Make room for questions about purpose, identity, relationships, work, career growth or change, and navigating transitions. Spirituality is welcome when you want it. You choose the focus.

Thinking about working for yourself?

We can explore your strengths and idea, who it could serve, basic costs and pricing, and a manageable way to test it. You’ll have support as you decide what comes next.

Mist over the lake and green hills of Guatapé, Colombia

Everyone is welcome here.

First-generation wealth builders and immigrants. Every gender, every faith or none. Every income and every family story.

Meet your
coach.

I’m Luis, a first-generation Colombian American. Practitioner, scholar, and coach. You’ll work directly with me, in English, Spanish, or both.

Warm lamplight, a wooden desk and a small plant in Luis’s home office

I bring more than fifteen years in mental health, working with families from many backgrounds, and I have built businesses of my own. My studies in psychology, an MBA, and ongoing doctoral studies in business administration shape how I work: with careful listening, practical knowledge, and respect for your choices.

My approach brings together human understanding, intellectual curiosity, spiritual reflection, cross-cultural experience, and practical financial knowledge.

Outside of sessions, I’m an avid traveler and a lover of beach volleyball (more enthusiasm than talent). You can often find me at the beach or in our garden with my partner and our dog. The photographs on this site are mine.

Background & education
Psychology
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana · Bogotá
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Louisiana State University Shreveport
Doctoral studies · Business Administration (DBA), Finance
Liberty University · Doctoral student
Coaching focus
Money, behavior, life transitions, and life after money · English & Spanish
View my professional background on LinkedIn (opens in a new tab)
Let’s have a conversation

Find your
starting point.

One conversation, a few sessions, or ongoing support. Choose the pace that fits you.

Online · Introductory prices in U.S. dollars

No financial products to sell. No commissions.

A place to start

Clarity

75 minutes · One session

$200

Start with what matters to you. Come to understand money, explore a financial choice, or think through a question about your life, career, or business idea. We’ll work toward a practical next step you choose, with a same-day written summary after we meet.

You’ll leave with a clearer view of your priorities and a practical next step, with a written summary the same day. Whether you continue is up to you.

Book Clarity

When you’re ready to continue

Intention4 sessions · $750

4 sessions · 60 minutes each · about 6 weeks

Four sessions to learn about money or work through a question about your life, career, or business idea. Together, we’ll clarify what matters, explore your options, and choose practical steps to try—with time to reflect and adjust as you go.

Perspective8 sessions · $1,400

8 sessions · 60 minutes each · about 12 weeks

Eight sessions with more space to learn, reflect, and work through what matters to you. We may begin with financial knowledge and your relationship with money, or with purpose, relationships, career, or a business idea. With more time together, we’ll revisit your priorities, learn from the steps you take, and adjust along the way.

Financial accessibility

If the cost makes it difficult to begin, you’re welcome to ask about possible reduced-fee support. We can talk about what’s possible, without judgment or assumptions.

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Booking & terms

Packages. Purchased separately from Clarity and valid for six months. If you stop after the first session of a package, let me know within seven days for a full refund of the unused sessions.

Scheduling. You can reschedule at no cost with at least 24 hours’ notice. Each package includes one late reschedule at no charge.

Continuity. Introductory rate: $200 a month, charged in advance, with a three-month minimum ($600 total). After the initial period, it continues month to month. You receive a reminder seven days before each charge and can cancel before the next charge.

Full terms, including refunds and pauses, are in the coaching agreement.

A place to pause.

A forest waterfall flowing into a quiet pool in Costa Rica

The meaning of Remanso

remanso

A place where the water grows still.

Along a moving river, a remanso is a quiet stretch where the current softens. A place to pause, reflect, and see more clearly.

Our financial lives have currents of their own, shaped by family, culture, experience, and expectations. Here, we make space to understand what’s carrying you, reconnect with what matters, and choose your next step with intention.

Before you begin.

What is money and life coaching?

Financial education helps you understand how money works. Coaching gives you space to ask questions, work through decisions, and put what you know into practice. You can begin with a financial question or bring something about your life, career, or business; we’ll think it through together.

How do I know if this is right for me?

Remanso may be a good fit if you’d like to understand your financial choices, learn about saving and investing, or explore your relationship with money. You might also want support growing in your career, exploring a business idea, or finding direction through a change.

We can also explore family and cultural expectations, relationships, and purpose. You’re welcome to begin with a financial question or a life question. You don’t need prior financial knowledge or a perfectly formed goal—we’ll start with what matters to you.

The free 15-minute call is a chance for us to meet, talk about what brings you here, and see whether working together feels right.

Do you tell me what to invest in?

I help you understand how investments work, their costs and risks, and the questions to ask. I don’t recommend specific investments, review your holdings, or manage portfolios.

How do I book?

Booking and payment are online. Your confirmation includes your Zoom link and a short, optional preparation form. After your first session you can book another session, choose a package, or join Continuity.

Do you use AI?

I use AI only for administrative tasks. Not with your sessions, notes, or messages. I write to you myself.

Are you a professional who wants to refer someone?

What I do: money and life coaching, with financial education, on money, behavior, and life transitions, in English and Spanish.

What I do not do: therapy, diagnosis, or investment, legal, or tax advice; I do not sell financial products or receive commissions.

How to refer: one email to luis@remansogrowth.com, or send the person this page. They can book a 75-minute Clarity session or buy a package directly.

What happens next: the client receives a same-day written summary and a practical next step. With their written consent, I send you a brief update. If the work is not a fit or treatment is needed, I help them find the appropriate support.

Free 15-minute consultation

Let’s meet.
See how it feels.

Tell me what brings you here, ask your questions, and see whether working together feels right for you.

Choose a time for your free call
Prefer to send a request?

Leave a message and I’ll reply within one business day with two possible times.

No need for account numbers or anything sensitive here; we can get to details when we talk.

For people in the United States. No newsletter, no marketing: just a reply from me.

Or write directly to luis@remansogrowth.com