About Us

Financial coaching that starts with how you feel about money.

We help you escape the work-spend-repeat cycle and build a life where money supports you — not the other way around.

Our Mission

Clarity and confidence, without the shame

To guide individuals toward financial clarity and emotional freedom through personalized coaching, practical tools, and simplified money strategies. Unlike traditional financial advisors, we focus on education, mindset, and emotional wellbeing — because the numbers only change once the relationship with money does.

Go Beyond Budget was founded by Maher Akiki to bring this approach to individuals and entrepreneurs across Lebanon, with a growing focus on the GCC.

Our Vision

To redefine how individuals in the Arab world relate to money — building a culture of confident, informed, and emotionally balanced financial decision-making, one person at a time.

Why does this matter to me, personally?

It's not just a mission statement — read the story that started Go Beyond Budget, including the introduction to the book I'm writing.

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The Framework

The Go Beyond Budget Framework

Five pillars guide every coaching session, course, and tool we build.

1. Awareness

Understanding the emotional and behavioral patterns behind your money decisions.

2. Alignment

Connecting spending and financial choices to your personal values and life goals.

3. Simplicity

Reducing complexity and building financial systems that are sustainable, not rigid.

4. Freedom

Prioritizing time, flexibility, peace of mind, and resilience over endless income-chasing.

5. Harmony

A balanced relationship between wealth, wellbeing, relationships, and purpose.

Ready to begin?

Start with a self-paced course or book a coaching session.

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Who We Work With

Built for real people, real budgets

Fresh graduates managing their first salary. Working parents stretching one income. Mid-career professionals who earn well but feel behind. Students who never got a financial literacy class. Entrepreneurs separating business from personal finances. If any of that sounds familiar, you're in the right place.

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