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Coastal Life Strategies
Addiction can change a family’s financial future.
Coastal Life Strategies helps financial professionals, employers, and organizations recognize the financial impact of substance use disorder and respond with greater knowledge, confidence, and compassion.
The financial impact is often hidden
Substance use disorder affects more than health.
The consequences can reach family savings, employment, business operations, client relationships, and long term financial security. Trusted professionals need the knowledge to recognize what may be happening and respond appropriately.
Family finances
Addiction can lead to depleted savings, debt, emergency expenses, difficult support decisions, and financial exploitation.
Careers and workplaces
Employers may face absenteeism, lost productivity, turnover, benefit costs, safety concerns, and challenging employee conversations.
Financial security
Families may see retirement plans interrupted, assets redirected, goals delayed, and legacies changed by the effects of addiction.
Who we serve
Education for the people families and communities already trust.
Programs can be adapted to the responsibilities, questions, and experiences of each audience.
Financial professionals
Expand client conversations beyond traditional planning and understand the financial warning signs that may accompany addiction.
Employers and organizations
Prepare leaders to understand the workplace impact of substance use disorder and support more informed responses.
Healthcare and community leaders
Connect the human, professional, and financial consequences that shape the experiences of individuals and families.
Associations and professional groups
Bring a meaningful and relevant educational experience to conferences, meetings, webinars, and member programs.
Education that meets your audience where they are
Flexible programs with a clear purpose.
Choose a format that fits your organization, then tailor the content to the conversations your audience needs most.
Keynotes and workshops
Engaging presentations that combine personal experience, professional insight, and practical lessons for live or virtual audiences.
Request speaking informationOnline education
Accessible learning experiences designed to help participants understand the human and financial impact of substance use disorder.
Explore the educational programCustomized programs
Content, branding, examples, and delivery can be adapted for your industry, organization, and learning objectives.
Discuss a custom program
Why this work matters
A personal story became a professional mission.
After losing her husband, Colin, to an accidental overdose involving opioids, Cheryl Canzanella created Coastal Life Strategies to share his journey through active addiction, recovery, and final loss. Her work connects lived experience with more than 25 years in financial services to help professionals see how deeply addiction can shape the lives and financial futures of the people they serve.
- More than 25 years in financial services
- Professional speaker and educator
- Customized industry education
What audiences say
A conversation people remember.
Her commitment to this problem is deeply felt whenever you speak to her. She is an amazing motivational speaker.
You will learn how to identify clients who are living with addiction or an addict in their lives and how to alleviate some of the financial stress.
May we all take Cheryl’s story to heart and learn how best to financially protect families and loved ones from the damage this disease can inflict.
Start the conversation
Bring this education to your organization.
Tell us about your audience, the topics that matter most, and the experience you want to create. We will help shape a program that fits.