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🌿 About Scott Johnson

Listening for the Third Sound

Scott Johnson has spent more than forty years walking with families through some of life’s hardest terrain. His work began in the child and adolescent psychiatric program at Mesa Vista Hospital, where he saw how deeply young people absorb the emotional weather around them.

For more than two decades he served in hospice care — supporting children, teens, adults, and families through grief, trauma, and major life transitions. He later became Bereavement Coordinator for both child and adult programs, led traumatic grief work at a regional hospice, served 17 years on the board of Survivors of Suicide Loss, and volunteered with the Homicide Support Project.

Across all those years, one quiet truth kept showing up:
financial stress can be as devastating as emotional loss — it strains relationships, burdens parents, and becomes a weight children feel long before they understand money.

Today, Scott brings a lifetime of listening and steady guidance into financial education and family support. Through his work with GFI, he helps parents regain clarity, break financial inertia, and restore a sense of calm and possibility in their homes. He also mentors new associates who feel called to serve families in meaningful, ethical ways.

Scott’s approach is shaped by decades of pacing — in work, in life, and on the trails he ran in the late 1950s and early 60s. He learned something simple that still guides him now:

Go steady.
Go clear.
You’ll go farther.

He calls it “listening for the third sound” — the place where money and meaning meet, where practical steps line up with personal values, and where a plan finally feels like it fits.

Scott lives in Southern California with his wife Michele. He’s a father, a grandfather, and a lifelong student of the ways families grow stronger together.

This work is part of his legacy — and an invitation to others who want to build theirs with intention, honesty, and heart.

If you value honesty, gratitude, and learning, you’ll feel at home here.

Let’s Talk

You can reach me directly at [your contact email or form link], or schedule a conversation at a time that fits your schedule.

The first step toward clarity is often just a calm conversation.