About Us

Your Are More Than A Client

At T² Financial, our work is built on relationships—not transactions.

With over 13 years of experience, I work with individuals and families who have built meaningful financial lives and want a more structured, intentional approach to managing them.

My approach is relationship-driven and grounded in the belief that financial planning should bring clarity—not complexity.

Many of the clients I work with are balancing careers, family, and growing financial responsibilities. They’re not looking for constant changes or complicated strategies—they’re looking for a trusted advisor to help them stay organized, make thoughtful decisions, and move forward with confidence.

At T² Financial, the focus is simple: helping you align your financial life with what matters most—through clear guidance, consistent communication, and long-term partnership.

Planning for the Future, Rooted in Trust.

Financial decisions carry long-term consequences—and the guidance you choose matters.

Michelle Paris is a fiduciary financial advisor who helps individuals and families navigate complex financial decisions. As a second-generation advisor, her perspective is shaped by both professional expertise and a deep understanding of how wealth impacts families over time.

At T² Financial, we combine disciplined investment strategy with comprehensive financial planning, helping clients align their wealth with their goals, values, and long- term financial vision.

Our focus is not just on growing assets—but on helping you use them with purpose.

A Clear, Thoughtful Approach

Take Inventory

We start by understanding not just your finances—but how you think about money, your priorities, and the responsibilities shaping your decisions today, as well as the future.

Target What Matters

Together we gather your financial picture and identify what needs attention.

Design & Implement

I create a strategy that balances today’s priorities with tomorrow’s goals. You’ll see scenarios, trade-offs, and clear next steps.

Ongoing Guidance

I handle the details—setting up accounts, aligning investments, and keeping everything coordinated. As life changes, we review, adapt, and move forward with confidence.

^{Who You Will Work With}Meet Your Team

Michelle Paris, AAMS®, CRPC®

Financial Advisor, LPL Financial

888-567-2202 x2

203-433-6681

michelle.paris@lpl.com

Welcome

I’m glad you’re here. I’m Michelle Paris, and I’ve spent over 13 years working with individuals and families at T² Financial, helping them make thoughtful, confident financial decisions.

My path into this profession was shaped...

Lexi Stowers

Client Service Associate

888-567-2202 ext. 1

lexi.stowers1@lpl.com

Lexi brings over 8 years of experience in client service and administrative support, with a strong background in the financial services industry. As a Client Relationship Manager at T² Financial, her focus is to provide proactive...

Client Stories

Meet Sarah
When Sarah first walked into my office, she had just graduated from college and landed her first full-time job. She was motivated, ambitious, and a little overwhelmed. Her goals were clear: start saving for a home and get on track for retirement. But like many young professionals, she wasn’t sure where to begin.
We started with the basics—creating a budget, opening her first retirement account, and setting up automatic contributions to an individual investment account for her future down payment. We talked about compounding, long-term thinking, and how even small steps early on can have a big impact later.
Over the years, her confidence grew. We reviewed her accounts regularly, adjusted her portfolio and contributions as her income increased, and celebrated milestones like her first job promotion and hitting her emergency fund savings goal.
Fast forward a few years—Sarah is now engaged and planning a future with her partner. Together, they’re searching for their first home and starting to have meaningful conversations about combining finances, setting joint goals, and planning for the life they want to build together.
It’s been an incredible privilege to walk alongside Sarah through each life stage. And now, as we bring her future husband into the planning process, we’re working together to update their financial roadmap—one that reflects shared dreams, smart financial habits, and long-term security.
Helping people move from “just getting started” to planning for a family, a home, and a purposeful retirement—this is what I love most about what I do.
This is a hypothetical situation based on real life examples. Names and circumstances have been changed. The opinions voiced in this material are for general information only and are not intended to provide specific advice or recommendations for any individual. To determine which investments or strategies may be appropriate for you, consult your advisor prior to investing.
Meet Susan and Bob
When Susan and Bob first came to my office, they were like many of the couples I work with—hardworking, family-oriented, and starting to look at retirement not as a distant idea, but as the next chapter on the horizon.
They had questions. Lots of them.
They’d both been saving diligently for years—Susan had a 403(b) from her teaching career, Robert a mix of IRAs and brokerage accounts from his engineering job. But as they looked ahead to their next phase of life, they began to feel overwhelmed. How much could they spend each year? Would healthcare derail their plans? Should they be helping their grandchildren with college? What about protecting their assets if one of them needed long-term care?
Susan told me, “We’ve worked hard. We just want to know we’re going to be okay.”
We started with the basics: getting a clear picture of their accounts, income sources, and monthly spending. Then we talked about what retirement really looked like for them—traveling to see their kids on the West Coast, keeping up their garden, and maybe even finally finishing that lake cottage they started years ago.
We mapped out a retirement income strategy that gave them clarity and control—factoring in Social Security, required minimum distributions, and a tax-efficient withdrawal plan. We ran scenarios for market downturns, unexpected medical costs, and even gifting strategies for their legacy goals.
But what really changed for Susan and Robert wasn’t just the spreadsheets or projections. It was their mindset. They went from feeling uncertain to feeling empowered.
Today, they still check in with me regularly—sometimes with questions, sometimes just to share a photo from their latest hiking trip. And that’s what I love most about the work I do: helping good people live the life they’ve worked so hard to build with confidence.
This is a hypothetical situation based on real life examples. Names and circumstances have been changed. The opinions voiced in this material are for general information only and are not intended to provide specific advice or recommendations for any individual. To determine which investments or strategies may be appropriate for you, consult your advisor prior to investing.
Meet Linda
Linda walked into my office carrying more than just paperwork—she carried the weight of recent grief, big decisions, and a life that had suddenly changed.
Her husband, Mark, had passed away only a few months earlier after a long illness. He had spent the final year of his life in a nursing home, and while Linda was grateful he received the care he needed, the emotional and financial toll was significant. She had done her best to manage things as they came—paying bills, coordinating care, making sure Mark was comfortable—but now, on the other side of loss, she found herself alone and unsure of the path ahead.
Linda shared with me through tears, “I’ve always leaned on Mark when it came to the finances. I just don’t want to make a mistake now.”
So we took it one step at a time.
We began by organizing her financial landscape—pensions, Social Security survivor benefits, investment accounts, and the life insurance proceeds. We reviewed the paperwork for the nursing home bills and helped her understand which parts of her financial picture had changed, and what remained the same. Together, we created a cash flow plan that gave her breathing room—enough to maintain her independence without worrying if she was overspending or neglecting something important.
Beyond the numbers, Linda needed space to process her grief. We worked at a pace that felt comfortable. Sometimes our meetings included more stories than spreadsheets, and that was okay. Her life had been forever changed, and part of our work was helping her rediscover what this next season could look like—where she wanted to live, how she could travel to see her grandchildren, and what it meant to steward her resources well, now as a widow.
Today, Linda is settling into a rhythm that feels more like peace. She still misses Mark every day. But she also has a plan, a support system, and a growing sense of confidence in handling her financial life on her own terms.
Working with women like Linda reminds me that financial planning is so much more than numbers. It’s about walking alongside people during life’s hardest transitions and helping them find clarity, strength, and hope again.
This is a hypothetical situation based on real life examples. Names and circumstances have been changed. The opinions voiced in this material are for general information only and are not intended to provide specific advice or recommendations for any individual. To determine which investments or strategies may be appropriate for you, consult your advisor prior to investing.

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