How many conversations can you remember from your childhood where you talked about money?
For this generation, there’s a vast array of lived experiences, but I know I’m not alone when I say not a lot springs to mind. So how do we do this differently?
Read MoreWanting to give children all the opportunities that education can offer is one of the most frequent conversations I have with clients. How do we plan for education expenses?
Read MoreTalking about money as a family can often get pulled into the daily grind, but we all need to step back and think about the big picture. That needs to start with superannuation.
Read MoreIt’s taken a long time to realise that gratitude for my situation doesn’t alleviate the deep feelings on the realities of this pandemic. This is my reflection on the financial impacts of Covid-19.
Read MoreLabels have connotations, and those connotations can block us from taking action — especially when it comes to our money. A bit of self awareness and reframing the conversation can take us a long way.
Read MoreIf we tell ourselves we’re bad with money, then of course we’re bad with money. But what if we start to change the narrative?
Read MoreWhen we get close to seeing our goals come to life, we can get cold feet and stretch ‘the posts’ further away. We need to recognise why, and what we can do to push on.
Read MoreBelieving that investing in shares or bonds is for people who are already rich is holding millennials back, from well… getting rich. Here are three reasons to get on with it.
Read MoreWith long held social assumptions and structures putting ‘the family’ on a pedestal, what does that mean for millennial individuals and couples who don’t fit the mould?
Read MoreWhether it’s our wine drinking, sugar consumption, or how we manage our money, we could be doing ‘just fine’... or we could be doing a whole lot better.
Read MoreWe soak up medical and crime lingo from TV shows that we use in our real lives. But where’s our money info seeping in? And can it be trusted?
Read MoreWithout context, my new holiday house can make people think I’m rich — but in reality it’s a sign of being smart AF about how I use my resources.
Read MoreWhen my clients ask endless and sometimes curly questions about their finances or life challenges, it might sound insane but I couldn’t be happier.
Read MoreWhen the chance to buy my dream property came my way, I found two ways to push through my nerves and sign on the dotted line.
Read MoreThe 9 to 5 life won’t last, and if we snooze on this we’ll wake up to a serious drop in our standards of living. Now’s the time to prepare, starting with some serious financial carb loading.
Read MoreOur assumptions about how long we’ll live, how we’ll structure our lives, and how we’ll deal with that financially are completely outdated. We urgently need to think about life as a 100-year journey, shake up the norms, and embrace compounding to exist in the same or better terms than now.
Read MoreStuck in agony tossing up the chocolate fondant versus the creme brulee? Just like we painfully deliberate over the dessert menu, we can do the same with our money. And this indecision can mean we’re missing out on our big picture goals.
Read MoreLiving our ‘best life’ today and spending without giving a shit for tomorrow might be a blast, but we’re setting ourselves up for a massive shock.
Read MoreWe often fixate on the first idea we hear — such as ‘property is good’ or ‘super is the best for retirement’ — and base our decisions on this info. But these anchors can weigh us to strategies that aren’t right for us, and hold us back from the goals that we actually give a f**k about.
Read MoreWe talk endlessly about our families, relationships, work, favourite foods and even our sex lives — but sharing how we choose to open our wallets is still so taboo. What great things could happen if we all speak up?
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