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But How Do I Manage My Money? budgeting building wealth financialliteracy investing learnaboutmoney Feb 08, 2023

A question that often comes up with women I speak with is “But how?!”. I’m all too familiar with this question, as I used to ask it A LOT and it kept me stuck for a long time.

Asking questions and being curious is a wonderful thing. We discover so much through curiosity....

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Money Toolkit for Mums beliefs building wealth financialempowerment financialliteracy financialliteracyforwomen getgoodwithmoney Jan 29, 2023

As a mum, you are constantly juggling a million tasks and responsibilities. It can be easy to push your finances to the back burner, but it's important to prioritise your financial well-being. By implementing a few key beliefs, habits, and tools, you can take control of your money and set...

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5 Money Essentials budgeting building wealth estate planning financialempowerment financialliteracy learnaboutmoney Jan 25, 2023

Money management can be overwhelming, but it doesn't have to be.  As a busy mum, it's also often difficult to know what to do first.  There are SO many things on your list!  

As I often say to my 7 year old daughter - "life is about balance".  By that I mean, balancing...

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Make 2023 YOUR Year! building wealth financialempowerment financialliteracy financialliteracyforwomen financialplanning getgoodwithmoney Dec 16, 2022

The beginning of a new year is often when we make resolutions and plans for the year ahead.
Quite often these don’t survive the first month of the year, and there are a few reasons that could be the cause:

  • There are just too many resolutions and it’s overwhelming to keep track of...
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Improve Your Money Relationship beliefs budgeting building wealth financialliteracy Oct 23, 2022

Depends when you’re reading this, but I’m hosting a free webinar on Monday 7 November, where I’ll go into more detail on this – Rewire Your Money Habits & Beliefs.

When you think about the concept of a relationship, you can have a healthy one and you can have unhealthy...

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Why Financial Empowerment for Women is SO Important financialempowerment financialliteracy financialliteracyforwomen getgoodwithmoney learnaboutmoney womenandfinances Aug 24, 2022

Women are at a greater risk of being single and poor in retirement - yes, that is confronting but it is real. Women are far less likely to have a financial plan for retirement than men. Financial Empowerment involves women getting a financial education and planning for their future.

Since April...

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Money Multi-tasking - Saving, Paying off Debt AND Investing financialliteracy financialplanning learnaboutmoney moneylifestyle moneypie Aug 01, 2022

The concept of multi-tasking is something often associated with women, and how we can do multiple tasks all at once. Well, what it really is is jumping from one task to another, to another, coming back to the first one, then jumping to another. Sound exhausting? Well, it is!

I don’t think...

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Money and Limiting Beliefs beliefs financialliteracy moneymindset moneystory Jul 20, 2022

Limiting beliefs are something that have the power to really hold us back. So, what is a limiting belief? Let’s look at the actual words themselves.

Limiting, is something that has a boundary. Something that has an end; potentially an unnatural end. An end that we have identified ourselves,...

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Should You Even Have a Financial Plan? financialliteracy financialplanning learnaboutmoney Jun 27, 2022

The concept of what is a Financial Plan is something I began to re-evaluate a few years ago, as life has a way of not going to plan – either because things don’t work out the way you anticipated, or because something better comes along that you couldn’t anticipate.

Life has given...

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Just Like Riding a Bike financialliteracy moneybasics Jun 21, 2022

Can you relate to the saying “it’s just like riding a bike”?

It’s something I heard a lot growing up, but never understood. The idea of muscle memory enabling me to just do something I’d learned years earlier without really thinking about it, wasn’t relatable...

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Rising Interest Rates versus Overall Inflation financialliteracy learnaboutmoney moneybasics Jun 17, 2022

There’s been a lot of talk lately about rising interest rates and there’s a lot of concern around what that’s going to mean for the family budget.

What the Reserve Bank is trying to do is curb inflation and pull back the rising cost of goods and housing.

With inflation officially...

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Take Charge of Your Finances financialliteracy getgoodwithmoney learnaboutmoney Jun 13, 2022

Many years ago I went to see a Financial Advisor to get my “money sorted”.  I have to admit to being pretty naïve, and I bought the sales pitch hook, line and sinker.  I have since been on a research and clean up exercise and what a journey!

I found that I was paying...

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