The cost of divorce: unhealthy spending, retirement ‘bleak’, huge benefit and court costs
The cost of divorce: unhealthy spending, retirement ‘bleak’, huge benefit and court costs.
Using mindfulness practice helps reduce financial stress and strain
Using mindfulness practice helps reduce financial stress and strain. The word ‘mindfulness’ seems to be everywhere these days.
Financial wellness eluding Americans: could mindfulness help
Financial wellness eluding Americans: could mindfulness help. Financial stress is rife in the western world, perhaps no more so anywhere than the United States.
Can’t afford a comfortable retirement
Can’t afford a comfortable retirement. A huge 47 per cent of Australians between 26 and 64 – 6.1 million people – are not likely to have enough money, even accounting for superannuation, assets and the aged pension, to maintain a “comfortable standard of living” in retirement. That’s according to CommBank’s ‘Retire Ready Index’, which is […]
Employees want mental health at work taken seriously
Employees want mental health at work taken seriously. Australian employers don’t understand their employees’ major life concerns, according to a study of 500 workers and 300 bosses released in November 2016. Insurance company Metlife’s Employee Benefit Trends Study found that Australian bosses dramatically underestimated the importance of staff concerns about mental health issues. Depression, anxiety, […]
Single Women Leading Men in US Home Ownership
Single Women Leading Men in US Home Ownership. The latest research into women’s struggles with money, Mary Pilon of Bloomberg notes, can make for dreary news. “Women earn less than their male counterparts, pay harsher workplace penalties for pursuing parenthood, struggle more with debt, and save less for retirement,” Pilon wrote of the situation in […]
Find your pulse, stop impulse buying
Find your pulse, stop impulse buying Who hasn’t indulged in a little retail therapy from time to time, especially after a shocking day at work, or an argument with your partner? It often seems like a good time to buy a pair of new shoes perhaps, go to a movie or buy an album, a […]
In a sea of couple conflict, find stability
In a sea of couple conflict, find stability with Financial Mindfulness. David and Lisa were filled with love and optimism when they wed amid colour and song in Hawaii in 1994 but like many couples, they recently separated. With the holiday season over and the New Year sending them back to work and to their […]