Embracing your Golden Years

Embracing your golden years

Retirement marks a significant milestone in life’s journey—a time to reap the rewards of a lifetime of work, pursue passions, and relax during one’s golden years.

Money and relationships

Money and relationships

Money and relationships. Many elements can lead to relationship tensions and even breakdown. One of the most difficult to change can be disputes or differences over money.

Money and infidelity main reasons couples divorce

In a sea of couple conflict, find stability

Money and infidelity main reasons couples divorce. We know that divorce – the unsettling reality for one in three marriages – usually has an immense but largely immeasurable emotional impact on couples and their children.

Taking stock of 2021 to plan for 2022

Planning Pencil 2022

Taking stock of 2021 to plan for 2022. As our employers and our own small businesses start to focus on the coming year, it’s normal to think about what we want personally out of life in 2022.

Money, relationships and stress

Money relationships and stress

Money, relationships and stress. Whether we like it or not we live in a world that runs on money, especially in OECD nations.

Managing financial stress and mindfulness

How to budget successfully

Managing financial stress and mindfulness. In the second part of our financial stress webinar covering managing financial stress, we look at goals, mindfulness, and monitoring progress with expert help from Lea Clothier, a Master-certified behavioural money coach involved in the development of the Financial Mindfulness program. Part one looked in detail, decision making, literacy, and […]

Money and relationships

Money and relationships

Money and relationships. Many elements can lead to relationship tensions and even breakdown. One of the most difficult to change can be disputes or differences over money. Perhaps strangely, often ‘opposites’ attract when it comes to money and relationships. “You’ll often see a spender/saver dynamic in a couple,” says Lea Clothier, a Behavioural Money Coach. […]

How can we reduce mortgage stress

Top five reasons people get into mortgage stress

How can we reduce mortgage stress. Despite sustained, record low interest rates, repaying a mortgage remains one of the most significant financial stressors for many Australians. According to Moody’s Analytics, 20 percent of all Australian households are said to be under mortgage stress in Australia. Government figures record just over a third of Australian households has a […]

Why do a personal budget

Why do a personal budget

Why do a personal budget. We have started a new financial year. Like in previous financial years, new rules come into effect.