Money Made Simple Blog
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...
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...
Income levels and the gender pay gap are topics that are receiving quite a bit if press lately, and rightly so. It is alarming that after so many years and with widespread awareness, that this is still even a topic we are discussing!
What triggered this blog post is some new data recently released...
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...
There’s been a lot in the news lately which I have to admit has made me a little concerned, especially when it comes to money or financial literacy and women. This is coupled with a woman’s ability to live in a safe environment, free from domestic violence.
That’s what has...
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...
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,...
One of the things I love about what I do is that I get to talk to some pretty incredible women. The world they are juggling is immense, and rather than celebrating how amazing they are, they either beat themselves up for not being able to do everything they want to do. Or, they are...
Moving house is one of the most full-on experiences, and a few years ago I went through it for the first time with a toddler. Compared to many people I know, I haven’t moved all that much – about 7 times in my whole life. Each time I seemed to have accumulated more stuff...
OK, so simplicity isn’t exactly “sexy”, but it is simple! That’s as profound as I’m going to get, I promise.
Recently I worked with a client and helped to unravel some very complicated financial set ups. There were bills paid late, and account fees upon account...
Capital protection (usually in a managed fund) is something I first heard about a few years ago. I always thought that the only capital protected accounts were in the bank, where the Government guaranteed up to $250,000.
However, there are companies that offer capital protected products that...
Compared to many other Developed Countries we have a pretty good public health system, yet it's still advisable to have some private health insurance - particularly if you need anything medical that is classified as "non-essential".
I've had private health insurance for about 20 years, and the...