Poverty is not a character flaw! A participant in one of my workshops last week reminded me of this great TED talk (over 4M views!). It talks about the effect of poverty on the ability to make decisions, think long-term etc. The workshop participant openly said...
I had an online catch up with some other financial coaches today. One of the topics we discussed was ‘relationship debt’ … where a person takes on (or is forced to assume) responsibility for their partner or ex-partner’s debts. It’s so important that we all learn...
Find out what’s ahead in 2019 for global financial wellness in 10 quick slides! As a market, Australia is much less mature than the USA and UK when it comes to workplace financial wellness. So to understand what’s ahead of us, we keep a close eye...
Here’s a sobering statistic for you – one in 5 Australian women yet to retire has NO superannuation! When I first read this statistic, I must admit my first thought was ‘Our compulsory super system was introduced nearly 30 years ago. How can it be possible...
What are the key behaviours affecting money in 2018? Every six months, UK-based consumer behaviour firm Canvas8 publishes the four behaviours they’ve observed that are impacting how we save and spend our money – from wearable payment methods, to digital challenger banks. This time around, they explore...
Want a quick overview of 9 Workplace Wellness Trends to Watch for 2019? We’ve recently reviewed 15+ online articles about predictions and trends for the year ahead in corporate wellness – and thought we’d summarise the key points we’ve learned in this blog. We’re naturally pleased to...
Albert Einstein said the definition of insanity is doing something over and over again and expecting a different result. So why is it that we continue to develop financial literacy programs that focus purely on the technical skills and consumer practices for money? We know that...
Barclays conducted research across 100 employers and 2000 UK employees to discover how financially healthy the workforce is today. Their findings as published in 2014 were eye-opening. A summary of the research report is available from the Barclays website. However, the infographic in this blog post gives a useful...