Retirement – are you ready? It seems so many aren’t, and very concerned about it, as I get asked this question weekly. “My question would be around what you could do to improve your retirement prospects if you're 50+, single,…
It is an exciting day, albeit tinged with a bit of sadness, when our children leave home. Maybe they are off to see the world, heading to university or flatting with their mates. Does this mean we stop supporting our adult children…
You know that when you have money worries (or any worries for that matter), they can seem all consuming. You go to bed worrying about money and it's the first thing that pops into your head the next morning. So,…
I had a client come to me last week who had come into some money from a relative who had passed away. It was a significant sum of money. So what do you do with it? Spend it on a…
Do you understand why you fight with your partner about money? Even between couples, money is a very difficult topic to talk about. A friend of mine told me that she and her husband talk about money all the time,…
It’s almost the election, which makes most people jittery about money-based decisions. But I am here to encourage you to be happy about your finances no matter the political environment. It’s not an ideal situation, but often in abnormal times…
This is Part 2 of How to Teach Your Kids about Money. Part 1 is here. Money is such an important aspect of all of our lives, yet, unfortunately being taught how to manage money not taught in most schools. So,…
Money is such an important aspect of all of our lives, yet, unfortunately, how to manage money is not taught in most schools. Then it is on us, as parents or guardians, to teach our kids about money. And we…
It shouldn’t come as a great shock to you that men and women are different. Besides the obvious physiological differences, there are also psychological differences. So, it also shouldn’t come as a shock to learn that when it comes to money,…
One of the things about being on holiday is catching up on some reading. A good thriller novel is brilliant, and I have just finished reading, ‘Something in the Water’ by Catherine Steadman. It had me hooked from the first…