Financial Planning
Overcoming Impulse Spending: How Small Shifts Create Big Wins
When it comes to wealth, most people assume financial challenges are about not having enough. But even for high-achieving women with strong incomes, the struggle with overspending can create stress, guilt, and uncertainty. I recently worked with a wonderful client who found herself spending much more than she wanted – and not on big-ticket items…
Read MoreWhy Wealthy Women Still Struggle With Money (And How to Overcome It)
I love this quote by Coco Chanel: “There are people who have money and people who are rich.” It perfectly captures what I see so often in my work: Abundance and wealth are about so much more than what’s in your bank account. Many of my clients are deemed wealthy by societal standards. On paper,…
Read MoreWhat’s holding you back from leading the life you really want?
So often women have a fear around money and carry feelings of guilt and shame. You may think these feelings are experienced by women on a low income or women who struggle to meet their spending needs. But these disempowered emotions are not in fact related to how much money you have. You are as…
Read More“Thank you for your directness”
Sometimes coaching needs to be non-directive. You let the coachee get to their own answer by asking the right questions. They then end up with a solution that’s right for them and their circumstances rather than a solution someone else thinks is right. They are then much more likely to want to achieve this.…
Read MoreWhat do weight loss and your finances have in common?
So often people have a New Year’s Resolution to lose weight and/or a New Year’s Resolution to manage their finances better. Now, at first thought, you might not think they have very much in common. But actually, there’s a lot of similarities between losing weight and managing your finances. For each, there are some quite…
Read MoreAre you a perfectionist?
It’s easy to think that being a perfectionist is a good thing. Maybe we have the idea that being a perfectionist helps us to achieve what we want, either in work or in our home lives? It is easy to think so. But, there is a big difference between being a perfectionist and working to our…
Read MoreDo you ever feel like you’re invisible?
Do you ever feel like you’re invisible? I don’t mean in the fun Harry Potter, Invisibility Cloak type of invisibility. (By the way, wouldn’t that be the best fun ever!). I mean the women who feel that they reach a certain age and then society begins to view them as “past it” and therefore…
Read MoreIs ignorance bliss?
Is ignorance bliss? I remember the first time I had to give unwelcome news to a client. She was a doctor in her late 50s and had come to take financial advice because she planned to retire at 60 and wanted to check what income she would be able to draw. At that first meeting…
Read MoreDo you know how much money you need to save for your retirement and future need?
Do you know how much money you need to save for your retirement and future need? Well, you could be asking yourself the wrong question. This is the equivalent of asking “I want to buy a new car. How much will it cost?” If you’re looking for a basic, small 2 door car it will…
Read MoreMoney can’t buy you love
Money can’t buy you love Money can’t buy you love, or so the Beatles reliably informed us in the 1960s. But does that mean money is of limited use? There are many things we need money for, from basic security and food to some of the finer things in life. But how much money do…
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