Posts tagged gender
Season 1 Episode 4: The difference between financial planners, financial wellbeing coaches, and financial counsellors

Listen to Mel and Darlene explore different professionals in the finance industry and unpack where financial wellbeing coaches fit, when you might engage one, and what exactly they can do for you.
They discuss financial planners and financial counsellors, and what the differences are between them, as well as money coaching and how financial wellbeing encompasses that but is far more holistic in its approach and outcomes.
Further examining the capability and resilience that form financial wellbeing, they touch on the concepts of scenario planning, the balance of power in relationships, and the fear emotion that so many people have around money.

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Season 1 Episode 2: Gender equity and money

Join a real conversation about financial wellbeing and the gender gap. Mel and Darlene discuss recent reporting on financial wellbeing for women and comment on the key statistics we need to know, highlighting it as an issue everyone can help make cultural change in. They go in depth on the biggest things impacting the financial wellbeing of women including the importance of workplaces, earning capacity, choices around personal careers, and juggling social expectations with independence and feeling equal about their contribution in the home and decision making.

Mel and Darlene raise some key questions for employers around women in their workplaces. They touch on the importance of independent financial resilience when it comes to relationship breakdown and being able to have choice in unforeseen circumstances.
This episode underscores the importance of understanding your own money story and how it impacts your expectations and experiences of money in your life now and into the future.

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