Season 2 Episode 6: It is not what you earn

Mel and Darlene share candid insights on navigating work you're not passionate about and preparing for the emotional journey when parents retire. They discuss the unconscious biases and judgments people face about money, regardless of gender or income. They emphasize the tendency to match spending to income and lifestyle, even among higher earners, and the importance of managing social expectations and being open about financial challenges. The hosts also touch on the pressure of being a breadwinner and the toll of maintaining appearances. They stress the significance of recognizing personal biases and having honest conversations about money, and offer insights on selling and buying homes, including tips on communication and what to include on offer clauses.

Season 2 Episode 4: Financial Hardship

Mel and Darlene discuss setting goals with your partner, paying children for chores, and the taboo topic of financial hardship. They provide strategies for managing financial challenges and stress the importance of assessing your financial standing, educating yourself, and building a support network. The hosts also address organizing bank accounts after purchasing a home, emphasizing aligning your setup with your money management style and automating your finances.

Season 2 Episode 3: First Nations Financial Wellbeing with Larisha Jerome

In this episode Mel and Darlene discuss spending and pocket money within the context of helping their children become financially independent.

Larisha Jerome, a proud Jarowair, Wakka Wakka, and Wulli Wulli woman, Manager of Women's Economic Empowerment & Business Education at First Nations Foundation, joins as a special guest. She discusses her journey from a disadvantaged childhood to her current roles, highlighting the importance of education and financial empowerment. Larisha explores cultural and generational disadvantages faced by Indigenous communities and aims to make finance fun for younger people through approaches like vision boards. She emphasizes learning from different cultures and will be giving a TEDx Talk on decolonizing Western money concepts. Mel and Larisha both stress the importance of genuine, transparent money discussions.

Season 1 Episode 7: The impact of our money stories and our values

Deep dive into understanding more about what forms your behaviours, thoughts, actions, and relationship with money in this episode all about money stories. Mel and Darlene share their own personal money stories and what factors helped shape their views of, use of, and plans with money in their life. They discuss personal values, beliefs, and the real importance of having your own vision and purpose in life to guide your spending. They also touch on debt consolidation, and the key things to be considered before taking action.

Season 1 Episode 5: Money personalities and how they influence our relationships

Have you ever wondered why you make certain financial decisions, while others seem to have completely different approaches? Listen as Mel and Darlene unpack each unique money personality, looking at their inherent strengths and weaknesses and their hallmark traits. They discuss how being aware of your money personality and seeking support when needed can bring balance and confidence to your financial choices.

They discuss how the money personality quiz can be used to gain deeper insights into the "why" behind your impulsive responses when it comes to money, and can help you recognise opportunities for uplifting your financial wellbeing.
They dive deep into relationships and discuss the need for understanding your partner on a financial level. At the beginning in ‘Our Truth’ the topic of parents giving pocket money is raised, and the episode ends with an in-depth talk about ‘mortgage prisoners’ being people stuck in certain home loan situations and what some possible options are to change their situation.

Season 1 Episode 3: Writing Our Kids Money Stories

This episode discusses what we’re teaching our children and modelling for them when it comes to money, and how our money story impacts them. As a very common thing we discuss in financial wellbeing coaching, the money relationship with children and young people is important, and understanding the balance between truly helping, versus creating the ‘I’m bad with money’ feeling or the weight of expectation.

This episode unpacks how everything we do and the conversations we have as parents forms part of our children’s personal money story and impacts their view and feelings about money with lasting effect. It highlights the importance of being real, honest, and open about money and how things work for your family.

Season 1Team TMCNovember 11, 2023money story, financial wellbeing, relationships, credit cards, home loan, money conversations

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.

Season 1Team TMCNovember 11, 2023TMC, gender, relationships, financial wellbeing, employers, money story, redraw, offset, home loan

Season 1 Episode 1: Uplift your Financial Wellbeing with The Money Collective

Get to know Mel and Darlene and understand more about their passion for financial wellbeing. You'll hear why they're talking about money, listen to their discussion on the importance of knowing your number, and introducing some key financial wellbeing concepts.

Season 1Team TMCNovember 11, 2023TMC, relationships, financial position, money story, financial wellbeing

Financial Wellbeing with The Money Collective Podcast

UPLIFT YOUR LEVEL OF FINANCIAL WELLBEING AND
MAKE POSITIVE CHANGE IN YOUR FINANCIAL LIFE

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Financial Wellbeing with The Money Collective Podcast

UPLIFT YOUR LEVEL OF FINANCIAL WELLBEING ANDMAKE POSITIVE CHANGE IN YOUR FINANCIAL LIFE

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MAKE POSITIVE CHANGE IN YOUR FINANCIAL LIFE