114. The Best Money Moves We've Ever Made

In this episode  Julie, Sara, Michelle, and Emily discuss their best financial decisions and how they've positively shaped their personal finance management. Michelle shares her successful strategy of organizing money into separate 'pots' for different purposes - from taxes to holidays, allowing her to have a clearer picture of her finances. Sarah discusses the importance of active communication and shared financial understanding in a relationship. Emily reflects on smartly splitting an inheritance into short-term, medium-term, and long-term investments. Lastly, Julie chats about her '10 percent rule' for incrementally boosting her pension fund, thus securing her retirement. The episode encourages listeners to reflect on their own financial habits and think about how best to plan for the future.


01:21 Michelle's Money Management Strategy
12:36 Sara's Best Money Move: Communication
24:41 Understanding the Bigger Picture in Financial Planning
28:14 The Art of Financial Planning: A Personal Experience
39:30 The Power of Incremental Increases in Pension Contributions

YOUR HOST

Julie Flynn is an experienced independent financial adviser and financial coach. Justice and equality drive Julie. Which is why she’s spent years studying and researching how stress affects our financial decision making.

Julie is best known for her work with women who have lost their partner and coaching financial services business who want to implement fair and transparent charges.
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CO-HOSTS
Emily Pool is a Financial Planner and Will Writer. She is passionate about empowering people to invest their wealth (pensions and savings) sustainably and in line with their personal values.

Michelle Lambell  started her career in financial services as a Stockbroker in 1999 undertaking both advisory and discretionary investment management. Today she is a Chartered Financial Planner, specialising in retirement planning advice, pensions and investments and a Certified Financial Coach. 

Sara Walker is a financial planner and financial coach with 33 years’ experience in financial services. She wants all women to feel financially confident and uses her professional and life experiences to support and educate women over 40 so they in turn feel able to support and be role models for the younger women in their lives.

Jennifer O'Neil is a mortgage and protection specialist and director of Athena Mortgages. Having been in the industry since 2014 Jennifer decided to set up a company in 2020 that suited her core values as a broker – integrity, service, honesty and continuous improvement.
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