Have you ever looked at someone on the school run and thought they looked a bit unfriendly, only to discover they were just as intimidated by you?

This week Rebecca is joined by Katie Mansey, her client manager of eight or nine years and new regular co-host, for a conversation about first impressions, confidence, money and the people we surround ourselves with.

It starts with the school run and the assumptions we make about other women. Rebecca talks about withdrawing when she feels uncomfortable, while Katie shares her experience of being bullied at school. They discuss how those feelings can follow us into adulthood, sometimes affecting whether we speak up, ask for a pay rise or put ourselves forward for an opportunity.

They also get into recognising your own achievements, questioning the limits you put on yourself and the part other people can play in your success. And there is plenty of chat about asking for help, poo picking and the everyday things that take up more time than you realise.

In this episode:

· First impressions, resting bitch face and why we might misread one another

· How experiences at school can affect confidence later in life

· Why self-doubt can influence pay rises, promotions and other money decisions

· What it means to recognise your own achievements and question your financial ceiling

· How the people around you can affect the choices you make

· Working in a way that makes the most of your strengths, and asking for help when you need it

· Making time for what matters to you, from work to home and the horses

Chapters:

00:00 Introducing Katie, Rebecca's new co-host

04:03 Relationships, money and why your network matters

09:45 Resting bitch face, first impressions and the school run

13:20 How self-doubt affects confidence, careers and money

21:30 Financial ceilings and recognising your own success

26:00 Working smarter, building your team and asking for help

38:00 Freeing up time and headspace for what matters

42:20 The Weekly Edit, investing and generational wealth

Want to know where you stand with your finances? Take our free Financial Wellbeing Quiz. It asks 12 yes or no questions and takes less than 2 minutes: https://allmylink.me/YtLK

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Sometimes showing up means doing it in your jim jams, with a cup of tea and a Highland cow mug.

This episode of Accelerating Your Wealth is a little different. Rebecca is recording from home, without the London studio, the polished setup or everything looking perfect. And that is partly the point.

After experimenting with a more produced version of the podcast, Rebecca talks about why the show is shifting again, what she has learned from the past year, and why she wants to bring more real-life conversations back into it.

The theme for the next few months is relationships: our relationship with money, with ourselves, with our partners and with the people around us.

In this episode:

• Why Accelerating Your Wealth is moving away from the polished studio format

• What Rebecca learned from trying to make the podcast look and feel more "professional"

• Why showing up imperfectly can sometimes be more useful than waiting until everything is right

• What the Summer Reset taught Rebecca about the conversations people engage with

• The new focus on relationships, money and the psychology behind both

• What is coming up around divorce, relationships and money later this year

• Why Rebecca is still working on her own money mindset after 26 years in financial services

• The financial "ceiling" we can place on ourselves without realising it

• Dreaming bigger, and working out what success actually looks like for you

• Why books, learning and Rebecca's own experiences will become a bigger part of the show

• A look back at the podcast, its back catalogue and some of the episodes listeners continue to return to

Timestamps:

00:00 Welcome, the jim jams and what is changing 04:19 Showing up when everything isn't perfect 08:41 Why the London studio format stopped working 12:10 Bringing more of "Becky with a cup of tea" back to the podcast 15:46 Relationships, money and what's coming next 20:04 Divorce, books and working on your relationship with money 23:59 Money ceilings, dreaming bigger and defining success 27:54 What Rebecca is learning now and what's coming up on the show

Want to know where you stand with your finances? Take our free Financial Wellbeing Quiz. It asks 12 yes or no questions and takes less than 2 minutes: https://allmylink.me/YtLK

Watch and listen:

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@rebeccarobertsonifa

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3R1YtF0SZYUaP8HY5zPpMr?si=df572d19e168406c

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The podcast might look a little different from here, but the aim is the same: real conversations about money, the things that affect how we deal with it, and what we can learn along the way.

And if Rebecca sometimes turns up in her jim jams with a cup of tea, that's part of it too.

Name a powerful woman with money from your childhood. A role model from the films and stories you grew up with. The only one we could come up with was Cruella de Vil, a villain who wanted to turn puppies into a coat. Every other story gave us princesses waiting to be rescued.

This is the final episode of our Summer Reset, the 6-part summer series where Rebecca is joined by her Evolution Financial Planning colleagues Katie, Client Manager and Protection Adviser, and Carol Wright, Independent Financial Adviser and Money Coach.

In this episode:

• Why money is still a taboo subject for so many women, and what the silence costs
• The other side of it: male pride, and the £5,000 credit card that never gets mentioned
• Where the "women are bad with money" story comes from, and how recent that history really is
• Money blocks: the beliefs running quietly in the background before you can question them
• The Cruella de Vil problem, and what happens when your only wealthy female role model is a villain
• What we honestly think when we see a woman who is visibly wealthy, and why the reaction isn't about her
• Women, inheritance and the wealth transfer ahead
• The questions to start asking yourself, beginning with "what would happen financially if..."

Timestamps:

00:00 Cold open and welcome 00:59 Why is money still taboo for women? 01:37 Male pride and the debt nobody mentions 02:04 The history: how recently money wasn't ours 03:24 Money blocks and where they come from 04:17 Cruella de Vil and the role model problem 06:56 What we really think when we see a wealthy woman 08:36 Women, inheritance and the wealth transfer ahead 10:30 The questions to start asking yourself

Want to know where you stand with your finances? Take our free Financial Wellbeing Quiz. It asks 12 yes or no questions and takes less than 2 minutes: https://allmylink.me/YtLK

Watch and listen:

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@rebeccarobertsonifa Spotify: Listen on Spotify Apple: Listen on Apple Podcasts

That's the Summer Reset complete. All 6 episodes are available now, and there's a back catalogue of over 100 episodes waiting whenever you need it. Thank you for spending your summer with us.

Her husband was the main breadwinner. He walked out on the Friday. By Monday she was staring at the bank accounts thinking, what do I do now? That happened to a client the week this episode was recorded.

This is episode 5 of our Summer Reset, the 6-part summer series where Rebecca is joined by her Evolution Financial Planning colleagues Katie, Client Manager and Protection Adviser, and Carol Wright, Independent Financial Adviser and Money Coach.

Career breaks, motherhood, divorce, caregiving, bereavement, menopause. These events are rarely in the plan, and they are often the very things that make the biggest dent in women's wealth.

In this episode:

• The practical first steps when a relationship ends suddenly, starting with an account in your own name
• Why splitting bills 50/50 doesn't work when one partner earns considerably more
• What happens to maintenance when a child turns 18, and why so many mums aren't ready for it
• Motherhood, career breaks and how the wealth gap quietly compounds
• Why surplus income in the full-earning years buys you choices later
• Financial coercion: the red flags and where to find proper support
• The financial date night, and keeping money conversations regular rather than confrontational
• The £2,880 pension contribution for non-earners, topped up to £3,600 by tax relief
• Caring for elderly parents, wills, powers of attorney and the April 2027 inheritance tax changes
• Rebuilding afterwards, and the clients living on their own terms with a pension in their own name

Timestamps:

00:00 Cold open and welcome 01:34 The life events that shape women's finances 02:47 When the breadwinner walks out: what to do first 04:08 Divorce, settlements and what 50/50 really means 05:31 Maintenance, and the cliff edge at 18 09:18 Motherhood, career breaks and the wealth gap 14:35 Using surplus income while you have it 17:17 Financial coercion and where to get help 17:39 The financial date night 20:06 The £2,880 pension rule for non-earners 21:40 Caring for parents, inheritance tax and powers of attorney 24:03 Rebuilding after divorce

If anything in this episode resonates and you need support, Surviving Economic Abuse has excellent guidance: survivingeconomicabuse.org

Want to know where you stand with your finances? Take our free Financial Wellbeing Quiz. It asks 12 yes or no questions and takes less than 2 minutes: https://allmylink.me/YtLK

Watch and listen:

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@rebeccarobertsonifa Spotify: Listen on Spotify Apple: Listen on Apple Podcasts

Next week is the final episode of the Summer Reset: breaking money taboos, the conversations women need to have.

Rebecca's son gets a pound for every dojo point he earns at school. Last week he asked to buy one of his squishy dumpling toys, and she said yes, with your own money. His whole face changed.

We adults are no different. When spending has no connection to anything real, we just keep spending.

This is episode 4 of our Summer Reset, the 6-part summer series where Rebecca is joined by her Evolution Financial Planning colleagues Katie, Client Manager and Protection Adviser, and Carol Wright, Independent Financial Adviser and Money Coach.

In this episode:

• The 3-month bank statement audit, and why a highlighter is your best financial tool
• Subscription creep, including the 3 Netflix screens nobody in the house was using
• Teaching children the value of money, and why the same principle works on adults
• The Money Multiplier calculator: what your daily coffee actually costs over 5 years
• Why the people who got wealthier own assets, and how the rest of us are marketed into spending
• The signs you're ready to move from managing money to a proper wealth strategy
• Business owners: company pension contributions, relevant life cover and what happens if you can't work
• Income protection versus critical illness cover, and the claim that won't pay out
• Katie's cousin, widowed at 34, and the life policies that let her keep her home
• Your 12-month thriving plan: what to review, automate, stop and learn

Timestamps:

00:00 Cold open and welcome 04:07 The bank statement audit and subscription creep 05:25 Dojo points, dumplings and teaching the value of money 06:47 The Money Multiplier: what your coffee really costs 10:33 How wealthy people play a different game 13:11 Signs you're ready for a wealth strategy 14:00 Business owners: pensions, protection and sick pay 14:39 Income protection vs critical illness cover 17:48 Katie's cousin and why protection matters 19:19 Your 12-month thriving plan

Want to know where you stand with your finances? Take our free Financial Wellbeing Quiz. It asks 12 yes or no questions and takes less than 2 minutes: https://allmylink.me/YtLK

Watch and listen:

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@rebeccarobertsonifa Spotify: Listen on Spotify Apple: Listen on Apple Podcasts

New episodes of the Summer Reset drop every Friday through the summer. Next week: the life events that shape women's wealth and how to plan for them.

"He always told her, you'll be sorted." Then he died. They weren't married, and there was no evidence he had ever added her to his pension.

This is episode 3 of our Summer Reset, the 6-part summer series where Rebecca is joined by her Evolution Financial Planning colleagues Katie, Client Manager and Protection Adviser, and Carol, Independent Financial Adviser and Money Coach.

This one covers the places where women who feel financially fine are actually deeply vulnerable, and it ends with a practical checklist you can work through this week.

In this episode:

• Why having all your wealth in property is riskier than it feels, and the client with three properties and no pension
• House prices rose about 200% in 25 years. What happens if the next 25 don't repeat it?
• Overpaying the mortgage versus investing, and how to actually decide
• The partner who was told "you'll be sorted", and why promises are not protection
• "It's all in my husband's name", and the client using his fingerprint to find out what they owned
• Why the default parent needs protecting too, and what it would cost to replace everything they do
• Life cover, income protection and critical illness: knowing what you actually have
• The financial housekeeping checklist, best done with a friend, cake and a glass of wine

Timestamps:

00:00 Cold open and welcome 03:58 Is property still the safest bet? 07:26 House prices, landlords and the 200% question 12:26 Overpay the mortgage or invest? 13:27 All your eggs in the property basket 16:55 "It's all in his name" and the access problem 18:50 Protecting the default parent 20:51 Life cover, income protection and critical illness 23:09 The financial housekeeping checklist

Want to know where you stand with your finances? Take our free Financial Wellbeing Quiz. It asks 12 yes or no questions and takes less than 2 minutes: https://allmylink.me/YtLK

Watch and listen:

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@rebeccarobertsonifa Spotify: Listen on Spotify Apple: Listen on Apple Podcasts

New episodes of the Summer Reset drop every Friday through the summer. Next week: from striving to thriving, turning income into long-term wealth.

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Two clients in the same week. One earned £25,000 a year, the other £120,000. By the end of every month, both had nothing left. This is episode 2 of our Summer Reset, the 6-part summer series with my Evolution Financial Planning colleagues Katie, Client Manager and Protection Adviser, and Carol Wright, Independent Financial Adviser and Money Coach. This one unpacks the gap between earning money and building wealth: lifestyle inflation and where the pay rise really goes, the social media comparison trap, the play money principle that makes a plan actually stick, why so many women feel investing is like putting money on a roulette wheel, and the cash flow forecast that showed one client her money could last 5 or 6 years longer. Chapters: 00:00 Cold open and welcome 02:38 Where does all the money go? The £120,000 client 04:09 The comparison trap and social media 12:01 Play money and money coaching 15:57 Cash flow planning and tax-free allowances 17:18 The beliefs holding women back from investing 21:50 Busting the time myth and the pension birthday Want to know where you stand with your finances? Take our free Financial Wellbeing Quiz. It asks 12 yes or no questions and takes less than 2 minutes: https://allmylink.me/YtLK Listen on your favourite platform: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3R1YtF0SZYUaP8HY5zPpMr?si=df572d19e168406c Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/accelerating-your-wealth/id978095147 New episodes of the Summer Reset drop every Friday through the summer. Next week: property, protection and power, the foundations of women's wealth. #AcceleratingYourWealth #WomenAndMoney #Investing #SummerReset #LifestyleInflation

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Where does building wealth as a woman actually start? Not with a windfall, not with a finance degree, and definitely not 20 years ago.

This is episode 1 of our Summer Reset, a special 6-part series for the summer holidays. Rebecca is joined by her Evolution Financial Planning colleagues Katie, Client Manager and Protection Adviser, and Carol, Independent Financial Adviser and Money Coach, for honest conversations about the money questions women actually ask.

Take the Financial Well-being quiz: https://evolutionfinancialplanning.co.uk/financial-well-being-quiz/podcast-financial-wellbeing-quiz/

In this episode:

• What wealth really means, and why it is about options rather than flash cars and handbags
• Why the person with the expensive car might be the least wealthy person you know
• The 86% income protection stat that stopped the conversation, and why you should check your sick pay this week
• The client who bought her first home at 62, and why there is no deadline on sorting your finances
• Emergency funds, tackling debt and where to genuinely start if you feel behind
• Why so many women say "I should have done this 20 years ago", and why that shame is misplaced
• The cash trap: why UK savers hold 7% in equities while the US holds 32%

Timestamps:

00:00 Welcome 05:01 What does building wealth actually mean? 08:01 Wealth vs looking wealthy 11:26 Buying property and starting later in life 13:07 Protection, sick pay and the 86% stat 19:08 Where to start: foundations and letting go of shame 28:13 Saving vs investing and the cash trap

Want to know where you stand with your finances? Take our free Financial Wellbeing Quiz. It asks 12 yes or no questions and takes less than 2 minutes: https://allmylink.me/YtLK

Alexandra Watson shares her five keys to being heard at work, why hesitation reads as weakness, and the money conversation every couple should have before they need to.

In Part 2 of this conversation on Accelerating Your Wealth, Rebecca Robertson and Alexandra Watson, founder of the Leadership School for Women, move from the inner game to the outer one.

Alexandra shares the five keys she teaches for being heard: own your visibility, articulate with purpose, own your leadership brand, make quick decisions and differentiate yourself. There is a score yourself out of 10 exercise you can do in five minutes, and a warning about hesitation, which she calls a quiet killer because people read it as weakness even when it's just overthinking.

The conversation also goes somewhere more personal. Alexandra lost her husband when their son was five, and because they'd had time to talk openly about their finances, everything was set and sorted when it mattered most. Her friend, widowed in similar circumstances, had a very different experience. It becomes a powerful case for financial literacy and for having the money conversation with your partner before you ever need it.

We explore: · The five keys: visibility, articulation, your leadership brand, quick decisions and differentiation · Why hesitation reads as weakness, and what to do about it · The inner performer, and how to switch her on and off · Widowhood, financial literacy and the conversation every couple should have · Taking ownership of your career instead of waiting for permission

Timestamps: 00:00 Cold open 00:28 Part 2 intro and recap 01:35 Chicken Soup for the Soul, mentors and finding her people 05:06 The happiness guru years on radio and TV 05:51 Everything is a performance: the inner performer 08:12 How women can be heard: the five keys 10:32 Shiny objects, and why speaking beats every trend 12:48 The TEDx take 14:29 Rebecca's story: closing a company, menopause and coming back 18:50 Find what lights you up 22:46 Widowhood and the money conversation 26:46 Becoming the breadwinner 30:20 Breadwinning women and the generational shift 32:16 Masculine and feminine energy at work 34:20 Final message: your career is your responsibility 35:27 How to connect with Alexandra

Key Takeaways · Score yourself out of 10 against the five keys, then move one score up · Hesitation is a quiet killer, quick decisions signal confidence · Everything in front of people is a performance, and you can switch it off afterwards · Be financially literate and talk money with your partner before you have to · Your career is your responsibility, don't wait for permission

Connect with Rebecca Robertson and the Podcast: Subscribe for weekly wealth-building strategies: https://www.youtube.com/@rebeccarobertsonifa Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rebecca_robertsonifa & https://www.instagram.com/acceleratingyourwealth LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebecca-financial-advisor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RebeccaRobertsonwealth

www.evolutionfinancialplanning.co.uk

Disclaimer: This content is for educational and informational purposes only and should not be construed as financial advice.

In Part 1 of this two-part conversation, I sit down with Alexandra Watson, founder of the Leadership School for Women. Alexandra has spent 30 years coaching women at the highest levels of business, from Olympic athletes to board directors, and she started her career working for Prince. We do get into that story.

The heart of this episode is fear. Alexandra says fear is the thing that gets in the way of everything, and that the most dangerous version of it disguises itself as being rational, sensible and even-minded. She describes herself as her clients' fear's nemesis, and explains how she teaches women to hear the difference between the fear voice and their own.

We also talk about people pleasing, and I share the story of how my own business started out built entirely around keeping everyone else happy. Alexandra reframes people pleasing as a symptom, with self-esteem as the cause, and makes the case that letting go of it is a duty, not a luxury, because it makes you a better leader.

We finish on the bigger picture: burnout, senior women leaving in droves, the equality legislation coming in 2027, and a recruitment story that sums up the difference between men and women at work in one phone call.

Key takeaways · Fear is clever, it disguises itself as sensible caution · People pleasing is a symptom, self-esteem is the cause · Letting go of people pleasing makes you a better leader · Failure is stopping, not falling short · Companies do better with women at the top and a firm pipeline behind them

About Alexandra Watson Alexandra Watson is the founder of the Leadership School for Women. She has spent 30 years coaching women at the highest levels of business, from Olympic athletes to board directors, and is recognised as a leading voice on female leadership performance in the UK. Find her on LinkedIn or email [email protected].

This is Part 1. Part 2, where Alexandra shares her five keys to being heard and we talk about the money conversation every couple should have, follows on Monday.

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