Squanderlust with Martha Lawton

Losing a job means a loss of identity, routine, status, social connections, and purpose as well as income. Coach Patrick Hill, founder of Thinking Beyond Now, takes us through the best and worst ways to deal with the sense of grief from redundancy, stay resilient and move forward positively into our new lives.

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Ever wondered what happens to the money in your pension or ISA. How is it being invested? What do those investments do? Do they fit with your values or are you inadvertently supporting pollution, injustice and corruption? We talk to a Tom Morris, a chartered financial planner, and Georgia Stewart, the CEO of Tumelo, an innovative financial technology company, about putting your money to work for good.

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In the UK, banks and essential services must offer support to their vulnerable customers, but who even counts as vulnerable? It is just about age, mental and physical health, and disabilities? What about victims of abuse? Or people with addictions? And what support should vulnerable customers expect? Bristol University researcher, Chris Fitch, explains.

We also discussed how people react to the word 'vulnerable' and what that means when you're trying to influence a sector like financial services to do right by everyone, not just the fashionable 'deserving' causes.

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Journalist and activist Emily Reynolds talks to Martha and Alex about the complex relationship between mental health and money. She shares about her own experiences of bipolar disorder and how that affected her ability to manage her finances in the good times and in times of crisis.

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Feel like your money situation never seems to change? Then you might have the wrong financial set point. Martha and Alex explain what that is and how to work yours out – and reset it to the level that's right for you and start saving, peace of mind and enjoying your money more.

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Anyone in the UK can get free, expert debt advice. But not enough people know, and most who do, only ask for help when they've hit crisis and are facing court action, bailiffs, repossessions or eviction. Martha and Alex talk about why that is, and what happens when you speak to a debt adviser.

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The amount of choice in our lives can feel overwhelming, so how do we get to answers that work for us and our money? Martha and Alex tackle how to turn choice into decision in the second of a two-parter about the work of Sheena Iyengar on choice overload.

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Modern life in the West means near unlimited options for every possible decision, but is this actually a good thing? Or is choice overload making us poorer and eroding our happiness. Dr Sheena Iyengar of Columbia Business School has done research on this with some fascinating results. Martha and Alex delve into choice in the first of a two-parter.

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Jasper Lyons has founded and mentored numerous startups, so Martha and Alex asked him to share what he's learned about how to put a financial value on your time – and feel good about it.

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Shame is a horrible feeling we all want to avoid. But not learning how to deal with it can cost us both emotionally and financially. Alex and Martha explore what shame is and how to use advice from Dr Brené Brown to tackle it head on.

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