Superannuation for Women with Alison Greenwood

Alison chats to Jenny about superannuation (again). But this time it’s a talk tailored specifically for women. We need to guard against our disadvantages, because woman almost always retire on less than men!

Listen to the first interview with Alison Greenwood: Superannuation 101 >>>

So, how can women build up their superannuation? Even when they’re working fewer hours, or not working at all?

GUEST: Alison Greenwood

Please note this advice is given for Australian residents. Also, the figures quoted are relevant for the 2018-2019 financial year. However, the basic principles still hold true.

Superannuation for Women with Alison Greenwood

It’s often quite a challenge to motivate older children and teens to get fit! As Jody Sargison explains family fitness for older kids in this second part of the podcast, be prepared to hear some new and creative ideas.  And the added bonus is that you can join in too!

Part Two of the interview with Jody, tackles the challenge of helping older children enjoy getting fit with you. Whereas Part One of this podcast is focused on very young children. 

GUEST: Jody Sargison

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When Michelle was a first time mother she had a big wake-up call when she realized that while she thought she knew everything, really she didn’t! That struggle to get her head around motherhood is the topic of today’s discussion on Treasuring Mothers as Michelle Fletcher tells her motherhood journey Part Two.

Because Michelle’s mother lived overseas, she had to find another source of information elsewhere. In the end, it became her (old school) infant welfare nurse. It was at times a very difficult road, which ended up with Michelle sobbing her heart out in the middle of the night.

Listen to find out what happened.

GUEST: Michelle Fletcher

Show Notes for this Podcast as Michelle Fletcher tells her motherhood journey Part Two

In today’s podcast, it’s time to introduce the Treasuring Mothers Social Worker to you! It’s all about Michelle Fletcher with her motherhood journey.

While Michelle is now an empty-nester, she clearly remembers the early days of motherhood. She thought she knew it all! But it didn’t take her long to realize that really, she didn’t.

It was a big wake up call.

She had a pretty tough time when she first became a mother, and you’re sure to identify with some of her challenges, and glean from the great things she learnt.

GUEST: Michelle Fletcher

Here are some pointers from Michelle Fletcher with her motherhood journey.

Jenny begins by asking Jody the question: “How do you find time for fitness when you have older children, PLUS working, PLUS managing a household?”

Jody has some interesting creative options to help you get your children involved in getting fit alongside you. Part One of this podcast is focused on very young children. Part Two tackles the challenges of helping older children enjoy getting fit with you.

GUEST: Jody Sargison

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Treasuring Mothers’ dietician, Fiona Rowell, explains the benefits of sitting down to eat meals with your children. And they are numerous! While it can often feel like family mealtime madness, the cost is worth the effort, Fiona explains.

It’s mostly mothers who prepare food and present it to their children. So it’s good for us to know the benefits of having a family meal together. There is so much more going on than we realize. The “easy option” of kids and adults eating separately, isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.

GUEST: Fiona Rowell

During the interview Fiona refers to the book: Secrets of Feeding a Happy Family by  Dr Ellyn Satter

Children do so much better if they sit down to regular family meals together. Research shows that if children sit down to a meal with parents there are benefits in many key facets of life:

In fact, it appears this one thing – eating meals together – is the most important thing in a child’s development!

In Part Two of Family Mealtime Madness, Treasuring Mothers’ dietician, Fiona Rowell, explains more about the importance of family mealtimes. She discusses some very telling questions.

Such as, how often should you sit down with your children to reap the amazing benefits? And what about having the television on, or off? How do you make conversation with kids who don’t usually chat? And these are great questions! Why not listen to find out the answers?

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Fiona refers to the research from Secrets of Feeding a Happy Family by  Dr Ellyn Satter

Go back to Part One of the interview >>>

GUEST: Fiona Rowell

Treasuring Mothers’ dietician, Fiona Rowell, explains the benefits of sitting down to eat meals with your children. And they are numerous! While it can often feel like family mealtime madness, the cost is worth the effort, Fiona explains.

It’s mostly mothers who prepare food and present it to their children. So it’s good for us to know the benefits of having a family meal together. There is so much more going on than we realize. The “easy option” of kids and adults eating separately, isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.

GUEST: Fiona Rowell

During the interview Fiona refers to the book: Secrets of Feeding a Happy Family by  Dr Ellyn Satter

Children do so much better if they sit down to regular family meals together. Research shows that if children sit down to a meal with parents there are benefits in many key facets of life:

In fact, it appears this one thing – eating meals together – is the most important thing in a child’s development!

Part Three of the conversation with author Xenia Schembri

Xenia is determined to reduce the incidence of child-sexual abuse, because her children were affected after being abused by a family member. So we talk about her book series Brave Little Bear in greater depth.

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This is a longer interview, and completes the podcast episode.

Part Two of the interview with Xenia Schembri

Xenia Schembri continues the interview, explaining her 10 tips to keep your child safe from sexual predators. These tips are more fully explained in Xenia’s book series, Brave Little Bear.

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