Working Women's Wealth

Working half day is a great option for many people in different phases of life. Some use it because they are having small children, others use it to keep earning a steady income while they work on their new business, and some use it as they go into retirement. I've done half day for 5 years over the span of my career. It can work very well, but it also can be really challenging. I share with you the lessons I've learnt and the pro's and con's

Candice Dick is an Emotional Intelligence expert and the host of the EQ Evolution podcast and consulting company. Understanding the four key philosophies of emotional intelligence, and how you can understand and grow EQ is key to all of us as humans, parents, and in business. We discuss how to build it in your children, and how to build it in yourself. How to be more conscious of your subconscious - when by its very nature you're not aware of it.

For most of us our home is the biggest 'asset' we own - so these are four things you need to know about your home financially. Make sure you don't fall into these traps to ensure that you have a greater chance of being financially free. I've made ALL of these mistakes, and learnt painful expensive lessons.

Goal expert, Brittany Hoopes, chats to Lisa about frameworks for setting and achieving your goals, and how you deal with the road blocks that come when the reality of life meets the dreams of our goals. She takes us through what to do when we lose all hope, and how to achieve the recurring 'new year's resolution' type goals such as losing weight and saving more. Brittany shares with us her personal goal success rate and the golden thread that goes through great goal setters. Soultiply is her podcast and also the name of her company that does qualitative research on goal setting and achievement.

There are many reasons why our savings get derailed by unexpected expenses: such as medical bills and cars that breakdown. In this episode I give you a 3-jar strategy to make sure that you won't be caught off guard when they hit.

We look at how we manage both your monthly cashflow and any larger expenses and how to protect that from un-budgeted demands

We also discuss one of the golden rules of managing money - don't use capital (money you've invested) to help out with expenses. Always protect your capital!

Author, business school lecturer and consultant Shireen Chengadu has researched women in leadership in emerging markets. I chat to her about her observations of what makes great leaders, why diversity of leadership is so important and the commonalities and differences between developed and emerging markets. Her book Women in Leadership in Emerging Markets profiles 46 amazing women.

For many of us, most of our retirement money comes from an Employee retirement fund... either ours or our partner's. One of the biggest assumptions that people make is that the employer will take the right amount of money from your paycheck so that when you retire you'll have enough. But this isn't the case. Take the time to understand your retirement funds - It's your money, manage it

Dr. Maelisa Hall and Amber Hawley look at the networks you need to support you as a woman entrepreneur. They discuss the options: Biz Besties (a dedicated sounding board); masterminds; tribes; 1-on-1 and group coaching. We also discuss options of how to structure these network options, why women aren't as good at leveraging their networks, and making sure you overcome the isolation of entrepreneurship. Both are licensed therapists, yet both have different non - therapy related second businesses (including their joint podcast show).

Money permeates all aspects of a divorce - because it becomes an expression of the challenges in a relationship, as well as the individual issues each carries. Learn the 5 ground rules you need to bear in mind when thinking about money in your divorce, as well as the 15 best practices for it during your divorce. Lastly, 5 tips to bear in mind after the ink has dried.

Award winning personal finance journalist, Maya Fischer-French talks to Lisa Linfield about her own personal finance journey, family finances and the challenges to raise financially wise children. Learning from her own experiences and that with teenage children, we discuss the transition from school through university and to first jobbers and how to guide people through the financial journey.