Slowing down and resting is precisely what the doctor ordered. For as long as there have been healers and traditions for fighting fevers, rest and good eating have been high up on the prescription. When life and expectations become too overwhelming, our minds are clouded, and our good health is diminished. These ailments are often the first messengers that we need to slow down and rest, but the reality is that with technology and the communication […]
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Learning leverages healthy decisions (2/3)
“I am always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.” Winston Churchill So often, after about 12-14 years in conventional schooling systems, all we want to do is “get out”! There are exceptional educators out there who take time and energy to nurture not only the minds of their learners but their whole well-being. They’re the ones who take note, take care and take kids seriously. But ultimately, these experiences lightly pepper […]
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It’s time to turn up the kindness, to yourself
In a recent blog from Marelisa Fabrega, lawyer and entrepreneur, she spoke of 17 ways to be kinder to yourself! It seems like a lot, but when we think about all the ways and times that we put ourselves down, it’s not that much. There’s a reason why this message of needing to be kinder to ourselves has become so pervasive; it’s because poor mental health has greater awareness than ever before. We are growing in […]
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What’s an annuity?
Have you ever heard someone say that you need to make your money work for you? It seems like an impossible achievement for many of us because we immediately think we need a stack of dollar bills to leverage this strategy. And, that’s not entirely incorrect. We do need a large sum invested, but we don’t necessarily need it all at once, and it’s certainly achievable with a long term plan. Here’s a quick overview: Annuities […]
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Are you on track with your long-term investing?
It might be possible to capture the entirety of personal finance in one question: Am I going to be OK? In our thirties and forties, we become increasingly aware of the time left to invest for our future financial stability and independence. We’re more prone to asking about how our savings compare to others, and what assets we should already have to our name. Maybe it’s just a weird way to convince ourselves that maybe we […]
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The best place to invest
Somehow, despite all the messages to be kinder to ourselves, we have this predisposition to put ourselves down. Along the line, the early messages of “You can do better” become “You’re not good enough.” We live in an age where the focus is on self. As we scroll through social media, we see countless selfies, all the time hoping to find a like, mention or comment on one of our own posts. Slowly, we begin to […]
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Our wealth is in our words
“Children have never been good at listening to their elders, but they never fail to imitate them.” – James Baldwin If there’s one thing we all have in common, it’s parents. For some of us, the role of parents may have been our biological mother and father; for others, this role may have included a wider variety of adults. However life looked for us, we had elders who shaped our understanding of the world around us, […]
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Can you change how you feel about money?
Here’s the quick answer: yes! That’s the easy part. The challenge lies in the next question: How do I change how I feel about money? There are plenty of books, blogs, podcasts and short courses on how to change how to manage your money better and change how you budget, spend, save and invest. But many people, despite all these resources, still feel stuck and unable to change how they feel about money. In “Mind over […]
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Levels of financial dependence
At the very surface level of constructing a financial plan, the journey can feel linear. We begin with what we have and plan to move towards an end goal of ‘having enough’ and being financially independent. But this is not where financial planning ends; it’s just the toe-dipping beginning as we gain courage and confidence to engage more with our financial planning. It feels linear because financial independence has always been closely associated with retirement, and […]
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Quick questions for your medical cover
One of the challenges of living in South Africa is that if we want access to high-quality medical cover, we generally need to pay for it ourselves. Medical care is expensive, and it’s highly complex. Even for simple hospitalisations or scans, there are several service providers in the healthcare chain, and they all need their compensation. We’re also finding, more than ever, that early detection and early treatment are highly beneficial to most diagnoses. Having quick […]
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