It's Not Polite To Talk About Money

Getting adopted as a baby instilled some form of rejection and a feeling of abandonment in Melissa Meagher. Even though she had a great family and a great upbringing, her biological father’s refusal to meet her — because he firmly believed that she would just ask for money — started Melissa’s strand of money problems. Melissa unconsciously involved herself with unavailable men all her life that gave her a rather dysfunctional relationship with money. Apart from giving up the power to believe that she can control this matter, she resorted to make excuses about it and blamed everyone else but herself. Through her climb, as she describes her money journey, she found out that people like her often thought of external validation as a means to make themselves feel whole. And that people buy things they don’t need or can’t afford because it’s something to fill them up materially that would project their lives as otherwise. Why people do it despite the consequences? Why do couples hide their purchases or personal exp

As a species, we believe that everyone desires to have more money. While this is often true on the outside, our brains may subconsciously be holding us back from taking the right steps to gain more money. We may think that we don’t deserve to be wealthy or that we don’t want to stand out — especially with tall poppy syndrome being prominent in Australia.   Kylie Travers joins us today and tells us her inspiring story. In her teens and twenties, she was one of those people who didn’t feel like they deserved more. She was in an abusive marriage and homeless. She hit rock bottom, and that was her wake up call. Today, she is the CEO of her own company, a successful public speaker, and respected author.   Kylie shares her story about how she became so strong and prosperous, including telling her money where to go, viewing positive social media content, and realizing that money is an unlimited resource. Listen and you will hear for yourself that it is possible to make changes in your life to become smarter wit

Talking about money or having conversations about it is something most people try to avoid — that’s a fact. The reason varies from one person to another but it usually revolves around family, beliefs, doubts, and sometimes even lack of confidence. The problem of not having these kinds of conversations is that people may find themselves “alone” or stuck in difficult situations that they could have avoided if they faced it instead. Today’s guest, Amy Jackson walks us through her work — helping clients to bravely step up, and finally ask for the money that they deserve. She says people are used to gauge what they deserve but end up asking for less than that amount and it’s often because they don’t have the courage to openly speak about these financial matters that are usually connected with some emotional baggage. Amy shares in depth how she helps clients to be confident in taking important conversations and turning those into getting what these clients truly deserve. She boasts that one of the reasons her reten

Michelle’s goal is to empower women with money and help them take away the blame game from the money decisions they make. Her money story starts when her mother lost her job in the airline industry prior to the 9/11 incident. That time, Michelle was in graduate school and working at Starbucks. It was also when her mother had a tough time replacing her job because of the recession that hit Colorado. They had to live together in a small space and Michelle’s money issues started to come to light. Providing for herself and her mom, she came more into debt. Her mindset issue was probably one of the biggest issues she had to fix. It took her years to stop blaming herself and her mom with the money problems they were going through. After her parent’s divorce, Michelle had received no support from her father unlike her half-sibling. To start change in handling her finances, she started a year-long no shopping challenge that eventually killed her unnecessary shopping habit. Other things she recommends doing is to have

“Keep an eye on things.” is Anne Tipton’s advice to her 22-year-old self after going through a number of money problems she had in the past.   Unlike most people, Anne went into business straight out of college thinking that traditional employment is just not a fit for her. Her first investment? A piece of real estate property. Unfortunately, she invested just before the US market crashed. It was definitely not a good start for Anne, and it doesn’t stop there too.   At 22 years old, Anne teamed up with her best friend to start a jewelry business. Unlike the real estate investment, this business actually had an emotional and sentimental value for both of them with dreams attached to the business. They’ve set up everything, had a website made, and started selling their pieces. The problem came when Anne intentionally neglected to look at their numbers thinking that making more money will fix the problem — it didn’t work that way. She says, blissful ignorance and perpetual optimism are the two things that kept h

This week’s guest, Ainslie Deverson bravely takes us back to the journey she took in her younger years. Ainslie is the creator of The Venus Project, an experience of a personal coaching series, where the curiosities of our spirits, lead us to answer questions that our lives are seducing us with. She is a devoted guide to creating intimacy and space for her clients to weave harmony through the pillars of their life. As they unearth and explore their dormant gifts and skills, and strengthen their active ones, her clients lead themselves to self-trust, acceptance and worth, liberation, and a full, creative life of contribution and vitality. Ainslie’s own gifts and skills of Embodiment, teaching, archetypal Astrology, Holographic Kinetics, and seeing the deep energetic patterns of her clients, are combined together with real-world creative resourcefulness and practical application, bringing harmony and balance between the Celestial and the Earth. You can connect with Ainslie to find out how to work with her at ww

*Trigger Warning* This episode discusses the loss of a relative and suicide. You can get further information and support about this topic from: www.anglicarewa.org.au www.supportaftersuicide.org.au   Suzanna Broughton’s awareness about money started at a young age and is the result of her parents being separated. At a young girl’s eyes, she saw how her mother hustled and struggled to make both ends meet while her entrepreneur father, she thought, always had money. At her young age, she also learned that you shouldn’t be telling people about what you have when a friend and 3 other girls had stolen the $50 bill she earned on her vacation break.  Going into university with ZERO savings for her books and tuition fee and getting into debts after a travel in Australia, Suzanna decided she has to do something. She took financial planning for her bachelor’s degree, put herself into budget, kept track of her money and graduated debt-free. But this isn’t the happy ever after of her story. She moved to Australia as part

Julie Rainbow, after being married to her ex-husband, decided to put her time and focus in building her family — leaving every financial decision to her partner. What she didn’t know was the lifestyle they had was not going to last. From having an award-winning business and a complete family, Julie, one day just found herself in an unbelievable life-changing situation — suddenly having to file for bankruptcy. The reason: her ex-husband running financial bits without her knowledge and leaving her and their children for good.  Women are usually ones not being informed about what they need to know financially and this is what sets them back from taking over money matters. Most women leave their finances to their partners thinking it might be too complicated, but in reality, you need not be a trained accountant to understand your budget. Julie’s children became her motivation to keep going and with the help of her family and a large supportive group of people who believed in her, she was able to break through the

“Stick to your values and boundaries with money” is the financial advice Wendy Russell would give her younger self. Wendy started in the real estate industry in her early 20s, and, together with her partner, became very successful. They had what seemed to be the perfect life, but it soon came crashing down. They separated, Wendy felt she had hit rock bottom, and even suffered from depression. It’s not uncommon for all of us to have challenges like this in life, but for many, it’s a taboo subject. We keep the details private, trying to look our best to everyone else. And so, it’s refreshing to see Wendy who puts her life out there on social media in a real, authentic way. Wendy found the strength to turn things around, and is now, once again, living a life she loves. Her authenticity comes through in her work, as Wendy prides herself on earning the trust of her clients in an industry where consumers consider real estate agents some of the worst scorers when it comes to trustworthy professionals. There’s much t

On today's show, Samantha will be interviewing Bryanna McDermott the founder of  www.fearlessfemaletraders.com.au. She created this digital platform, so people could use it as a resource to learn about money. Bryanna will be telling her financial story; where she started, why, and where she is today. In her early 20’s, Bryanna had major difficulties handling her personal finances. Pinpointing the start of her financial downturn to when she was 18 years old. At that time her mother suggested she get a credit card to assist her with her financial troubles. By age 24 she had to go to her mother and ask for financial assistance in covering her monthly bill. This was when she asked herself “What the heck am I doing?” and realizing “I am not going to be successful if there is one piece in my life out of control.” That was when Bryanna decided it was time for a major financial overhall. She started with cutting up all her credit cards and then continued from there. Through her years of experience, Bryanna has realiz