The Grass is Greener

Jan 01 2025 140 ep. 35 mins 7
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Join financial adviser Tim Henry as he discusses your everyday challenges, inspires and educates you to make awesome personal and financial decisions.

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Small Steps Big Changes

Jan 01 2025 28 mins  
What changes are you wanting to make in your life in 2025? Need some inspiration to get started? At this time of year, many of us reflect on our own fitness or levels of physical activity and set intentions for the year ahead. Jack Geddes from Linked Training and Nutrition discusses the importance of getting those new small habits to stick as a key element to making big changes.

New Aged Care rules 2025

Dec 18 2024 40 mins  
On 12 September 2024 the Government responded to the Aged Care Taskforce and introduced the Aged Care Bill 2024 into Parliament. The aged care reforms will make significant changes to the cost of residential aged care and home care from 1 July 2025. Shaun Ganguly is the founder of Aged Care Financial Planning specialising in Aged Care Financial Advice. Shaun discusses the new rule

Gen Z - Start them strong with Super

Nov 27 2024 43 mins  
Do you have a Gen Z child (or adult)? It is likely that Superannuation will be a vital and large component of their wealth in 30,40,50 years' time. However, there is a very large segment of Gen Z that haven't engaged with their Super at all. Financial adviser Dawn Thomas is currently undertaking a PhD on this topic. Specifically, the critical role that parents play in shaping thei

Coping with Financial Stress

Nov 20 2024 38 mins  
Are you feeling financially fatigued? These past few years have been financially stressful. In particular, dealing with skyrocking prices for general living needs, plus rental and mortgage rate increases. Karen Eley from Women Talking Finance provides valuable insights into how you can equip yourself to deal with financial stress. Karen discusses the stressor responses that she obs

Retirement Happiness Index

Nov 06 2024 35 mins  
What does retirement look like, once you are on the other side of your working life? Australia's market leading Annuity provider - Challenger Limited wanted to better understand what makes a happy retirement. In 2024, it undertook consumer research amongst its own customers and also the wider public and has summarised these findings in the "Challenger Retirement Happiness Index"

"ELEVATE" - Unlock your extraordinary potential

Nov 30 2023 38 mins  
Elevating your life doesn't just happen - it comes from within. You are the leader of your own life and it starts with taking action! Executive Life coach Shannah Kennedy and former Sportsgirl CEO Colleen Callander present ELEVATE - the groundbreaking book that empowers you to rise from ordinary to extraordinary one step at a time. Tim chats to Shannah and Colleen about their b

"Dare to Dream" - HEADLOKT

Nov 22 2023 35 mins  
Inspiration comes via everyday moments. Its what we do with it that counts! This week we chat to Lisa Cotton, founder of HEADLOKT - the first helmet that is a lock! Lisa Cotton takes us on her inspiring journey from pandemic lockdown in Melbourne - via her lightbulb moment - onto this current day where she has launched an award winning product. Lisa and Tim discuss the moments t

Annuities & your future Income needs

Nov 09 2023 30 mins  
Once you are retired there is definitely a need to consider how your assets will provide you with an income. This is where Annuities play their role so well. Jodie Davis from Challenger Limited talks about how Annuities can help those in retirement to provide enhanced certainty with their income. Challengerhttps://www.challenger.com.au/

Investment Bonds - an alternative to Super

Oct 30 2023 32 mins  
We know that Superannuation is an extremely compelling option for retirement savings. But there certainly are other products out there that can be valuable when used in concert with Super. Investment Bonds fit this role very well! Felipe Araujo, General Manager at Generation Life discusses this topic with Tim. Specifically, how Investment Bonds operate, why government changes to

Investment Risk & Economic Seasons

Oct 12 2023 26 mins  
'Successful investing is about managing risk, not avoiding it' The world is going through a huge phase of adjustment right now. It might feel like a dangerous time and you might feel unsafe being exposed to any perceived or real 'risk'. But there is a well-established principle that investors can generally expect for there to be four different economic seasons in th