When we talk about building wealth, we almost exclusively talk about money. We track our investment returns, our property values, and our retirement accounts. We measure our success by the size of our balance sheets. But perhaps true wealth cannot be measured by a single metric. We could potentially consider three distinct types of capital: […]

For decades, many of us have been sold a very specific version of retirement. We are culturally conditioned to believe that at a certain age, we should step away from our careers, retreat from the world, and live out a permanent, quiet holiday. But as medical treatment improves and lifestyles become more intentional, this traditional […]

There is a common belief that when it comes to our wealth, we should never put all our eggs in one basket. It’s easy to extend this logic to our financial advice. We often assume that having multiple advisers is the safest approach. We might have one for our retirement fund, one for our stock […]

When we think about working with a financial planner, we often assume the value lies entirely in the numbers or the brokering of a financial product or contract. We naturally expect them to pick the right investments, optimise our tax, and help us generate a better yield. Those technical elements are certainly important. But true […]

Am I going to be okay? This is one of the most commonly asked questions. Research in financial therapy shows that we don’t buy products; we buy peace of mind. Underneath every question about fee structures or historical returns, we are actually asking a much simpler, deeply human question: ‘Am I going to be okay?’ […]