Accelerating Your Wealth

Rebecca Robertson welcomes Rosie Moss, award-winning podcaster, bestselling author and creator of Widowed AF, for a frank conversation about widowhood, relationships and rebuilding financial independence. Rosie shares what happened after her husband Ben died suddenly in 2018, leaving her with three young children, and the financial responsibilities she had to learn to manage while grieving. The co...

Rebecca and Katie begin with a catch-up about the wedding and married life before turning to this week's Edit. They discuss speculation ahead of the Budget, why Rebecca prefers to wait for confirmed announcements rather than react to rumours, and research about working women's financial vulnerability, the impact of menopause on retirement and the financial consequences of divorce. Rebecca then wel...

Rebecca often asks clients whether they've spoken to their partner about money, and quite a few tell her they haven't managed to. She wanted to explore that with Susie Heath. Their conversation covers everything from the money stories they grew up with to menopause, sex and what they want from the next part of their lives. This week Rebecca is joined by Susie Heath, author, speaker, relationship a...

What changes financially when relationships get serious, children arrive and one person starts carrying more of the long-term cost? This week Rebecca is joined by Liz Harrington, founder of Family Flow: The Divorce Collective and author of Money, Marriage & Motherhood: How NOT To Get F*cked Over. They talk about the money conversations couples often avoid, why financial independence matters before...

Why can money be one of the hardest things to talk about with the person you share your life with? This week Rebecca looks at the cost of staying silent about money in relationships, from hidden debt and secret spending to unequal household costs, conflicting money values and the resentment that can build when couples avoid difficult conversations. She explores why our upbringing can shape the way...

Does money admin disappear from your brain the moment it is out of sight? Do you put off opening an email, forget a renewal or buy something for the quick dopamine hit and wonder later why you wanted it? This week Rebecca is joined by Katie Mansey for a practical conversation about the ways ADHD and other neurodivergent traits can affect money, from impulse spending and avoiding financial admin to...

Have you ever looked at someone on the school run and thought they looked a bit unfriendly, only to discover they were just as intimidated by you? This week Rebecca is joined by Katie Mansey, her client manager of eight or nine years and new regular co-host, for a conversation about first impressions, confidence, money and the people we surround ourselves with. It starts with the school run and th...

Sometimes showing up means doing it in your jim jams, with a cup of tea and a Highland cow mug. This episode of Accelerating Your Wealth is a little different. Rebecca is recording from home, without the London studio, the polished setup or everything looking perfect. And that is partly the point. After experimenting with a more produced version of the podcast, Rebecca talks about why the show is...

Name a powerful woman with money from your childhood. A role model from the films and stories you grew up with. The only one we could come up with was Cruella de Vil, a villain who wanted to turn puppies into a coat. Every other story gave us princesses waiting to be rescued. This is the final episode of our Summer Reset, the 6-part summer series where Rebecca is joined by her Evolution Financial...

Her husband was the main breadwinner. He walked out on the Friday. By Monday she was staring at the bank accounts thinking, what do I do now? That happened to a client the week this episode was recorded. This is episode 5 of our Summer Reset, the 6-part summer series where Rebecca is joined by her Evolution Financial Planning colleagues Katie, Client Manager and Protection Adviser, and Carol Wrigh...

Rebecca's son gets a pound for every dojo point he earns at school. Last week he asked to buy one of his squishy dumpling toys, and she said yes, with your own money. His whole face changed. We adults are no different. When spending has no connection to anything real, we just keep spending. This is episode 4 of our Summer Reset, the 6-part summer series where Rebecca is joined by her Evolution Fin...

"He always told her, you'll be sorted." Then he died. They weren't married, and there was no evidence he had ever added her to his pension. This is episode 3 of our Summer Reset, the 6-part summer series where Rebecca is joined by her Evolution Financial Planning colleagues Katie, Client Manager and Protection Adviser, and Carol, Independent Financial Adviser and Money Coach. This one covers the p...

Two clients in the same week. One earned £25,000 a year, the other £120,000. By the end of every month, both had nothing left. This is episode 2 of our Summer Reset, the 6-part summer series with my Evolution Financial Planning colleagues Katie, Client Manager and Protection Adviser, and Carol Wright, Independent Financial Adviser and Money Coach. This one unpacks the gap between earning money and...

Where does building wealth as a woman actually start? Not with a windfall, not with a finance degree, and definitely not 20 years ago. This is episode 1 of our Summer Reset, a special 6-part series for the summer holidays. Rebecca is joined by her Evolution Financial Planning colleagues Katie, Client Manager and Protection Adviser, and Carol, Independent Financial Adviser and Money Coach, for hone...

Alexandra Watson shares her five keys to being heard at work, why hesitation reads as weakness, and the money conversation every couple should have before they need to. In Part 2 of this conversation on Accelerating Your Wealth, Rebecca Robertson and Alexandra Watson, founder of the Leadership School for Women, move from the inner game to the outer one. Alexandra shares the five keys she teaches f...

In Part 1 of this two-part conversation, I sit down with Alexandra Watson, founder of the Leadership School for Women. Alexandra has spent 30 years coaching women at the highest levels of business, from Olympic athletes to board directors, and she started her career working for Prince. We do get into that story. The heart of this episode is fear. Alexandra says fear is the thing that gets in the w...

In this solo episode I talk about LGBTQ+ finances, the hidden challenges that often go undiscussed, and how to take back control. I want to be honest up front that this is not my lived experience, I am happily married to my husband, but I have worked with many same sex couples over the years and there are real financial challenges here that I do not think get talked about enough. So much of it, I...

What is £100 a month really worth over the long term, and what is it costing you to leave that money sitting still? In this solo episode of Accelerating Your Wealth, Rebecca Robertson makes the case for investing in the calm, unglamorous sense, not picking the next hot stock. Rebecca explains why most people are already investors through their workplace pension without realising it, shares the cli...

Rebecca Shannon changed her whole relationship with money using one simple book. She explains the two prong method, the kite metaphor, and the repellent energy most of us never look at. In Part 2 of this two-part conversation on Accelerating Your Wealth, Rebecca Robertson and leadership coach Rebecca Shannon turn from Rebecca's story to the money method at the heart of her work. It is built around...

Leadership coach Rebecca Shannon on going from fear about money and years of people pleasing to a life she genuinely loves, and what it really took to get there. In Part 1 of this two-part conversation on Accelerating Your Wealth, Rebecca Robertson sits down with leadership coach Rebecca Shannon, creator of Beyond Limits, someone she has known for around ten years. This half is Rebecca Shannon's o...

If you had to start again financially at 35, with everything you know now, what would you actually do? In this solo episode of Accelerating Your Wealth, Rebecca Robertson turns that question into a calm, practical reset that works at any age. This is about action, not guilt. Rebecca walks through the 'shoulda woulda coulda' trap so many of us carry, then lays out the real first step most people sk...

If you are watching a young person you love feel stuck, lose confidence and not quite know what comes next, this episode is for you. In this solo episode of Accelerating Your Wealth, Rebecca Robertson talks openly about the NEETs, young people not in education, employment or training. She shares what she has learned from her own daughter. This is real, practical help rather than judgment. Rebecca...

The True Cost of Motherhood and How to Take Back Control, with Elizabeth Willetts.  In Part 2 of my conversation with Elizabeth Willetts we move from her story to the practical side. How to ask for a pay rise and back it up with real value, what the job market and AI mean for women's careers and why she believes building a business is one of the strongest routes to financial independence. We also...

In this episode, I sit down with Elizabeth Willetts, founder of Investing in Women and author of Flex. We talk through her career from recruitment in the City to building a business that helps women find flexible, part-time work that fits around their lives. Elizabeth is honest about the parts we usually keep quiet. Being made redundant while pregnant. The years of trying for a baby. And the finan...

Why Do We Ignore Our Pensions? I ignored my own pension for years, even while I worked in a bank. In this solo episode I talk about why pensions feel so easy to avoid, and the simple steps that turn them from a distant worry into real opportunity. Why do so many of us look away from our pensions? They feel distant, complicated and invisible, so the statements go in a drawer and we promise to deal...