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#38 – Why You Need a Financial Plan (Now More Than Ever)  About 5 years ago, I had absolutely no idea how to manage my own money. I'd always - thanks to my parents who helped me establish this habits from very early on - been contributing to a savings account. But then when the interest rates went down to almost 0%, I didn't feel that was a great way to build wealth and financial freedom for my fu...

#37 – How Much Time Should You Spend on Your Personal Finances?  If you want to make real progress with your financial goals, I recommend you don't just look at your money now and again... I love making the process of achieving financial security and freedom as simple as possible. But the truth is, the longer you hold off checking in with your financial situation and progress, the harder it is to...

#36 – Do This Every Day to Fast Track Your Goals   Click here for your free download with this episode One of my weaknesses is that I am always on the lookout for new habits that have the potential to help me experience more joy and appreciation, to create more abundance or to do good and help others more effectively or consistently. I know this might sound like a healthy enough interest, but if i...

#35 – 10 Steps to Create Your Dream Life   Click here for your free download with this episode I never used to care about money really. For years I was much more focussed on enjoying life, doing a job I loved and appreciating the many things in life that are free or cost very little. In recent years however I've come to realize how exciting money can be. Not to have lots of money in the bank, but...

#34 – 5 Things to Remember if Your Progress is Slow   Click here for your free download with this episode If you're anything like me, you'll likely feel frustration from time to time about the speed of your progress towards some of your goals. Or better: the lack of said progress. It's definitely tempting to sometimes believe that by setting a goal, designing a plan and establishing some new habit...

#33 – Have a Partner Who’s Not Into Financial Planning?  Do you ever disagree with your partner about money? Feel frustration with them about your finances? Or is you partner not really into financial goal setting and planning? Money and relationships can be a tricky combination. Whether you have strong arguments regularly or just the occasional disagreement, I believe that everybody can benefit f...

#32 – Side Hustles: 4 Financial Considerations   Click here for your free download with this episode Ever think about starting your own side hustle? Or do you already have a side hustle and now dream about going big and making it your principle source of income? If this is you, then this episode will be an invaluable starting point. I talk about 4 financial aspects to think about before taking the...

#31 – Everything You Need to Know about Lifestyle Inflation Click here to get your freebie: Kickstart Your BIG Dream in 10 Steps Have you ever moved up the income ladder and increased your income, either through a promotion or a new job? Or by generating more sales in your own business? I hope you have, as making a bit more money can be very exciting! And - if you are honest - have you also notice...

#30 – What is Your Financial Happiness Level?   Click here for your free download with this episode Money can't buy happiness, right. Or can it? Well I certainly used to believe that I couldn't. But nowadays I realize it's not always that simple So whilst I still don't think that money = happiness, I have become to realize that money can certainly help create conditions that make it far easier to...

#29 – Your Mid-Year Review in 10 Steps   Click here for your free download with this episode Can you believe we're halfway into 2021 already? It's about 6 months ago you would have set your goals for this year - if you tend to set goals around 1st January of course - and the good news is: you've still got 6 more months to reach those goals or to get back on track if you've gotten off track a littl...

#28 – Planning for Irregular Expenses It happened to me just a week ago: I logged into my bank account and saw several big amounts of money had come out of our joint account. I hate it when this happens, even if the charges are 100% legit: our life and home insurance in this case, which we pay for twice a year.  In the past this used to freak me out as I was never quite prepared for this, but over...

#27 – When Life Happens  A different than usual episode as I've had a major family emergency take over my life in the past two weeks. A short, impromptu reflection on dealing with emergencies.   Facebook Instagram

#26 – How to Aim for More if Nobody Around You Does   Click here for your free download with this episode Way back when, when I first became interested in personal finance, I very much felt on my own. I did't know many people who were open about money, who were happy to speak about financial dreams or who were excited about the possibility of dreaming bigger. There was even a time when I felt read...

#25 – When Should I Get Serious About Personal Finance? Click here for your free download with this episode Sometimes I look back at my personal finance journey and wish that somebody had told me to get serious about my money a LOT earlier. But as much as I'd like to fantasize about how much money and financial security I could have had, there is really no point dwelling on this, as it won't help...

#24 – My 5 Habits to go from Financial Chaos to Financial Freedom   Click here for your free download with this episode Let me ask you a question: Do you ever feel that you have no idea how to move from financial chaos to financial organization? To a state where you know you have systems and habits in place that help you create financial freedom. That build your financial dream life, one step at a...

#23 - 3 Things to Track Monthly It took me a LONG time to work out a system that helped me move forward and actually set realistic goals on my way to finding more financial harmon(e)y and becoming more strategic with my money.  After lots of trial and error, I now know that there are 3 things that for me are KEY to stay on top of every single month. They help me review my progress and keep me on t...

#22 - The 5 Advantages of Knowing Your Savings Rate Your savings rate is not only a super helpful number that helps you keep track of your financial progress, it also has a few other advantages that makes this a highly versatile indicator of your financial health.  In this episode, you’ll discover: The 5 advantages of knowing your savings rate How to quickly calculate your savings rate every month...

#21 - Why You Deserve to Pursue Your Dream Life Do you allow yourself to pursue your dream? Or are you holding yourself back? Whether it's obligations you have, the security you feel now or a belief that there is so much you should be grateful for already, that it seems selfish to want to have more...  In today's episode, here are some of the questions I address when it comes to pursuing your drea...

#20 - The 8 Stages of Financial Independence Download the 8 Stages to Financial Independence Summary Sheet Financial Independence - it's a real buzz phrase these days. But what I don't like about it is that Financial Independence (or FI), often feels like a dichotomy: either you are financially independent or you aren't.  I'm never a big fan of the yes / no, black / white, in / out, successful / u...

#19 - Example Dream Life Scenarios and Their First Steps   Download the "First Steps to These Big Dreams" here As a financial author and mentor there are few things in life I feel more passionate about than helping others achieve their financial dreams. Whether that’s setting up for an early retirement, buying the house of your dream or a trip around the world (when that is possible again).For me,...

#18 - How to Create More Happiness and Joy   Freebie: Ways to Create More Joy and Happiness in Your Life Imagine waking up every single day with the energy and passion to get started with the day. No more snoozing or dragging yourself out of bed, but a feeling of excitement about the day ahead and to get started with whatever you’ve got on that day. Sounds like a utopia? If that’s the case, I’d li...

#17 - What is Your Definition of Success? Free Download: How to Redefine What Success Means to You What is success? Have you ever wondered about the definition of success? Or more specifically: what success means to you? Do you have a clear picture of what a successful person looks like? And does this picture of success differ depending on who you’re thinking about? Have you every allowed yourself...

Get Your FREE download for this episode here: 5 Ways to Practice Self-Love on Your Way to Wealth Episode #16 - The Power of Self-Love in Creating More Wealth How are self-love and becoming wealthy, setting yourself big financial goals and seeking more happiness and fulfillment connected? In this episode of the Financial Harmoney Podcast I discuss why self-love has an important role to play on our...

Get your free download with this episode Episode #15 - 5 Ways to Invest in Your Growth Mindset In last week's episode - episode 14: Cultivating a Growth Mindset - we looked at growth versus fixed mindsets in great detail. Today I am going to give you 5 specific ways on how you can invest in your own growth mindset, in order to cultivate and 'grow' your own growth mindset. If you have a growth mind...

Episode #14 - Cultivating a Growth Mindset Mindset. What exactly is it? And how does your mindset influence your actions and ultimately the level of your success? And can you have both a growth ánd a fixed mindset at the same time? These are just some of the questions I look at in this episode of the Financial Harmoney Podcast. Your mindset is sooo super important if you want to create a joyful an...