Money with Alpha

If you're a business owner and your business and personal finances are mixed together, or you've handed everything off to your accountant and just hoped for the best, this one's for you. In this episode, Alpha breaks down the practical (and surprisingly simple) framework for managing your business and personal finances as two separate, visible systems. She covers the four key areas: mindset, bank...

Why do so many intelligent, capable women avoid managing their money? It's not because they can't do it.  It's because it feels uncomfortable. In this episode, I unpack something that comes up again and again, both in life and with money: learning how to become comfortable with discomfort. Managing your money feels hard, but it doesn't need to be.  What it does need is for you to sit in moments of...

There's a lot of noise right now about rising costs, interest rates, and "cutting back." And for many women, that just adds to the overwhelm.  Plus, it reinforces the belief that managing money is hard, time-consuming, and too difficult (which then results in more avoidance). In this episode I take you through the practical things I do to keep the cost of living down.  Some things I've been doing...

What does it actually mean to be a "wise, wealthy woman"? And why does money feel so much harder than it should? In this episode, I unpack the idea of wisdom, not as something you don't have, but something you've likely been ignoring. You already  know more about money than you think. The real issue isn't knowledge.  It's the gap between knowing and doing. In this episode we explore: How past stor...

If you've been telling yourself "I'll deal with my money later"… this episode is your wake-up call. Not in a panic-inducing way, but in a real, grounded, slightly uncomfortable truth: Doing nothing with your money is costing you more than you think. In this episode, Alpha breaks down the actual cost of inaction, not just financially, but in terms of lost opportunity, reduced choice, and a harder p...

"I don't have enough money to invest." If you've ever thought this, you are not alone, but this belief may be the very thing holding you back from building wealth. In this episode, Alpha breaks down one of the most common (and limiting) beliefs about money, that you need  more  of it before you can start building wealth. She shares why this isn't true, what's really going on beneath the overwhelm,...

Many women quietly carry a belief that they're "not good with money." Yet these same women run businesses, raise families, manage teams, coordinate complex lives, and solve problems every day. So why does money feel so overwhelming? In this episode of  Money with Alpha , Alpha addresses one of the most common questions she hears when speaking with women about finances: "How do I know what to do ne...

In this week's episode of  Money with Alpha , we flip the familiar phrase "work smarter, not harder" and apply it to your money. You don't need to hustle harder. You don't need to earn endlessly more. And you certainly don't need to live in a constant state of financial stress. Instead, you can make your money work smarter. In this episode, Alpha breaks down three powerful shifts that transform mo...

In this episode of Money with Alpha , we're talking about the silent tug-of-war so many women live in every day: managing immediate financial pressures while completely avoiding long-term wealth building. Payroll. School fees. Groceries. Mortgage. Clients. Staff. The next invoice. The end of the month. When you're juggling so much in the "now," thinking about retirement, investing, or wealth can f...

Wealth. It's a word that can trigger excitement… or a full-body freeze. In this episode of Money with Alpha , I'm unpacking why wealth is absolutely available to you, even if: No one in your family has ever been wealthy You think you're "bad with money" You believe you don't earn enough to invest You feel like managing money is complex, time-consuming, or overwhelming I'm breaking this down into s...

In this 200th episode of  Money with Alpha , I take you behind the scenes of building my new financial app, and the unexpectedly powerful parallels it revealed about women and money. I am not a tech person. In fact, I've been on one of the steepest learning curves of my life, navigating tech stacks, hosting regions, API keys, compliance requirements, and software integrations. There were days when...

So much of the anxiety we feel around money doesn't come from a lack of income, it comes from a lack of clarity . In this practical and grounding episode of Money with Alpha , Alpha walks you through a simple but powerful exercise to help you identify your retirement number . Not to overwhelm you, but to give you something solid to aim for. If the future feels like a big black hole… If you're doin...

There is a lot of focus and information on "money mindset", and while that is important, it misses how your body responds to money.  This applies to what you currently have or don't have, and where you want to be (which is often an arbitrary "I want more money").   Before you can have more, your body needs to recognise and feel that it's safe to have more, and that's where your nervous system come...

Investing can feel like a black hole: confusing, intimidating, and risky, especially when you've worked hard for every dollar you've earned. In this episode of Money with Alpha , I share my real, lived investing journey. Not from a financial markets background, but as someone who had to figure it out step by step. I walk you through: The difference between income returns and capital growth (and wh...

In this episode, Alpha invites you to rethink your relationship with money. Not as something to fear or avoid, but as something to get to know and to come at with curiosity rather than confusion. Using the metaphor of dating, Alpha walks through simple, practical steps to help you reconnect with your finances, gain clarity, and reduce money anxiety. In this episode, you'll learn: Why avoidance mak...

Big New Year's resolutions often lead to big overwhelm, and very little follow-through. In this episode, Alpha explores why micro-changes are the real key to sustainable financial growth and confidence. Rather than focusing on drastic transformations, Alpha invites you to look at the small shifts in awareness, habits, language, and identity that quietly create powerful momentum over time. In This...

In this solo episode, Alpha invites listeners behind the scenes of her personal money journey.  From her multicultural upbringing in Australia, shaped by financial scarcity and cultural expectations, to discovering her passion for financial empowerment for women. Alpha dives into: Growing up as a daughter of migrants who had no money when they were growing up How money stories are inherited from g...

In this episode of  Money with Alpha , Alpha sits down with financial advisor  Dylon Mackriel , founder of  DreamWise Financial Services , to unpack what financial planning  actually  involves — beyond the jargon, beyond the misconceptions, and beyond the old-school commission-driven model many people still fear. Dylon shares his personal journey from South Africa to Australia, shifting from accou...

In this enlightening episode of Money with Alpha , Alpha Schulte sits down with Selena Hillier , Human Design practitioner, life coach, and corporate leader turned soul-led entrepreneur. Together they explore how understanding your unique Human Design type can unlock self-acceptance, release shame, and create alignment in every area of life — including money. Selena shares her journey from corpora...

In this reflective episode, Alpha takes you behind the scenes of her 2025 wrap-up — the highs, the lows, the unexpected, and the profoundly transformative. Using her five-part reflection framework (What worked well? What didn't? What did I learn? What do I want more of? What do I want less of?), she shares the real human side of a year filled with growth, disruption, loss, clarity, and powerful fi...

In this inspiring episode of  Money with Alpha , Alpha sits down with the dynamic  Billie Sharp  — entrepreneur, public speaker, and founder of multiple thriving businesses — to talk about what it really takes to  dream big  and create  generational wealth . Billie shares her journey from working three jobs as a teenager to becoming the owner of six diverse businesses across industries like tech,...

In this heartwarming and eye-opening conversation, Alpha sits down with Raylz Wynyard , co-founder of a family-run NDIS support service built on empathy, lived experience, and integrity. Raylz shares how her journey began when her son was diagnosed with autism, before the NDIS in its current form even existed, and how that personal experience led her to create a business that does things different...

In this episode, Alpha sits down with Feng Shui specialist Suzanne Butler to explore how the energy of your home and workspace influences your money flow, health, and overall wellbeing. Suzanne shares her fascinating journey from the Australian Defence Force to becoming a sought-after Feng Shui expert, helping clients transform chaos into clarity — both energetically and financially. They dive dee...

In this episode: The surprising link between your skin health and emotional health How somatic awareness and nervous system regulation can change your energy and appearance Why your body literally stores emotions — and how to listen to its signals What emotional anatomy and face reading can reveal about your inner world How your subconscious beliefs about money are reflected in your body Practical...

In this episode of  Money with Alpha , we dive into what I like to call  Money School  — the foundational lessons we all wish we'd been taught about money, but weren't. Just like school gave us structure for learning, we can create our own curriculum for financial wisdom — one that blends knowledge with experience and real-life relevance. There is an upside to learning about money as an adult - we...