The Meaningful Money Personal Finance Podcast

Staying on top of your personal finances can seem like a really hard work - there's just so much to do! There is always a new piece of paper or email coming in, insurance to renew, utilities to switch - it never ends! As ever though, it helps to work systematically and get things set up so that they are easy to stay on top of. Today we're going to talk about organising your financial life!

Paperwork is the bane of most of our lives, but for now it is a necessary evil. Today's checklist will help you work through your mountain of paper to make managing your finances infinitely easier.

Sometimes I just want someone to tell me exactly what steps to take to get a job done. You know - do these few steps and the outcome is a given; all the thinking taken away. The checklist is the perfect embodiment of this, and today we're talking about the pension checklist - everything you need to know and everything you need to do to get your pensions in order.

Lasting Powers of Attorney are misunderstood and most often ignored by too many of us. Often that's due to ignorance; sometimes concerns are about cost. Today I want to clear some of that up, and I've enlisted the help of just the right person…

Spending is one of the biggest levers in our control. When we're building wealth, well….we won't build wealth unless we control our spending. When we approach retirement, it's really important to understand what our likely spending patterns might be so we can plan accordingly. Today I bring back repeat guest, the ever-popular Abraham Okusanya of Timeline, who has literally written the book on reti...

There's a lot of crap online, and there seems to be an increasing number of financial charlatans offering stock tips and 'advice' with no regulatory oversight, of course. George Agan and I talk about that, and more, in our conversation today - hope you enjoy it.

It's a joy to welcome back long-time friend of the show Justin Urquhart Stewart to the podcast to talk about the outlook of the world economy coming off the back of COVID and also his latest venture, called Regionally.

Today I bring back repeat guest and protection industry legend Tom Baigrie of Lifesearch to discuss the impact of Coronavirus on insurers and whether things might return to normal. We cover whether it's arguably more important than ever for folks in their middle age to get life insurance given the disproportionate impact that Covid has had on older people.

This is the Ultimate Guide to Money & Life, which sounds very much up itself, let's face it, but is intended as a distillation of everything you need to know and do to win at money and life.

For most of us, the ideal end game is passing away peacefully in our sleep at the age of 100, having enjoyed excellent physical and mental health, never needing long-term care and with all our financial ducks in a row. Many of us would like to spend our last penny the day before we die, but many of us would also like to give some money to our family or to the causes we care about. Today I want to...

When you get to the point of retirement, there are a bewildering array of options available to you, particularly regarding pensions. In today's episode, I'll be giving you everything you need to KNOW and everything you need to DO to make good choices at retirement.

Investing in retirement is a subject of much scholarly research, strong opinions and a whole boatload of crap information. My job today is to cut through all of that and give you the stuff you really need to know and do to invest successfully in retirement.

Money is inextricably linked with our sense of wellbeing. That link is the reason for more and more research and initiatives into how to improve that relationship. Today I'm speaking with a real-life brain scientist to dig into this subject.

Risk is a constant presence in our lives and in our wealth-building efforts. But what is risk, really? How can we be aware of it? Should we avoid risk or harness it? Lots to talk about in today's Ultimate Guide to RISK.

Over the past couple of weeks, we've covered the ultimate guide to investing. We need to finish that off and talk about some of the important mechanisms of investing, the accounts we use: pensions, ISAs and all the rest!

We covered a LOT of ground last week in Part One of this Ultimate Guide. As we get practical today, I'm going to try and make this the Ultimate Guide to Investing for the masses, not the few.

Having dealt with the basics of financial management and building a sure foundation, we now need to turn our attention to the task of building wealth for the future, with the Ultimate Guide to Investing.

Hardly anyone talks about building a foundation which supports building wealth for the future. Maybe it's because talking about life insurance, critical illness cover, income protection and emergency funds isn't all that sexy? But these things are SO important, that without them, everything else we talk about can be wiped away in no time at all, so why would you leave that to chance? Today folks,...

Financial Freedom comes from building wealth for the future so that one day, work is optional. But for many of us, we're not starting from zero, but from a minus figure. We have day-to-day debt on credit cards, personal loans and the like, and we need to clear that before we can start to build. This is the ultimate guide showing you how to pay off debt.

Budgeting is a fundamental skill that underpins everything else when it comes to personal finance success. In this ultimate guide, I'll teach you everything you need to know and everything you need to DO to learn how to budget effectively.

This is an important episode of the podcast, I reckon. Today I'm chatting with Ken Okorafor of The Humble Penny, one of my favourite UK Personal Finance YouTube channels and blogs. I reached out to Ken for input after the murder of George Floyd by police officers in the US, and the global outcry following it. I knew that I'd get honest and articulate responses from Ken, and that also follows for m...

There are an increasing number of solid content producers here in the UK talking about personal finance. This week I'm talking to one of the prime movers, Andy Webb of Be Clever With Your Cash and the Cash Chats podcast

The FIRE movement is an increasingly big deal in the UK, and I've chatted a couple of times with one of its biggest UK proponents, Barney Whiter AKA the Escape Artist, a couple of times here on the show. Today I chat with a chap who is building an app specifically to appeal to that community - Logan Leckie of Topia.

Budgeting, that is, managing day-to-day cashflow is a fundamental skill for anyone looking to improve their financial situation. Before you understand investing, leverage, and all the rest, you need to be able to spend less than you earn. Today's guest has built an international company based on his own method of budgeting, and I'm looking forward to bringing you my conversation with Jesse Mecham...

Today I have my friend Lynn Beattie AKA Mrs Mummypenny on the show to talk about rolling with life's punches, beating debt and her new book The Money Guide To Transform Your Life.