Money

From budgeting, saving, financial planning, debt management and financial literacy, our ‘money’ category has it all. Learn to make ends meet by accessing government benefits for single mums. And plan your future with professional advice on financial goal setting.

Separation

All You Need To Know About Child Support: An Easy Guide

The essential guide to Child Support for newly separated parents … So, you’ve recently separated, and there are lots of questions to consider. One of those might be ‘How am I going to support myself and the kids?’. In Australia,...

Money

Life insurance and income protection

Do you ever lie awake in bed at night thinking about what would happen to your kids if something unexpected was to happen to you? I’m guessing the answer is probably yes. And while no parent wants to spend time...

Positive thinking

How I saved and took my kids to Disneyland

25 November 2017 She’s been all over social media with her brilliant (if slightly teary) video telling her three children that they were going to save and they were going to Disneyland. And to Disneyland they went! In this podcast...

Podcast

How to confidently save faster for the things you really want

One of the hardest challenges of single motherhood is money management. Maybe you feel you don’t have enough, you struggle to live on one income or you just can’t get your head around your finances. We all want to save...

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Health

The latest changes to private health insurance

If you have private health insurance, you are probably more than aware that premiums go up each year on the 1st of April. But this year there is more changing than just the price. On 1 April 2019 we’ll also...

Podcast

How to get out of debt and transform your life

For many ‘debt’ is a dirty word. But it needn’t be. People get into debt for a variety of reasons, many of which are outside our control. And the sooner you can admit to debt distress, the sooner you are...

Podcast

How to save money on your single parent health insurance

Health insurance can easily (and understandably) be forgotten about during a separation. But it’s really important that you understand the implications of your health insurance policy and the options available to you as a single parent. In this podcast I...

Money

Helping single mums with money mindset

19 September 2017 I believe everything happens for a reason. And there was most definitely a reason for me meeting the much-loved Denise Duffield-Thomas, founder of Lucky Bitch. Long-story-short, (did I mention I MET Denise Duffield-Thomas?) she agreed to chat...

Money

How to grow an edible garden on a budget

24 July 2017 I love to mix it up with my podcasts, and this one, which is all about how to grow an edible garden, was quite a change from my previous episodes. And I was lucky enough to find...

Podcast

How to save and get your savings matched

In this podcast I chat to the wonderful Cate Lyons-Crew who manages the Saver Plus Program for The Benevolent Society and knows EVERYTHING there is to know about savings. We discuss financial security, what it is and how to get it. Cate...