Working Women's Wealth Podcast

Jacqui Letran is a Mindset Mentor, award winning author, and host of the Stop the Bully Within podcast.  She shares her journey from a 16 year old teenage mum to the owner of her own business helping adults and teenagers.  We discuss her self-publishing journey, and the work she does to help people change their mindsets. 

It's too late when you're 60 to find out the assumptions you made at 40 about your money were incorrect - and worse yet, to need to start work again after you've been retired for a few years.  As humans, we unconsciously live much our lives based on many assumptions.  As a wealth adviser, I deal daily with people who are making huge financial decisions they're not even conscious they're making.  These are some of the most common assumptions I see.

Jenny Ratcliffe-Wright was South Africa's youngest Wine Master when she qualified.  Following her qualification in Cordon Bleu, she pursued a successful career in food and wine product development before she turned her attention full time to all things wine.  In this light hearted episode, she takes us behind the scenes in the wine industry and shares with us how they're taking Warwick Wine internationally.  She's an Author of Spit or Swallow, a fun take on wine, as well as an international judge of judge and the Marketing Director of Warwick Wine.

Not everybody that has their own business believes they are a born entrepreneur.  In fact many people struggle to come up with what they would do to earn their second income. I definitely was one of those who thought I was a corporate woman through and through... I never wanted to start my own business.  And then things changed - I changed.  I take you through my journey, my dead ends, and how I discovered my passion and problem that I wanted to solve.

Sunel Veldtman chats to us about starting up her wealth management business and how women are different to men in terms of money management.  She also shares her wisdom on wealth creation and management. From the huge dream she had, to the fears she overcame, she shares the challenges of leaving a corporate and starting over again.  She also reflects on the one very big thing she'd do differently if she started again. She tackles how women handle money differently to men, and why 70% of women leave their husband's financial adviser when they die or get divorced.  She also shares practical wisdom for managing money.

It takes time to build a second income - and starting now ensures that we're not part of the 94% of people who can't retire or who are having to drastically reduce their living expenses or get their children to pay for them in their retirement years. Lisa Linfield shares her long term goals for her second income stream and how she plans to 'glide' into retirement... and why 'forced retirement' from corporates is such a challenge to so many 60 year olds.

Courage and humility are the traits of a great leader, and Andrea Quaye personifies this as she gives us an unbelievable insight into her journey to the top, and what makes a global leader.  As the first female marketing director of listed beer giant, SAB, she talks through this transition and her latest journey to the global stage leading AB Inbev's African Marketing team.  

Lisa Linfield addresses the real story behind passive income and the secret you need to know in order to reach the elusive financial freedom sooner.  Choose the flexibility of your hours, physical work place etc.   She takes an in depth look at the four major types of passive income... and takes you through the secret of passive income success and how you achieve financial freedom earlier

This episode I chat to Julia Pappas - a psychologist, parenting coach, and the host of the podcast Minimum Viable Parenting.  As working parents, there's always guilt that we're getting it wrong.  How much time is OK on screens, and why there's a direct correlation between social media usage and depression.  We discuss boundaries, attachment and examining the expectations we have of ourselves as parents.  And also Parent Burnout... what it is and how we get through it

Fear is experienced by each of us - but if we desire freedom, we need to have the courage to be brave.  We're always telling our children to face their fears - yet as adults we have such deep seated fears.  And so many times they stand between us and the freedom we so deeply desire.  To get through those fears, we need courage.  Here, we discuss a definition of courage that will help you move to BRAVE.

In a few years Tamar Mar built a property portfolio with a passive income that has enabled her to leave her job as a COO in a multi-million dollar business and become the 'CEO of her dreams' and of her own business, the Morata Group.  She's now sharing this knowledge through her podcast, Investing for Life.  Lisa Linfield caught up with Tamar to understand how she did this, and find out her lessons for those who'd like to create a passive income stream through property.

There are thousands and thousand of unit trusts out there.  Which one do you choose?  I'll take you through the 7 Steps to choosing a fund that we use in our Wealth Management business, and where you can find the information you need to do this yourself.  

This week's episode features Wendy Pienaar, Banking Executive at one of the largest African Banks in South Africa.  Starting in a global consulting firm, and then moving into the banking world, she's spent her career building and growing women.  We discuss life as a female leader in the corporate world, and how each one of us can build empathy and the women around us.  In addition to leadership and career, she discusses raising her 4 girls, and the challenges of building women as Warriors and princesses. Show Notes The influence of great female role models How important working with men (both partners and colleagues) to understand the needs of women in the workplace How we as women can do these 4 easy things to support other women in the corporate world As a female leader, understanding how men and women manage conflict and how to support both to reach a collaborating style of conflict in your team Understanding the Princess Culture and the stories our culture tells our children through cartoons, movies and

Whether you're saving for children's education or retirement, it's absolutely essential you have clarity around those goals... and what you need to do in order to get there. Drawing from the latest research, Lisa Linfield shares the 7 steps to reaching your financial goals.  Make sure you have S.M.A.R.T goals If you're in Johannesburg on 10 March, we're doing a Financial Goal Setting course.  Sign up at www.workingwomenswealth.com 

Niki Giles, COO of Sygnia Financial Service, talks to us about the difference between Active and Passive investing, and how to buy an index tracker.   Having been in the investment industry for many years, she shares why she believes there are benefits of both Active and Passive investing.  She also tells us how Passive investing can work for both New and Advanced investors.

Show notes Go behind the scenes with Lisa Raleigh, The Biggest Loser trainer, as she tells us what it was like to train the contestants on the show... and how that experience changed her life. We discuss what it feels like to feel the fear of failure in the face of the huge opportunity to be 'on screen' The sacrifices she made to step change her business How her business pivoted as she grew and changed and saw gaps in the market She answers the question - why don't we as humans do what we know is good for us? What it takes to change your behaviour on a long term basis The 3 things that successful people have in common The power of consistent small changes in your health and wealth to long term success The impact of becoming a mum on her life and her business How she copes as a working mum, and helps working mums cope How she's started to productise her business How she's helping working moms to easily start their health and wellness journey Learn more from Lisa www.lisaraleigh.com Elimin8 - her program to

Lisa Linfield builds on from episode 004 on starting to invest.  In this episode she discusses Risk management strategies The 4 ways you need to diversify to help manage your risk The support you need in order to invest wisely Why it's important to have exposure to many different types of asset classes, countries, currencies and tax structures

Lisa Linfield reflects on the photographs of so many long tables of friends and families at Christmas time... and the lessons it teaches all of us.

Linda Schoonover, retired Judge and divorce lawyer takes us through her learnings about divorce: before, during and after. She challenges us to judge whether the advice is sound, and helps us to understand the concept of a collaborative divorce vs a mediation. She also helps us to work through getting the children or families best interests results, and many different strategy. She also gives us her single biggest piece of advice she gives to people already divorced.

Lisa Linfield shares two life-changing lessons from hitting rock bottom that can change your life too.