Show #326 – Melissa Browne Talks Financial Wellness

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We have a new tune for our show to welcome the new year! An old friend of mine from uni happens to be one of Australia’s finest artists, Lior, and as I love supporting local artists and it’s been brilliant having Melanie Horsnell’s music on the show the past couple of years, for 2023/24 it will be Lior. You will hear excerpts from his track “Caught Up” – go check it out on iTunes or Spotify if you want to hear the whole song or album, Scattered Reflections. Co-written with Cameron Deyell, it’s a great song and I love the reflective energy of it – perfect for the show, right? Enjoy. Lior is always touring, so do check out his website. It is wonderful to hear him sing live, trust me.

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And on this week’s show!

Melissa Browne is back on the show with a nugget-packed show on Financial Wellness. A lot of the time we’re focused on mental and physical health but a key factor in those things is not having financial stress. So, today, we talk about financially thriving and what that looks like. Mel is anti-prescription and all about helping you find what’s for you and we cover:

Financial wellness – it’s just as important as physical wellness
Money Stories – figure out what you’re telling yourself either consciously / subconsciously and change bad stories
Eliminating bad debt – bad vs good and the 1st thing to paydown/ get rid of
Getting comfortable with the uncomfortable – can debt ever be good? Investing vs saving?
Budgets don’t work. How you can work smart with your money – however much you have including the importance of cleaning up your environment
How much is enough? Goals, figuring out the life you want to live & what you need to reach that
Building wealth – where are the most reliable places to start
Financial strength, resilience & fitness… What is a routine to promote ongoing financial health?

About Melissa Browne

Melissa Browne is an author and serial entrepreneur. She is CEO of the award-winning accounting and advisory firm A&TA (Accounting & Taxation Advantage), CEO of the financial planning business for 28-48 year olds who want to financially grow up The Money Barre and Director of Business at the long-day Preschool, Thinkers,inq. Three very different businesses but all are pushing the boundaries in their fields, questioning what is possible and disrupting their industry in order to create the best possible results for their communities.

Melissa also uses her unique, sometimes irreverent but always inspiring voice to speak and write about all things numbers, business, play with purpose and strategy. Her first book is the illustrated business book More Money for Shoes which compares building a business to building a wardrobe and shows you how to build a profitable, successful business. Her second book, Fabulous but Broke, is another illustrated book and uses financial fairy tales to challenge money messages that readers may have and question the notion that you need a fairy godmother or knight in shining armour to save you. Her latest book is Unf*ck your finances and kind of speaks for itself.

Melissa also writes a fortnightly column for the Money Section in the Sydney Morning Herald and Melbourne’s The Age, is a regular contributor to CEO Magazine, Latte Magazine and Gloss Magazine and has made regular TV appearances including the Today Show, Weekend Sunrise, Weekend Today, Sky Business and The Daily Edition. She has also been featured in or has written articles for Cosmopolitan, Elle, The Collective, Harpers Bazaar and Rendezvous.

In 2013 she was featured as one of Australia’s 100 most inspiring women in Madison magazine and in 2016 was named one of Australia’s most inspiring women by the Financial Review.

Melissa is often asked to appear on TV or radio for comment about topical issues on business, money, finance, women’s issues and more and love being a different voice in the media. She’s appeared on the Today Show, weekend Today, weekend Sunrise, 7 News, the Daily Edition, Sky Business s and Triple J.

In demand as a keynote speaker, be it a part of a panel or hold workshops Melissa plays with the concept of business, money, finances and more.

Websites: https://www.melissabrowne.com.au/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/melissabrownecourses

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/melbrowne.money/

Keen to get on top of your personal finances? Join the waitlist for Melissa’s My Financial Adulting Plan

Further resources: https://www.melissabrowne.com.au/podcasts-low-tox-life

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