When looking at the performance of a super fund it’s important to consider the risk profile of your investment. That’s because funds that typically target higher returns, also carry higher risk in years where the market performs poorly.
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When I ask people what their retirement dreams are, the answers tend to be simple. Most of us just want to have enough saved to live a comfortable life doing more of the things that we enjoy. But for many of us, particularly women who take significant time out of their careers to care for others, the idea of living a comfortable retirement can seem more like a stretch target than a certainty. So, let’s delve deeper into women’s super.
Continue reading →If you asked your ten-year-old self what your job would be in 2020, you may have said something COMPLETELY different to what it actually is now! This isn’t uncommon. Did you know that most graduates today will retire with a job that doesn’t exist yet?
Continue reading →A 1960’s female neuroscientist first discovered the connection between happiness and a magical quality of our brain health. Today, instead of talk therapy and drug therapy, we use those principles to help recovery clients who have lost all hope achieve a life they’re proud of.
Continue reading →Have you ever looked back and wished you’d been braver? I certainly have. What we often don’t realise is the profound toll that fear can take when we let it call the shots. In fact, research shows that the number one regret of the dying is that they lived too safe and risked too little, living the life others wanted them to live but not the one they wanted for themselves. Overcoming our innate fear requires us to build courage. But not one big bold act of courage, lots of smaller ones, every day.
Continue reading →Have you ever been judged? I don’t know if anyone can truthfully answer “no” to that question. Yet, for many of us, being judged is one of our biggest fears! Most of us learn to “deal” with judgement by hiding the parts of ourselves we think caused the judgements.
However, letting judgements rule what you choose to do and be in life, sends a message to others that they can control you simply by judging you. When you let judgement win, you encourage the judgers to keep on judging!
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